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.

Son of the bride plays with the wedding dress in Wierden, Netherlands, as the family observes

Wierden Wedding: Son Expresses Joy through the Bride's Wedding Dress

At the Havenhuis Etten-Leur ceremony and reception location, this photo captures the bride and groom pouring champagne into the top glasses of a stunning champagne tower. A toast to their happily ever after!

Havenhuis Etten-Leur: A Toast to Happily Ever After

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Wedding guests celebrate on the action-packed dance floor at Nieuw Westert Restaurant, with a saxophonist captivating the crowd. The lively atmosphere brought together many people for a night of joyous festivities.

Nieuw Westert: Captivating Saxophonist Enlivens Action-Packed Wedding Dance Floor

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At Ouddorp beach, the Netherlands, this pre-wedding shoot captures the couple standing in the sea during sunset. Ocean ripples circle their feet, creating a serene and picturesque scene against the backdrop of the setting sun.

Sunset Serenity: Ouddorp Beach Pre-Wedding Bliss

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On Ouddorp beach, the Netherlands, this pre-wedding shoot captures the couple walking through the wind-swept dunes. The scene, marked by natural beauty and romance, creates a timeless and enchanting feel.

Ouddorp Beach: A Timeless and Enchanting Pre-Wedding Stroll through Wind-swept Dunes

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In a nature reserve in the Netherlands, this pre-wedding shoot captures an intimate embrace between the couple. The center-framed composition adds focus to the emotional connection, creating a beautifully centered and heartfelt image.

Netherlands Nature Reserve: A Centered and Heartfelt Pre-Wedding Embrace

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A wedding photo taken in Zuid Holland, Netherlands, showcasing the groom as he gets ready and slips on his shoes. The black and white detail shot creates a vintage atmosphere.

Vintage BW Vibes: Groom Puts on His Shoes in Zuid Holland, Netherlands

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A professional wedding photographer captured the stunning bride getting ready at Villa Augustus, Dordrecht, Netherlands. The image cleverly features a reflection in the glass, showcasing the picturesque venue as well.

Bridal Prep at Villa Augustus, Dordrecht, Netherlands

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Children playing on the sunny grass at a wedding reception in Utrecht, Netherlands, as photographed by a talented wedding photographer

Utrecht's Vibrant Vows: Joyous Children frolic on sun-kissed grass, captured by a skilled wedding lens

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WPJA Honor Award-winning image captures the joyful getting ready moments of a bride at a hotel in Utrecht, Netherlands. Surrounded by cheerful women, she sits in a tall barstool chair

Utrecht Unveiled: Bride Prepares for Her Big Day Surrounded by Vibrant Companions

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In Zuid Holland, Netherlands, a wedding photographer captures an intimate scene as the groom checks the magnet on his flowers at his home

Zuid Holland's Serene Celebration: An Intimate Glimpse as the Groom Ponders the Magnetic Attraction of Love

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A Zuid Holland wedding photographer captured a striking image of newlyweds leaving their ceremony in the Netherlands. Firefighters created a fog effect with extinguishers, creating a unique atmosphere for the couple.

Netherlands' Newlyweds Enveloped in Enchanting Fog: A Captivating Moment Captured by Zuid Holland's Wedding Photographer

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In Zuid Holland, Netherlands, a heartwarming scene unfolds during a wedding ceremony as a child presents a ring and demonstrates how to properly place it on a finger. A touching moment of love and unity.

Zuid Holland, Netherlands: A Heartwarming Moment of Love and Unity as a Child Guides Exchange of Rings during Wedding Ceremony

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A couple poses and walks for a pre-wedding photo shoot on the beautiful sandy beach of Scheveningen, Netherlands, with the iconic pier in the background

Scheveningen's Stunning Sands: Capturing Love with the Iconic Pier

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This engagement portrait was taken on a sunny day at Ouddorp beach in the Netherlands, capturing a romantic pose in a field of tall grass next to a lighthouse

Captured Love: Embracing Romance at Ouddorp Beach's Serene Lighthouse

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A young boy at the Blooming Hotel in Bergen captures a unique photo with a tablet, showing the reflection of beautiful wedding flowers

Unveiling the Enchanting Wedding Floral Reflection: A Young Boy's Picture-perfect Capture at the Blooming Hotel in Bergen

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This stunning romantic portrait captures a beautiful couple standing close together, facing each other at Ouddorp Beach in the Netherlands, before their wedding day.

