People are always asking me what’s my favorite thing to shoot, and earlier in my career, I probably would have said that Bridal portraits were tops in my book. There’s something so rewarding about taking photos of a woman who looks and feels so beautiful, and showing off that inner glow that brides have when they slip on their dress. It’s a magical thing, for me, and I could shoot a thousand bridal sessions and never get sick of them.
However, lately I have been booking and shooting quite a lot of elopements. I know from current experience that planning a wedding can be overwhelming, stressful, and expensive, and the lure of abandoning all the planning in favor of a simple, intimate elopement ceremony in a beautiful location is definitely appealing. That’s exactly what Jacqueline and Danny had in mind when they called me up asking if I would be willing to come with them to a small local park where they used to walk their dogs early on in their relationship to make their love official, and I jumped at the chance. Jacqueline has an amazing aesthetic and sense of style, so of course her wedding details were ethereal and lovely. I’m thrilled to share them on my website, now that Style Me Pretty has featured them! Here are some of my favorite elopement photographs from their beautiful day:
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I’m thrilled to finally be publishing these images, now that the feature has been revealed on Wedding Chicks! Holly and Shane’s wedding will forever be one of the most memorable things I’ve ever been a part of. When they told me they wanted to elope on a Thursday morning at a Houston ranch, I really had no clue what to expect. I know that the only people present would be them, myself, and the officiant, but other than that, I was clueless. Would she be wearing a dress? Would he be wearing a tux? Would there be dancing? Would they see each other before the ceremony? I arrived expecting nothing, and prepared to simply “go with the flow” (which is a crucial ability when you work in the wedding industry). What I discovered was an event that taught me what weddings are truly about – not the big fancy centerpieces, not the 20 piece band, and not even the room full of family, friends, co-workers, and neighbors – but about the love between a man and a woman, and the beginning of their lives together. I get a little emotional just thinking about it! Whenever I get caught up or stressed out with my own wedding planning, I just think back and remember this wedding, and I realize that as long as my beloved is there by my side (and the photographer, of course!), the rest is just details. Here are some of my favorites from their gorgeous intimate ceremony:
12 Comments
- How fun and different! Wonderful job as always!
- absolutely STUNNING!!!!!
- beautifully pure & simple, I love it!
- aww I LOVE this wedding Stacy so simple and beautiful!
- Love, love, love how you can just feel how intimate this ceremony was from the pictures. And really love that the groom was in the room with her while she got ready (so it seems!) Gorgeous!
- Wow! Amazing photos. You really captured the intimacy of this wedding. The closeness and oneness of just the two of them. Love it!
- What a cool wedding!!! Just you and the couple, awesome! Great work!
- I love your detail shots. You can see how talented you are when you capture so many unique pictures from such a "small" wedding. Same with the courthouse wedding.
- What a great elopement, very refreshing take on getting married... Oh and as always great, great images!!!!
- What a great elopement, very refreshing take on getting married.
- Your photos are always absolutely stunning! Beautiful work. You are so talented Stacy :)
- This is such a clean set of images. I love that I felt like I was there witnessing something intimate. Awesome, awesome job.
Danner - love the pictures... I agree on the pets... I dont know why, but I really like the 4 picture down or so of the dogs tail :-)
Nirav - Beautiful Stacy! Lovely couple, gorgeous shots, what more can you ask for.
Abbie - I LOVE these! So fun and sweet!
Samantha - so amazing! i love that they love their dogs so much. and the handfasting is so original! well done.
Abby - Love these pics! What a special day!
P-A-T - You look so beautiful and happy! (Danny and Jac you 2 looked pretty good also!!!) I wish I had been there to share the day with you! Wishing you Love Laughter and Lollypops! I love you P-A-T
Ryan Chan - Stacy, you're detail shots are impeccable! #12 is my favorite.
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Deborah Zoe - I am in love with everything about this post Stacy:)!! So, so, beautiful!
Angela Waterberg - That ring shot is incredible! Beautiful photos with their dogs as well. I love the whole thing! <3
Fizzah Raza - Oh man, this is one beautiful series. I love the bride's dress...such a cute cut. And I think there's an intimate sexiness connected to the idea of eloping. They look so happy to be together.
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Lindsey Joy - I love that you get asked to photograph elopements!! They are so intimate and seemingly low stress (at least for the couple). Gorgeous images Stacy!!
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kristin - i love her dress, do you know where it is from?
Cindy - So beautiful! I been thinking about just eloping, do you know how they went about it? Did they have to rent out a spot or just walked right on to the park? Such beautiful photos too!