{"id":76990,"date":"2026-10-28T13:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/?p=76990"},"modified":"2026-10-28T13:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:48:20","slug":"same-sex-wedding-utrecht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/same-sex-wedding-utrecht\/","title":{"rendered":"A Same-Sex Wedding and Pool Party in Utrecht"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rpb rpb-story\" data-label=\"STORY | UTRECHT\"><figure class=\"rpb-lead rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-76505 skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/same-sex-wedding-kiss-tent-utrecht.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"Two grooms kissing under a sand-colored tent as their guests clap and cheer at their same-sex wedding in Utrecht\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/same-sex-wedding-kiss-tent-utrecht-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/same-sex-wedding-kiss-tent-utrecht-800w.jpg 800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/same-sex-wedding-kiss-tent-utrecht-1200w.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/same-sex-wedding-kiss-tent-utrecht.jpg 2400w\" \/><\/figure><p>This same-sex wedding in Utrecht came with one unusual dress code: bring your swimwear. Daan and Ruben first met at the outdoor pool next to this lawn. So after the vows, the whole party moved to the water.<\/p><p>I photographed their day from the first hugs at three in the afternoon until the last ones at half past eight. It is one of <a href=\"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/photographer-in-utrecht\/\">my photoshoots in Utrecht<\/a>, and one of the happiest.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-box rpb-card\"><dl><dt>Where<\/dt><dd>A lawn by an outdoor pool in Utrecht, then a hall for the evening<\/dd><dt>When<\/dt><dd>June, from 3:00 to 8:30 pm<\/dd><dt>Session<\/dt><dd><a href=\"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/wedding-photographer-in-amsterdam\/\">Wedding Photoshoot<\/a><\/dd><dt>Light<\/dt><dd>Soft shade under the canvas, low sun by the pool, warm lamps indoors<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><h2 id=\"a-summer-wedding-on-a-lawn-in-utrecht\">A Summer Wedding on a Lawn in Utrecht<\/h2><p>Two big sand-colored tents stood on the grass, with a volleyball court and tall trees behind them. Under the canvas, the June sun turned soft and even. Because the afternoon was warm, paper fans came out in every row.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-wide\"><img class=\"wp-image-76429\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/stretch-tents-summer-lawn-wedding-utrecht.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"Sand-colored stretch tents on a sunny lawn in Utrecht, wedding guests seated in the shade and tall trees behind them\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 1140px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/stretch-tents-summer-lawn-wedding-utrecht.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/stretch-tents-summer-lawn-wedding-utrecht-500x375.jpg 500w\" \/><figcaption>The tents on the lawn, mid-afternoon in June<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>While the guests found their seats, friends greeted each other with fans in the air. Meanwhile, a baby watched it all from a pram. A wedding newspaper made the rounds too, full of childhood photos and a playful interview with the grooms.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-76756\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/guest-laughing-paper-fan-wedding-tent.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Laughing guest in a yellow gingham dress and sunglasses waving a pastel paper fan, a man in a red bow tie beside her\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/guest-laughing-paper-fan-wedding-tent.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/guest-laughing-paper-fan-wedding-tent-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-76139\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/baby-in-pram-on-grass-under-tent.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Baby in a spotted romper lying in a beige pram on the grass, looking up from under the hood just before the ceremony\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/baby-in-pram-on-grass-under-tent.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/baby-in-pram-on-grass-under-tent-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><h2 id=\"two-grooms-say-yes-under-the-canvas\">Two Grooms Say Yes Under the Canvas<\/h2><p>Friends spoke first, one of them in a jacket covered in tropical flowers. Then the grooms took the microphone themselves. Ruben read his words from a sheet of paper. In front of him, Daan sat in red socks and smiled up at him. After that, they swapped places.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-76678\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/friend-tropical-jacket-speech-microphone.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"Friend in a jacket printed with tropical flowers and flamingos speaking into a microphone, a bald friend smiling beside him\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/friend-tropical-jacket-speech-microphone.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/friend-tropical-jacket-speech-microphone-500x375.jpg 500w\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-76730\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/groom-reading-vows-microphone-red-socks.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Groom in a gray suit reading his words into a microphone as the other groom, in a linen jacket and red socks, smiles up\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/groom-reading-vows-microphone-red-socks.