Chiara | photographer + super 8 film

Soms moet je springen op zoek naar dat tikje magie, blind vertrouwen op je buikgevoel en starten voor je klaar bent. 🪩 Instant nostalgie met 8mm film, super love. Toen ik de digitale beelden van mijn eerste film project zag voelde ik het in elke vezel van mijn lijf dat het klopte. Vanaf nu te boeken, trust me, you want these memories ✌🏻 🪩 Special thanks aan @hannereyners , Nick en @elkevdende om zo awesome te zijn. 🪩 #trouwvideograaf #belgianwedding #iktrouwbelgisch #wijgaantrouwen

the one with the award, part two absolutely honored to receive this @wayupnorth award for best maternity picture. a huge thank you to the judges and to this amazing couple Jente & Noé for trusting me to capture this magical moment in their lives. might be a good time to announce that - after focusing on weddings for a while - i’m taking on family sessions again very soon. hallelujah. with a new team member joining me behind the scenes, i’ll finally have some time to dive back into these precious family moments. on film and digital, a little quirky and unconventional, but always truly reflecting you. the family website page is live, reach out and get the brochure so we can plan your session soon!

Civil wedding vibes. #civilwedding #antwerpen #belgianweddingphotographer #weddingonfilm

I didn’t really know what I needed when we went down to Wyrd. We’d already spoken to most of the speakers through the podcast, so I thought I knew what it was going to be. Conversations, good work, the usual workshop vibes! It wasn’t that. The talks were solid, but it was everything around them that stayed with me. The smaller conversations. The ones where people drop the surface level stuff for a minute. One of those caught me off guard a bit. Thank you @susieolzenphotography . It was nothing dramatic, just enough to realise I’d been carrying more than I thought. Not ignoring it. Just… getting on with things. Family, work, being needed in a lot of places at once. It builds quietly. And it does bleed into the work. At some point, I’d stopped enjoying the process, not fully but enough. I was still creating, still delivering, but it felt tighter. More controlled. Like I was trying not to get it wrong instead of actually being in it. (Does that make sense?) During one of the portrait sessions, I picked up a film camera @luke_makesphotos let me borrow. I had a roll sitting in the car anyway. Most of what came back is soft. A few frames missed focus completely. I don’t mind though! Because for a moment, I wasn’t thinking about outcomes. I was just there, making something again and connecting! @edgodden said something after that session that stuck. That we forget what it feels like to be the one in front of the camera. How exposed it can be. That landed. Because that’s the space we ask people to step into. There’s a lot of trust in that, whether we say it out loud or not. I don’t think I came away with answers. Just a clearer sense that I’ve got some things to work through. And that if I want the work to feel honest again, I probably need to start there. Stay feral. 🖤

some film magic #belgianweddingphotographer #shootfilmstaypoor #filmweddingphotographer

A small curation of my favorite black and white images from @lenvie.workshop #belgianweddingphotographer

“We’re thinking about renting a ‘salonboot’ that will bring us from the civil wedding to the restaurant” was all Dynph and Maykel needed to say to make my heart skip a beat. Talk about epic wedding plans. I mean, what is better than floating through Amsterdam with your closest friends and family? Probably having cake and champagne while doing that. So they did. I’m not sure if anything can top this experience for me, but hey, you can always give it try ;) If unconventional weddings is your vibe, message me. #salonboot #amsterdamwedding #europeanweddingphotographer #destinationphotographer #amsterdam

i used to get lost during pregnancy sessions in cliché images or at least what i thought people were expecting (pun intended) of me. letting go through film and a more conceptual approach is lighting my fire again. more of this in 2026 please ✌🏻 #belgianphotographer #editorialphotography #filmphotography #shootfilmstaypoor

A january wedding in Tegernsee, with the sweetest couple that asked my hubs and kiddo to join for lunch (swipe to image 19 to see how the little one could get used to this lifestyle). After an epic roadtrip, I got to document the day of two of the kindest souls and what probably will be the most beautiful civil wedding setting I’ll ever experience. Can’t wait for part two in Italy. #europeanweddingphotographer #tegernsee #tegernseewedding #belgianweddingphotographer

wedding slow season in full swing with this epic amsterdam city wedding. the love story of dynph and maykel indulged with good food and good wine, celebrating with the closest friends and family in an epic setting at @copainamsterdam cheers to a lifetime filled with long walks with oat, an endless supply of cardemom rolls, travelling the world together or cooking amazing meals in the kitchen. a dream #amsterdamwedding #europeanweddingphotographer #alternativeweddingphotographer

a heartfelt moment caught on film or why i love these moments in between the most #belgianweddingphotographer #europeanweddingphotographer #filmphotographer

I’ve always wondered how to describe my style as a photographer. Today I’m driving around and suddenly TayTay whispers in my ear: “and it’s like snow at the beach, weird but fuckin’ beautiful” Here’s to more weird and wonderful in 2026 🪼 and I’m sorry if some photos repeated themselves from the last two post. I wish I could tell you I’m a great marketing wizard and all these posts are well thought out. I’m not.