Elope your way in Montana.
Your wedding day doesn't have to look like anyone else's. Maybe it's just the two of you exchanging vows beside a mountain lake. Maybe your closest people are there too. Maybe you spend the day exploring Glacier National Park, hiking somewhere beautiful, popping champagne at your cabin, or watching the sun disappear behind the mountains.
I'm a Montana elopement photographer based in Great Falls and photographing elopements throughout the state, including Glacier National Park. You don't need to know exactly where to go, how permits work, which vendors to hire, or what your timeline should look like. I'll help you through all of it.
Less pressure. More of what actually matters.
Eloping doesn't mean your wedding day has to feel small. It simply means you get to be intentional about what you keep.
Your day can include getting ready, a first look, private vows, your ceremony, family and friends, hiking, exploring, champagne, cake, a picnic, dinner, sunset portraits, or absolutely nothing on a traditional wedding checklist.
We'll build your Montana elopement around the experience you want instead of trying to fit you into a template.
Just The Two Of You
Keep things incredibly intimate with private vows, beautiful scenery, and an adventure built entirely around you.
Bring Your Favorite People
Eloping doesn't mean getting married alone. Invite the people who matter most and create a small celebration that still feels like you.
Make A Whole Day Of It
Your wedding can be an actual experience. Explore, hike, eat something good, watch the sunset, and leave room for the moments you couldn't possibly plan in advance.
Coverage built around your day.
Designed for couples who want an intentional, stress-free elopement experience in Glacier National Park or anywhere in Montana.
Elopement collections are primarily available Monday through Friday with a three-hour minimum of photography coverage. Saturday and Sunday availability may be offered on a case-by-case basis depending on the date and my existing wedding schedule.
3 Hours
Perfect for couples planning something simple and intimate. Three hours works best for a couple-only ceremony or private vows with portraits in one general area.
4 Hours
More breathing room for a first look, your ceremony, family photos, multiple portrait locations, or a small celebration afterward.
6 Hours
The option I recommend most often for couples who want their elopement to feel relaxed instead of rushed.
There is usually enough room for getting ready, a first look, your ceremony, family, multiple portrait locations, travel, and time to actually enjoy being married.
8+ Hours
Turn your elopement into a full experience. Include getting ready, your ceremony, hiking, multiple areas, a picnic or dinner, exploring, family, sunset portraits, and the little moments in between.
You don't need a finished timeline before you book.
We'll figure out what makes sense as your plans come together. Start with the experience you know you want and we can build from there.
I'm here for a lot more than the photos.
Planning an elopement somewhere you've never been can feel like a lot. Where do you go? Do you need a permit? What time should you get married? How much driving is realistic? Where should everyone stay?
You don't have to figure it all out by yourself. I'll help guide you through the process from the time you book until you're standing there getting married.
Flexible Coverage Options
Photography coverage tailored to your plans, priorities, locations, and the kind of experience you want.
Hand-Edited High-Resolution Images
Beautifully hand-edited photographs in my natural, true-to-life editing style.
Location Recommendations
I'll help you narrow down locations based on scenery, accessibility, season, guest count, permits, driving, and the experience you want.
Vendor Recommendations
Personalized recommendations to help you find the people you need without starting every search from scratch.
Custom Timeline Planning
We'll build your timeline around your ceremony, lighting, driving, activities, family, locations, and everything you want documented.
Private Online Gallery
Your finished images are delivered through a private online gallery with a print release so they're easy to download, share, and print.
Sneak Peeks Within One Week
You'll receive a first look at your elopement photographs within one week of your wedding day.
All Montana Travel Included
Photography travel throughout Montana is included, whether you're getting married near Great Falls, in Glacier National Park, or somewhere else across the state.
Unlimited Elopement Guidance
Questions are welcome. I'll be here throughout the planning process to help with logistics, ideas, locations, timelines, and all the little things that come up along the way.
You bring the vision. I'll help with the rest.
You don't need to know the perfect ceremony location, understand every permit requirement, or have a minute-by-minute timeline before reaching out.
If all you know is that you want to get married somewhere beautiful in Montana, that's enough to start.