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/groom-reading-vows-microphone-red-socks-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-76734\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/groom-signing-marriage-register-red-table.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Smiling groom signing the marriage register at a table with a dark red cloth, his new husband laughing beside him\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/groom-signing-marriage-register-red-table.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/groom-signing-marriage-register-red-table-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><figcaption>Words read out loud, then two signatures<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><p>Next, they stood face to face before the registrar in his black robe. When they kissed, the whole tent clapped and cheered, and that frame opens this story. Both grooms smiled through the signing at a table with a dark red cloth. Finally, the registrar signed as well, and their same-sex wedding in Utrecht was official.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-76539\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/registrar-black-robe-signing-two-grooms.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"Registrar in a black robe signing the papers while both grooms stand beside him laughing, at their wedding in Utrecht\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/registrar-black-robe-signing-two-grooms.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/registrar-black-robe-signing-two-grooms-500x375.jpg 500w\" \/><\/figure><p>The Netherlands was <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_Netherlands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the first country in the world to open marriage to same-sex couples<\/a>. I welcome every couple equally, and a queer wedding this full of joy is a gift to photograph.<\/p><p>Over drinks on the lawn, a few guests kicked a ball around. One boy climbed all the way to the top of a tent pole, while a friend kept a calm eye on him.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-76159\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/boy-climbing-tent-pole-wedding-lawn.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Boy perched at the top of a tall wooden tent pole beside the canvas, a guest in a striped shirt watching with folded arms\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/boy-climbing-tent-pole-wedding-lawn.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/boy-climbing-tent-pole-wedding-lawn-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><p>Soon after, family and friends gathered on the grass for the group photos, and of course they cheered with their arms in the air.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-wide\"><img class=\"wp-image-76593\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/family-group-photo-arms-up-wedding-utrecht.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"Wedding guests and family cheering with their arms in the air for a group photo on the grass in Utrecht, both grooms in the middle\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 1140px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/family-group-photo-arms-up-wedding-utrecht.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/family-group-photo-arms-up-wedding-utrecht-500x375.jpg 500w\" \/><\/figure><p>Then I took the two grooms aside for a few quiet minutes on the grass. Daan pulled Ruben close, and they laughed with their foreheads together. On a day this busy, those minutes belonged to them alone.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-76334\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/two-grooms-cheek-to-cheek-portrait.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Cheek to cheek and beaming, two grooms in a linen jacket and a gray suit pose on the grass just after their same-sex wedding\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/two-grooms-cheek-to-cheek-portrait.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/two-grooms-cheek-to-cheek-portrait-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-76738\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/grooms-foreheads-together-laughing-lawn.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Newlywed grooms laughing with their foreheads together and their arms around each other on a green lawn in June\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/grooms-foreheads-together-laughing-lawn.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/grooms-foreheads-together-laughing-lawn-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><h2 id=\"then-everyone-went-swimming\">Then Everyone Went Swimming<\/h2><p>Next door, the long pool waited under an open steel roof, with red and white Dom tower flags strung across the water. Within minutes, suits and summer dresses made way for swimsuits. Guests floated on orange mats, splashed each other and shrieked with laughter.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-wide\"><img class=\"wp-image-76311\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/wedding-guests-swimming-pool-open-roof-utrecht.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"Wedding guests swimming in a long pool under an open steel roof frame in Utrecht, orange floats drifting on the water\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 1140px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/wedding-guests-swimming-pool-open-roof-utrecht.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/wedding-guests-swimming-pool-open-roof-utrecht-500x375.jpg 500w\" \/><figcaption>The pool under its open roof, just after half past five<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-76764\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/guests-splashing-orange-float-pool.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"Four guests and an older woman splashing around a bright orange float in the blue pool, water drops flying through the air\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/guests-splashing-orange-float-pool.