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WHY TO ELOPE REASON #1 Save this for later QUALITY TIME WITH YOUR FIANCÉ ON YOUR WEDDING DAY.... At traditional big weddings it’s common the couple only get 15 minutes of alone time together and most of the time it’s not quality time. Between getting ready separately, running from one event to the next, talking to as many guests that you can, speeches, different things to worry about and keeping up with the timeline you spend no time with the person you’re marrying. When you elope the day is planned and designed around quality time with your partner. The whole day is quality time. In the morning you get up together and maybe enjoy a breakfast and cuddles together. Then you could get ready together or separately so that you can surprise each other at your first look an hour or two later. Then you spend the rest of the day side by side. The day is filled with your mutual favorite activities and experience you will do together. I even make sure that you have time to be completely alone and just have time to take in the gravity of the amazing decision you’re both making to spend the rest of your lives together. If you want/need, you can even take a break in your day and take a nap so you can have more energy for the rest of your day. The best way to spend even more quality time together is to make your elopement experience a multi day experience Imagine planning a week long road trip to all your favorite places, having a weekend away surfing or snowboarding , or doing a getaway to a place you’ve always wanted to explore. In all these options you’d spend slow mornings together, spend days exploring incredible places, doing your favorite adventures together and spend the evenings star gazing, roasting marshmallows by the fire or soaking in a hot tub. Your elopement is an escape from regular busy life to make your relationship a priority and to connect deeper with your love while also promising forever to each other Eloping gives you the space, time + intentionality to get closer with your partner. You get slow mornings, nights + moments, time for long kisses, hugs + walks together. Would you enjoy more time with your partner?

These two split their day into two parts. The morning was for just them + the afternoon + all night was for their loved ones. They decided to do a first look + private vows at sunrise. They hiked up to a beautiful view, enjoyed the sunrise together with a lantern(see the last photo), then changed + had a first look, exchanged gifts + then read their own private vows to each other. The morning finished with champagne + a picnic filled with their favorite treats. When they go...t back they had a snooze(yes in the middle of their day- that’s the benefit of eloping!) + then got all dressed up + ready for their family ceremony. The afternoon ceremony was so special + they finished the day with a party their grand entrance including riding in on a dirt bike: they danced + partied all together. If having your family there is important to you, there is always a way to include them in your wedding experience. You can: Split your day up. Keep part of the day private + then spend the second part of the day with your loved ones. You could Have a family ceremony A family dinner Family bonfire /firework Have a party to finish the day off Champagne toast + speeches You could more than one day to celebrate your commitment. One day for you alone + one for/with your loved one. You could Elope at a destination + then come back home + celebrate with a party, a family ceremony or a get together with your loved ones You could have an epic experience like fly in a helicopter, have a snowboarding trip, do an all day or overnight hiking trip. Spend the day doing your favorite things within + around your private ceremony. You could include only your parents or your best friends for your private ceremony to be your witnesses. Have a dinner together, do some activities together. Maybe do a weekend away all together. You could rent a big house on @airbnb for a week-10 days with you combined closest loved ones + get to know each other while bonding as a new family. There’s always a way! I’ll help you brainstorm + find a solution for your situation. Would you include loved ones? @ Utah, USA

Snowy alpine cabin breakfast at sing ride sound like the way you want to start your wedding day? This beautiful couple had their first date in Whistler so it was perfectly fitting that part of their 2-day elopement experience took place in Whistler too! Fun fact this was the first time they’d snowmobiled. V wasn’t always so sure but you can tell from her smile she has an amazing experience.... You can include your favourite experience or try something new for your elopement experience. The best part about eloping is that you have full control of what you do, where and how! There are no expectations or should dos. You plan the day that will actually be the best day ever and you get married in that day too! We got up at 5am hopped on these epic snowmobiles(hint I had as much fun as they did if not more!), we toured up the mountains while the sun rose and it was a few beyond words. We had an incredible breakfast prepared by the @canadianwilderness01 team(they also do dinners and other packages I highly recommend especially ask for Nat to be your guide). The day was absolutely perfect with blue skies, fresh snow and the best weather for V+N’s elopement morning. Would you snowmobile on your elopement? How about have breakfast in an alpine cabin with this incredible view? What kinds of experiences or adventures would you include in your day? I’d love to here @ Whistler, Canada

