Wedding Photos of Netherlands

The following “Netherlands” images were created by documentary wedding photographers from the WPJA, who regularly submit their best candid moments, artistic portraits, details, and scene setters for review by our WPJA competition judges.

WEDDINGS + ELOPEMENTS + ARTISTIC PORTRAITS & DETAILS + ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS

Some of the “Netherlands” marriage photography samples below may have come from the getting ready events, the actual wedding ceremony, the reception after-party, an engagement session with the couple, or possibly be artistic portraits or detail shots.

FINE ART WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: Our Artistic Guild award winners take a more creative approach to wedding day Portraits and use their innovative skills to capture the Details of each couple’s special day. The Artistic Guild’s Scene Setters are some of the most notable and breathtaking from within the artistic WPJA contest categories. Playing with light and shadow, special effects, and post-production editing, these images embrace the artistic component of wedding photography.

PRE-WEDDING ENGAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY: The story of every couple starts long before the wedding day, and the engagement marks one of the most important milestones in their story. Engaged couples often want to celebrate the occasion and announce their upcoming wedding with a photoshoot. Pre-wedding portraits of an engaged couple can be just as moving and compelling as the images taken on the wedding day. Engagement portraits can win a Diamond Award, an exclusive WPJA award whose winner is selected from the best engagement photography in the world.

Alphen aan den Rijn wedding photographer contest award winning image showing the Hamering the gavel hammer to make the wedding official

Alphen aan den Rijn wedding photography contest award winning gallery picture showing heavy wind during transport of the bride

wind bride transport Alphen aan den Rijn nl wedding photography South Holland Natalja van Ommeren

Hulsbeek, The Netherlands portrait e-session executed right before wedding day

trees forest Hulsbeek NL Netherlands engagement portrait Netherlands Jola Mulder

Buursezand, The Netherlands environmental engagement e-session of silhouetted couple at sunset

Netherlands sunset Jola Mulder NL engagement Buursezand Buursezand wedding photographer silhouetted

Noord-Holland wedding reportage moment of some good luck wishes just before ceremony

North Holland wishes before ceremony Teun Bakker Noord Holland wedding reportage good luck NL bride

Joe Mann Best wedding moment photograph from The Netherlands captured as the Bride hugs father who suffers from dementia

Joe Mann Paviljoen bw NL photographer Eindhoven hugs Netherlands netherlands bride

Gelderland, Netherlands creative couple wedding portrait special effects like green smoke

NL photographer special effects NL bride and groom smoke bomb creative couple NL wedding portrait smoke

Gelderland, Netherlands fine art wedding picture of the groom getting ready at the barber

Gelderland fine art weddings barber NL wedding picture groom getting ready

Gelderland, Netherlands creative, fine art wedding photo of the bride Getting ready with eye makeup

Netherlands bw bw Wedding Photo fine art weddings eye makeup Gelderland bride getting ready

Netherlands bride is getting buttoned up by her mother as dad passes through covering his eyes

mother Arjan van der Plaat Dad Netherlands bridal photo netherlands bride Netherlands buttoned up

Delft Netherlands Sunset engagement pre-wed photo session on the streets

Delft road NL Sunset small town village Netherlands

A Netherlands bride and groom are eating a "worstenbroodje/meat sandwich" A typical Dutch wedding tradition in the state of Brabant

wedding tradition typical Netherlands eating Dutch Brabant meat sandwich

Noord Brabant wedding photo from a Netherlands at-Home event of a Take-away wedding diner delivered in covid time

Netherlands wedding dinner at Home event Noord Brabant wedding photo COVID Take away Elke Teurlings

Netherlands wedding image of a woman checking that the signature is placed correctly on the marriage papers

outdoor ceremony Netherlands Moniek van Gils Signature nature weddings marriage papers garden weddings

Haarlem, Netherlands groom posing for a wedding picture standing in front of the Amsterdamse Poort and checking his suit for a cool portrait

posing Thomas Jongbloed groom Haarlem Amsterdamse Poort wedding picture Netherlands

At the Sodafabriek old factory in Schiedam The Netherlands, The groom is standing in a cool pose on the stairs for an artistic wedding photo

artistic wedding photo Schiedam standing Sodafabriek Netherlands pose stairs

Sodafabriek, Schiedam, Netherlands bride and groom posing during a portrait session at an old factory as the groom is looking at his beautiful bride, catching the nice window light

groom posing Schiedam bride and groom old factory portrait session Thomas Jongbloed

NL artistic wedding photo At the Sodafabriek old factory in Schiedam The Netherlands of The bride showing her dress in the awesome location which is a beautiful contrast

Schiedam old factory NL Thomas Jongbloed Sodafabriek beautiful contrast bride

NL artistic wedding picture At the ceremony location Kasteel Woerden in The Netherlands as The bride is holding her veil between her fingertips.

NL veil fingertips Netherlands NL artistic wedding picture Kasteel Woerden Thomas Jongbloed

Netherlands wedding portrait of the groom looking at his bride while she is walking the stairs to the light at Kasteel Woerden

Netherlands walking stairs Netherlands wedding portrait Thomas Jongbloed groom bride

Netherlands couple is captured in this wedding photo shaking a bottle of champagne into the night sky at Brasserie Oostgaag

champagne Brasserie Oostgaag Thomas Jongbloed night sky Netherlands couple Netherlands wedding photo

Reeuwijkse Plassen couple posing for a wedding picture under some clouds of Love at Reeuwijk

A couple poses for a wedding picture under some clouds of Love, with a huge sky of heavenly Love overhead and a bright blue sky above

Netherlands Reeuwijkse Plassen Reeuwijk huge sky Reeuwijk Wedding Photographer sky and clouds

Netherlands wedding detail image of the bride's wedding bouquet, and the ring a special detail of the wedding day

The bride's wedding bouquet, as well as the ring, are special details captured in the wedding image of the day

bride Netherlands Netherlands wedding photographer special details ring wedding image netherlands bride

Bovendonk Hoeven bride and groom posing during a portrait session at sunset time, with beautiful light

The bride and groom posed for a stunning portrait at sunset, bathed in gorgeous light, while standing inside a car

bride and groom Bovendonk Hoeven stunning portrait Hoeven wedding photographer Netherlands gorgeous light sunset

Bovendonk in Hoeven wedding portrait at sunset, with beautiful light

A beautiful sunset lit up the backdrop for a wedding portrait, with the bride being embraced lovingly by the groom

Bovendonk Hoeven Hoeven wedding photographer embraced bride Netherlands Beautiful sunset groom

Netherlands Reception artistic wedding portrait from the Blue hour in Rotterdam

A wedding portrait taken during the blue hour showcasing the backlit couple silhouetted against the backdrop of the water

blue hour sidewalk Netherlands wedding portrait backlit couple silhouetted blue hues

Netherlands engagement photo shoot at the Hotel Gaia with some tight, Skin to skin posing

Hotel Gaia bw portrait ideas smiles monochrome black and white black & white pics

Wedding photography from a Netherlands Reception Venue of the Bride tossing her bouquet

Netherlands outdoor reception Elke Teurlings NL Netherlands outdoor weddings Netherlands

Netherlands wedding photographer "putting on a tie isn't that easy and the mother of the groom is having a laugh about the scenario"

Netherlands Thomas Jongbloed Netherlands wedding reportage Netherlands reportage weddings

The mother, standing in the doorway is so happy to see her daughter, who is emotional on her wedding day in the Netherlands

netherlands bride Netherlands bridal photo NL Thomas Jongbloed Netherlands

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