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the weddings people cannot stop talking about are usually the least traditional ones ✨

Not because they were the fanciest.
Not because they had the biggest budget.
Not because every single detail was “perfect.”
But because they actually felt PERSONAL.

The weddings guests remember forever are usually the ones where couples fully let themselves lean into who they are instead of trying to recreate a wedding they saw online somewhere.

The weddings with picnic blankets instead of ceremony chairs.

The weddings with sage ceremonies at sunset.

The weddings with medieval dress codes and giant cat cutouts and champagne b**g toasts.

The weddings where couples read private vows first because they wanted intimacy without the pressure of an audience.

The weddings where guests leave thinking:
“wait… you can DO that?”

THAT is the stuff people remember.

I think somewhere along the way the wedding industry convinced couples that perfection is what makes a wedding meaningful.

But after photographing so many weddings and elopements across the PNW and beyond, I can promise you this:

personality will always be more memorable than perfection.

Your wedding does not need to be traditional to be beautiful.

It does not need to make sense to everyone else.
It just needs to feel honest to the two of you.

Save this post for nontraditional wedding idea inspo ✨

And if you’re trying to plan a wedding that feels more intentional, personal, immersive, or unapologetically YOU instead of just checking boxes off a wedding checklist… hi. I’m very much here to help with that.

I think details deserve to be photographed the same way people do

Not just as flat lay checklists, but as little extensions of a person. Tiny clues about who they are, what they love, what kind of world they built around themselves for a day.

The books with bent pages. The lace catching sunlight. Perfume bottles sitting next to handwritten vows. The flowers starting to wilt from being carried around all day. The way a room feels before everyone arrives.

I’m always paying attention to atmosphere just as much as moments.

Because years from now, I don’t think people just want to remember what their wedding looked like.
I think they want to remember what it felt like to exist inside of it.

The colors. The textures. The quiet. The anticipation. The strange little in-between moments that would’ve disappeared if nobody noticed them.

Thank you for inviting me to this!

Humans are meant to be a little wild.

Not wild without purpose or care.
The real kind.

Barefoot goblins.
Communal. Joyful. A little chaotic. Fully alive.

We’re not meant for gray lives.
Wake up. Work. Traffic. Repeat.

We’re meant to find the things that fill our cups.
To open our hearts. To care deeply.

And your wedding or elopement gets to reflect that.

Not a Pinterest board.
Something that is you.

The butterflies before you see each other, overcome with excitement and nerves, stick your head outside a window because you might throw up energy
Your friends helping you get ready. The emotion that overtakes you when you see your partner, showing up for your love.
Eating cake with your hands.
Ending the night on the patio, with a foot massage, finally able to breathe.

Messy. Human. Full of love.

That’s the kind of wild I’m talking about.