Joanna Pantigoso Photographer

Joanna Pantigoso Photographer Vacation Photographer in Amsterdam, combining a guided tour and photography to capture your trip. Booking Tulip Season 2026
Amsterdam - Haarlem - Zaanse Schans

Capturing happiness on your holidays in Amsterdam | Based in Amsterdam The Netherlands, since January 2020.

If you dream of proposing surrounded by flowers, choosing the right spot inside a garden matters as much as choosing the...
16/09/2026

If you dream of proposing surrounded by flowers, choosing the right spot inside a garden matters as much as choosing the garden itself.

Before this proposal, we looked at photographs of different locations and talked about what mattered most to him. He wanted flowers all around them. Together, we chose Keukenhof Gardens.

We planned for a Thursday morning at 9 am. The gardens were quieter than expected that day, and we chose a spot where the flower beds created the feeling he had imagined.

I photographed from a distance, giving them room to experience the surprise together. There were other visitors, but for those few moments, they could simply focus on each other.

Afterwards, what stayed with me was how attentive he was to her. As we continued through the gardens, he kept asking me to take more photographs of her. He wanted her to feel like the most important person there.

There was something very gentle about their happiness together, and that became the heart of their photographs.

Planning a proposal during tulip season? Tell me what you imagine, and we can choose a setting that feels right for you. Explore proposal photography through the link in my bio.

When you plan a surprise proposal, leave time for what happens after the answer. For these two, those first moments in V...
16/09/2026

When you plan a surprise proposal, leave time for what happens after the answer. For these two, those first moments in Vondelpark were full of embraces, laughter and a little dancing beside the water. We continued taking photographs as they enjoyed being together, with the secret finally out and the nerves behind them.

Before that evening, there had been a detailed plan, a visit to check the location and a carefully chosen place for me to wait. All those small decisions helped protect the surprise and gave them space to experience it.

Their review afterwards included something that means a lot to me: “The final photos are stunning, bright, and filled with emotion.”

That is what I want their collection to hold: the question, the reaction, and the happiness that continued afterwards.

Planning a surprise proposal in Amsterdam? Explore the proposal stories through the link in my bio and tell me what you have in mind.

15/09/2026

Amsterdam.

Last night I dreamed I was taking a drawing class. I had to complete a painting using one colour and find a pattern of m...
14/09/2026

Last night I dreamed I was taking a drawing class. I had to complete a painting using one colour and find a pattern of my own. At some point, the teacher came to look at what I was doing and told me how passionate my work was, and how interesting it was to see me developing my own way of creating the pattern.

I woke up thinking about the Yayoi Kusama exhibition.

Because I don’t draw, I don’t paint, and for most of my life I have believed that I am terrible at both.

When I was around six years old, an art teacher asked us to draw something. Mine was a disaster and I started crying.

She tried to comfort me by explaining that some people are born to do certain things and others are born to do something else. Drawing and painting were simply not my things. We would find what I was good at.

And we did as I became good at theatre. I directed plays at school. Eventually, creativity became a huge part of my life. But I never tried drawing again.

Maybe I am terrible at it. I genuinely don’t know, because I never gave myself the opportunity to find out.

Walking through Kusama’s exhibition, I kept thinking about how much our surroundings shape what we create: the things we see, the places where we grow up, the opportunities we are given, but also the things people tell us about ourselves.

Some ideas open doors and others close them.

Encouragement gives us the chance to do something badly, do it again, practise and eventually discover what might be there.

Maybe I would never have become a painter. That isn’t the point.

The point is that I believed I couldn’t be one before I had really tried.

How many things have we decided we are “not good at” when perhaps we simply haven’t practised them enough?

Sometimes you have to do something badly, then again, and again, and perhaps a thousand times, before you discover your own way of doing it.

All pictures taken during the Yayoi Kusama exhibition at Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.

14/09/2026

You can pick your own pears near Keukenhof from September until late October.

We spent the morning visiting the Dahlia Garden at Kasteel Keukenhof and the afternoon at Landgoed De Olmenhorst. Both are in the same region, making them a lovely combination for an autumn day surrounded by nature.

When you arrive at De Olmenhorst, the team explains which orchards are open and which apples or pears are ready. You collect your fruit and pay per kilo before leaving.

The 2026 self-picking season runs from 5 September until 25 October. Picking is available on Wednesdays from 13:00 to 17:00 and on weekends from 10:00 to 17:00. The weekend Harvest Festival also includes food, live music and a market.

Entrance is free, but weekend parking costs €6 and must be reserved in advance.

Public transport between the different places in this region is less convenient outside tulip season, so exploring by car is the easiest option.

When you are photographed on your own, you are already doing everything we need for beautiful photographs. You walk, obs...
13/09/2026

When you are photographed on your own, you are already doing everything we need for beautiful photographs. You walk, observe the buildings, look into the canals and notice details you have never seen before. The session simply gives those natural moments a little direction.

This photo session was a gift for her first trip to Europe. She was travelling with a friend, who surprised her with the experience and joined us for a few photographs too.

During our walk, we talked about Amsterdam, its architecture and everyday life. She could ask questions, explore and slowly become comfortable with me and the camera. From time to time, I found the right background and captured her experiencing the city.

Trust is built during those first few minutes by walking, talking, and removing the pressure to perform.

The result is not an album of someone repeatedly smiling at the camera. It is a visual memory of what it felt like to discover Amsterdam.

12/09/2026

Kasteel Keukenhof is one of the loveliest places to see flowers from late summer into early autumn.

An important distinction: Kasteel Keukenhof is the historic castle estate, not the famous Keukenhof spring gardens. Follow the paths around the estate to find its beautiful dahlia garden, filled with hundreds of varieties and colours.

The dahlias can normally be enjoyed until the beginning of October, although flowering conditions always depend on the weather. Check the current information before making a special trip.

We visited on 12 September during Open Monumentendag, when it was also possible to enter the castle. I will show you the interior in the next reel. For now, enjoy the dahlias.

12/09/2026

If you are visiting the Netherlands after tulip season, there is another flower season worth knowing about.

From late August into September and early October, dahlias bring colour back to the flower region. But finding a dahlia field is a little different from finding tulips.

Most dahlia growers are growing the plants for their tubers, not for the flowers. The flowers are regularly cut, which means you won’t simply find fields full of blooming dahlias everywhere.

The places where you can see them in bloom are usually growing them intentionally for visitors, displays or special events.

Today (September 12th, 2026) we visited Farmflower Farm, which opens its dahlia field to the public for only two days a year, just before the flowers are cut.

We walked through more than 50 varieties of dahlias and listened to Marlies and Linda explain how they grow both tulips and dahlias, how the seasons work and what happens to the plants after flowering.

Two days a year only with a very short window to see it like this.

But if you’re visiting the Netherlands between late August and early October, don’t worry, this isn’t the only place to see dahlias.

I’ll show you where else to find them in the next reels.

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