Tell Me What You're Dreaming About
Mountains? Lake? Forest? Glacier National Park? Just the two of you? Ten of your favorite people? An easy-access ceremony or a hike? You don't need a finished plan. Give me whatever you already know.
We'll Narrow Down Locations
I'll help you think through scenery, accessibility, crowds, permits, seasonal access, travel time, guest count, and how each location fits your coverage.
We'll Build The Details
We'll work through vendors, ceremony logistics, activities, portrait locations, lighting, and anything else your day needs.
I'll Create Your Timeline
Your final timeline will account for driving, parking, walking, your ceremony, family photos, portraits, activities, light, and breathing room.
You Get Married
By the time your elopement day arrives, you won't be standing there wondering what happens next. You get to experience your wedding while I document it and help keep everything moving.
Mountains are only the beginning.
Montana gives you alpine lakes, towering mountains, forests, rivers, ranch country, open prairie, dramatic cliffs, and some of the biggest skies you'll ever see.
Glacier National Park might be the first place that comes to mind when you picture a Montana elopement, but it is far from your only option.
Glacier National Park
Glacier is hard to beat if you're dreaming about alpine lakes, dramatic mountains, Going-to-the-Sun Road, forests, overlooks, and scenery that feels larger than life.
Glacier elopements require additional planning around permits, ceremony locations, seasonal access, driving, parking, crowds, and weather.
Whitefish + Flathead Valley
Whitefish, Kalispell, Bigfork, and the surrounding Flathead Valley give you access to lakes, forests, mountains, cabins, private properties, and beautiful places outside the national park.
This can also work incredibly well if you want a private ceremony outside Glacier and portraits inside the park afterward.
Great Falls + Central Montana
Central Montana gives you a completely different look with open landscapes, river views, cliffs, rolling hills, ranch country, and huge Montana skies.
I'm based in Great Falls, which makes this area especially fun for couples who want something beautiful without automatically choosing Montana's busiest destinations.
Bozeman + Big Sky
Bozeman and Big Sky are popular choices for couples wanting mountain scenery, forests, rivers, outdoor adventures, and plenty to experience during a longer Montana trip.
Livingston + Paradise Valley
Paradise Valley combines wide-open landscapes, the Yellowstone River, and mountain ranges rising on both sides of the valley.
It's a beautiful option for couples who want dramatic Montana scenery with a little more of that open, western feel.
Red Lodge + The Beartooths
Red Lodge and the Beartooth Mountains are worth considering if you want dramatic alpine scenery, mountain roads, overlooks, and a more adventurous feel.
Seasonal access is a major consideration here, especially at higher elevations, so your date and backup plan matter.
That's completely okay.
Helping you narrow down your location is part of the process. We'll look at what kind of scenery you love, how many guests you're bringing, accessibility, hiking, time of year, permit requirements, travel time, and your photography coverage.
You can come to me with an exact location or simply say, "We want mountains, a lake, and somewhere that doesn't feel insanely crowded."
We can start there.
How to elope in Glacier National Park.
If Glacier is the reason you started dreaming about eloping in Montana in the first place, you're definitely not alone.
Glacier National Park is incredible, but planning an elopement here involves a few more moving pieces than simply choosing a pretty overlook and showing up.
Ceremony Permit
Wedding ceremonies, elopements, and vow exchanges inside Glacier require a Special Use Permit.
The park has designated ceremony locations with specific rules and group-size limits. Always verify current National Park Service requirements when planning your date.
Ceremony Location
Your actual ceremony takes place at an approved location included in your permit.
I'll help you think through which options make the most sense for your guest count, scenery, accessibility, and overall timeline.
Portrait Locations
Your ceremony site doesn't have to be the only scenery in your gallery.
Before or after your ceremony, we can photograph in other areas that are open to the general public while following current park rules and closures.
Glacier is much bigger than it looks on Instagram.
Locations that look like quick stops can be separated by significant driving time. Parking, traffic, construction, wildlife, crowds, and seasonal road access can add even more time.
This is why I build Glacier elopement timelines around the experience first. I'd rather give you time to actually enjoy two incredible locations than cram five stops into your coverage and spend half your wedding day watching the clock.