The best part of eloping, whether you decide to include some love ones or spend the day with just your partner, is TIME. Time to be present. Time to laugh.... Time to cry and not be able to talk during your vows. Time to take in the view. Time to take in what’s actually happening, to feel the excitement of this new stage in life you’ve entered into together. Time to breath. Time to relax. Time to enjoy each other’s company. Time to embrace and just be in each other’s arm while being in your favorite place and enjoying the view and that you get to be here with your favorite person. Time to be here, now and not worry or think about what’s next or that someone is waiting for you. Time to be you. Time to eat and drink your favorite things. Time to have a bonfire or a picnic. Time to star gaze. Time to relax in a hammock in the trees. Time to paint the view. Time listen to music and dance barefoot. Time to ride a helicopter or water plane to a secluded, private ceremony spot. Time to hike to an incredible view. Time to spend the day doing only you favor things with your love and maybe also with your favorite people. Elopement break the rules of weddings and change your most exciting day, best adventures, favorite date and the most incredible way you would want to spend a day with your partner into your wedding day. Forget that you’re getting married, just think about what your favorite day would look like and we’ll add your vows, some wedding attire, a ring exchange and/or legal paper signing within those things. Elopements let you have a day that not on not absolutely stress free but 100% designed to fit you perfectly. You don’t to anything that you don’t love. You don’t have anyone there that isn’t 100% supportive. You don’t do anything out of obligation or because that’s what you’re supposed to do. No elopement looks the same because no couple is the same. You are unique and your wedding day should be just as unique and fitted to you. What small and big moments, activities, adventures, food and favorite things or people would you include in your elopement day? I want to hear all about it Let’s brainstorm together

Feb 24, 2021 the first elopement of the year for the Little Mohr Team and it was so special! @emilyjantz_ + @casey_jantz decided to elope in Tofino during the week(great idea to avoid the crowds!). They decided to have a full day elopement. They spent the morning getting ready separately with their 2 best friend, had a first look just after sunrise, they had a beach ceremony(with their best friend as their only witnesses), lunch at @tacofino_fam, explore the @pacific_rim_na...tional_park and finish the day with a picnic(with donuts and hot chocolate from @rhinotofino) and a little fire with their best friends. They really had the perfect @tofinoweddings experience. I’m so thankful that E+C trusted me to plan, coordinating + organizing their day and trusted my trust in Joy my associate photographer who shot their elopement in place of me. I’ve been editing their photos and am so excited to send the rest of their photos to them when they are done! Thank you E+C for giving the Little Mohr Team the honor of being a part of your beautiful day and next stage in your life together. Much love, The Little Mohr Team Would you get married in Tofino? What activities would you include on your elopement day? Would you elope just the two of you, or would you want some loved ones there? Tag the people you’d include in your elopement experience below @ Tofino, British Columbia

