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Suzi and Joanna started out planning a Colorado elopement. Beautiful choice, obviously. But Iceland was the bucket list place, the one they figured was out of reach, the someday trip. Then we ran the actual numbers. One all-in price, travel included, and suddenly the someday trip was the wedding. And because they were already on […]

Utah figured out the two things every eloping couple actually wants: scenery from another planet and paperwork from this century. This is the only state in America where you can apply for your marriage license entirely online, and it also happens to own five national parks worth of red rock, slot canyons, natural arches, and […]

Montana does not do small. The sky is bigger, the valleys are emptier, and the mountains do not bother with foothills, they just stand up. If your elopement vision involves the word “vast,” or a river, or a sky that goes navy-to-gold for an hour after sunset, this is your state. And the license logistics […]

Oregon never picked a personality and that is exactly why it wins. Sea stacks and secret beaches on the coast, a volcano with a mirror lake, a desert painted in red and gold stripes, waterfalls by the dozen in one river gorge, and the deepest, bluest lake in America. I have chased light across this […]

Washington is three honeymoons pretending to be one state. Volcano meadows above the clouds, moss-dripping rainforest, sea stacks on wild beaches, and turquoise alpine lakes, all within a few hours of the same airport. If you two cannot agree on ONE landscape for your elopement, Washington is how you stop arguing. Jump to: The Legal […]

Here is what couples actually tell me when they call about eloping in Colorado: “I have done the big wedding before. I know exactly what I do not want this time. I want it to feel intimate and special, and I do not want to spend my own wedding day performing for a crowd.” Girl. […]

Here is something most couples googling “New Mexico elopement” do not know: the prettiest corner of this state is not Santa Fe. It is a 84 mile loop of alpine lakes, 13,000 foot peaks, and golden aspen tunnels called the Enchanted Circle, and it sits about three and a half hours from my front door. […]

Full Transparency: The Faroe Islands Are on My Bucket List And before you click away, hear me out, because this is exactly why you want me there. I’ve been photographing weddings for 20 years. I’m in The Knot’s Hall of Fame for best wedding photographers, the top 3% in the USA. I’ve been seen on […]

Wondering how to elope? This step-by-step guide covers the legal stuff, locations, budget, timeline, and telling your family.

A Glacier National Park elopement guide: the permit you cannot skip, Lake McDonald vs Two Medicine, when Going-to-the-Sun Road opens, and how to build a whole adventure day.