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(All images besides images of me are taken from official websites for locations.) If you’re picturing your elopement day and it doesn’t involve a hot spring, I want to push back on that a little. As a Utah elopement photographer, I think Utah elopement hot springs are one of the most underused ideas out there. […]

Most Utah elopement content is going to assume you hike. It’s going to show you couples at the top of a trail with a canyon dropping off behind them and make it feel like that’s what a real Utah elopement looks like. And if you’re not someone who hikes, or just don’t want to spend […]

If there’s one thing I tell every couple planning a Utah elopement before we get into anything else, it’s this: do your ceremony at sunrise. Almost every time. I shot a ceremony in Zion once where we got there before the sun was fully up. We walked to the spot in the dark, pretty much. […]

Most of the planning energy for an elopement goes toward the location. And that makes sense. The scenery is a big reason couples choose a Utah elopement in the first place. But the location isn’t what’s going to make the day feel like yours. How you personalize your elopement is. Here’s what I mean. Picture […]

Most of what you’ll find online about planning a Utah elopement covers the same ground. Get a permit. Pick a location. Show up at sunrise. And that’s not wrong, exactly. But it skips the stuff that actually determines whether your day feels like yours or like a beautiful, slightly stressful group tour of someone else’s […]