How to Photograph Tulips in the Netherlands
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Loading... - Maria Laine
- 11 Jul 2022
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I always enjoy tulip season in the Netherlands. As a landscape photographer from the Netherlands, I have been photographing them and writing about them for many years from every possible angle. In this article, I will share a guide with tips on how you can shoot Dutch tulip season for yourself.
Unfortunately, many tulip growers had to take action and put fences around their fields and actively protect them from tourists ‘destroying’ their fields. The sad truth is that there are a lot of people (definitely not everyone) that have no respect for the tulip fields, stand on the flowers while taking selfies, and even take the flowers from the fields.
I would normally end my article with this, but I feel it deserves extra attention today: Respect the growers’ fields! More on this later.
As a local photographer who has been photographing the fields for many years, I have made friends with tulip growers (of PolderPride and other local grower companies). I enjoy seeing them every year and taking beautiful photos of their tulip fields. When I photograph the fields, I always make sure I am careful. And when I enter the fields, it is with their permission.
Tips for Photographing Tulips
Now let’s get to the fun stuff because photographing tulips and flowers is fun! There are lots of different angles and conditions to photograph tulips in. Here is some inspiration:
Use the Obvious Leading Lines
The easiest way is to just use the leading lines of the tulips in your composition. These images always work well and are very simple to photograph. Make sure you turn on the grid on your camera. This way, you make sure that the lines are perfectly going through the exact middle of the image.
Photograph With Lots of Different Conditions
Of course, a spectacular sunset or sunrise is beautiful around the tulip fields. But dark skies, storms, and even a blue sky with puffy clouds look beautiful above the tulip fields. There’s really always something to photograph on the fields!
Use a Drone
Photographing with a drone gives you a different perspective. Top-down views can give very beautiful abstract images of tulip fields. Just make sure you’re allowed to fly at the field. It’s not allowed in every area in the Netherlands.
Use Complimentary and Contrasty Colors
A tulip field often has many rows of different colors of tulips. You can use that to your advantage if you want to match the tulips to the color of the sky. Bright red tulips work well with a dark blue sky for example. Read More...
