Wedding photos - Juan and Sarah

Juan and Sarah's wedding was in my home town of Weesp, which is great as I know the photogenic places like the back of my hand.  This is when I have to watch out not to take the same photos time and time again.  One of the big differences this time was that the river Vecht was iced over, which you can see in one of the photos.   It was a cold but sunny day and I took it as a compliment when Sarah said during the photoshoot that she felt like a film star. Juan and Sarah were a great (looking) couple to work with.

Wedding photos - Hugo & Annemieke

My wedding season kicked off on the 16th of January with Hugo & Annemieke from Culemborg. It was a cold and a bleak day generally but that didn't stop us having a great time during the photoshoot at Castle Heemstede in Houten. Hugo is an architect so we were able to take some great shots inside the modern building where he worked. Check out the gorgeous white stairway. Then we moved on to the castle which is in the same grounds. I just love discovering new places and making the most of the the features like spiral stairways and wall decorations. Hugo and Annemieke just received their 40cm square album along with about 600 photos, so they have enough to do this weekend.

Wedding photos - Astrid & Ruud

Check the middle photo. I just love it when something unexpected happens. We were walking to the railway station in Haarlem when out of the blue this florist spontaneously offered a flower to Astrid. I was walking heavily laden a good bit behind the couple when it happened but I managed to get a string of photos that eventually ended up in their wedding album. This photo has everything you could ever wish for

I love bright vibrant colours so when I saw this green wall of the restaurant where we held the photo shoot for Henk & Elvera, I just had to take some photos against it. The shoot was in the Avifauna bird reserve (www.avifauna.nl) Got some shots with penguins and flamingoes but the wall shots were my favourites. Improvising again, we got some nice shots of Mark & Alice outside the brightly coloured doors of a disco.......(it was a dreary day, so this got some colour in to the shoot)....

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Catching the moment is priority 1 during the whole day. Couples nowadays don't want the standard stuff and posing is a bit of a taboe. It's about putting the couple in an interesting location and just letting it happen. The bridesmaids started to peek around the corner at the bride and groom kissing....all I had to do was encourage them to keep looking and compose the shots correctly. You have to nudge spontanity sometimes ;-) Big red Ferraris look good in photos, add a matching umbrella and it's all go. Getting the bride into the big red 'low' Ferrari can make for spontaneous shots!!

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As you can see, I'm always in for a funny photo. Check out two of these photos. One at the end of the reception where somebody had finished cutting the cake and just plunged the knife into the cake. Very macabre. And what about the photo of the groom tying his shoelaces on the steps just after the couple get married. He turns away to tie his shoe laces and his new bride gets a kiss from one of the best men. Nice! I'm a photographer and a story-teller! The top photo shows the groom cycling past the hairdressers where his wife-to-be waves as he passes. Sometimes you have to set things up......

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It's been really too long since I updated my blog so instead of blogging per wedding couple, I've added some of my favourites over the last few months. I hope you like them