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/guests-splashing-orange-float-pool-500x375.jpg 500w\" \/><\/figure><p>Outside, a green crocodile spat water into a round pool, and one guest leaped right past it. After dinner from a food truck, others sat in a circle on the grass as the low sun came through the leaves. I moved between them quietly, so nobody had to stop playing.<\/p><div class=\"rpb-pair\"><figure><img class=\"wp-image-76752\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/guest-jumping-pool-crocodile-fountain.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Guest jumping into an outdoor pool with arms spread past a green crocodile fountain, another guest cheering in the water\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/guest-jumping-pool-crocodile-fountain.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/guest-jumping-pool-crocodile-fountain-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><figure><img class=\"wp-image-76768\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/guests-swimwear-circle-grass-low-sun.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Wedding guests in swimwear sitting in a circle on the grass in Utrecht, low sun shining through the leaves of a tree\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 445px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/guests-swimwear-circle-grass-low-sun.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/guests-swimwear-circle-grass-low-sun-375x500.jpg 375w\" \/><\/figure><\/div><p>The wide water slide drew the bravest guests again and again. Just before seven, two friends carried an orange mat across the terrace, their shadows stretching long behind them.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-76760\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/guest-splash-wide-water-slide-pool-party.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"Guest splashing down at the foot of a wide water slide in front of tall dark green trees, others in swimwear watching\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/guest-splash-wide-water-slide-pool-party.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/guest-splash-wide-water-slide-pool-party-500x375.jpg 500w\" \/><\/figure><figure class=\"rpb-wide\"><img class=\"wp-image-76681\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/friends-carrying-orange-mat-long-shadows.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"Two friends in swim shorts carrying an orange mat over their heads past a glass pool building, long shadows on the tiles\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 1140px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/friends-carrying-orange-mat-long-shadows.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/friends-carrying-orange-mat-long-shadows-500x375.jpg 500w\" \/><figcaption>Long shadows by the pool, just before seven<\/figcaption><\/figure><h2 id=\"songs-gifts-and-hugs-indoors\">Songs, Gifts and Hugs Indoors<\/h2><p>In the evening, we moved into a hall with brick walls and warm globe lamps. By now, the grooms wore tank tops, one of them printed with a flamingo. Their family sang a song for them from printed sheets, with the eldest singer in bright orange.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-76607\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/family-singing-song-sheets-brick-hall.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"Family singing for the grooms from printed song sheets in a brick hall, an older woman in orange holding a black folder\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/family-singing-song-sheets-brick-hall.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/family-singing-song-sheets-brick-hall-500x375.jpg 500w\" \/><\/figure><p>There were gifts as well, among them a painting of a blue iris. Through every speech, Daan and Ruben kept laughing, while a little boy in glasses sat right at their table.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-76748\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/grooms-tank-tops-laughing-evening-table.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"Both grooms laughing in tank tops, one printed with a flamingo, at a table on the evening of their wedding in Utrecht\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/grooms-tank-tops-laughing-evening-table.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/grooms-tank-tops-laughing-evening-table-500x375.jpg 500w\" \/><\/figure><p>Then their grandmothers read to them from a black folder. Afterward, both grooms went straight in for a long hug. That is the last frame of their same-sex wedding in Utrecht: loud, loving and full of family.<\/p><figure class=\"rpb-col\"><img class=\"wp-image-76742\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/grooms-hugging-family-wedding-evening.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1800\" alt=\"The grooms hugging two older women after their reading, the last frame of a long and happy same-sex wedding day\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 700px\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/grooms-hugging-family-wedding-evening.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/media.rudenko-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/grooms-hugging-family-wedding-evening-500x375.jpg 500w\" \/><\/figure><p class=\"rpb-closing\">Planning your own same-sex wedding in Utrecht, with or without a pool? Discover <a href=\"https:\/\/rudenko-photography.com\/en\/photographer-in-utrecht\/\">my photoshoots in Utrecht<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This same-sex wedding in Utrecht came with one unusual dress code: bring your swimwear. Daan and Ruben first met at the outdoor pool next to this lawn. 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