{"id":76986,"date":"2026-10-28T13:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/?p=76986"},"modified":"2026-10-28T13:49:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:49:26","slug":"engagement-photos-zaanse-schans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/engagement-photos-zaanse-schans\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Summer Engagement Photos at the Zaanse Schans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rpb rpb-story\" data-label=\"STORY | ZAANSE SCHANS\"><figure class=\"rpb-lead rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-76355 skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-kiss-green-windmill-zaanse-schans.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"Engaged couple leaning in for a kiss with their hands behind their backs, a green windmill and the Zaan behind them at the Zaanse Schans\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-kiss-green-windmill-zaanse-schans-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-kiss-green-windmill-zaanse-schans-800w.jpg 800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-kiss-green-windmill-zaanse-schans-1200w.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-kiss-green-windmill-zaanse-schans.jpg 2400w\" \/><\/figure><p>Rachel and Jun flew in from Singapore a few weeks after he proposed, and they wanted engagement photos at the Zaanse Schans. She had dreamed of Dutch windmills since she was a child, so the choice was easy.<\/p><p>A row of windmills along the Zaan, green wooden houses and little bridges: the village has everything a newly engaged couple could wish for. On a late August afternoon, it became the setting for one of <a href=\"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/photographer-in-zaanse-schans\/\">my photoshoots at the Zaanse Schans<\/a>.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-box rpb-card\"><dl><dt>Where<\/dt><dd>The Zaanse Schans, along the Zaan<\/dd><dt>When<\/dt><dd>Late August, late afternoon<\/dd><dt>Session<\/dt><dd><a href=\"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/couple-photographer-in-amsterdam\/\">Engagement Photoshoot<\/a><\/dd><dt>Light<\/dt><dd>Low sun, long shadows and a clear blue sky<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><h2 id=\"green-houses-on-the-zaanse-schans\">Green Houses on the Zaanse Schans<\/h2><p>Their engagement photos at the Zaanse Schans began on a brick path between green wooden houses. The sun was low behind them, so their shadows ran long across the stones as they walked toward me, hand in hand. She wore a long dress with tiny flowers, he a pale pink shirt. I had shared outfit ideas beforehand, and soft pastels sit well in this green village.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-76459\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-walking-brick-path-green-houses.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Couple in pastel summer clothes walking hand in hand down a sunlit brick path between green wooden houses, long shadows behind them\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-walking-brick-path-green-houses.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-walking-brick-path-green-houses-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-76277\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-embrace-green-house-red-roof-zaanse.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Couple embracing in front of a green wooden house with a red tile roof and a dark red-leaved tree at the Zaanse Schans\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-embrace-green-house-red-roof-zaanse.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-embrace-green-house-red-roof-zaanse-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><p>Halfway down the path, they turned to each other and laughed. For a moment, they forgot me completely, and that is exactly what I hope for.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-76545\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/engaged-couple-laughing-walk-village-path.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"Man in glasses and a pale pink shirt laughing with a woman in a flowered dress as they walk hand in hand through the village\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/engaged-couple-laughing-walk-village-path.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/engaged-couple-laughing-walk-village-path-500x375.jpg 500w\" \/><\/figure><h2 id=\"a-ring-among-pink-flowers\">A Ring Among Pink Flowers<\/h2><p>On a small bridge with white railings, Jun pulled Rachel close. The ring got a frame of its own, tucked into a cluster of pink flowers by the path. Then they found a second wooden bridge, with the rooftops of the village behind them. He lifted her off her feet, and she laughed down at him.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-trio\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-76427\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-small-bridge-white-railings-zaanse.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Woman resting a hand on her fianc\u00e9&#x27;s chest on a small bridge with white railings, green leaves around them in the late sun\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 33vw, 293px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-small-bridge-white-railings-zaanse.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-small-bridge-white-railings-zaanse-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-76491\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/diamond-engagement-ring-pink-flowers.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Round diamond engagement ring nestled among soft pink flowers and buds, a close detail against a dark green background\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 33vw, 293px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/diamond-engagement-ring-pink-flowers.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/diamond-engagement-ring-pink-flowers-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-76720\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/man-lifting-fiancee-wooden-bridge-zaanse.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Man lifting his laughing fianc\u00e9e on a wooden bridge with gray and white railings, the gabled roofs of the Zaanse Schans behind\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 33vw, 293px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/man-lifting-fiancee-wooden-bridge-zaanse.