Creating a core memory together formed out of connecting in a way that has always brought you two together, naturally.
The most impactful moments in our lives are when we choose to walk the path that is most true to who we are.
Eloping truly honors the commitment you are sharing with each other on your wedding by being a reflection of it.
Imagine a wedding day not bound by the color of table linens and seating charts, but a day crafted out of freedom in expression for your adventurous souls.
“Traci and Bill are both so warm and genuine.”
Decide to have a kick ass wedding that is in line with your values and is deeply rooted in your partnership!!!!
Choose the location and date (you do not need to know this for sure yet!)
Hire an elopement photographer!! (HEY! HEY!)
Enjoy date nights during the planning process intentionally putting together the elements that make up your day.
Write your vows – the promises + foundation of your marriage.
Enjoy this epic day you crafted without any stress, soak it in!
Relive the day through the story that unfolds in your images and video for decades to come.
Choosing your elopement photography team is one of the most important choices you will make when planning your elopement day. Why is this so important?
Our couple couldn’t have said it better here:
“As an eloping couple, you’ll be spending more of your special day with your photographers than you will with anyone else. You want things to be completely comfortable so you can be completely present with your partner on your special day. For us, Traci and Bill were more than just our photographers that day: they were out hiking buddies, keeping us company and in good spirits all the way through our ambitious 19 mile journey. They were our (much needed) extra pair of hands for all the little things, like buttoning up the back of a wedding dress, or carrying the train, or fluffing it just right for a photo; finally, they were our very own cheerleaders, cementing our special moments with warm words of encouragement.” – James + Michele
Our process with couples is very “hands on” as we really enjoy getting to know our couples during the planning stage of an elopement. This helps us tell your story authentically through imagery, but also just makes the entire process easier, more fun and creates a trusting bond. On the elopement day itself, we are literally hands on, here to help however we can to make sure you have the best elopement day possible!
There are a few things we stand for that truly is embedded into the philosophy of Adventure and Vow and how we work with our couples:
We are not just photographers.
We are dreamers, adventurers and some pretty epic logistic wranglers.
“We were instantly at ease with Traci and Bill.”
Every single one of our packages are crafted to ensure that you have the best elopement day experience you can have from stress free planning to epic adventures on the big day!
Each elopement package includes these things:
| Two Elopement Gurus with 150+ elopements under their belt |
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Officiant + 1 Witness |
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No Travel Fees |
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Virtual + in person scouting |
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Your Elopement “Bible” - 95+ pages of getting the most
out of your elopement day |
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A Leave No Trace Guide for you + guests |
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Our couple’s questionnaire(s) which help us assist in creating the dream day + gallery |
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Personalized Timeline + Guest Timeline if needed |
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Vendor recommendations |
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Drone photo + video |
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Photo permits are covered up to $200 for all packages |
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Same day sneak peaks sent to your phone |
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Full Gallery with High Resolution downloads for you + your loved ones |
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Guidance on preserving your images for ever and printing them |
What are you looking for in an elopement package?
Our packages were built with you in mind – your adventure, your story and your experience. This starts with us getting to know you two!
Our elopement packages are centered around adventure – from climbing, hiking, off roading, star gazing and more! We know how quickly the wedding day goes by and how you do not want to rush through the day, but savor every moment together.
Our packages are also laid out to make sure there is enough time for us to also create images that reflect perfectly who you are as a person + a couple. More time gives us time to also push creativity within telling your story.
Don’t take it from us, take it from our past couples!
“We felt as though we were with long time friends. They gave us the space and privacy we desired during our intimate ceremony.”
“Traci and Bill are both so warm and genuine, there is no doubt that they truly want to get to know you as a couple and help you create an elopement experience that is truly authentic to your relationship.”
“And the final products… our highlight video and gallery were both breathtaking. They captured every moment of our day so perfectly… the artistic vision behind each image and the way Bill wove our personal vows together in our video… we don’t have the words to describe how incredible it is.”
GOT YOUR PASSPORT READY AND YOU WANT TO ELOPE IN ICELAND, NORWAY, NEW ZEALAND OR BEYOND?!
Every elopement is different from the next, because every couple and story is different…
Choosing somewhere totally new to get married wakes up all the senses and helps create core memories. Our elopement packages abroad start with a half day option meaning you get – sunrise or sunset coverage for your day.
Packages start at 8 hours of coverage.
From there you can choose a bigger package to capture your elopement day and or more days of your trip abroad.
Every elopement is different from the next, because every couple and story is unique...
Our elopement packages start at a half day and go up to multi-day elopements! We offer a package that can serve each of our couples vision for their adventure elopement.
