Montana carried the energy of vulnerability and honest love. It felt humbling and sincere. To me, it became a symbolic representation of Home. Not one that my human body has lived in, but a homely ground that my spirit is infused into. Intuitively, I knew that when Montana’s energy manifested in physical form in my life that I would indeed be at home within.

Read the origin story of why this place became so important and our first matching tattoos:
“tie me tight in little strands of paradise” a nod to John Mayer and his lyrical verses.

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n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.

This is the long story short about our Colorado elopement location, meeting Dermot Kennedy, chasing the fullest version of ourselves, and a bookstore in Nashville.

We are more than your elopement photo + video team.

Our extensive background in the outdoors allows us to help you fully prepare and navigate any style of activities alongside you. We are skilled with the ability to create your “dream come true” effortlessly, but our service stretches beyond guiding you through planning an elopement and capturing the moments.

What you see on the surface is a couple who hiked 16+ miles total, danced in the forest filled with misty fog and glowing ferns, shared freeze-dried cheesecake in lieu of cutting a cake, spent the night in a backcountry shelter with strangers, witnessed the best view in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, and had an awesome trip together.

What you don’t see simply by looking at the gallery is much deeper…

Life is transformation. We are stripped, fragmented, and fractured into our many moving parts time and time again. We are the watchers from within, sitting front row to experience the ever-changing nature of the Universe. This change, this pattern, shows itself throughout our external world. Indigenous people believe ferns represent new beginnings. The dense ferns that draped the entire forest floor on our first camping trip were present in the many unfolding moments of Us that followed. Our story is powerful, and the symbolic journey we see and feel reminds us that the world is alive and breathing.

It’s easy to understand why so many couples choose to elope here. The Smokies create space to experience the day in a way that feels intentional and connected to the landscape around you. That might look like hiking to a mountain overlook at sunrise, exchanging vows beside a river, or ending the evening in a cabin tucked into the trees. With hundreds of miles of trails and countless places to explore, an elopement here feels rooted in experience, presence, and the kind of memories that continue to settle in long after the day is over.

In this guide, we’ll cover everything you need to know about eloping in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Hurricane Helene brought chaos and change into the lives of so many people. Asheville and surrounding areas on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina became impassable. For us, and Jackie and Dave, this meant a last minute change of elopement plans. In only 4 days, we pivoted, crafting the adventure of a lifetime in Vermont.

No matter how an elopement unfolds, we know that we are always given exactly what is meant for us. Rather than expectations, we chase our intentions and how we want to feel during an experience, and that is what drives the creative process of helping couples plan adventures. Our job as your photographers is not only to capture the day, but guide you into being fully present. Connection is the fundamental principle of our art.

You had the elopement of your dreams, an adventure crafted with such intention and presence that the energy of the experience will live forever in you—for that matter, in ourselves too. We are deeply invested in the story of our couples and care about your connection. We want the time and space we share to express itself beyond the actual elopement day. Be it the emotional depth that reverberates throughout our lives or a physical representation of the moments we create.

For the latter, we offer custom albums to hold the story in your hands. Thumb through the pages of an album crafted with love. Reminisce the moments and emotions of your unforgettable wedding experience. Having a tangible storybook to touch and feel adds to the senses of your memories.

Get an adventure photo + video team who will camp all night in high winds, sleet, and below freezing just to be the first ones on the mountain for your sunrise proposal as dawn paints the sky!

Jose’s surprise proposal to Deanna was a perfectly executed dream come true. We planned the experience with one main goal… keeping the moment an actual surprise! Emailing between two countries and zero phone calls, we created a detailed plan A and alternatives for various weather conditions so we had the best chance at not blowing our cover for his very important question.