Ways to Involve Your Family in Your Elopement
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Ways to Involve Your Family in Your Elopement

One of the top things that keeps couples from eloping is fear of how their family will react and I TOTALLY get it. It’s hard and scary to go against the grain and do your own thing …. even if its what is right for you. But eloping doesn’t have to mean that your family…

Full Day Elopements: What are they and WHY in the hell would you want one?!
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Full Day Elopements: What are they and WHY in the hell would you want one?!

Whenever I talk to folks outside the elopement world about what I do one of the things they are surprised about is just how much time I spend with my couples on their elopement day (which is typically 8-12 hours!). They’re envisioning something along the lines of an hour or two – which makes sense,…

Meetal + Geoff’s Colorado Mountain Elopement
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Meetal + Geoff’s Colorado Mountain Elopement

Meetal and Geoff knew that a big wedding wasn’t the thing for them but … but that a Colorado mountain elopement would be the perfect fit! When they first contacted me about their elopement they knew they wanted to have an adventure in the beautiful Rocky Mountains, have a super laid-back day, and get married…

Beth + Joe’s Colorado Hiking Elopement
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Beth + Joe’s Colorado Hiking Elopement

Beth and Joe are criminology professors from St Louis who have been friends for over 20 years. They both LOVE the outdoors and the mountains so it only made sense for them to elope in the heart of the Rockies! I was SO stoked when they contacted me about working together for their Colorado hiking…

Questions to Ask Your Elopement Photographer
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Questions to Ask Your Elopement Photographer

As adventure elopements become more trendy it seems like every wedding photographer is trying to become an elopement photographer! And man, I get it! Every day in photography groups someone asks the question “I really want to start photographing adventure elopements! HOW do I get started?”. Its easy to understand why so many people want…

Why I’m Bucking the Digital Trend
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Why I’m Bucking the Digital Trend

A little while back I wandered into my office and found my son sitting on the floor, flipping through a book he had pulled off a shelf. It was a little photo book that my mom had made for us a few years back with pictures of my childhood. My family at Disney. Fishing in…

6 Really Good Reasons to Elope (and one big reason NOT to)
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6 Really Good Reasons to Elope (and one big reason NOT to)

  Updated December 21, 2023 As a photographer who specializes in elopements and itty bitty intimate weddings I’m always curious about WHY my couples made the decision to skip the big wedding and elope instead. The reasons to elope are pretty much endless but here are a few of my favorites! Before we dive in,…

Jeff + Wendy’s Rocky Mountain National Park Elopement
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Jeff + Wendy’s Rocky Mountain National Park Elopement

Jeff and Wendy are a super fun, free-spirited couple who love dogs and skateboarding. They flew out to Colorado from their home in Houston, Texas, for their Rocky Mountain National Park elopement. I had an absolute blast being a part of their day! We began their day at the Estes Park Resort where they were…

How to Make Your Elopement Feel (Extra!) Special
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How to Make Your Elopement Feel (Extra!) Special

As a destination elopement photographer I spend a lot of time talking with my couples about planning their elopement and one of the questions I get asked the MOST is about how to make your elopement special. I hear people who KNOW eloping is the right choice for them – but they’re also a tiny…

Crystal Mill Elopement Inspiration | Cat + Monte
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Crystal Mill Elopement Inspiration | Cat + Monte

Cat and Monte got married surrounded by their friends and family at a beautiful wedding in Marble, Colorado. A few days after the wedding they got all gussied up again and we (along with flower pup Millie!) headed to the iconic Crystal Mill for an elopement-style adventure session! This has to be one of the…