Big Mountain Views
The east side is known for some of Glacier's most dramatic scenery and that huge, unmistakable mountain feel many couples picture when they think of the park.
Lake + Forest
The west side gives you Lake McDonald, tall forests, rocky shorelines, and beautiful areas that can create a completely different feel in your gallery.
Seasonal Access Matters
Going-to-the-Sun Road gives access to some of Glacier's most iconic scenery, but full road access depends on snow, weather, construction, and current park operations.
We'll always plan with seasonal access in mind.
The need-to-know stuff.
Montana elopements can be beautifully simple, but outdoor wedding days come with a few logistics worth thinking about before you head into the mountains.
Your Marriage License
Make sure you understand the current Montana marriage license requirements and confirm the process with the county where you plan to obtain your license.
Permits
National parks and other public lands may have specific rules for ceremonies, group sizes, locations, decorations, and commercial activity.
We'll make permit requirements part of the location-planning conversation.
Weather
Montana weather can change quickly. Rain, wind, cold, snow, wildfire smoke, and changing mountain conditions are all part of planning an outdoor wedding.
Driving
Montana distances can be deceiving. We'll account for actual drive time, mountain roads, parking, and realistic buffers when creating your timeline.
Cell Service
Service can be limited or nonexistent in many of Montana's most beautiful places. Download maps, directions, permits, and important information before your day.
Wildlife
This is Montana. Wildlife is part of the landscape, and we'll always give animals space and follow current safety guidance for the area we're visiting.
Think about the experience, not just the number of hours.
Your photography coverage is continuous. If we start at your cabin and then drive into the mountains, that travel is part of your coverage. The same applies when we travel between ceremony and portrait locations.
Drive time isn't wasted time. It simply needs to be considered when deciding how much you want to fit into the day.
Simple + Intimate
Couple-only ceremony or private vows with portraits in one general area.
More Breathing Room
Add family, a first look, more portrait variety, or a small celebration.
Relaxed + Well Rounded
Getting ready, ceremony, family, multiple locations, driving, and time to enjoy it.
The Full Experience
Hiking, exploring, multiple areas, meals, celebrations, and sunset without trying to race through the day.
Montana changes with every season.
There isn't one perfect month to elope in Montana. The best time depends on the scenery, accessibility, temperatures, activities, and experience you want.
Moody + Unpredictable
Spring can bring green valleys, rain, mud, melting snow, and lingering winter conditions at higher elevations.
Maximum Access
Summer generally brings longer daylight, warmer temperatures, and the widest mountain access. Popular destinations can also be very busy.
Crisp + Colorful
Cooler temperatures, changing colors, softer light, and fewer visitors can make fall an incredible time to elope.
Quiet + Snowy
Winter is beautiful if snow is part of the dream. Expect shorter daylight, colder temperatures, and significantly different road and trail access.
Natural moments. Beautiful photographs. No wondering what to do with your hands.
My photography is true-to-life, natural, and focused on the moments that make your day feel like yours.
I'll give you direction when you need it and step back when the moment is already happening perfectly on its own.
Candid Storytelling
The laughs, nerves, hugs, happy tears, and little moments you didn't even realize were happening.
Light Direction
You don't need to know how to pose. I'll guide you when you need it so your portraits feel natural without leaving you wondering what you're supposed to do.
True-To-Life Editing
Natural colors, beautiful skin tones, and photographs that still look like the Montana scenery you traveled here to experience.
A few things you might be wondering.
You absolutely do not need to know all of this before you reach out. If you're currently twelve tabs deep in Montana elopement research, this is a good place to start.
How much does a Montana elopement photographer cost?
My Montana elopement photography packages begin at $2,750 for three hours of couple-only coverage. Four hours is $3,350, six hours is $4,550, and eight or more hours begins at $5,750. All Montana photography travel is included.
Do you photograph Saturday or Sunday elopements?
My Montana and Glacier elopement collections are primarily available Monday through Friday. Saturday and Sunday availability may be offered on a case-by-case basis depending on the date and my existing wedding schedule. If you have a weekend date in mind, you're still welcome to reach out and I'll let you know if I'm available.
