about Ruud.
Let me start by welcoming you to my website. I really appreciate you reading this page to get to know me a bit better. I hope you are doing well!Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Ruud Claessen. It's a pleasure to meet you. Roughly 30 years ago, when I was i
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wedding photography portfolio.
Photos tell stories. An individual image is always connected to other images, and together they form a film, a story. The story of your wedding, your love, you engagement session. Like humans, photos work together. For that reason
London baby! I'm terribly sorry, but I have this compulsion to say that every time London comes to mind. I blame Friends. People that know the show will get the reference. But even before Friends descended upon London, I had the joy to visit this beautiful and vibrant city two ti
Every now and then, being a wedding photographer brings you to amazing places. But I do think that an Iceland elopement or destination wedding is every photographer's dream. It was my dream for sure! The land of fire and ice, of ocher colored grass and ice blue glaciers. The roug
An Austria elopement? Count me in!
Vera and Shenshen traveled all the way from China for their Austria elopement in Salzburg. A moment to be captured, they thought. I had the privilege that they booked me as their destination wedding photographer in Austria.Off course, I'm n
2 Fearless Awards & Top-100 worldwide at Fearless Photographers
2018 is starting off great! After being honored with a 16th place worldwide at ISPWP, some more great news came my way today. This time it was about the Fearless Awards.Winning a Fearless Award is no easy fe
Destination Wedding India - De Indiase bruiloft van Jessika&Sanal
‘Are you looking forward to see India?’
That's what Jessika said to me in an e-mail she sent me about a year ago. You can imagine my heart skipping a beat, since shooting a wedding in a faraway land had alway
Wedding Photography Awards - 16th place worldwide in 2017 at ISPWP
A 16th place in a competition? That's hardly something to write home about. However, this 16th place makes me more than happy. Why? Because it's a 16th place worldwide over an entire year, at the renowned ISPWP -
France Wedding Photographer - Mellaney & Joachim's France Destination WeddingAfter flying to South France in May last year, I was more than excited to go back to the Sunny South of Europe to shoot another Destination Wedding. Especially since Mellaney and Joachim are such a v
Dutch Wedding Photographer Maastricht - Château Neercanne - Hella&Ryan
The American wedding of Hella and Ryan. What a fairytale it was! During a trip to Paris, the idea emerged to get married in Europe. "That's madness!", was Ryan's first response. But as time went by, both
Dutch Wedding Photographer
Welcome! I'm Ruud en I've been a Dutch wedding photographer since 2007. Even after 12 years, shooting weddings is still an adventure in which I discover new things every day. Wether it's a home wedding two blocks away or a Destination Wedding at the