Christmas was harder for me than I expected. I’m still not sure what I was feeling or why it was so hard. I haven’t celebrated Christmas in about 3 years(not in the traditional sense anyways). My family, who lives in 3 different places, would come together for a visit and dinner but not more than that. No decor, no music, no gifts, no real extra or special feelings. This year though I’ve been a complete grinch(only in the sense that I didn’t want to have anything to do with... it not that I wanted anyone else to not enjoy it or have their holiday cheer). I didn’t listen to a single Christmas song, didn’t decorate or even barely thought about it. But @luisstapleton wanted to come back to celebrate with his family whereas I wanted to forget about the whole ordeal all together. So we came back to Lima and made plans with his family. 24th comes around, which for Europeans(me and my family) and Peruvians is basically Christmas and is the day we celebrate. I got up, did my routine and worked all day and evening. It didn’t effect me or give me any special feeling. But when we were about to sit down for dinner as a family something in me hurt. Hard. I broke down. I walked away to get my water- and took a minute to calm myself down but it was so hard to control the wave of emotions coming through me. I cleaned myself up as good as I could and joined everyone for dinner with red eyes. It was nice but it didn’t feel like home. After dinner I called my parents and brother who were together for Christmas on their sailboat I started crying when I saw their faces. Why? I never cared about Christmas last year or the last 3 years. Why did it effect me this year, on this day? I don’t know. Maybe because I hadn’t seen my brother in over a year or my parents in 10 months. Maybe because I feel like I’ve missed everything this year with the people I love in Canada and Germany- from Birthdays, my wedding(with them there), births, important events and simply hugging my favorite humans- I’m a hugger so only hugging one person all year has been the hardest thing. I’m so lucky to have @luisstapleton and be healthy but I miss my humans. How was your Christmas? Honestly? @ Whistler, Canada

I am not the same person I was when 2020 started. I don’t recognize myself. I used to wake up happy, with a smile on my face. I don’t anymore. I used to be high on life, I didn’t need to drink or take drugs because life was so exciting I didn’t need them.... I used to have hope and faith in life, in people + the world. I see the world now, it is not the place I always thought. Life wasn’t easy before but it was worth it. I worked hard, loved hard + it was rewarded. That isn’t the case anymore. Before I had 9/10 good days now it’s 1/10. I’ve lost everything + everyone I’ve ever loved(except for Luis). I never got a good bye or any closure. I’ve lost my joy, happiness for no reason, my curiosity + my energy from + for of life. I had heart breaks I thought I would never stop crying or heal from, but his heart break is beyond anything I’ve ever felt I’ve lost my life, my dreams, my goals + my people. But I’ve also gained. I gained the love of my life which I honestly never thought I’d have. Sharing life with a partner isn’t easy especially for someone who was so independent as me but it’s so worth it and filled with so much love and so much learning. I’m learning to let go, listen, be soft and so much patience. I’ve gained my third language: Spanish. I spend 95% of my days immersed in the Peruvian culture + language. I’m learning slangs now + constantly growing my vocabulary but I understand everything + keep up in all conversations. It was a bucket list item I’ve gained new family + humans that care about me. Though I miss mine dearly + have no idea when or if I’ll see them again I’m so thankful for these humans. I’ve gained calm, slowing down + enjoying little moments. I’ve learned to not take anything for granted like I did before. I take time to enjoy the sounds of crickets, starry nights, fire flies, sun on my face, cool water on a hot day, a butterfly , mountain peaks, the sound of rain, good food and long hugs from my love(the only ones I get) + more. What I’m saying is I’m a work in progress + for most of the year I hid it and didn’t post because I couldn’t be uplifting. But I hope by being vulnerable someone knows they’re not alone

On our weekend family camping/honeymoon trip I did a goddess session for the beautiful @marybethstaple. It was the first time I did a goddess session in full sunlight(even though it was 7am in the morning) in a desert environment. Marybeth is one of the most resilient people that I know. She has had two babies and has had so much hardship the last few years. And yet she is one of the brightest people and the person that just makes everyone around her laugh. She’s an amazi...ng baker and throughout all the mess of this year she started her own little business @mamabeth20. No matter the obstacles or the people that get in her way and talk terribly about her she is still so strong and such a wonderful human being to everyone around her. She also is now working/studying so hard to become a personal trainer and is the only person that I know that has become healthier and stronger throughout the pandemic rather than lazier and maybe a little bit fluffier like me Marybeth you deserve the world. I don’t think I’ve ever met someone as strong, kind even though people are horrible to you and as talented as you. I’m so honoured that from day one since I walked in your house you have treated me like family. You have always made me feel so welcome and loved. And I’m so thankful to finally legally have you as my sister I love you Always your hermanita Lau @ Peru See more

