About me
Elopement photography and planning for couples who want their day to be one hell of an adventure
Hey! I’m Jen!
I’m a recovering lawyer, longtime Colorado resident, obsessive traveler, and adventure elopement photographer and planner.
I’ve spent a lot of my life chasing big adventures in places that make me feel very, very small.
I’ve raced pack burros through the Colorado mountains, climbed 17 fourteeners, gotten tattoos in Tokyo, snorkeled the Great Barrier Reef, cried as I watched the Northern Lights dance over Arctic skies, wandered glaciers in New Zealand, and slurped bowls of Michelin-star ramen in Singapore.
And somehow, after all of that, the American West is still the place I love most.
It’s why I live here. And it’s why I love introducing people to the places that have made my own life bigger, weirder, and wilder.
I swear too much, love hoppy beer, ride bikes on trails and gravel, obsessively fly fish for native cutthroat trout, and think dogs improve just about everything. My husband, 14-year old son, and our menagerie of animals are my world.
I take the adventure seriously. Myself, considerably less so.
My life Motto:
“It’s either going to be a good adventure or a great story”
(Fortunately, when it comes to elopements, it’s basically always both)
what it’s like to have me there:
Your elopement shouldn’t feel like a long photoshoot with some vows squeezed in the middle.
Picture yourself hiking, drinking champagne on the tailgate of your truck, throwing sticks for your dog, and actually experiencing the place you came all this way to see.
I’ll give you direction when you need it and freak out just a little when the light gets really good. I’ll help you build a timeline for an experience you actually love. And when the really good, unscripted stuff starts happening? I’ll get out of the way and document the heck out of it.
After more than a decade and hundreds of elopements, very little rattles me anymore. Weather changes, roads close, dogs bark. Someone forgets something. That’s okay.
One of the biggest advantages of having someone experienced on your team isn’t that nothing will go wrong – it’s that if something does, I’ve already working on Plan B.
Jen is a true artist and professional, calm and fun. Our dogs loved modeling for her in their tuxedos.
— Keishla + Peggy
Your experience comes first. ALways.
I’m not planning your day around my portfolio
I’m not going to drag you up a mountain on a hike you hate because the photos would look cool on my website.
And I’m definitely not going to make you spend half your elopement performing for my camera.
I care a lot about beautiful photographs. Obviously.
But I care even more that when you look at those photographs ten years from now, you remember exactly what it felt like to be there.
You do not need to be an
“outdoors person” to do this
You don’t need to climb fourteeners.
You don’t need expensive hiking hear.
And you definitely don’t need to be young, thin, athletic, extroverted, or comfortable in front of a camera.
You just need to want a wedding day that feels like you.
I’ve photographed people of different ages, bodies, identities, backgrounds, abilities, and experience levels outdoors. My job is to meet you where you are and help you create something that feels exciting rather than intimidating.
bring your dog. Please.
When it comes to dogs, I am not a normal person in any way. And I make no apologies for it.
If your dog is coming along for your elopement, I’ll hook you up with dog-friendly locations and trails, figure out the logistics, and help you keep your pup happy and safe throughout the day.
Reactive dog? No problem. I’m unfazed by all of it. All dogs are good dogs and all are welcome here.
Fun Fact: My whole business took off when the second wedding I ever shot went WILDLY viral! My style may have evolved over the last ten years but what I do has ALWAYS had dogs at its core.
FEATURED IN
my winding road
to the wild west
I grew up in Florida and moved to Kansas in high school, but even as a kid I was always obsessed with somewhere else.
Mountains. Deserts. Remote beaches. Big empty landscapes.
In 2007 I graduated from law school and the “dream job” that I thought I had lined up fell through – and we decided to turn those lemons into margaritas and move to the place I always wanted to live. Colorado.
My then-fiance (now husband) and I packed two dogs and a bunch of houseplants into our cars and headed West. I cried happy tears when I saw those mountains on the horizon and knew I was home.
Eventually I left law behind and built a career around the things that had always mattered more to me anyway: people, stories, photographs, travel, and wild places.
And that is still the part of this job I love most.
I get to take people somewhere extraordinary and say:
Look at this place. You get to be here. You get to marry your person here. Isn’t this completely fucking amazing?
It truly felt like talking & hanging with an old friend, she really is the best!
Alex + Wyatt
meet my coworkers
CAsh
He may have been expelled from obedience school at a young age but his boundless energy makes him the best location scouting partner a girl could ask for! He’s my constant sidekick on the trail and the best cuddle buddy you could ever imagine.
Lilly
Lilly is the wild one who is always keeping me on my toes. She loves to join my consultation calls and tends to fool everyone with how well behaved she is. She excels at napping and testing the edibility of everything sees.
but enough about me – what about you?
get in touch
If you’ve made it this far and are thinking, “Yep, she’s our person,” I have a feeling we’re going to get along.
Tell me what you’re dreaming up — Colorado, Moab, somewhere halfway around the world, whatever. It’s just me and a couple of dogs reading your message, and I genuinely love hearing what people are planning.