Real Weddings
Brautrausch Magazine
Weddingphotos, Weddingstories, Weddinginspiration - Weddings, Elopements and Adventure Sessions
Real Weddings
Brautrausch Magazine
Weddingphotos, Weddingstories, Weddinginspiration - Weddings, Elopements and Adventure Sessions
Here you will find real stories of real weddings - from small ones to excessively big weddings, from funny to bourgeois, in the Rhine-Main area or beyond, in Germany, Ireland and around the world. Individual photos are always good, but the whole story is important for a good wedding documentary. And that's why there are always a lot of photos in every wedding story. Because often it is the small things that would not make it into a highlight gallery, but which, like small pieces of a puzzle, fit into the large picture of a wedding story and add depth and detail. So emotions come to life again. In addition, you will find elopements and after-wedding sessions and one or the other wedding inspiration that was created outside of real weddings, but which still tells an exciting story.
Be inspired!
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Weddings & Wedding KnowHow
- An Aran Island Elopement
- Wedding in Hanau, Castle Philippsruhe and Wilhelmsbad
- Wedding at Burg Schwarzenstein, Rhinegau
- Wedding at Brenners Park-Hotel&Spa, Baden Baden
- Proposal in Frankfurt and Engagement Photos on the Top of the Maintower
- Wedding at the Romantic Hotel Schloss Rettershof
- Irish Wedding in Connemara
- Same-Sex wedding at Schlosshotel Kronberg
- Wedding at Gutshof Wilsickow in the Uckermark
- Wedding at the 'Kleine Residenz am Schloss'
#bestnine2021 - My 2021 Wedding Season
Elopement on the Suspension Bridge - a Mountain Wedding in Austria
A Wedding in Bad Nauheim and Frankfurt
Elopement in New York
Wedding in Bad Homburg near Frankfurt - Celebration in the Park
10 Years of Wedding Photography in Ireland - That's How it Began
Wedding at Saareck Castle in Mettlach
Same Sex Wedding at "Blaues Wasser Frankfurt"
Tiny Wedding at Schlosshotel Kronberg
Irish Wedding in Connemara
Wedding at Weidenmuehle Winery
Wedding at Villa Rothschild
A wedding at one of the places with the most wonderful views in the whole Frankfurt area - an outdoor wedding ceremony and a great party at a historical place...
A Fairy Tale Wedding at Hofgut Georgenthal
They wanted a fairy tale wedding. And that's what they got. 'Nuff said. There's a lot of fairy tale in those pictures. Go ahead!
Wedding at Grenzhof Heidelberg
A wonderful wedding with wonderful weather - a ceremony in Edenkoben and a legendary party on the evening...
Wedding at Brenners Park-Hotel&Spa, Baden Baden
A free ceremony in the park, an great party und awesome weddingportraits in under 20 minutes - there's nothing better than evening light...
Wedding at Fitz-Ritter Winery, Bad Dürkheim an der Weinstraße
A wedding on the German Wine Street - a wonderful day, with a fantastic couple, great musicians and good spirit
Proposal in Frankfurt and Engagement Photos on the Top of the Maintower
A proposal in Frankfurt and engagement photos on top of the Maintower...
Wedding in Hanau, Castle Philippsruhe and Wilhelmsbad
A small wedding with big emotions. Romina and Martin had a midweek wedding with just a small weddingparty, but with wonderful sunny weather. Philippsruhe usually is a very busy wedding venue...
2016 - my little retrospect
At this weekend my wedding season 2017 will officially begin. But before that, l'll have a look back on 2016 which actually was better than it's reputation...
Classy Wedding at Schlosshotel Kronberg
A wedding documentary at Castle Friedrichshof - alias Schlosshotel Kronberg, a luxury wedding venue in the Rhine-Main area...
A Wedding in Wuerzburg - iconic church and baroque venue
Wedding at Gräflicher Park Grand Resort Bad Driburg
Two days of wedding - civil ceremony and wedding warmup, church, wellness and big party. It all starts on a sunny friday afternoon. Civil ceremony at the Hotel, "Game over" for Alexander but the beginning of something new and the start of a great weekend.
Wedding at a Winery in Mauchenheim
A wedding ceremony in Kirchheimbolanden and reception at a nearby winery. Some time ago there was this wedding in "Kibo" as the locals call their city, for the wedding of Anne and Thomas...
Same-Sex wedding at Schlosshotel Kronberg
From Miami-Beach to Kronberg im Taunus - two grooms, groomsmen and three bridesmaids wearing Vera Wang wedding dresses. These are the ingredients for an awesome wedding...
Wedding at the Romantic Hotel Schloss Rettershof
A free wedding ceremony under trees, canola fields and sunshine. In the middle of the Taunus region, halfway between Königstein and Kelkheim, there is Schlosshotel Rettershof, hiding in the woods...
