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.

Weekend in paradise.

Love + vegetables
"Falk", "Freja", "Mr. Payne", "Mrs. Payne", "Ronja", "family life", "farm life", "spring", "summer"
When the days are like this weekend, long and sunny and with that warm breeze, when you can literally see the leaves shooting out of their branches, the birds in the forest are going nuts with excitement and we just bimble around on our farm, working a little, playing a little, well then life is really good. This weekend was one of those. UntitledUntitledUntitledUntitledUntitledUntitledUntitledUntitled
And look! My Dad The Amazing Carpenter is building a deck in our back garden! How cool is that!

Lately:

Cows are out!