Colorado + Utah
ADVENTURE ELOPEMENT PHOTOGRAPHERS
What’s It Like to Work With Us?
Here’s What We Pride Ourselves On…
All couples will find themselves welcome and celebrated here. We come with ZERO expectations of how anyone should look, behave or love on each other.
Your day will be an EXPERIENCE, not a photoshoot. Our whole ‘photography philosophy’ is grounded in the belief that the best photos come from you having the best darned time!
We’ll make ‘posing’ for photos feel easy and natural.
Rather than heavily directing and micro managing you, we’ll give you lots of guidance and encouragement and then create a space where you feel comfortable to be your truest selves.
Even the planning stages will be fun! A crazy idea, we know. But we believe piecing together your elopement day should feel like planning the best vacation of your lives, not coordinating a big stressful event! We’ll guide you through every step.
“When the big day finally came and we met Vanessa and Chad in person, we were immediately greeted with warm hugs.”
“Ryan and I didn’t know what to expect going into this. We’ve never gotten our pictures done before and, to be honest, we were a little nervous. But Vanessa and Chad truly made us feel so comfortable and it felt like we were spending the day with two great friends who just so happened to be taking our pictures!”
– Victoria + Ryan
‘Home’ is wherever we are with each other
We bet you know that feeling? It’s a pretty incredible thing.
Originally from Scotland and the US, we met in Honduras and spent the first few years of our relationship working as pro scuba divers in Indonesia, Fiji and Tonga. We now call the west of Colorado home, right on the border with Utah, and we love exploring our mountains and desert.
We’d guess that your relationship has been built on the strong foundation of a love for adventure, travel and the great outdoors?
Yup, ours too.
It’s kinda hard to plan an elopement from afar, right?
Don’t worry, we’re your destination elopement experts.
We’ve been to something like 50 countries between us and we plan all of our travels ourselves: from trekking in Nepal and Peru, camper-vanning in New Zealand, going on safari in Africa, and swimming with humpback whales in Tonga… Adventure is our very reason for being.
It’s important to know that we don’t say all of this to boast.
We say it for one reason only:
So that you can breathe a sigh of relief and relax, knowing we have the skills and experience to help you plan your elopement. Wave goodbye to the stress and overwhelm!
“Chad and Vanessa made all my worries go away.”
“I don’t have words for how AMAZING, caring, kind and attentive they are. They planned a beautiful, intimate day that matched our personality and relationship, and was solely focussed on us. They made our day feel natural, easy, carefree and FUN. It was full of laughs, love and adventure!”
– Gabrielle + Stephen
What’s our ‘photography philosophy’?
Photographs tell the story of a life well-lived.
Imagine cuddling up together when you’re old, and looking back on all the fun, adventurous and meaningful things you’ve done with your lives.
Amazing photographs are the DIRECT RESULT of you having an absolute blast on your elopement day.
So, let’s plan an experience, not a photoshoot.
None of this is about Instagram, none of it.
Let’s capture the real you having a real good time, not some fake Pinterest-worthy version posing for the perfect photo.
There’s nothing more beautiful than an image that balances an in-love couple as part of an epic landscape.
Feeling small in nature is humbling and inspiring at the same time!
Get to know us some more…
Where it all began…
We met in Honduras through scuba diving. It was an immediate connection, and a clear sense of ‘Oh, wow, so you’re my life partner, well that’s pretty cool!’. We moved in together on Day 2!!!
How did WE get married?
We eloped ourselves in South Africa: wine lands, safari, the ocean…. Our day was relaxed, fun and so darned HAPPY. That’s what we want for you!
What makes us happiest?
The outdoors is where we feel most alive, most like ‘us’. We feel at peace and at ease. We feel HAPPY. Disappearing down dirt roads is our favorite pastime and we’d rather camp under the night sky than in a 5* hotel any day!
More about vanessa
I am originally from Scotland but have lived in 6 other countries.
The wackiest moment of my life was having a wild orangutan sit down beside me and do my laundry in the Indonesian jungle.
My favorite adventures have been scuba diving to 100m/330′, solo trekking in Nepal and 4×4-ing in Botswana.
More about Chad
I learnt to scuba dive so I could swim with hammerhead sharks in the Galapagos.
The wackiest moment of my life was being lifted out the water on a humpback whale’s nose, like a puppy with a ball.
My favorite adventures have been catching sunrise at Machu Pichu and crossing the width of Mexico by public bus.
It’s no secret that…
This is how we like to adventure
Ready for an Elopement That Feels Like You?
Your elopement should be an adventure, not a Stress-fest.
Whether you’re dreaming of sunrise vows on a mountain pass, a quiet lakeside picnic, or an off-road escape into the backcountry, we’ll take care of the details so you can focus on what truly matters: each other.
No stress. No rules. Just one epic experience.
