adventure elopement & intimate wedding photographer

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RELAXED — INTIMATE — MEANINGFUL

documenting and creating intentional + adventurous elopement experiences for nontraditional couples who dream of a wedding that’s completely them

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Kallie + Brian

cliffs of moher ireland elopement

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Allie + Nick

sweet + natural outdoor wedding

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HOlly + Gregg

gibraltar rock adventure session

adventure elopement inspiration

OREGON COAST ELOPEMENT | HANNAH + GRANT

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Meandering along the top for a while, Kallie and Brian pulled out their handwritten vows in a spot that felt right, and the tears came. Just the two of them, on a giant cliff by the sea, waves crashing below. I understood it fully in that moment, this whole idea of eloping. I never truly got what it was about until witnessing Kallie and Brian hand-in-hand committing their lives to each other without a soul in sight. Unlike a traditional ceremony, there was no hesitation to hug amidst the vows. They took the time to pause, to kiss, and to look out at the cliffs. There was no stifling of emotion or rushing through the words. They let themselves be fully in the moment.
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Kallie and Brian’s Ireland elopement finally has a blog post where I try to put words to their emotional, intimate, + magical ceremony. The photos do it a little more justice, I think. Go check it out and be prepared to want to cancel your big wedding plans. (Call me when you do.) I’m fully converted.

just feeling really grateful after this trip. and after coming away mostly unscathed after I fell down a flight of stairs last night, lol. #sheisbeautysheisgrace

Because I always seem to find the most banal way to put it, this past week in Ireland has been soul-filling, energizing, and inspiring (once I got past the initial jet lag and sinus infection...killer). This country has a tea kettle in every room and porridge is a staple so it’s definitely my kinda place, but beyond that we’ve been lucky enough to meet the loveliest people and experience some mind-boggling beauty as we traveled along the Wild Atlantic Way. We’ve also broken the record for worst sunburn the country has seen and survived a red warning, but those are stories for another time.
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I’ll be leaving feeling rested and ready for my 2019 wedding season with some lofty goals in mind, like trying to post at least one photo from every shoot. Seems doable (like so easy?), yet here’s one from November that is just now seeing the light of day and is about as polar opposite from Ireland as you can get. Trip photos will have to come later because I’m obviously terrible at real-time posting.

planning to spend my winters at as many beaches as possible from here on out. here’s a fave from this winter.

One of the coolest parts about returning to El Salvador in February was seeing familiar faces I recognized from my trip two years ago: translators from the local university who came back to volunteer again, the lovely abuelitas in their aprons, kids a little more grown. This country and its people are so beautiful 🌞

so it appears I took an unintentional six month instagram hiatus, but for whatever reason I wasn’t feeling it. I’m still here — just snowed in, camping out by the wood burning stove, and (finally) blogging. it’s been fun to reminisce about warmer times, like Allie and Nick’s wedding last June. it might be -50 every so often, but when wisconsin’s good, it’s really freaking good. don’t forget it.
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link to warm thoughts in bio 🌿