Photoshoots are fun! But how do you make sure you get the right location for your cosplay? I have seen cosplayers not paying attention to the locations they had a photoshoot at, resulting in mismatches between the feel of the costume and the feel of the location. Which is a shame, cause you spend hours making your outfit, or quite some cash to work with a certain photographer and the pictures only look “okay” then. How to prevent this?
Time-period matching
Let’s say your cosplay is Hercules. Where would you have your photoshoot at? Ancient Greece is not an option, due to time-travel not existing. What would be the next best option? Neo-classical locations. Art history is your friend. Match the art history with the likely time period of your costume and the image will be a lot stronger. Hercules (Disney version) would look amazing in gardens with neo-classical columns and statues. Twilight princess Zelda (Legend of Zelda) works really well with medieval/gothic architecture. Madoka (Puella Magi Madoka Magica) can shine in a contemporary big city. Become an art history and architecture enthusiast, like me, and see the outdoor locations in a different light. 
Geographic matching
If your character is from a location that is (inspired by) a real-life location, you can try finding close matches locally. If we take Genshin in mind: I live in an European country, so I could find locations that are similiar to the Mondstad and Fontaine regions quite easily. But I like Liyue characters best. Meaning that I would have to look for Chinese or Asian inspired locations. Botanic gardens tend to have those kinds of areas and there might be Japanese or Chinese gardens that would work for Liyue and Inazuma looking locations.
More industrial locations would work with Nui (Kill la Kill), Asuka (Neon Genesis Evangelion) and 2B (Nier: Automata). To create an immersive picture with them, you’d be well off to shoot in an old industrial area.
Looking at where your character would be from if they were from earth right now might be a way for you to find a good location.
Dive in the source material
For example: Travelling characters can work well in almost any kind of nature. Nobility often doesn’t. Without a good concept, I wouldn’t put my Gwendolyn ballgown (Odin Sphere) cosplay in a sandy area or in a forest. Gardens is the maximum amount of nature I’d easily bring a noble character to. I have been to a sand dune area with Sakura (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles), heatherfields with Fern (Frieren) and those locations make that the pictures look like they could be real versions of the characters in their often visited areas. Check the source material of your character before deciding what location would fit.
Go for more technical/conceptual photography
I personally haven’t had the chance to visit a studio for cosplay yet. But if I get the chance, I’d bring Seraphine (League of Legends) or an idol-type character to match the source material. I would lean in to the “promotional photoshoot” concept. But photostudios also work for more abstract concepts. Like, you can work with projectors, and other fixed light sources to create beautiful light set-ups. Or work with props that would be carried away by the wind like flower petals. Do check what the studio allows before going all out. If I were to go more technical with a studio photoshoot, I think I would go Neon Genesis Evangelion and bring my cheap projector for mood lighting.
Notes
Feel free to ignore all tips above if you have a strong concept. A strong idea of what you want to do, why and how you are going to make it work, will likely work as well. The tips I listed are low-effort ways of finding a fitting location.
I’m not going to provide a list of locations in the Netherlands. Simply because I don’t trust random people on the internet to take proper care of the locations they visit. Like cleaning after themselves when going out in nature. Just bring a trash bag to your outside photoshoots, put your trash in there and take it home. It is not that difficult. I want to enjoy pretty places without litter. Or worse: destruction of locations because people aren’t careful and that leading to closures of locations and decline in interest of other locations to be open for photography.
When you find a location you want to do a photoshoot at, look for a contact there. Never do things without permission. That might end nasty. Just contact the location and ask if they allow photoshoots and what the rules, costs etcetera are. It prevents a lot of trouble. Just be polite and respectful to a potential location and keep to the rules. This prevents a bad look for the cosplay community.
This is how I go around decided where I want to shoot a certain cosplay. Have fun looking for fitting locations!
Amirine