Ouddorp Beach Eternity: A Captivating Engagement Portrait of Love

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A dreamy portrait of a couple strolling through the enchanting Garden of Kasteel Bouvigne in Breda, the Netherlands, captured by a talented and imaginative Netherlands wedding photographer.

Breda's Garden of Love: Capturing Romance at Kasteel Bouvigne with a Talented Netherlands Wedding Photographer

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A romantic portrait captured by a Netherlands wedding photographer at Scheveningen Beach. The couple shares an intimate embrace, surrounded by the arid beauty of the environment, just before sunset.

Scheveningen Serenade: Capturing Love's Embrace at the Enchanting Beach of the Netherlands

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A wedding couple stands in the picturesque Drunense Duinen National Park, surrounded by purple moor. They reach out to each other with outstretched arms.

Enchanting embrace: A blissful bond blossoms amidst the purple moor of Drunense Duinen National Park

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During a pre-wedding photoshoot at Ouddorp Beach in the Netherlands, the couple is captured at sunset, sitting on the dunes, with beautiful pockets of dune grass surrounding them

Captivating Coastal Love: Enchanting Engagement Portrait Amidst Ouddorp Beach's Serene Sunset Bliss

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At the Garden of Kasteel Bouvigne in Breda, Netherlands, this couple opted for a pre-wedding photoshoot amidst the stunning floral scenery of their wedding venue's gardens

Capturing Eternal Love: A Delightful Engagement Portrait at the Garden of Kasteel Bouvigne in Breda, Netherlands

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A stunning pre-wedding photoshoot captures a couple at the picturesque Scheveningen beach in the Netherlands. The breathtaking sunset illuminates the water's edge as dark clouds hover overhead, creating a dramatic and romantic ambiance.

Romantic Engagement: A Captivating Portrait at Scheveningen Beach, Netherlands

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The couple's pre-wedding shoot took place at Mastbos in Breda, the Netherlands. The stunning heath provided a beautiful backdrop for the photos, and the photographer captured an amazing aerial shot using a drone.

Engagement Bliss: A Breathtaking Aerial Shot Amidst the Serene Heath of Mastbos, Breda

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In the Netherlands, at the beach of Katwijk, a couple about to get married is captured in an engagement photoshoot. The image showcases a blue sky background and green foliage in the foreground.

Captured in Love: A Breathtaking Engagement Portrait at Katwijk Beach in the Netherlands

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A picture of a bride at her home in Zuid Holland, Netherlands, with her wedding dress flowing in the wind

Graceful Bride: Embracing Elegance at Home in South Holland, Netherlands, as her Wedding Gown Dances with the Wind

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At a reception venue in Noord Brabant, Netherlands, a poignant moment unfolds as a family member is taken away by an ambulance, capturing the vulnerability and emotion that can arise on such special occasions

Capturing the Bittersweet Reality: A Documentary Wedding Photo Unveils a Powerfully Poignant Moment of Vulnerability and Emotion at a Reception Venue in Noord Brabant, Netherlands

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In Noord Brabant, Netherlands, at a lively party venue, Kasteel Wijenburg, groom playfully takes hold of the bride's glow-in-the-dark stick necklace on the dance floor as they share a passionate kiss

Capturing the Magic: An Enchanting Moment Unveiled in Noord Brabant as Groom Seizes Bride's Passionate Glow-in-the-Dark Stick Necklace at Kasteel Wijenburg

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Guests at a reception venue in Noord Brabant, Netherlands, celebrate love by playfully tossing their shoes in the air during an outdoor celebration

A Joyous Display of Love: Guests at Noord Brabant Reception Venue Show Their Playful Spirit, Tossing Shoes in Air during Outdoor Celebration

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In this photo captured at a hotel in Utrecht, Netherlands, the radiant bride is seen making her way downstairs after finishing her preparations

Unveiling Eternal Love: A Captivating Moment of the Radiant Bride Descending the Staircase at the Enchanting Utrecht Hotel

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