British Columbia · Columbia Mountains · Elopement Curator
Revelstoke
51.00°N · 118.20°W
Not a photographer for hire, a curator for the whole mountain day: I design it, plan it, book it, handle the permits, style it, photograph it, film it, and hand it back to you. The value alternative to Whistler and Banff, with a fraction of the crowds.
Revelstoke is the mountain town Whistler used to be: the biggest lift-served vertical in North America, real backcountry, the Meadows in the Sky, and the Columbia peaks running in every direction. The difference is that here you get the ridge, the meadow, or the lake almost entirely to yourselves.
I do not just show up to shoot. I design the day around you and book every piece of it, the officiant, the city permit, the snowcat or gondola or helicopter, the florals, the activity, the dinner, then photograph and film it and hand back the record. One person, start to finish, with a full-value weather and access backup built into every plan, for well under what Whistler or Banff will run you.
Best monthsJul to Sep
The curationEnd to end
Packages from$6,800 CAD
Guides on file4
Why an elopement, and why me
The Spiritual Union
An elopement is unlike a wedding. Whereas the wedding is purely focused on aesthetics and performance, elopements are about the spiritual merge: the two of you, a place that means something, and a day built to be lived instead of performed. Done right, it is the most honest set of photographs a couple will ever have. Done by committee, it falls apart in ways you only see later, in the pictures.
Buy a package from a planner
and the day is beautifully arranged, but there is no real “photographer” involved. The pictures come back looking like they were taken on a smartphone. You planned a film and got a receipt.
Bring your own photographer
and you get a good eye with no say in the day. There is a disconnect between what the plan was and what the pictures turn out to be, because the person shooting it did not build it.
Work with me
and you get the best of both worlds. I am a photographer first who plans the entire thing, then brings it home. The person who designs the light is the person standing in it with a camera.
Everyone else plans a day around an activity.
I write a story and play it through one.
It starts with your story, never a location. Before I plan a single thing, I sit with you and listen: how you met, what you are like when no one is watching, the small private details no one else would think to ask for. I write that into a narrative, and then I design the day to play it out. The hike, the boat, the drive up the mountain, that is only the vessel I run your story through, here in Revelstoke.
This is why the film and the album land the way they do. They are built to carry your story, beat by beat, so that years from now they still move you. Anyone can film two people doing something photogenic in a beautiful place. Turning who you actually are into a film and a set of stills that mean something is the harder thing, and it is the whole of what separates me from everyone else.
What it means to just be present.
Every extra person on an elopement is a seam. A planner to update, a second photographer angling for the same shot, a small crowd of vendors to be aware of. Each one pulls you a little out of the day, and the pictures inherit that split. The reason I hold the whole thing, the plan and the camera, is so that on the day there is no one to manage and no one to perform for.
Present means you are only ever looking at each other. You are not thinking about the schedule, because I am. You forget the camera is there, and that is the exact moment the real frames happen.
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4 dispatches on fileThe Directory
Everything I have filed about eloping in Revelstoke and the Columbia Mountains, organized by what you are trying to figure out. Start with the day itself, then come back for the specific pieces, why couples choose it over Whistler and Banff, and how it compares.
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Four days I photographed in the ColumbiasReal Elopements
Four Revelstoke elopements, written the way I remember them: the light, what was decided in advance, what happened that nobody planned. Open any card to read the full story.
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Two tiers · everything handled end to endThe Packages
One person plans, books, styles, photographs, films, and delivers your Revelstoke elopement, permits included. Not photography hours, a curated mountain day, for well under Whistler or Banff. Two tiers, and the Story adds the cinematic film and the premium experiences, the snowcat, the paddle-and-spa, the helicopter upgrade, that turn a session into a day.
Two ways to work together. Both are the whole day, designed, planned, booked, styled, and shot by one person. The Blueprint is the essential day. The Signature adds the film, the experiences, and the printed album. Everything is listed. There is no hourly meter and no add-on column.
Tier I
The Blueprint
$6,800 CAD
4 to 5 hours · photography
- ✓The whole day designed around your story, not a shot list
- ✓Full planning and the hour-by-hour timeline
- ✓Officiant and every permit booked and handled
- ✓Styling direction for the two of you
- ✓Four to five hours of coverage
- ✓Every frame shot by me alone, no second shooter and no handoff
- ✓A curated, hand-edited gallery
Tier II · Recommended
The Signature
$9,000 CAD
8 to 12 hours · photography + film
Everything in the Blueprint, plus:
- ✓A full eight-hour day, dawn to dark if you want it
- ✓A cinematic film of the day, cut by hand
- ✓Florals, hair and makeup arranged with the people I trust
- ✓Transport between locations and a chef's dinner for two
- ✓The bundled experiences below, woven into the story
- ✓An heirloom album, printed
Signature experiences in Revelstoke
·A snowcat into the backcountry (or a helicopter upgrade)
·A gondola, Skywalk, and Pipe coaster chapter
·Paddling a still alpine lake, and a couples spa
·A chef's dinner for two, then a fire under the stars
Signature locations in Revelstoke
The Meadows in the Sky wildflower alpine · The resort summit and the biggest vertical in North America · A remote backcountry ridge by snowcat · A hidden alpine lake at golden hour
Frames from Revelstoke
A few of mine, from this city
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Start here
Find your elopement archetype first.
