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Marriage Licenses When Eloping in Oregon

Your guide to making your elopement day government official in another state and without guests. So you found an amazing place out here in Oregon. It’s got epic views and everything you’ve wanted for the day you get married. Now how do you accomplish the actual getting married part when you live in a totally […]

January 8, 2025

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Questions to Ask Before Booking Your Elopement Photographer

Asking your photographer the right questions so you find the perfect fit for your wedding day Since you probably don’t plan an annual elopement for fun, it’s hard to know what you need to know and what’s most important. It can be overwhelming to pick which photographer is the best fit among so many options. […]

January 7, 2025

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Intimate Wedding on the Oregon Coast

An intimate wedding on the Oregon Coast featuring Pacific City and Oceanside, OR There’s so many definitions for the different weddings nowadays that it can be hard to keep them straight. At the end of the day, it really only matters that you make a wedding experience for YOU regardless of whether it fits into […]

April 22, 2024

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Elopements on Film 2023 – Oregon Coast Photographer

35mm film elopement photos on the Oregon Coast, Samuel H. Boardman State Park, Redwood National Park, and Olympic National Park While I’m predominately a digital photographer, adding film to each elopement day has been such a game changer. There’s something captured in the film photos that simply can’t be captured on digital. The mentality when […]

April 9, 2024

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Olympic National Park Elopement

An adventure hiking elopement in Olympic National Park, Washington State featuring waterfalls, Hurricane Ridge, the rainforest, and Lake Crescent. Olympic National Park is a dream for anyone who can’t pick which backdrop they want for their photos. If you love the Pacific Northwest and want a bit of everything, this is your park. You can […]

April 4, 2024

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Oregon Coast Elopement in Brookings, OR

An Oregon Coast elopement featuring Samuel H. Boardman Scenic Corridor, Secret Beach, and Redwood National Park This elopement is a perfect example of an experience based day featuring the most epic places on the Oregon Coast. They started the day by getting ready together (an amazing way to break tradition, by the way). We had […]

March 18, 2024

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2024 Rangefinder 30 Rising Stars of Wedding Photography

Venturing Vows has been selected as a Rangefinder 30 Rising Stars award winner! I’m excited to announce that I’m the recipient of the Rangefinder magazine’s Rangefinder 30 Rising Stars award for 2024! This award recognizes the top 30 up and coming wedding photographers that have been full-time for less than 5 years. It highlights photographers […]

March 9, 2024

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The Pacific Northwest on Black and White Film – Oregon Photographer

The Oregon Coast, Olympic National Park, and Southeast Idaho on Ilford Ortho black and white film with a Canon Elan Being a professional elopement photographer is my dream career. I work with the best couples, I travel to the most beautiful places, and I have freedom to chase all my other passions. While I’m endlessly […]

December 5, 2023

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Samuel H. Boardman Scenic Corridor Elopement – Oregon Coast Photographer

A beautiful, low key elopement day featuring Brookings, OR on the Southern Oregon Coast and Redwood National and State Parks. These two really took their elopement day and made it their own. There’s nothing more wonderful than seeing all the traditions ditched in favor of a day that fits the couple just right. One of […]

August 4, 2023

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Everything You Need to Know About Tide Pooling on the Oregon Coast

How to find the best tide pools, what tides are good, what animals you’re seeing, and so much more about tide pooling from an Oregon Coast local. I’m like really into tide pooling. I always struggle on how to convey that to people in casual conversations or when I try to explain tide pool things […]

May 25, 2023

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