Featured United States Wedding Elopement Photographers

The bride blows a kiss to her husband as he paddles them across the beautiful mountain lake in Telluride.

Julie and Sebastien chose Trout Lake in Telluride, Colorado for their intimate elopement. Usually, Colorado would be showing off-peak fall colors on this late September date, but the 2023 fall colors were late. The aspen trees were just starting to turn their signature yellow, but don't think for a moment that these two were bummed at all. Nothing but grins all day, Julie and...

The groom turns back to offer encouragement to his wife as she descends the wet stone stairs in front of a dazzling waterfall and misty rainbow at Yosemite National Park, California.

This hiking-loving couple originally planned a big wedding, but cancelled it when it just didn't feel like them. Instead, they planned a month long road trip to the west coast to tour all the National Parks, and decided to elope in Yosemite halfway through the trip. The couple was up for anything, in all...

This enchanting wedding portrait captures the couple's visit to Hoosier Pass, where they sought the darkest skies to create a memorable image under the starlit night.

In April of 2023, Erika and Brandon ventured from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Colorado for their outdoor winter wedding. Originally planning a traditional ceremony in their hometown, the couple opted for an unforgettable adventure instead. Despite facing an unexpected obstacle during their road trip, colliding with a deer...

The bride wipes away a tear as the groom's emotional vows are read.

Emma and Damian chose to elope in Yosemite National Park, just the two of them, on a beautiful spring day. Not one for tradition, Emma chose to wear a sparkly black gown and Damian wore a velvet green tuxedo. They shared a sweet first look in the forest and a deep hug, then hiked into a grove of huge sequoia trees to say their vows. More emotions leaked out of their eyes as they tearfully read their words of commitment...

As the sun started to come up we were taking portraits of the couple's reflections in the still water in front of them at Crescent Beach. However, I really loved this photo of the groom helping the bride move about showing his care and love for her.

Rylan and Claire planned for a full-day adventure elopement exploring different parts of the Olympic National Park.  They explored the coast looking for sea creatures at sunrise, shared a cup of coffee the groom made on the beach, and just...

The couple professed their eternal love for each other, sealed it with a kiss, and were applauded by their friends and family from the rock viewing area.

Victoria and Colter had been dreaming of the perfect elopement for a long time, and the day had finally arrived. As the sun shone down, lighting up the trees with its golden glow of fall, they stood before each other, their hearts full of love in the Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor, Maine. The atmosphere was so romantic, and their...

With the DC War Memorial enveloping them, Brianna and Alaa exchange their rings during the wedding ceremony.

Brianna and Alaa knew exactly what they wanted for their wedding day — and more importantly, they knew what they didn't want. Rather than opting for a grand, traditional affair with thousands of details to consider, they preferred a no fuss, no frills outdoor elopement alongside their favorite people in the world. Their priority was starting their marriage in a beautiful and...

With the red lights and floral arrangements at the restaurant casting a romantic glow, the bride and groom pose for a passionate portrait at their wedding reception.

After years of testing their strength and endurance by making their love stretch across long distances, Dayna and Felix finally decided to take the leap into marriage by eloping at Union City Hall in New Jersey. With only their immediate family members in attendance, the couple enjoyed a wedding day that was private,...

With the Manhattan Bridge stretching above them on a sunshine-filled day in New York City, Zontee and Hardien exchange their vows in an intimate outdoor ceremony. Their wedding guests relax under parasols on the steps leading down to the ceremony location.

Opting for simplicity over grandeur, Zontee and Hardien eloped on the shores of the East River underneath the Manhattan Bridge in DUMBO, a neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. While a handful of close friends and...

A triple exposure of the couple holding lanterns and the sparks of their campfire was the last photo of the night.

Kacie and Pete planned to hike to Exclamation Point in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park to elope. Exclamation Point is the real name of a jaw-dropping viewpoint on the North Rim of this steep canyon. Kacie wore a unique dress with watercolor flowers and Pete wore a bangin' blue suit and pastel tie. Because they had no guests, they could truly do WHATEVER THEY...

In a few minutes between the ceremony and dinner back at their rental, the couple headed out onto a very frozen, and wind swept, Echo Lake for some sunset portraits.

Alexis and Max dreamt of a winter wedding and they certainly got that in abundance! Their wedding was scheduled for a day in February in Acadia National Park - what they didn't count on was two back to back snow storms that shut down the better half of the airlines in the country! They had planned a small elopement but it...

Shannon and Bilal at the conclusion of the short ceremony.

Shannon and Bilal had been together for years and were already a family with three daughters. Their ceremony was as much a family bonding as a vow between a couple, and they sought to integrate their daughters into their ritual whenever possible. Since I was the photographer, her mother was the only official guest. One of the things I love about such small weddings is that no one can really do anything wrong; there's no...