Inspiration

Leavenworth, Washington the is perfect destination for your adventurous bachelorette/bachelor party! It’s a Bavarian-style village with numerous opportunities for outdoor recreation all year long. You’ll only be 2 hours from Seattle but it will feel as though you’ve been transported to Europe! We love Leavenworth year-round but below are bach party itineraries for our absolute […]

Where: Edinburgh, St Andrews, Glencoe, Isle of Skye & Inverness When: March 2022 How: Rental Car, Fishing Boat Ryan and I were supposed to get married and honeymoon on Isle of Skye in March of 2020 but we were forced to cancel just days before flying out! You guessed it, Corona Virus. We didn’t want […]

We FINALLY made it to Isle of Skye, Scotland for our 2nd anniversary/honeymoon/belated elopement trip! If you’ve been following us for a while, you know that we were our own first Covid couple in March of 2020–For the full sob story, check out Our Wedding During Corona Virus | Isle of Whidbey! Let’s just start […]

You want to elope but your friends and family mean everything to you–Guess what! It’s possible to leave them behind without leaving them out! Whether it’s a couple only elopement or you plan to have a few guests tag along for the adventure, there are tons of ways to include the family and friends that […]

We have planned a ton of elopements and there are so many possible timelines for the day! It all depends on who’s joining you, how many hours you have your photographer, whether you want to hike to your location (or go on some other sort of adventure), whether you want to enjoy a meal together, […]

When planning an outdoor elopement and/or adventure wedding, there is always a risk of inclement weather! You can control a lot of things while planning an elopement but unfortunately, Mother Nature is not one of them. That’s okay–“Perfect” conditions can be overrated anyway! Many people don’t know that overcast weather (very common in the Pacific […]

Before we were even engaged, we had decided we would get married in Scotland. We didn’t know the plan past that but we always knew we wanted something intimate and adventurous! We both love to travel and had been trying to force that love on our families more. Both of our families are Scottish (MacPherson […]

I do a very limited number of styled shoots every year but when Dawn Photo asks you to team up, you don’t say no! Dawn was set on TreeHouse Point (an iconic PNW venue) but gave me free rein on pretty much everything else. I knew I wanted to take last year’s insanely popular boho […]

While planning a wedding can be fun and exciting (especially, if you have a wedding planner ;P), hosting a big party may not be your thing. More and more often, couples are choosing to forego tradition to elope or plan more intimate adventure weddings. Often times, these two ideas are one and the same but […]

Aileen and Tino were already friends of the photographer, Kelly Lemon, when Tino asked for her help planning an unforgettable proposal. Kelly suggested they fake a styled shoot, using the two of them as models. This way,  Aileen would have the chance to get her hair and makeup done, put on a dress and feel beautiful! To pull […]