Ulla & Gijs

A wedding in Hamburg's venerable Michel is something special in itself. It's great if it's a German-Dutch wedding and I probably got the job as photographer simply because I could immediately pronounce the groom's name correctly without having to fake tonsillitis...

And then on Ulla and Gijs' special day everything was really great: a priest who gave me a lot of freedom in his church, a wedding party with whom I could also talk about football despite these nationalities, a bride and groom who just... was happy and the weather was so typically Hamburg that it was pouring rain right when the couple shoot was planned - and even that was great, but see for yourself.

That day I was able to have some very interesting conversations with different guests. I learned a lot that day – about myself and my passion: photography. That's why I'm happy to be able to show some pictures of the day here in my blog, because they mean something to me - and also keep my memories of this day alive and not just those of the bride and groom.

Read comments (10)
  1. Strong last paragraph.

    I think you can see from the whole series that you were "burning" that day. The pictures have a special intensity that shows me that you wanted to do each one exactly the same way.
    This doesn’t seem to be “thrown together”, but rather beautifully staged.
    That's big …

  2. I also think the pictures are pretty brilliant, especially the wide-angle shots of the church are really well done, the perspectives (picture 7) look really impressive in some cases, but a lot of the pictures seem a bit grainy to me, did you make full use of your Lightroom workshop!? 😉

  3. Very cool pictures, picture 7 is very bizarre! But very nice couple who also allow the publication! Every shot is a hit!

  4. Once again a very nice series Stefan!
    You packed in many facets of the wedding day...my absolute FAV is #16, 2.0/200! 😉

    Greetings Frank

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