Before the date, the tier, or the locations, take two minutes and find the kind of day you are actually after. It is where every day I design begins, and it tells me exactly where to point you in Revelstoke.
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What you will actually doThe Experiences
This is what you are really paying for. Not photography hours, but a handful of extraordinary mountain moments I design, book, and run for you, each one a chapter of the elopement and each tied to a tier. Turn the album: the photograph on one page, what it is on the other.
The Experiences
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The ceremony · the alpine wildflower meadows
Vows in the Meadows in the Sky
In July and August the Meadows in the Sky run waist-deep in paintbrush and lupine with the Columbia peaks behind, and we usually have them entirely to ourselves. I plan the parkway access and the light around your ceremony. This anchors the essential day.
The Essential · July to September
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The day itself
How your elopement day goes
Once you have your archetype, here is how the day itself actually goes. Nothing here is your job to arrange. It is already arranged.
The slow morning
No rush, no room full of people. You get ready in your own time while I quietly catch the first frames: the note, the shoes, the light coming up.
We begin the story
We do not work a shot list. We live the day I designed around you, and I document it as it unfolds across Revelstoke, chasing the light I have already mapped.
The vows
Your words, out loud, with no audience but the place and me. This is the quietest and the most important part of the day, and I shoot it from a distance so it stays yours.
Through the activity
The hike, the boat, the dinner, the drive. This is where the story plays out and the best pictures live, because you are doing something real together, not posing beside it.
The last hour of light
I plan the whole day backward from it. When it arrives we are exactly where we need to be, unhurried, with time to spare.
The record
It comes back not as files but as a finished thing: a curated gallery, and on the Signature, a cinematic film and a printed album. The day, kept.
The full guide · free
The Canadian Elopement Guide
Before Revelstoke, the bigger picture. I wrote the complete guide to eloping in Canada: the legal steps, the regions and seasons worth building a day around, what it honestly costs, and how the whole thing comes together. It is the same thinking behind every day I design, in one place.
Read The Canadian Elopement Guide →
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A sample plan, counted backward from your dateThe Timeline
The legal process in BC is simpler than most people expect, and Revelstoke's permitting is far lighter than a national park: a marriage licence, a marriage commissioner, two witnesses, any city permit, and the operator timing for the snowcat or gondola. I handle all of it. This is the order it runs in.
Date, location, and photographer
Revelstoke is quieter than Banff or Whistler, but the best July meadow dates and the snowcat and helicopter operators still book up. Lock the date, the anchor location, and the photographer first.
Book the officiant and confirm activity operators
BC requires a licensed marriage commissioner and two witnesses. I confirm the snowcat, gondola, paddle, or helicopter operator for your date and hold the timing around the light.
Obtain your BC marriage licence
Available from any BC Registry Agent or online through Service BC. Approximately $100, valid for 90 days, with no waiting period. Two witnesses are required at the ceremony.
Confirm permits, access, and the weather backup
Any municipal-site permit is filed, the Meadows in the Sky Parkway timing is set, and I build a full-value backup in case the backcountry, the parkway, or the weather does not cooperate. Nothing is left to chance on the day.
Be unhurried, stay present
Your only job is to live it. Permits, operators, timing, and the light are already handled. I bring the Columbia Mountains home with you.
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Introductions on requestThe Company I Keep
The officiants, experience operators, restaurants, and lodges I recommend to couples eloping in Revelstoke. Every name here has been vetted. If you want a warm introduction to any of them, mention it when you write.
Ask and I will make warm introductions to the officiants, operators, and restaurants I trust in the Columbias.
Officiants
Dinner for Two
Where to Stay
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The ones couples ask firstQuestions
The questions I hear most often from couples planning a Revelstoke elopement, answered plainly. If yours is not here, it will be in my first reply when you reach out.
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Revelstoke dispatchesFrom the Journal
Longer reads for couples who want to go deeper: the interactive day builder, the honest case for choosing Revelstoke over Whistler and Banff, and the full comparison of the mountain towns.
Story
Design Your Own Revelstoke Elopement Day
Build it yourself, choice by choice, and watch the day and the price take shape. Then read a real one: first light at a cabin, vows in the wildflowers, a snowcat into the backcountry, and a fire under the Milky Way.
8 min read →Guide
Whistler Too Expensive? Elope in Revelstoke Instead
Whistler is brilliant, pricey, and packed. A few hours east, Revelstoke gives you bigger, wilder mountains with almost no one on them, for less. The honest case for the switch, with real numbers.
7 min read →
Guide
Banff Permits Driving You Crazy? Elope in Revelstoke
Banff caps your guests at twenty, bans drones and amplified sound, and makes you wait weeks for a permit. A day west, Revelstoke has the same big mountains and almost none of the red tape.
6 min read →
Guide
Banff vs Whistler vs Jasper vs Revelstoke
The honest comparison: the pros and cons of each mountain town for an elopement, the crowds, the access, the permit rules, and what packages actually cost across all four.
10 min read →Tell me about your day in Revelstoke.
Share your date and I will come back within 48 hours with availability, an honest estimate, and the mountain plan and vendors I would point you toward.
Est. 1999 · Based in Canada · Travelling worldwide