ABOUT
MEET YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER
Hi, I’m René. Nice to meet you!
I’m that guy behind the camera, documenting your special day in the best possible way.
On occasions like this, I’m in the zone. Taking in everything, automatically translating every little detail into an attractive composition, and managing the light.
My friends call me sunshine, as I always seem to be radiating joy to them. Yes, that could be right 😀.
I really am a positive, sensitive guy, but at the same time I am very meticulous and precise when it comes to my passion: creating images that convey the emotion of the moment.
On your wedding day, I will not only take photos. I will be that privileged guy that will be sharing those magic moments with you. Be it the laughter, the tears of emotion, or those intimate glances you will exchange. I will capture those genuine moments as they unfold spontaneously without being obtrusive. That is what I’m good at.
My greatest satisfaction would be to get a spontaneous phone call or a message from you in 10 or 20 years’ time, telling me that upon looking back at your wedding photos, you feel the same emotions as on your wedding day.
That’s all about me.
Let’s share this special moment of your life together.
Yours sincerely,
René van Bakel
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Selected Publications
New York Times, LA Times, VOGUE, Le Figaro, Liberation, GEO, National Geographic, Forbes, Bloomberg Markets New York, The Guardian, Mail on Sunday, Sunday Times, Preview Dubai, Stern, Newsweek, Capital (G+J), Woman, Die Presse, Die Zeit, Wienerin, Servus Magazine, Falstaff, G-photo world news (Japan), US Air Force, SQ-Magazine, LifeStyle Magazine, The Art of Living, Executive Magazine, Residence, Doctors without Borders, UNICEF
MY PHOTOS WERE PUBLISHED IN MAJOR GLOBAL MEDIA LIKE:
Selected Portraits
Andrea Bocelli, Fernando Botero, Marchese Antinori, Salvatore Ferragamo (jr.), Queen Beatrix, Sharon Stone, King Willem Alexander, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Stefan Ruzowitzky, Frances Mayes, Pamela Anderson, Pope Benedict XVI, Lindsay Vonn, Simply Red, Nena, Kris Kristofferson, Patty Smith, The Weather Girls, and many more.
Selected Books:
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SPANISH RIDING SCHOOL 450 years“ photographic volume (Edition Lammerhuber) 2015 (BESTSELLER, currently in 3rd print) click here for the book!
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Mein Waldviertel“(My Wood Quarter) 2014 Culinary/Travel/Culture about the Austrian Woodquarter. Published by Styria Books/Pichler Verlag (www.styriabooks.at)
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So schmeckt das Weinviertel“ (This is how the Wine Quarter tastes) 2013 Culinary/Travel/Culture about the Austrian Wine Quarter. Published by Styria Books/Pichler Verlag (www.styriabooks.at)
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Tussen hamer en aambeeld“ 1996 (Between hammer and anvil) about the critical situation both the people of Srebrenica and the Dutch battalion found themselves in shortly before the massacre of Srebrenica in 1996.
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Care provided“ 1994 Documentary book about the care being provided in Goma to the 1 million refugees of the war between the Hutu and Tutsi in Rwanda in 1994.