On your free consult call we will. help you decide which package is best for you!
Within the United States our speciality areas are: Moab, Joshua Tree, Oregon Coast, Washington State, Northern Arizona and Alaska. However, we LOVE going to new places that our couples already have a strong connection with and want to go back there for their elopement day! <3
If you are looking to preserve your day further you may want to consider booking video.
One of our favorite things about video is the ability to re-experience your vows that shared with each other this day. Combined with the sights and sounds around you it is an instant way to transport you back to your elopement on any given day of your marriage. We love the video option as well for the ability to share your elopement day with your loved ones that were not able to attend your epic adventure.
Our videos are 3-5 minute highlight reels. No matter which photography package you book you can add on video for $2000. We do offer custom videos if you are looking for a longer film.
We are currently booking Fall 2023 + 2024 adventure elopements!
We mostly capture our couples love stories in Arizona, Utah, California, Washington, Oregon and Alaska. However we are available world wide. Feel free to reach out even if you do not see your date + location listed on our travel schedule!
We are currently 50% booked for the 2024 season as we only take on 25 elopements per year to best serve our couples.
We only take on a limited amount of elopements + adventure sessions per year so we can BEST serve our couples. The following dates are what we currently have available for 2024 and where we will be, however, if you do not see your elopement location do still reach out! Our travel schedule is subject to change until we are fully booked for the year. Right now we only have 10 more spots left for 2024.
Elopement Packages start at $7400 and are available in the Western United States and beyond.
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We also are available for proposals, adventure couples sessions like engagements, anniversaries/vow renewals. We do photograph adventure focused micro weddings. Typically this is a day or multi-day elopement where the couple adventures on their own and then celebrates with around 10-60 loved ones an out door forward venue.
For past couples we also offer mini sessions and maternity sessions. If you are interested in booking a session with us that is not an elopement please contact us and we will get back to you on availability, pricing + process!
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This is up to you! If you’re eloping in Colorado or eloping after doing all the technical paperwork in a courthouse it can be just you two! Other states require two witnesses and an officiant. I do count as a witness if you need me to be one for you and so does Bill! However, we are also both ordained so keep that in mind! Otherwise it’s up to you if you bring friends or family.
Ideally to actually be able to follow Leave No Trace and be able to go somewhere beautiful HIGHLY we recommend 12 people or less in total. If you want to have more people than that we recommend doing the ceremony or “reception” on private land like a venue, winery, brewery, private home, etc. Your day shouldn’t be limited in who can attend + celebrate with you, it’s just important to consider guest count + experience, how each of those effects the other.
Some Public Lands are currently becoming more strict on elopements so the less people the easier it is to get approved for a permit. Often locations in parks are determine by guest count for the ceremony.
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UMMMM, yes!!! I love when clients bring along their furry kiddos. I would say at least 50% of my clients elope with their dogs tagging along. Just keep in mind it is a good idea to bring a friend along to be the dog wrangler for any time during photos that you may just want the two of you in them or to hold during the ceremony. It is not a must, but a great thing to do! Also, you want to research your location to see if dogs are allowed on the trail. A lot of National Parks have heavy restrictions on pets. Be sure to know if your pet is allowed off leash or not at your location. Lastly, always be sure to clean up after your pup 🙂
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✨NO✨ Here’s the thing we love helping couples find the most epic spot for them to plan the most authentic and best experience for their elopement day. Truthfully, sometimes this can’t be done right up front. Not knowing yet where you want to elope means we have more ability to share with you places you may have never heard of, or run ideas by you that maybe you hadn’t considered yet. We love the flexibility this gives in the initial planning stages!
So how does it work to book us without a set location??
We leave a set flexibility in our schedule for your elopement for the first 30 days for you to narrow down your location as we work together on ideas and places!
Why do we do this? Because we love truly helping couples have the most fun, core memory, connective experience. Your elopement location a million times over effects that!
This isn’t to say – don’t have a set location when going into your elopement planning! If you have a place that 100% pulls at your heart strings and you know you want to get married at then DO IT! But if you’re not sure, let us help! Let’s brain storm together!
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We work closely with each couple to make sure we are picking locations that they feel comfortable getting to. Also, hiking is not always how you can get somewhere super epic to say I do, there is rock climbing, kayaking, boating, helicopter or private plane, ski or off road!
The adventure is yours, we are just here to help you navigate the perfect plans.
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I recommend booking at least 2 months in advance so we have time to pull permits if needed. Couples typically book anywhere from 14 months to 3 months in advance. If you are eloping somewhere that does not require permits like the Oregon Coast, Sedona or other areas then we can for sure plan everything within a month! (We have done it before!)
