Wedding in a Monastery – A Story of Paradox
Recently I photographed an amazing wedding in a former Monastery called “Bethlehem”.
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This 500-year-old beautiful Monastery located in the small Dutch village Haren had a great ambiance and added something special to the wedding.
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The great paradox is that once upon a time, monks and nuns voluntary lived a celibacy life in this Monastery, and now people are getting married in it :)
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What a magical place! As with real-estate, the name of the game is location, location, location!
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I had a great time with these wonderful people, just one of those days that left an impression on me!
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Hope you enjoyed this one! Follow me at @apprenticeoflife
I love the paradox that you pointed out!
Lovely moments captured beautifully... :)
Yeah a funny contradiction! A pleasure having you drop by @ackhoo tnx!
You're most welcome! :)
Wow! Very nice shots of this beautiful moment.
Great job!
Appreciate it dandylion! It was indeed a great day full of beautiful moments!
Great job @apprenticeoflife, so cool that it is in an old monastery! There are so many awesome old locations here in Europe, I love it :)
Thanks @dexter-k, appreciate your comment as a fellow photographer! Europe has allot to offer, that's why more and more Asian people come over here to have their wedding pictures taken!
Fantastic job you've done @apprenticeoflife. Upvoted, resteemed & DPS.
Thats very kind @photo-trail! Appreciate it!
You deserved it @apprenticeoflife. Steem on!
@apprenticeoflife Congratulations to the couple. Love is always beautiful. Desire for the couple to hold together forever. ..this is very beautiful place and ancient place is so good
photograhy of wedding very wonderful ..thank you for sharing..
Thank you annsita, glad you liked the series!
great pics!
Merci @pinkhyppo!