Hidden Wonderland: Styled Portait Session in Rotterdam

Winter has arrived. It has its own beauty, but I want to bring back some sunshine in this post. This photo session awakens an almost summer feeling. You can hardly believe it took place in November!

Portrait of an Asian girl in a forest.

Ms. Ma had completed her master degree at the Erasmus School of Law and thought it was a perfect moment to hold a special photo session – to reward herself for all hard work with some fun, update her photo collection and create special gifts for her parents in China.

Clothes and styling are very important for a photo shoot and we have discussed several outfits in advance. Our location was a small natural resort at the outskirt of Rotterdam. It was full of romantic and magical wood spots perfect for our photos. Sometimes it felt like some kind of hidden Wonderland with picturesque trees, mushrooms, and even a “rabbit hole”.

Here are some photos from this dreamy and poetic photo session.

photo of a girl in a forest Painterly photo of an Asian girl sitting on a fallen tree. The girl is barefoot and wears a light white dress. Portrait of a girl with a shy smile: she is sitting on a fallen tree in a forest Portrait of an Asian girl in a natural setting in a forest poetic portrait of a girl sitting in the grass in the forest romantic portrait of a girl in a wood photo of a girl in a forest: she sits on a fallen tree with her eyes shut photo of a girl dreaming or maybe sleeping in a forest dreamy photo of a girl walking through a lane in a forest Alice in Wonderland motive: a girl considers entering a rabbit hole colour portrait of a girl photo of a girl sitting above a rabbit hole Dreamy portrait of an Asian girl photo of a girl in a forest with mushrooms portrait of a girl in a forest Dramatic photo of a girl in a wood Photo of a girl walking barefoot in a forest romantic portrait of a girl in a wood portrait of an Asian girl in a forest photo of a girl in a wood photo of girl in an autumn forest: she wears a short white dress Portrait of a girl wearing a hat Photo of a young woman wearing gloves and a hat

Some photos look as if we were at the sea – there was a small picturesque sand beach at the bank of the Maas River. Leave out the industrial background an you get illusion of a seaside.

romantic photo of a girl sitting on a sand and holding a little book portrait of a girl reading a book on a beach portrait of a girl at the seaside: she is holding a book in her hands Romantic and poetic portrait of a girl sitting on a sand at the sea and holding a book black and white romantic portrait of an Asian girl romantic and dreamy portrait of a girl reading a book on a beach dreamy photo of a girl reading a book at the sea

We had even more outfits and styles to play with – so stay tuned!

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