California and Colorado Elopements

Adding Around Town Photos to your Elopement Package

What are "around town" photos and why would you add them to your elopement photography? Around town photos are images captured by your elopement photographer that showcase the unique characteristics of the area where you've chosen to elope. Many eloping couples choose to have their ceremony in outdoor locations with…

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Danny and Julian’s Elopement on the Cliffs of Big Sur

There's nothing quite like Big Sur For an elopement wedding, nothing rivals the jagged cliffs overlooking Big Sur's rocky coastline. It was in this place of natural beauty that Julian and Danny chose to exchange their vows and commit themselves to one another as a married couple this past April.…

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How to apply for a wedding permit in California

Do you need a permit to get married on the beach in California? In most cases, yes you do. Most beaches in California are under state governance and require a permit for weddings of any size. Ditto the situation for California state parks--almost all of which do require a permit…

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Plan a California Beach Elopement in Ten Easy Steps

So, you think you want to elope on the beach in California Beach elopements are the embodiment of many couples' fantasy of the perfect, intimate place to tie the knot. California's beaches offer pristine waters, endless sand, towering cliffs and really cool rock formations--which all converge to create a breathtaking…

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Maija and Hally Married in the Redwoods of California

  Getting married in the redwoods of California was not the original plan! Then again, did anyone's wedding plans for 2020 turned out as expected? (If they did, I don't know about them!) So, no, the plan for Maija and Hally wasn't to elope. But Covid intervened, so they adjusted.…

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