British Columbia · Canada · Elopement Curator
Whistler
50.12°N · 122.95°W
Not a photographer for hire, a curator for the whole mountain day: I design it, plan it, book it, style it, photograph it, film it, and hand it back to you. A complete companion to eloping in the mountains above Whistler.
Whistler stacks more elopement in a single valley than anywhere else in Canada: a true alpine summit ten minutes up by gondola, a glacier a short helicopter flight away, turquoise lakes and thousand-year cedar a walk from the village, and thermal baths steaming in the snow to close a winter day.
I do not just show up to shoot. I design the day around you and book every piece of it, the officiant, the florals, the activity, the transport, the dinner, the permits, then photograph and film it and hand back the record. One person, start to finish, with a full-value weather backup built into every mountain plan.
Best monthsJun to Oct
The curationEnd to end
Packages from$6,500 CAD
Guides on file8
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 Whistler.
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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8 dispatches on fileThe Directory
Everything I have filed about eloping in Whistler and the Sea to Sky, organized by what you are trying to figure out. Start with the planning guide, then come back for the specific pieces that answer the questions that come up next.
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Four days I photographed around WhistlerReal Elopements
Four mountain 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 Whistler elopement. Not photography hours, a curated mountain day. Two tiers, and the Signature adds the cinematic film and the premium experiences, the helicopter, the thermals, the private touring, 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
$6,500 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
$8,500 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 Whistler
·A helicopter flight to a glacier or alpine lake
·The Scandinave thermal baths and a mountain picnic
·A private 4x4 alpine tour to hidden viewpoints
·A chef's dinner for two in the village
Signature locations in Whistler
The Peak 2 Peak summit and alpine platform · Lost Lake and the cedar valley trails · A glacier or ridge reached only by helicopter · The Scandinave forest baths in the snow
Frames from Whistler
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 Whistler.
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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 alpine · by gondola
The Peak 2 Peak Summit
The gondola climbs off the valley floor and, ten minutes later, sets you down in the true alpine, glaciers and ridgelines running to the horizon. It is the fastest way I know to reach a summit ceremony without a day of climbing, and it anchors the essential four-hour day.
The Blueprint · summer to early fall
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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 Whistler, 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 Whistler, 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: a marriage licence, a licensed officiant, two witnesses, and a location. I handle all of it, plus the mountain-specific piece, the gondola or helicopter timing and the weather backup. This is the order it runs in.
Date, location, and photographer
For summer or a September alpine date, book these first. Peak-season Whistler weekends fill early. A flexible weekday or a shoulder-season date needs less lead time.
Book your officiant
BC requires a licensed officiant and two witnesses. Your officiant files all the paperwork after the ceremony. Book early enough to have the person you actually want.
Obtain your marriage licence
Available from any BC Registry Agent or online through Service BC. Approximately $100, valid for 90 days, with no waiting period between the licence and the ceremony.
Lock the mountain plan and the weather backup
We confirm gondola or helicopter timing and I set the full-value backup: if the alpine is closed, the day moves to the valley lakes and forest with no loss. Mountains are never promised blindly.
Be unhurried, stay present
Your only job is to live it. Transport, timing, permits, and the light are already handled. I bring the 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 Whistler. 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 this valley.
Officiants
Experiences
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 Whistler elopement, answered plainly. If yours is not here, it will be in my first reply when you reach out.
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Whistler dispatchesFrom the Journal
Longer reads for couples who want to go deeper: location guides, the legal walkthrough, the helicopter and gondola logistics, and what each season actually delivers for elopement photography in Whistler.
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A Full Day Eloping in Whistler
The whole day, hour by hour: coffee on the porch at first light, vows up the mountain, a helicopter to a glacier, the thermals at dusk, and a fire under the stars. Run by one person, start to finish.
8 min read →
Guide
Best Places to Elope in Whistler
The summit and the platform, the valley lakes, the cedar forest, the glaciers you reach by helicopter, and the Scandinave baths in the snow. Every location grouped the way I plan a day.
8 min read →
Guide
The Peak 2 Peak Elopement Guide
How a summit ceremony on the Peak 2 Peak actually works: the gondola timing, the alpine access dates, the platform, the weather backup, and what the photographs look like when it lands.
6 min read →
Guide
Whistler Helicopter Elopements
The remote version: a short flight to a glacier or an alpine ridge with no trail, how the charters and landings work, the cancellation risk, and how I build a full-value backup around it.
7 min read →Guide
How to Elope in Whistler
Marriage licence, licensed officiant, two witnesses, a mountain, a photographer. The complete practical guide to eloping in the mountains above Whistler, from first step to signed certificate.
7 min read →Tell me about your day in Whistler.
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