Who I Am

Hi I’m André, owner of and photographer at André van der Veen Photography.

I wasn’t always known by this name; I decided to change my name when I was about 12 years old – today there’s only a handful of people who knows my original name.

So what’s the point of me telling you this?

Well because I’m hoping that it will give you, even though small, an insight into who I am and what makes me tick; that I’m a bit of a control freak and perfectionist yet that I’m also flexible and can change my mind and come up with new ideas and ways to do things; that if I don’t like something, I’ll try change it to make it better and that I won’t be happy until it’s perfect – these are all things which should be important to you when looking for a photographer to capture your special memories, because your photographer should be flexible enough to make your memories unique.

Apart from being passionate about and loving photography,

~ I love The Holy Trinity. Without God in my life, I would be nothing.

~ I love my beautiful wife! When I’m away from her, I miss her like crazy and cannot wait to get home to be with her again…although this won’t distract me from making your photography session memorable, so don’t worry about that! ;-)

~ I love my son Wian and daughter Minay. Apart from my wife, my kids are my everything!

~ I love anything sweet. Unfortunately my children inherited my sweet tooth.

~ I love my family and friends. Life would be boring without them.

~ I love to sleep in. Alas it hardly ever happens when you have kids!

~ I love pizza & pasta. Italian food is my favourite.

~ I love watching movies. My wife curled up next to me, a bowl of popcorn, my favourite sweets…

~ I love friendly people. It costs nothing to be friendly and smile.

~ I love to play golf with my friends, even though I’m no good at it – it gives me time to get out there and relax with people dear to me.

~ I love to bake and cook. When I fail being creative with my camera, I want to be creative in the kitchen.

~ Oh and of course, I love photography, but you already know that!