Yesterday on the way home I got robbed and my cell phone and part of my sanity was stolen. People keep asking what happened so I’ll just tell the story here so you all know: Was driving in an area I should have had my window rolled up but I completely forgot and a guy was running + I thought he wanted to catch the bus in front of me or a taxi or something + I stopped to let him cross the street but instead of crossing the street he jumped into my window. I was so confuse...d + once I realized what he was doing I had a second to react + I fought for a second or two but I wasn’t fast enough. I wanted to chase after him + I probably would have caught him but I was in traffic + that would have risked loosing my whole Van too By the time I turned around(about 10 seconds) he has disappeared + no one had seen him or were protecting him I’m not sure. I was slightly lost for a while because I didn’t know this area well but eventually found my way back to an area I knew. By the time I got home an hour later(it was horrible traffic + I almost ran out of gas too + couldn’t find a gas station crazy how much we use our phones for imagine if I had, I’d have no way to contact help + realized I knew no ones numbers ) my phone had been shut off + was offline. It’s set to delete everything once it’s turned on + connects to internet. The kicker is I just paid for my next months contract yesterday + most of my subscriptions like Skype + iCloud are now useless. I’m physically fine besides some scratches + some very sore new tattoos from the ordeal. I’m mentally stressed + pissed and keep reliving it and playing what I should have done story over + over again Don’t get me wrong it’s just a phone. But being robbed does something to you mentally and I so mad that it happened and mad at myself too for not better defending myself and for not remembering to close my window. Such a simple mistake that I never did before but this one time I forgot + I’m paying for it now. Now I’m learning how to live without a phone- which is embarrassingly hard as I didn’t realize how many things I needed my phone for. Now to save up for a new phone @ Peru

A year ago this week I got denied entry into the USA that was a horrible day(travelling can be really hard and scary sometimes even though it’s all worth it for all the life changing experiences) which meant I couldn’t take my flight from New York to Bali. So I drove north to towards Toronto where I’d booked a new flight and I froze in Montreal’s -15. I finally did make it to Bali many hours and $$$$ later and I’m so glad I made the wallet sacrifice to take that trip. I...t was one of the best trips of my life. While in Bali I burned myself so badly I couldn’t sit for 10 days, I photographed and met some incredible humans, I saw amazing beaches, waterfalls, rice terraces and the cheapest yet most luxurious places I’ve ever stayed and had so much amazing and equally cheap food. I’m seeing so many people head back to Bali, people who spent the northern hemisphere’s summer traveling Europe and Mexico and just saw someone travel to Africa(which is where I’m supposed to be right now if 2020 didn’t happen ). I’m sick with the travel bug like never before. I feel like a once wild bird now locked up in a cage. But hopefully soon once my visa paperwork here is filled(soon hopefully ) we can finally set off with Norway(our van) to explore this beautiful country that’s slowly opening up a bit. First destination: the snow capped mountains , than we’ll drive all the way to the Cusco province and hit all the best spot as we slowly travel our way back. Our plan is to stay in each location for 1-2 weeks+ and really explore and create in each area! Can’t wait to be in places where I can feel free again, to be moving again and to finally feel motivated and inspired again but the excitement of what’s going to come has helped me gain a little motivation and is helping me get though the days here in Lima while still stuck in doors for now. What traveling have you done(even nationally)? I’d love to live vicariously through you so please share your adventures below @ Bali, Indonesia See more

