Elopement Guides

Opt for a more intimate, cozy aesthetic for your elopement when you choose to book an Airbnb as your wedding venue! This blog has all the tips and tricks on how to plan the perfect, romantic Airbnb elopement. For more elopement and wedding planning tips & information, visit erikaelphotography.com.

With a stunning backdrop of rolling mountains and jaw-dropping foliage, the Blue Ridge Mountains are the PERFECT location for wedding photos in the fall. As a wedding photographer based in North Carolina during the fall, I've created the perfect guide to help you plan your elopement or wedding in the Blue Ridge Mountains. For more information, check out erikaelphotography.com.

With some of the most stunning outdoor wedding venues, Washington State is a great place for a destination wedding or elopement. As a destination wedding photographer, I've rounded up my favorite 18 wedding venues in Washington State - from Seattle to the Cascade Mountains. Plus, if you're a Twilight fan - there's a little taste of Forks included, too!

Before I got married, I didn't have much wedding planning experience. While I loved my wedding day, there are some things I would suggest to anyone planning their wedding, especially after helping so many other couples plan their special day as a destination wedding photographer. Want more tips and tricks? Connect with me at erikaelphotography.com!

Take it from a wedding photographer: While planning your wedding, you're going to hear a lot of things you should do on your wedding day. But rarely do you get any planning tips on the things you shouldn’t do on your wedding day. I’m here to help! In this blog I share 3 tips on what NOT to do on your wedding day. For more wedding planning tips, head to erikaelphotography.com.

From desert landscapes to stunning wildflowers and locations to help dodge spring precipitation, these locations are my favorite suggestions for a spring elopement. Broken down by month, I've got the top choices for a spring elopement location to help you plan a dreamy destination wedding. For more destination elopement and wedding insight, tips, and photography, head to erikaelphotography.com.

There are so many ways to incorporate simple, unique activities that will enhance your elopement photos, and as a destination elopement and wedding photographer, I am all for planning unique experience-driven elopements! For more insight on how to plan a destination elopement that is memorable and set apart, head to erikaelphotography.com.

From ceremonly location to florals, choosing a photographer, and more, there are so many details that go into planning a destination elopement. As a destination elopement and wedding photographer, I created this guide as a checklist to help ease your stress and serve as a resource when planning your destination elopement. For more tips and info on all things elopement and wedding, head to erikaelphotography.com!

So much of your elopement experience is defined by the location you choose! As a destination elopement photographer, I used my own travel/wedding experience and research to give you ideas and suggestions for epic locations based on the different seasons, broken down month-by-month. For more elopement planning ideas, insight, and tips, head to erikaelphotography.com.

From what to wear to location choice and more, this bride breaks down a checklist full of tips to help you plan the perfect vow renewal. Planning a vow renewal offers the chance to capture your wedding day in a fresh, unique way that is personal to you as a couple. For more vow renewal planning tips, information, and inspo, head to erikaelphotography.com.

North Carolina has so many gorgeous locations for a fall elopement, but the Blue Ridge Mountains are at the top of my list! I love when couples choose these mountains as their elopement location because the scenery and fall foliage is absolutely breathtaking. Get all the ideas on where to elope in North Carolina at erikaelphotography.com.

Opt for a more intimate, cozy aesthetic for your elopement when you choose to book an Airbnb as your wedding venue! This blog has all the tips and tricks on how to plan the perfect, romantic Airbnb elopement. For more elopement and wedding planning tips & information, visit erikaelphotography.com.

Colorado is a stunning backdrop for an elopement, and Ouray is the perfect destination wedding location. Use this ultimate guide to a Ouray elopement to plan your dream destination wedding. For more elopement and wedding planning tips & information, visit erikaelphotography.com.