A mother of four, photographer, nature lover. Someone trying to make sense of it all, through photos and stories.
I try to be free in all senses of the word, so I made the leap and now work with what I love doing; taking pictures, storing this life in moments, both for myself and for clients. My heart is in photographing birth and motherhood, but I take on just about any photography job.
(See my birth photos at www.birth.no and the rest of my work portfolio at www.mariavatne.no.)
I live on a farm in Norway with my man Nik and my children Ronja, Freja, Falk and Ulv, plus a bunch of animals. We grow our own food as far as the seasons allow it, we don't go to kindergarten, the three youngest ones will be homeschooled.
We govern our own lives, we strive for independence, we want to be in this life wild and free and full of love.
We finally bought ourselves a lavvu! (A lavvu/ lavvo is the Sami version of a tipi.) We have been wanting one for a while now, and Mr. Payne was quick to put it up when it arrived in the mail the other day. It has already been tried out overnight, with great success. I have a feeling this will be well worth its money. Today we had lunch up there in the sun, it was so lovely. The simple life in the great outdoors, ain't nothing better!
