If you’re stuck between wanting an elopement, feeling like this huge moment is something you want to keep quiet and special, but also want the chance to be able to celebrate with everyone else in your life, well, there’s good news. Do both. In a stunning blush wedding dress. In Lindsey & Jared’s case, on the same day. We met at Washington Park in Anacortes, WA, where they had a stunning intimate wedding ceremony on the rocks overlooking the water. Lindsey, Jared and their pastor on one peak and the guests on another. Visually, it was striking. I scrambled up and down the rocks so many times to get different angles!
What I love about elopements is that we have plenty of time for amazing portraits. It really comes down to less of posing and taking photos and more of conversation, laughter, talking about how crazy and weird it feels to be on your own wedding day, and just being in the moment. Your photos shouldn’t feel like you’re hitting pause on the enjoyment of the day, it should be part of it.
Following a small (and amazing!) dinner prepared by family and friends, and carried down the steep cliffside to the rocks, we all headed back to Seattle to the larger celebration. Everyone was waiting there with cocktails and charcuterie, excited to greet the new couple. I loved seeing the way their community surrounded them with love and really created their wedding day from top to bottom. Capturing these weddings is such an honor, and it’s a gift to be in the room soaking in all those good vibes and beautiful feelings.
Lindsey and Jared are incredible people (see their engagement session here). Their love for each other is so old-soul. They channel a spirit of rock and roll, effortless in their ease with each other, bucking tradition to create a path all their own. I was so honored to capture their wedding day.
One of the peak moments was the birdseed exit. You’ll see.
Enjoy.