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My approach to photographing couples is very authentic, I want to photograph you two being yourselves and capture your love story just as it is. Part of this is done by getting to know you two during your elopement planning so it is as though just a few friends have gotten together, one just has a camera in hand 🙂 It is also done by planning a day that is authentic to you two filled with activities and meaningful moments. My thought process is that this is 50% you and 50% my choices behind the camera. I like to take a hands off approach, but I am always happy to help with posing as needed.
If you nervous to be in front of the camera that is completely normal and I encourage you to read the “How to prep for being in front of the camera” blog post I wrote just for you two!
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Your dress will for sure get dirty, but this does not mean it is ruined. Depending on where you are eloping will it effect the dirtiness of your dress, for example the red dirt in Sedona is very hard to get out of certain fabrics. If you are eloping on the coast at the Olympic National Park your dress may get wet, but it is nothing a dry cleaning can’t get fixed. It also depends how much of the day or hike you are spending in your dress as to how dirty it will get, but hey that’s kind of the fun in it all right?! It is important to go into your elopement day accepting that your dress could be ruined, but you will always have the beautiful photos from your day and if you dress gets a tear or stain that just means you totally sent it on your wedding day! Check out this blog post for tips on types of fabrics for your elopement dress, where to shop and colors and texture ideas!
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Welp, my friends, life happens sometimes! This does not mean that we will not be prepared for it though! In the case that there is an extreme weather condition that would make it unsafe to elope we would go to a pre-planned back up location, switch the time of your elopement or change to a back up date. Leading up to your elopement I will be watching the weather like a hawk. We will make the call most likely the day before.
Here are a few of our top tips for handling weather when you’re not in control!
✨ Watch the weather. Don’t panic or take it too seriously until needed, weather changes all the time.
✨ Choose your elopement location based around the best weather option, for example we don’t recommend eloping in the desert in the summer due to extreme heat and monsoon season.
✨ If rain or snow is in the forecast pick up some clear umbrellas they photograph well and keep you dry!
✨ Have a back up plan in place. Our three recommendations are: have a back up location selected, leave room in your schedule the day after your elopement or pick a different time of day to do your elopement if it’s not full day.
✨If it’s going to be cold be sure to have layers and hand warmers!!! You want to be warm and comfortable so you can enjoy the day!
✨ Most importantly, accept it and freaking have fun with it!!!! If it’s raining, heck go dance in the rain! Cloudy? Embrace being in a cloudy and snuggling up together. Snow? Build a snowman or have a snow ball fight! Let your inner child embrace what Mother Nature is providing.
Don’t let weather scare you away from a freaking epic elopement day experience. One do the biggest reasons Bill and I love elopements is that they feel like a true reflection of what marriage may be, the ups and the downs and the whatever life throws you moments and weather is simply apart of that ♥️
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Bill and Traci are both ordained! This means we can officiate your ceremony almost anywhere or you can self-solemnize and we can sign as an officiant. Whichever one of us that is not the officiant can sign as a witness and then we simply find another witness on trail. Don’t worry we are here to help you figure out the legal logistics of getting married, not matter where that is!
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We recommend booking a full day simply because you can’t get this day back and we believe it’s worth documenting the entire thing. Booking the full day with us has so many benefits. Creativity and comfort in front of a camera flourishes with time. I highly recommend reading out timeline samples blog and chatting with us on a call before deciding exactly how many hours to book us (or any elopement photographer) for!
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After the elopement you will receive several selected + edited sneak peaks that highlight your overall elopement experience. Within 5 weeks you will receive your full gallery to download, print and share with others. Through our gallery we offer beautiful printing options. We can personally hand design an album for you that is created from hand crafted leather or wood. There are many options to display your images proudly and we are here to help with that!
Outside of receiving your images, we also make sure your images are backed up in at least three places and help give you guidance on preserving your images yourself.
Include a couple of album images here in the answer if possible. – in the packages page gallery
“we felt like we had been friends forever.”
How often do you take the time or moment to observe how the sand feels between your toes, how the water moves beside you, how you feel, how your partner takes in a place or moment or how the sun feels on your skin?
Eloping presents you the chance to observe, slow down and truly experience a day together and worry about nothing else at all. Simply being together present in the space and place of what you’ve chosen to do for your wedding day.
We love seeing couples experience new things together on their elopement day. You see a moment of calm, acceptance and wonder brush over them. Connection so present to the place and what it offers, to each other and the experience.
Our bags are packed, truck is fueled up and we are ready to hit the trail with you for the adventure of a lifetime.
