A sneak peak glance into @jackieg16 and @stephenkelle_ elopement day up in the mountains perfectly nestled by 360 peaks, a little snow and a lot of love. A vibrant orange sunset as mother natures congratulations and a stunning starry sky as celebratory confetti walking back down the "aisle."
It's heaven. ✨🏔️
📍Deciding where to elope is one of the biggest choices you will make in your elopement planning journey.
These are the top 4 things to consider when selecting your elopement location:
🥾Significant meaning (Is this where you met? Fell in love? Bucket list location? etc)
🥾Accessibility (This is especially important if you are bringing guests to your elopement. Accessibility can also affect cost, more remote areas can cost more to get to and cost more to bring vendors into)
🥾Experience it offers (Can you live out the elopement day you are envisioning here?)
🥾Privacy (A lot of our couples really value privacy, however, picking an "insta-famous" outdoor location will likely leave you with no privacy during your ceremony, versus a more off the beat path)
The best place to elope is not the same for everyone, it is important to make the choice intentionally. Lean into local professionals if you are eloping somewhere you have never been to help you navigate planning!
A few photos attached of locations we find to be some of the very best adventure elopement locations:
📍Moab, Utah
📍Mt Baker, WA
📍Olympic National Park
📍Alaska
📍New Zealand
🙌🏻 save this reel as a reminder for when you and your partner start talking about where you want to elope ✨
Almost three years later and we still out our video up on the TV screen every once and a while to transport back to the Wonderland Trail, the day we said I Do and our little mini moon backpacking trip with Indy.
This video looks a lot different than the video we offer our couples because we shot it ourselves while backpacking with our iPhone + a little tiny Sony camera. We wanted the super 8 look to tell our quirky story over the course of what's 7-9 days.
We didn't think video would be important to us, especially as a die heart photographer since the age of 13, but it became almost the most important to us. To be able to transport back to those moments, respire the taste of the blueberries on trail, see the sunset again and feel the goosebumps from the chill in the air from the storm that rolled in means so much to us now. We mainly filmed it to be able to show our parents our wedding day, but it's become so much more than that to us.
Photos and video tell your story. As humans stories are what we thrive off of, how we connect and how we understand each other. They help your memory and get evoke feeling. As you go through your life together so much will change: your looks, where you live, people come and go and your desires. Always remembering the day you poured so much intention to in how you started off your marriage and you choose to reflect the relationship you've built is profound to look back on as life takes you on all the twists and turns.
Photo cover: taken by @aimeeflynnphoto, edited by @adventureandvow
First look clips taken by: @adventureforlove, edited by @adventureandvow
P.s. - you can visibly see how uncomfortable I am during the first look 👀😅 May this serve as a reminder to all couples, it's 100% okay, beautiful and cool to just get ready together if you want. You can still surprise him with the dress as you get ready. 💃🏻💪🏻 This is something I've talked about a lot in other posts, but truly sit down and think about what
Its incredible special to be invited into your world to document your love, during a milestone moment, in a place that has grounded you, inspired you as a couple. Coming back to a place that's meaningful for your elopement day can bring back memories but also allows space to create new memories just as powerful. Then the cherry on top, you can come back on your anniversaries to relish in it all, that's what Abby and Micheal recently did!
We'd never been to Bishop, CA when they reached out to us for their day, but they knew this is where they wanted to get married and we stoked to be along for this intentional beautiful journey. The landscapes here are so stunning it's easy to see why our couples have fallen in love here.
Since then we ourselves have grown quite fond of this little area, made wonderful memories with our friends, new friends and exploring. We're so thankful for our couples who bring us here, all of them having a connection with this land from camping, running, hiking and climbing.
Maybe Bishop is a sacred place that brings people together. 💕
✨2024 Range Finder Rising Stars✨
Yesterday we were named one of Range Finders 30 rising stars from around the world within the wedding industry. This has been a massive goal for us that we've worked hard towards, means a lot to have achieved it.
In the video you can see our full submission. On this blog you can see the explanation behind our submitting and the contests process: https://adventureandvow.com/range-finder-rising-30-stars/