Where are the best places to elope in Montana?
It depends on the experience and scenery you want. Glacier National Park is one of Montana's most iconic elopement destinations, but Whitefish and the Flathead Valley, Great Falls and Central Montana, Bozeman, Big Sky, Livingston and Paradise Valley, and Red Lodge and the Beartooth area can all offer completely different experiences. Location recommendations are included, so you don't need to choose before reaching out.
Do we need to know exactly where we want to elope before contacting you?
Not at all. If you know you want to elope in Montana and have a general idea of the scenery or experience you want, that's enough to start. I'll help you narrow down locations based on your priorities, guest count, season, accessibility, permits, and photography coverage.
Do you photograph elopements outside Glacier National Park?
Absolutely. I'm based in Great Falls and photograph elopements throughout Montana. Glacier is one of the places I photograph, but your Montana elopement definitely doesn't have to take place inside the park.
Can we elope in Glacier National Park?
Yes. Glacier National Park allows weddings and elopements at designated ceremony locations under the park's current Special Use Permit requirements. Your guest count, ceremony location, time of year, and park access all matter when planning your day.
Do we need a permit to elope in Glacier National Park?
Yes. Wedding ceremonies, elopements, and vow exchanges inside Glacier National Park require a Special Use Permit. Permit requirements can change, so couples should always confirm the current National Park Service regulations when planning their ceremony.
Can we take wedding photos somewhere different from our Glacier ceremony location?
Yes. Your permitted ceremony location does not have to be your only portrait location. Before or after your ceremony, we can photograph in other areas that are open to the general public while following current park rules, access restrictions, and closures.
Can we bring guests to our Montana elopement?
Absolutely. An elopement does not have to mean getting married completely alone. You can include the people who matter most to you. Just remember that public lands and designated ceremony sites may have group-size restrictions.
What is the best month to elope in Montana?
There isn't one best month for everyone. Summer generally offers the widest mountain access and longest daylight, while fall can bring cooler temperatures and beautiful seasonal color. Winter is quiet and snowy but comes with limited access, and spring can be beautiful while still having snow at higher elevations.
How many hours of elopement photography do we need?
Three hours works best for a simple, couple-only elopement in one general area. Four hours adds more breathing room for family or multiple portrait locations. Six hours is my most popular option for a relaxed, well-rounded elopement. Eight or more hours works beautifully when you want hiking, getting ready, several areas, activities, a meal or celebration, and sunset portraits.
Is travel included in your Montana elopement packages?
Yes. All Montana photography travel is included in my elopement collections. Extended hiking may require an additional fee depending on the distance and difficulty.
What happens if it rains or snows?
Rain, clouds, fog, cold temperatures, and even snow do not automatically mean we stop photographing. We'll work with the conditions and adjust when needed. If conditions become dangerous or an area closes, we'll use the safest available alternative. Specific mountain views and weather conditions can never be guaranteed.
Can we hike during our elopement?
Absolutely. Hiking can be incorporated into your Montana elopement day. Hiking time is part of your continuous photography coverage, so longer trails usually require more coverage. Extended hikes may also require an additional fee depending on distance and difficulty.
Will you help us plan our elopement?
Yes. Planning assistance is a major part of my Montana elopement photography experience. I'll help with location recommendations, vendor recommendations, logistics, timeline planning, lighting, travel time, and the questions that come up along the way. You don't have to plan everything alone and then hand me a timeline on your wedding day. We'll work through it together.
You don't need the whole plan. You just need somewhere to start.
Maybe you already know the exact date, ceremony location, and trail you want to hike. Or maybe all you know is that you want to elope in Montana, you want mountains, and you have absolutely no idea where to begin.
Both are perfectly good places to start. Tell me what you're dreaming about and I'll help you figure out the rest.
NEED AN OFFICIANT?
I'm ordained to officiate elopements in Montana and Wyoming
Planning an elopement with just the two of you? As an ordained officiant, I can legally marry you AND photograph your day, making your experience simple and intimate with one less vendor to coordinate! For ceremonies with guests, I recommend having a separate officiant so I can stay behind the camera and capture all of those sweet reactions from the people you brought along to celebrate with you.
