All the beautiful tales begin with “Once upon a time, once upon a time” and end with three apples falling from the sky. I was a happy kid who grabbed one of the apples. The youngest in the house, I was the apple of my mother’s eye. I used to draw beautiful pictures. My family and teachers encouraged me in this regard. Although I earned Fine Arts Painting Teaching, I gave my adolescence its due and studied Child Development and Preschool Teaching in Ankara, away from my family.

I worked as a preschool teacher for fifteen years. Working with children refreshed me, and added energy to my energy, and their pure and selfless love gave me hope for the future. As a teacher, I did my job properly. But my love for the visual arts never ceased.

Photography, dance, music, choir, and sports have never been missing from my life. Until my wife decided to move to the Netherlands. I followed him by saying “My lord migration”. My daughter and son also joined our adventure, they became a light on our way, it was not easy to get used to a new country, when we gave up, our children lifted us up, they loved the Netherlands very much, we loved it more because they loved it so much.

We’ve been living here for a year. The natural beauties, parks, canals, and forests of the Netherlands revived my love of photography. I set out to immortalize these beauties. It wasn’t enough, I started to dream about what more I can do. I gave all my time to photography.

Now it’s time for dreams to come true, I’m very excited and I love this part the most 😉

Doing what you love is priceless. When I feel the excitement inside me, the sparkle in my eyes, and the smile on my face while photoshooting, I don’t forget to wink at the universe and say thank you.

I’m Aylin Papi Şahin; I reflect my excitement and feelings in my photos. Together with the child in me, we set out on a road to take the photos in your heart.