Congratulations, you’re engaged!!! Now comes the fun part, planning your dream wedding day. The first question is: How long do you want to be engaged? There’s absolutely nothing wrong with a long engagement, and sometimes they’re necessary when you’re planning a large extravagant bash. However, if you’re just wanting to get married right away, you…
You’ve seen me mention the adventure engagement before, and probably browsed through the blog posts. But if you’re sitting on the other side of your computer, drinking coffee and thinking “I could never do that”… Friend, you’re more than wrong! What is an adventure engagement? We’ve all heard of the term adventure. By definition, an…
One of the biggest questions I get asked is where do we elope? Washington state offers literal THOUSANDS of places to pick from, with few needing special permission. In my twelve years of photography, I’ve found a few favorites for your elopement. Epic Mount Rainier Elopements on the South Side Out through Elbe and Ashford,…
Intimate weddings have become such a thing that even with the loosened COVID restrictions, they don’t appear to be going away anytime soon! I’ll be honest, I am THRILLED that intimate weddings are here to stay. But how do you add wow factor when your guest count is low? The good news is, it isn’t…
Eloping. It may or may not be the number one thing on your mind right now. For some of you, you’ve always dreamed of that romantic private elopement. But for the rest of you, eloping is just a means to an end in a time where there doesn’t seem to be another choice. Either way,…
Forget the wedding day: The wedding weekend is here! A new trend in weddings, it’s becoming clearer that couples aren’t interested in limiting their celebrations to one day. Why on earth did anyone think it was a good idea to cram ALL THESE THINGS into one day? Being able to space them out and take…
Here in Washington, we have hoards of couple’s who’ve suddenly had their dream weddings ripped away from them, with a mere two weeks to pivot their plans. Instead of focusing on the heartbreak, below are some awesome ways to salvage the money and plans you already have, while creating some super unique elopements! Unique Elopements:…
Friends, what in the hell happened to 2020? I swear we were all just sitting around a few months ago talking about how amazing this year was going to be. Next thing you know, 2020 has adjusted it’s man-bun, passed off it’s craft beer and said “Watch this”. Locusts, Plague, Killer bees… yeah, we’re all…
Scrolling through my website, you may have noticed the Nature First Proud Member badge in the footer. If you haven’t, feel free to scroll down and check it out… but be sure to come right back cause we’re talking about it today! Becoming a Nature First photographer was not a decision I came to lightly….
With all the madness, a lot of couples are swapping their big wedding days for smaller intimate elopements and courthouse weddings. Elopements are a pretty blank slate, but are custom courthouse weddings even possible? Courthouse weddings seem to have gotten a bad rep over the years. Sometimes known as a “shotgun wedding” the courthouse poses…