Have you ever thought, “Whew, planning a big wedding is a lot of work; maybe we should elope?” And then you google, “best places to elope”. You see a picture of a bride and groom on a glacier or in the mountains, and Alaska is suddenly on your radar. Well, we are here to help! We have photographed hundreds of elopements in Alaska and around the world. Over the years, we’ve picked up a few things that can make planning your elopement easier. First, you’ll want to decide what time of year you want to elope. Do you want to ski or snowmobile through the snow-covered mountains? Do you want to fly ..read more

Now, let me preface this with it is very difficult to choose our top 10 wedding venues in Alaska. There are so many great options around the entire state. So, we are choosing these based on uniqueness, location, and hospitality. We’re also choosing our favorite venues based on the type of wedding venue. For example, there are a ton of wonderful barn-like venues in the Matsu-Valley, but we’ll only choose one of them for this post. These venues will also vary in the type we choose. There will be some standard venues like Alaskan lodges, but may some exciting venues like eloping in a meadow or on ..read more

We do a lot of glacier weddings each year! It has become a specialty of ours, and we love sharing the glaciers of Alaska with our wedding couples. However, it’s not often we get asked to do a winter glacier elopement. Aidee and Matthew flew to Alaska from Post Falls, Idaho shortly before the elopement day in the dead of winter. It’s such a magical time of year in Alaska, but many folks are afraid of the darkness and cold. Well, not Aidee and Matthew. We were blessed with beautiful weather and scenery for their wedding day! We flew with Alpine Air Helicopters out of Girdwood, Alaska, and headed ..read more