Wedding at Burg Schwarzenstein, Rhinegau
One of the most beautiful locations to get married in the Rhinegau area certainly is Burg Schwarzenstein. Also for Julia's and Arndt's wedding this Rhinegau-location was the perfect choice.
My Wedding Photo of the Year 2015
As a wedding photographer you are often asked if there are wedding photos that are special to you. That's why I chose my personal wedding photo of the year 2015.
Goodbye 2015, hello 2016!
When looking back at 2015 and the 2015 wedding season you ideally feel something like pride. Both on what you experienced, but also on what one has created. 2015 did well so far. ;)
An Aran Island Elopement
We're in no hurry and spend our time waiting by the fireplace in the bar for the weather to clear up. For the ceremony we move on to the Teampall Chiaráin, the ruins of an old monastery from the 12th century. That's where the unique and intimate ceremony begins...
Wedding at Gutshof Wilsickow in the Uckermark
"Uckermark? Where's that?"
With that question everything began. And what should I say? It was well worth finding out!
Wedding at the 'Kleine Residenz am Schloss'
Hochheim am Main, Arcadian old-town, vineyards - only minutes away from Wiesbaden, Mainz or Frankfurt, with Opel and airport just around the corner and still a whole nother world...
Wedding at Völkershausen Manor
When Anna and Alexander told me about their weddings plans, I did not know then that this was going to be one of my biggest and most beautiful weddings of the last years....
Wild Wedding at Schlosshotel Kronberg
Castle, mariachis and sparklers for their wedding - everybody should have this! Well, not necessarily. However everything at the wedding of Julissa and Nicholas last year came together so beautifully...
Wedding at Kloster Hornbach
One day many many years ago Maria caught the bridal bouquet. That was in April 2004 in some park in San Francisco. Maria finally has followed the "call"...
Irish wedding with "whimsical vintage feel"
Over 20 years ago, I visited Ireland for the first time - by bike and big parts on foot. Today that would be a bit different though, but my passion for the small country in the wild west of Europe , however, is still unbroken...
Wedding at Trinkkuranlage Bad Nauheim
New Year's resolutions are for beginners only. So let's forget about them and have a look at a wonderful wedding reportage in and around the historic 'Trinkkuranlage' in Bad Nauheim...
Wedding Bolongaro Palace, Frankfurt-Hoechst
Midday sun simply is evil. And therefore we wedding photographers most of the time are extremely grateful for clouds of any kind. So here comes the wedding of Heinke and Uli...
Wedding at Fitz-Ritter's Winery, Bad Dürkheim
No news that it's beautiful on the wine route in Rhineland-Palatinate. But if really everything is great at a wedding, then that's a fair reason to climb on the table.
A Three Day Wedding on the Costa del Sol
Since springtime here in Germany still leaves much to desire here's something from the Spanish spring - finally the photos of the wedding of Dany and Nicolas on the Costa de Sol last year.
ISPWP Wedding Photography Contest Winter 2012 - Top 20 Ranking
What do wedding photographers do during the supposedly quiet off-season? Long overdue wedding albums, meetings with bridal couples, getting first normal doses of sleep and ocasionally there are also photography competitions on the agenda...
Wedding at Villa Rothschild and Kleine Residenz Hochheim
On a perfect day in October, Janet and Robert tied the knot in a free wedding ceremony by Thomas Hoffmann in the rooms of Villa Rothschild in Königstein - perfect weather, lots of tears and a reception with fantastic cupcakes.
Wedding at Burg Schwarzenstein on the River Rhine
Lydia and Stefan had me as their wedding photographer in 2010 - a civil ceremony virtually on my doorstep in Bad Homburg and finally a beautiful free wedding ceremony in the park of Burg Schwarzenstein in the Rheingau area.
Vintage Wedding at Hofgut Georgenthal
So here they are, lots of pictures from Desiree's and Ilker's wedding at the wonderful Georgenthal Estate right in the middle of the Taunus' hills and forests.
Wedding in Frankfurt's Botanic Gardens
Since I am currently on holiday in the Allgaeu region - summer break so to speak - here's just a few words about my last wedding. There's no need to say more, as the pictures of Linny and Michael's wedding at the Palmengarten in Frankfurt and the afternoon we spend with wedding photos across the entire city of Frankfurt say it all. It was a great day with you! And now enjoy your honeymoon!
Wedding in San Francisco, 2004 | My First Time in Wedding Photography
Once upon a time, in April 2004...
No, this is not a fairy tale. But a few days ago I was sitting together with some colleagues and we were talking about our first weddings. And now I take the occasion to show you my very first one - the wedding of Nelly and André in April 2004 in San Francisco.