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The Experience
An elopement isn't a shortened wedding day.
An elopement isn't a lesser version of a wedding
It's a deliberately chosen one.
When you decide to elope, you're choosing intimacy, intention, and freedom and that deserves more than a two-hour coverage window.
I specialize in full-day elopements designed around experience. Not just the ceremony, but the entire story of your day. From the quiet morning, to the drive to your location with the wind in your hair, the dinner afterward, and all the in-between moments that make it yours.
Planning With Purpose
Once you're officially booked with a signed contract and retainer, we begin building your day together.
I help you shape the vision from the ground up and guess what?! I've already probably started planning it based on the information you have already given me. I help you research meaningful locations, suggest vendors that align with your aesthetic, help plan activities that feel natural to you, and structuring a timeline that allows the day to unfold without rush.
Whether that means hiking to a secluded overlook, renting a historic space, planning a private chef dinner, or building in time to simply explore. We create a day that feels lived in, not staged.
You won't be handed a generic template
Your elopement is designed intentionally around you!
Michigan Elopement packages
All packages include the following:
-A team of 2 Photographers
- Engagement Session or Day before or after session
- Up to 5 Fully Retouched Fine Art Portraits
- Signature 2o page Album
- Planning help from the very beginning including location scouting, vendor recommendations (including those that are lgbtq-friendly), activity recommendations, etc.
- Fully customized elopement day plan
- Packing lists including list for emergency day-of box
- bts Social media content (if able)
- Wall art packages to choose from
Full Day Elopement Timeline Example
Christina + Christopher - Detroit 12 hour Downtown Elopement
7:00 AM - Getting ready at a downtown Detroit AirBnB
- Some getting ready photos together
- Detail photos of dress, rings, shoes, flowers, vows, etc
- Separate into different rooms to get dressed in wedding attire
- Pack everything needed for the day
8:00 AM - First look at the Washington St median
- Rain alternative: In the AirBnB
8:30 AM - Head to Belle Isle
9:00 AM - Morning Ceremony at Belle Isle Conservatory with just Christina and Christopher and two of their best friends as witnesses
9:30 AM - Quick portraits of the couple and their friends at ceremony site
9:45 AM - Portraits of Christina and Christopher around the Conservatory plus a stroll through the gardens outside
11:00 AM - Head to the DIA and get portraits outside (if allowed, portraits inside. however, they are particular about this)
- Spend time just walking through the museum
12:30 PM - Lunch at Central Kitchen + Bar with Christina and Christopher and their two friends
2:30 PM - Head out around town for portraits in iconic locations
- Campus Martius
- Spirit of Detroit
- Hart Plaza
- William G. Millikan State Park
4:00 PM - Meet Up With Immediate family at the State Park on the Water
- Portraits with Family
4:30 PM - Head to Dinner with Family at the Apparatus Room
6:30 PM - Separate from Family and Friends and head back to Hart Plaza
7:00 PM - Sunset Couples Portraits
8:00 PM - Photography Ends
Michigan Elopement Pricing
Elopements start at
$3500
for up to 4 hours
Includes help with researching and planning your elopement day!
What makes me different? I can tell you that i'll be just like your best friend on your wedding day or that I'll capture all of your day's memories. But, to me, those are just givens on things that anyone should be providing anyways.
It's more than just photo taking on your wedding day. It's all about the experience.
Yes, you'll receive all of the best images from your wedding day in digital format
However, you'll also receive edited, in detail, portraits and other favorite images. This means, you'll receive a handful of your portraits in fine art format
Yes, you'll receive an album with your wedding day package
However, you'll also receive the opportunity to upgrade that album, purchase more albums, and purchase beautiful wall art and framed prints
Yes, you'll receive an engagement session with your wedding day package
However, you'll also receive time with me. We can sit and chat, grab some coffee, get to know each other, and really go over how portraits will go on your wedding day.
For elopements...you also receive a planner and researcher in me
Not sure how to plan an adventure elopement? Not sure where to start? I've got you!
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