Here’s a little preview of the wedding I’m working on at the moment. This photo was taken in a very cute antique shop in Den Bosch. More great photos to come in the near future.

December seems like a good month to start looking back at the year that is almost over. This year’s weddings are not over yet (luckily), but I am slowly starting to have a little bit more time to think about everything that I experienced this year. I would like to show a photo of a wedding that was one of the emotional high points of the year.

All wedding cereomonies are filled with emotion. Sometimes humor is the most prevelant emotion. Sometimes tears are flowing. Every ceremony is different and unique. The photo below was taken during the wedding ceremony of a couple that is a little bit older than most people that are getting married. The wedding was a very intimate affair. There were only five guests! The ceremony took place in the beautiful snug basement of the old city hall of Oirschot, in Brabant in the Netherlands. The couple was married by a good friend. Because the group was so small I did not feel like I was someone who merely was looking in from the side line to take photos. I felt like I was one of the guests. It might sound a bit strange but I really felt privileged to be part of this select group of people that were allowed to be present on the day that was so very special for this couple.

The embrace in the photo took place right after the groom read a self made poem his bride to be. During the reading of the poem they both had to really strain to keep their tears from flowing uncontrollably. When he was done with his recitation, this beautiful embrace followed. When I look at it I can just feel the emotion that erupted at this moment. I am very happy that I was allowed to be there to capture this precious moment.

The Fall season is coming to an end over here. Not so much temperature wise, because we still have fairly nice temperatures, but nature wise. Most trees have now lost their leaves and are looking pretty dead. I’m hoping for some snow for the month of December by the way, because it’s always nice to have photos of a white wedding. We’ll see what happens.

Here are some photos from the first week of November when we took our little ones out for a walk through our, then still colorful, neighbourhood park.

A couple of weeks ago Bianca & Tom got married. Luckily they asked me to start photographing in the morning, during their getting ready. I always like taking photos in the morning, before the wedding starts. It has a special kind of atmosphere that is different from the rest of the day. Early in the afternoon we (Tom & Bianca in the beautiful old Mercedes of her father) went to the Waalre city hall for the wedding ceremony. After the ceremony we did a photo shoot in the old city hall of Valkenswaard, where art gallery De Kunstkeuken is located these days. Because the weather was so great we also had a short outside photo session on the way to the reception, dinner and party location, Herberg de Taamvenhoeve in Valkenswaard. I have to say that I really enjoyed my day.

Before we get to the photos I want to give a shout-out to Starlight Licht & Geluid, who did a great job DJing the party. These guys rock! And now for the photos.

[Edit:] I almost forgot (OK, I completely forgot. Thanks Hermine) the cake was made by Il Pasticcino in Bladel.

A couple of weeks ago Shuxia en Jeroen were married in Eindhoven. The ceremony took place in museum Kempenland. This location was only recently added to the list of possible wedding locations in Eindhoven. After the ceremony and reception we had a photo shoot at the TU/E campus (Technical University of Eindhoven). That was lots of fun. My favorite element of the day must be their mode of transportation though. You’ll see what I mean below. Here are a couple of my favorite photos of the day.