Pre-wedding in Hallstatt

Pre-wedding session in Hallstatt, Austria

The couple under a clear umbrella by the fountain in Hallstatt’s square

The lakefront

It rained, and low cloud sat on the mountains across the lake. We took a clear umbrella and walked the lakefront: the green railing, the wet street, the old boathouses. Her lace veil, his cream suit and the grey water gave us the softest colours of the day.

Black and white of the bride smiling under a clear umbrella, her lace veil on her shoulders

The couple walking down a wet village street in Hallstatt between old houses

The couple under a clear umbrella by the green railing, the village spire behind them

The couple kissing behind a clear umbrella covered in raindrops

The couple walking under the umbrella along the lakefront below an old green lamp post

Swans on the water below the couple sitting under their umbrella on the lakeside wall

The groom in his cream suit holding a clear umbrella by the green lakeside railing

The bride alone at the railing, looking across the grey lake to the misty mountain

The bride holding her lace veil across her face by the lakeside railing

The couple small at the far end of the wet lakefront promenade in the mist

The bride with her lace veil over her hair beside a window and a climbing vine

The couple sitting in the arched doorway of a white house with a dark wooden upper floor

The couple under the umbrella by the water, framed by the dark beams of a boathouse

He lifts her off the ground beside a wooden boathouse on the rainy lakefront

The bride smiling beside a wooden boathouse as he holds the umbrella over her

The couple by a wooden gate at the water’s edge under the clear umbrella

The couple holding each other under the umbrella, facing the clouds over the lake

Around the church

Up by the white church the village is all steep lanes and spires. We found narrow streets between pink and red houses, a blossom tree that had dropped its petals all over the grass, and a wall above the rooftops with the church and the lake behind.

The white church of Hallstatt and its spire under low cloud, the couple small below

The bride with her umbrella in a narrow lane between pink and red houses

The couple kissing in a narrow street, a church spire behind them

The bride under a pink blossom tree, fallen petals on the grass around her

What couples say

“Dina was our Photographer in June '25 in the Dordogne, and she was amazing. So easy to meet her online, organise all of the details easily, and then send her photos we wanted in preparation. She also worked really well with our videographer, and made sure we got every photo we needed. Highly recommend!!”

Hannah and Guy, wedding at Château d’Oche, DordogneSee wedding

The couple sitting under a large pink blossom tree on a carpet of fallen petals

The couple on a wet terrace with the church spire behind, her veil blowing out

The bride swinging her long veil as he sits on the railing, the church behind

The bride with the umbrella on a narrow stepped path between old wooden walls

The couple on a balcony high above the church and the lake under their umbrella

The couple sitting on a wall above the rooftops, the church spire and lake behind them

The wet rooftops of Hallstatt above the lake, cloud resting on the mountains

The couple laughing under the umbrella on a wet terrace above the lake

Lanes and the square

Hallstatt is full of small corners if you look for them: a stone staircase under an old tower, a dark passage with light at the far end, a white archway, and the square with its painted houses, where they danced in the rain.

The bride with her long veil on a stone staircase below an old tower

The couple in silhouette at the end of a dark arched passage

The couple facing each other under a white stone archway on the cobbles

The groom watching the bride swirl her dress in a lane beside a pale green house

The couple dancing in the village square among colourful painted houses

The couple reflected in the glass of an old wooden window frame

The couple running under the umbrella across the wet lakefront past the boathouses

Back to the water

We finished where we began, by the lake. The cloud was still on the mountains, a narrow jetty ran out over the water, and a bench at the edge gave them a place to sit close and look across to the village.