Extreme Elopement at Twenty-Five Below Zero When Chelsea first approached me about her elopement, she explained that her and Justin had decided against a big wedding in favor of a courthouse ceremony, but they did still want great wedding photos to commemorate tying the knot! Currently, the couple resides in a town in Texas that Chelsea refers to as “quite unremarkable” (which I have to say, made me laugh) so she wanted, or probably a better word would be, craved, a location that was beautiful and epic!Originally, she mentioned possibly flying to Arizona, no specific time frame or season mentioned, but added if I had any other ideas to throw them her way. Immediately I thought of a place we had visited last fall … the Grand Tetons in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The only caveat - my specific vision lined up with a winter wonderland themed shoot. To my surprise, Chelsea was all for the idea. I explained in no uncertain terms that winter temperatures in the Tetons are brutal and she was still all for the idea. With that we quickly settled on mid-February for the photo shoot. Little did we know that the one week we chose would be the coldest temperatures Jackson Hole has and probably will see all season – by far!There is a back story to Chelsea and me. She is the youngest of four sisters and three brothers. She comes from a very large, close family. Over ...

Pre-Wedding Adventure Session at Yosemite N.P. Roberta and Keries live in Hong Kong and originally contacted us with an interest in doing their pre-wedding photo shoot in Death Valley.  That all sounded great until we asked when exactly they would like to do their adventure session and their reply was … late July!  When we asked them if they were aware that the average daily temperature in Death Valley in July is in excess of 120 degrees, they responded that they hadn’t though about that.  Quickly realizing that a photo shoot in Death Valley in the middle of summer was out of the question they took our suggestion and opted instead to go to Yosemite National Park.We started the adventure before sunrise at Glacier Point in Yosemite then headed down through Yosemite Valley for a few more photo ops on our way to Mono Lake.  As we made our way across Tioga Pass it began to rain continued as we reached Mono Lake.  Though it was 93 degrees in Yosemite Valley, the temperature dropped into the low 40’s at the to[of Tioga Pass and only risen to the low 50’s at Mono Lake.  We used the rain to our advantage before taking a break to warm back up.  It looked bleak, with steady rain and a heavy blanked of clouds that seemed to have no end in sight.  Near sunset we noticed a very slight, almost ...