COASTAL WASHINGTON ELOPEMENT IN FEBRUARY.

WECOME TO TATE & CAM’S LOVE STORY.

WE MET JUST ONE MONTH BEFORE I FLEW OUT TO THE BEAUTIFUL WEST COAST OF WASHINGTON TO PHOTOGRAPH THEIR ELOPEMENT. WITH IT BEING THE START OF FEBRUARY, TATE AND I WERE A BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THE WEATHER COOPERATING IN WASHINGTON. IF YOU’RE ALSO HESITANT ABOUT ELOPING IN THE OFF-SEASON, TAKE THIS AS YOUR SIGN TO JUST GO FOR IT BECAUSE WE HAD THE MOST GLORIOUS WEATHER & THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SUNSETS I’VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. IF YOU’RE NOT AFRAID OF A LITTLE ADVENTURE, LET’S GET YOU HITCHED SOMEWHERE OFF THE BEATEN PATH. NOW LET’S TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THIS STUNNING, INTIMATE ELOPEMENT.

MANY TIMES, THE TERM “ELOPING” GETS USED TO DESCRIBE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO MARRY. THIS WAS, IN MY OPINION, THE TRUEST VERSION OF ELOPING. WITHOUT NOTICE, WITH ONLY ONE OTHER PERSON TAGGING ALONG TO MARRY YOU, RELAXED WITH NO TIMELINE AND NO WHERE TO BE, ONLY TRYING TO BEAT THE TIDES. 

IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WE HIKED ALMOST 3 MILES ON RIALTO BEACH JUST TO GET TO WHERE THEY WANTED TO READ THEIR VOWS & MARRY. STOPPING WHEREVER WE WANTED, THIS WAS THE PUREST FORM OF DOCUMENTARY I’VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF PHOTOGRAPHING. 

A SUPER SPECIAL MOMENT FOR ME THAT I’LL TREASURE FOR THE REST OF MY CAREER WAS WHEN TATE & CAM ASKED ME TO SIGN THEIR MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. WE THEN HAD A CAKE CUTTING AND THEY MADE THEIR FAVORITE DINNER & DRINKS TOGETHER BACK AT THEIR AIRBNB.

& THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER. 

THE END, BUT NOT FOR YOU. DID THIS STORY SPARK INSPIRATION? I’D LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR LOVE STORY AND CREATE A WEDDING PACKAGE & ALBUM CUSTOM TO YOUR STORY.