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/man-lifting-fiancee-wooden-bridge-zaanse-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><h2 id=\"windmills-of-the-zaanse-schans\">Windmills of the Zaanse Schans<\/h2><p>Next, we crossed the grass toward the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezaanseschans.nl\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">windmills of the village<\/a>. First I stepped far back, so the mills could tower over them and they became two small figures in a wide green field. After that, they ran toward me hand in hand, while the wind played with her hair.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-wide\"><img class=\"wp-image-76399\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-meadow-windmills-zaanse-schans-wide.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"Wide view of the Zaanse Schans windmills over a green meadow, a couple small in the grass walking hand in hand\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 1140px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-meadow-windmills-zaanse-schans-wide.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-meadow-windmills-zaanse-schans-wide-500x375.jpg 500w\" \/><figcaption>Windmills along the Zaan, late on an August afternoon<\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-76407\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-running-hand-in-hand-windmills.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Couple running hand in hand across the grass and laughing, the windmills of the Zaanse Schans against a blue sky\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-running-hand-in-hand-windmills.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-running-hand-in-hand-windmills-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-76379\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-laughing-close-windmills-sun.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Close frame of the couple laughing in the sun, her hand holding her hair against the wind, windmills soft in the distance\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-laughing-close-windmills-sun.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-laughing-close-windmills-sun-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><p>At the water&#8217;s edge, the big green mill stood right above them. They leaned in for a kiss with their hands behind their backs, a small game that became the opening frame of this story. Afterwards, they simply held each other and looked across the Zaan at the other mills.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-76339\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-jetty-looking-at-windmills-zaan.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Back view of an engaged couple holding each other on a wooden jetty, looking across the Zaan at a row of windmills\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-jetty-looking-at-windmills-zaan.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-jetty-looking-at-windmills-zaan-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><h2 id=\"a-heart-made-of-clogs\">A Heart Made of Clogs<\/h2><p>At six o&#8217;clock, we stopped at a wall of painted clogs arranged in a big heart. Rachel rested her hand on his shoulder and looked up at him. For a moment, neither of them said a word.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-76297\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-heart-of-painted-clogs-zaanse-schans.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Couple standing in front of a big heart made of painted wooden clogs on a dark wooden wall at the Zaanse Schans\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-heart-of-painted-clogs-zaanse-schans.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-heart-of-painted-clogs-zaanse-schans-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-76515\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/embrace-heart-colorful-clogs-wall.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Close embrace before a heart of colorful painted clogs, the woman smiling up at her fianc\u00e9, his watch on the hand at her waist\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/embrace-heart-colorful-clogs-wall.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/embrace-heart-colorful-clogs-wall-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><p>A little further on, two giant yellow clogs stood in the reeds. First they posed behind them, with red roofs and windmills all around.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-76257\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-behind-giant-yellow-clogs-reeds.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Couple standing behind two giant yellow clogs in tall reeds, red-roofed houses and windmills of the Zaanse Schans behind them\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-behind-giant-yellow-clogs-reeds.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-behind-giant-yellow-clogs-reeds-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><p>Then they climbed in like children, and Jun waved at me as if from a boat. That was how their engagement photos at the Zaanse Schans ended: playful, warm and completely them. Within a week, their gallery was ready, just in time to share the news at home.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-76423\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-sitting-giant-clog-waving.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"Couple sitting in a giant yellow clog in the reeds, the man waving and the woman laughing, a playful end to their engagement photos\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-sitting-giant-clog-waving.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/couple-sitting-giant-clog-waving-500x375.jpg 500w\" \/><\/figure><p class=\"rpb-closing\">Recently engaged and dreaming of windmills? Discover how <a href=\"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/photographer-in-zaanse-schans\/\">my photoshoots at the Zaanse Schans<\/a> work.<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rachel and Jun flew in from Singapore a few weeks after he proposed, and they wanted engagement photos at the Zaanse Schans. 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