Whistler
Elopements

Why elope in Whistler

“Alpine grandeur, wildflower meadows, and light that changes every hour.”

Whistler weddings have a particular energy — guests who have made the two-hour journey from Vancouver arrive already celebratory, already inside the mountain landscape that makes the whole day feel like an adventure. The scale here is different from anywhere else I shoot in Canada: the mountains are genuinely enormous, the forests are dense and dark green, and in summer the alpine meadows explode with wildflowers that make portrait backgrounds unlike anything available elsewhere. I love shooting in Whistler because the environment does so much of the work. Point a camera in almost any direction and there is something worth photographing.

The light

Alpine light at altitude is cleaner and colder than at sea level, and the sun angle in the mountains creates dramatic side-lighting that brings out the texture of stone and forest. The golden hour in Whistler, with the peaks catching the last warmth of the day, is one of the most visually spectacular windows I work in.