When you’re planning your wedding, it’s incredibly common to consider eloping. In over 10 years of photographing (and 15 years of either planning or helping friends plan) weddings, I cannot think of one wedding where someone didn’t throw up their hands and say “Screw it! Let’s just elope!” But the FOMO of a big reception…
Back in October, I was blessed to meet the sweetest couple, Meghan + Trent. They’d flown in from Ohio, and wanted to take some time out to adventure and capture some snowy mount rainier portraits after their wedding day. Mount Rainier Adventure Session Leading up to the day of their session, we’d carefully planned out…
It has taken me way too long to blog this gorgeous sunset elopement. FINALLY these gorgeous images are getting their 15 minutes of fame on the blog! My husband, Jake, is actually the one responsible for booking this wedding. Would you believe that he worked a wedding show the WEEKEND our son was born? Like…
Whenever we watch Star Wars, we’re always hoping that Princess Leia ends up with Han Solo, even if we’ve seen the ending a million times. Furthermore, we’re always disappointed that more recent movies have them broken up (though this explanation by Carrie Fischer is HILARIOUS). Lucky for Kaitlin and Aaron, they’ll handle the schwartz just…
Let’s just be realistic: COVID has wrenched A LOT of plans this year. But Sarah and Allen didn’t let the changes get them down and in a whirlwind pivot, they married anyway. Their last minute elopement in his sister’s gorgeous Olalla backyard is what every backyard elopement strives for. In less than two weeks, with…
I’ve been lucky to meet some pretty awesome people in the past couple years via Facebook groups, workshops and networking. One of those awesome people is Juli of Bonell Photography out of Hoqium. I was thrilled when she asked me to second shoot for her in October at Lake Quinault Lodge, even though it meant…
There once was a tree. A little boy loved this tree very much, and after many years of climbing this tree, brought his beloved to the base to be married. This is the story of the Moody Friday the 13th Wedding… For my birthday this year, I booked a wedding. I came home to a…
A mountain elopement with a bride in a black dress? Yes please. I fully, one hundred and ten percent believe in fate. People are brought into our lives for many reasons, one being to show us the way to our true selves. Every wedding this year has been that way for me. Keira and Wade’s…
Small elopements are quickly becoming my favorite things. Last year, I was given the honor of photographing Murphy and Dustin when their family session changed to a last minute elopement. It was their elopement that brought Alisa and Melissa to me. Alisa contacted me only a few days before their Pioneer Park Elopement in Steilacoom….
After every romantic elopement or wedding comes the question: What do you do with the dress? For many brides, the wedding dress is one of their largest expenses, coming in second only to the venue, photographer and catering. So what do you do when you CAN’T wear that gorgeous gown you splurged on? Wear it…