“My name is John Wilhelm. I was born 1970 in Winterthur, Switzerland, where I still live together with my wife, our three girls and our son, and lots of camera-equipment.
![young girl wearing crown holds animated frog with crown on in her hand while giving it a kiss in animated forest](https://lwm-a2.azureedge.net/uploads/2018/02/Kissing-a-fake-frog-king-1600x1200.jpg)
![young girls in gray nightgowns sit in wooden structure in animated forest](https://lwm-a2.azureedge.net/uploads/2018/02/Just-two-little-birds-1600x1200.jpg)
Photography was always important in my life. My father was an enthusiastic hobby-photographer and so I grew up in an environment of cameras, magazines, lenses, self-made camera-baggage’s, darkrooms and funny weddings.
![young girl with missing tooth lies on the street with rope leash in mouth that is connected to animated snail](https://lwm-a2.azureedge.net/uploads/2018/02/A-gentle-way-to-pull-another-milk-tooth-1600x1200.jpg)
I wasn’t very excited back then about the film and development processes. The importance of photography changed into joy when I was holding my first digital camera in my hands. The fire was sparked and a long journey began — a journey through lots of camera systems, techniques, experiences and finally software products.
![three toddlers sit in bath tub while oldest feeds animated fish to animated pelican](https://lwm-a2.azureedge.net/uploads/2018/02/Feeding-a-stinky-pelican-1600x1200.jpg)
February 2011, I decided to take a step across the border of plain photography. I entered the world of Photoshop and now it was basically possible to realize everything that’s in my mind. But wait… something was missing. Right. The actors and models. Fortunately, I have the great luck to be the father of a handful of natural talents.
![three siblings crouch down next to pregnant mothers stomach while she looks down at her daughters](https://lwm-a2.azureedge.net/uploads/2018/02/The-revelation-1600x1200.jpg)
![Young girl stands in animated messy kitchen with frying pan in hand while dad has pancake on his head in background](https://lwm-a2.azureedge.net/uploads/2018/02/Dinner-is-served-1600x1200.jpg)
![aerial view young girl with green glasses cross eyed to look at animated butterfly forehead in field of daisys](https://lwm-a2.azureedge.net/uploads/2018/02/A-touch-of-summer-1600x1200.jpg)
![young girl with hair blowing in the wind blows at enlarged animated dandelion](https://lwm-a2.azureedge.net/uploads/2018/02/Dandelion-self-defence-1600x1200.jpg)
![young girl in yellow glasses wearing a backpack holds on sideways to enlarged pencil that is staked in the gorund](https://lwm-a2.azureedge.net/uploads/2018/02/First-day-at-school-was-cool-1600x1200.jpg)
Just for fun I started to try out ideas with my oldest daughter Lou when she was perhaps 1 to 2 years old (approximately seven years ago). And every time she was so great and had so much fun I was inspired to realize more and more ideas. And her sisters turned out to be also very great. It seems like Mila and Yuna could learn a lot from Lou and now I can easily work with all three of them.
![young girl stands on chair in animated bedroom while holding her younger sibling upside down by a leg](https://lwm-a2.azureedge.net/uploads/2018/02/Dont-touch-my-book-little-sister-1600x1200.jpg)
![baby with wings playing the violin with three other girls floating with wings playing the flute to the baby's righr](https://lwm-a2.azureedge.net/uploads/2018/02/Christmas-2017-1600x1200.jpg)
Meanwhile our crazy family album has got hundreds of funny (and sometimes also meaningful) images, and our closest relatives are always very happy when they get our annual family calendar as a Christmas gift.
![three young girls on a cooter with luggage going towards spring weather and away from winter](https://lwm-a2.azureedge.net/uploads/2018/02/Escaping-Winter-1600x1200.jpg)
![santa holding a burlap sack over his shoulder with faces of three girls sticking out](https://lwm-a2.azureedge.net/uploads/2018/02/Happy-St.-Nicholas-Day-2015-1600x1200.jpg)
![baby in high chair with animated strainer of noodles on top of her head with noodles shaped as glasses on her face](https://lwm-a2.azureedge.net/uploads/2018/02/Spaghettitime-1600x1200.jpg)
![a young girl bunny costume painting white eggs and another girl standing in bunny costume with painted eggs behind her](https://lwm-a2.azureedge.net/uploads/2018/02/Finish-in-Rapa-Nui-1600x1200.jpg)
![view from the back of a blonde little girl with pigtails running through field of red flowers](https://lwm-a2.azureedge.net/uploads/2018/02/Into-the-Poppies-1600x1200.jpg)
By the way, our little boy, Nio, is only 7 months now, but I’m pretty sure he will bring some fresh air in our girl-dominated photo scene pretty soon. Stay tuned!”
![three girls smiling over their newborn sibling who is sleeping in white crib](https://lwm-a2.azureedge.net/uploads/2018/02/Just-3-girls-and-her-brother-1600x1200.jpg)
This story was submitted to Love What Matters by John Wilhelm of “John Wilhelm is a photoholic” from Winterthur, Switzerland. Submit your story here.
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