Tag: wedding switzerland
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A symbolic wedding in a historic hotel with breathtaking views of Lake Brienz in Switzerland. The spacious balcony of the Giessbach room at the Grand Hotel served as the venue. The couple exchanged vows under the late afternoon sun, surrounded by stunning scenery perfect for a post-ceremony photo shoot. With Lake Brienz as the backdrop…
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Photographer for a wedding in Zermatt in July 2024. Before the ceremony, a photo shoot on Sunnegga (2,288 m – 7,506 ft.). The Zermatt tourist office call Sunnegga a family paradise. Which it is! The families create a challenge for photographers. Keeping people out of their pictures. An early start is recommended. It was a…
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Photographer for an after the wedding photo shoot in the Swiss mountains with Rachael and Alexander. It was warm and sunny in Grindelwald. It was very different on top of the mountains above this Swiss alpine resort. Surface elevation: 2,265m (7,431 ft). Very cold and very windy! Rachael must have been very cold but she…
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Photographer for a pre wedding photo shoot in Interlaken. I met the couple in their hotel in Interlaken at breakfast time. The make-up artist had already been and gone! It was going to be another of those days with blue skies and harsh sunlight. The sun is lower in October and I was planning on…
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Photographer for a wedding in Schloss Schadau, Thun. This is a beautiful hotel situated in the Schadau park on the banks of Lake Thun, Switzerland. The building of Schloss Schadau was finally finished in 1854. It’s a beautiful location to celebrate a wedding. The easy access to the lake makes it perfect for wedding guests…
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Photographer for Jo and Mark’s Wedding in Interlaken. This is the official wedding ceremony in Schloss Interlaken. You cannot be officially married in a church in Switzerland. Here is a very helpful blog post on getting married in Switzerland. Official Wedding ceremony (Trauung) in Interlaken website. Jo and Mark also asked me to be the…
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Photographer for a Civil Wedding (Zivile Trauung) in Interlaken. The formal ceremony took place in the Schloss Interlaken. Afterwards, some group photos in front of the main building. Afterwards a bride and groom photo shoot nearby. I had to arrange a “First Look” before the wedding ceremony. It can be a challenge. People were walking…
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An early morning photo shooting in the mountains that surround Wengen. It was very cold until the sun started to shine over the mountain tops. Low sun can be a challenge to the photographer. I personally prefer a cloudy day with the clouds higher than the mountains. Softening the rays from the sun. I shall…
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A wedding on a sunny day in Zermatt in November. Olympia and Dominic posed outside the Gemeinde for some pictures with the iconic Matterhorn mountain. Afterwards they went inside to be officially married in Switzerland. (You cannot be officially married in a church in Switzerland.) After the informal ceremony the couple rode a horse carriage …
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Photographer yesterday for a wedding in Zermatt with a lovely couple from Singapore. First there was the official ceremony in the Gemeinde building in Zermatt. Afterwards we travelled by taxi up to Winkelmatten. Here we had another ceremony in the Catholic church built in 1604. Afterwards, I had a slow walk down to the railway…
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Photographer for an elopement in Switzerland. Debbie and Marcus are a lovely couple from Australia. They contacted me earlier in the year for help with their elopement. They planned to stay in Interlaken and ended up renting a chalet in Iseltwald. Debbie wanted a spectacular location in the Swiss Alps. Everything went like clockwork. Hair…
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A simple wedding ceremony with a couple from Finland and over 50 guests. Plus some cows! A really hot day. No shade. However, we had own personal cloud hover over us all the time we was on the mountain. Conditions of trail and lake from hikers: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/switzerland/bern/first-bachalpsee —-
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A pre wedding photo shoot on the “Crash Landing On You” location with a lovely couple from Japan. This was another early morning photo shoot. Shortly after sunrise. I brought my studio light to help light the couple on the pier. The studio light helped bring the couple out of the shadows. However it is…
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Photographer for a wedding photo shoot with a lovely couple from Japan. Saoria and Daichi contacted me for a photo shoot in Iseltwald. This was an early morning photo shoot. Before the tourists arrived in their buses. The weather was perfect. You can see the sun was rising in the sky. We managed to finish…
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Pre wedding photo shoot with Brenna and Jack from Utah, USA. The location was in the Swiss Alps above Grindelwald. After the photo shoot, the couple returned to their hotel to be married! They had a pastor in Utah, online. He was waiting to marry them watched by 50 plus friends (online). We nearly didn’t…
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It was a crazy hot day in Interlaken. I didn’t need to be asked twice to photograph this lovely couple from Singapore in the Alpine village of Wengen. It was cooler in the Swiss Alps but the sun was as bright as ever! We found some shade under the trees. I arrived two hours earlier…
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Photographer for the wedding of Sam and Sam in the picturesque Schloss Oberhofen by Lake Thun (Thunersee). Once a month, the official wedding ceremony (Ziviltrauung) is performed in this spectacular castle that dates back to 1200 AD. Dates and information about the Civil Marriage Ceremony can be found here. Thank you so so much for…
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Photographer for a wedding in Grindelwald. The ceremony was in the church in Grindelwald. A bride and groom photo shoot before the ceremony near the church. Starting with a “First Look”. Tom and Melanie organized an Apero in Grindelwald close to the Gletscherschlucht. The evening festivities were held in a hotel in Interlaken. —-
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Photographer on the 4th March for a pre wedding photo shoot in the Swiss Alps. The couple were part of a small group from the Philippines visiting Switzerland. I was booked to photograph the group on Grindelwald First (elevation: 2,167 meters 7,109 feet) by their tourist agent based in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina. —-
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A meeting with Tom and Melanie in Interlaken followed by a short photo shoot in the English garden. Tom and Melanie were officially married the day before near Zug. They were in Interlaken to plan their wedding in June. They will have a blessing ceremony in a beautiful church in Grindelwald. Afterwards a celebration in…