Though I love photographing people promising forever to each other I never really considered that it would be that much different once married than before especially if you already live together and have been together for a long time. But it really is different. Something incredible happens when you let down all your walls, all your worries and pour your heart out to your fiancé and promise NO MATTER WHAT to love then forever. Something happens when you hear and feel the... love and commitment your partner shares with you and something also happens when you audible share your inner feelings and promise to your love. It’s something I never expected. It’s crazy how much more connected you are after you say yes forever. For weeks after you feel this high and energy. Then life goes back to normal but it’s still different knowing you have a team mate and someone by your side to go through everything with. Knowing that they have your back and you have theirs. I never understood this until I did it. It real is something so special. Since doing our private vows on our elopement days I believe in eloping and doing your own version of a perfect day/adventure more than ever before. This doesn’t mean excluding your loved ones it might be doing part of your day or experience just you two and then joining your loved ones later for a celebration/dinner/champagne toast or a second group ceremony. But it really is powerful to have a private ceremony where you don’t hold back a thing because you aren’t worried about anyone watching. You share your truest self with your partner without any editing. I balled my eyes out and I didn’t have to worry about anyone watching and could take the time I needed to get through my vows. It was perfect and I highly recommend you do it too. And than later or on another day you can celebrate with your loved ones anyway you want Would you do a private ceremony?Is having your family be apart of your wedding important to you? @ Vancouver, British Columbia See more

Booking is NOW OPEN from Jan-Sept 2021 in Canada + USA for all Elopements + micro weddings of less than 30 guests taking place west of the Rocky Mountains! So excited to plan and design your unique wedding day! Reach out for more info and to start planning your once in a life time experience! Review from this amazing client: Last December Curt and I decided to elope in Iceland. We hired a photographer I had been following on Instagram, @littlemohrphoto, to be our pho...tographer. She helped us plan a 5 day adventure based around our elopement. There was so much behind the scenes stuff that she did for this, I can’t thank her enough. All we had to do was buy our tickets and pack our bags. Which we did. And then Corona. She was quarantined in Peru, and we couldn’t fly anywhere. So Iceland was off. Laura was awesome through the whole process of rescheduling, re-rescheduling, and finally postponing. Even with her personal life turned upside down and inside out, she made us a priority, and was upfront with how the virus would affect our plans. She invited us to Canada when we thought the borders would open soon, and then to Peru for a week to hang out and do a photo shoot. And after we just finally decided to do a small wedding here in the states, she offered to send her U.S. associate to photograph it. For free. After she’d been on full lockdown for 5 months in Peru. (I’m not crying, you’re crying) She said The most important thing is that you guys have the wedding day of your dreams. She arranged and rearranged plans, so many times, to make our day perfect. Seriously, since I haven’t actually met her in person yet, I’m not entirely convinced she’s real, or that she’s not an angel if she is real. Anyway, Morgan (her U.S. associate who is another superwoman) came out and did such an amazing job! She was so thoughtful and really fun and easy to work with. So, not only did we get the most beautiful pictures in the history of ever, the experience of working with these women... there just aren’t words to express my gratitude... continued in comments @ Utah, USA See more

This week I started photographing again for the first time since February and it feels SO DAMN GOOD! I haven’t been this excited, full of energy or motivated in years. I love it! After months of depression and limbo it feels good to have goalsalbeit small and short term ones but goals nonetheless! This is my beautiful new friend @danielayojana, she is a good friend of both @luisstapleton and his sister @marybethstaple. She is such a beautiful soul inside and out.... I love when she comes over or when we do something together the three of us because she brings such joy. Her laugh and smile are contagious in the best way. She told me she’s been on a journey of learning to love herself and this was a huge step for her. A few actually. First deciding to be vulnerable and getting her photo taken taking the time to value yourself and do something special for yourself is a huge step. Then opening up and becoming more confident as the session went on I could literally see her opening up and relaxing and eventually really enjoying herself. And then seeing her photos and seeing herself how the rest of the world sees her to see the beauty, power and goddess in herself for the first time. She told me she had tears in her eyes when she saw her photos It’s brings me so much joy to be able to touch woman and help them blossom through my photography. It’s my biggest dream that my work helps heal my woman’s hearts and body image and connects the couples I get to photograph. My dream is to help woman and couples connect to themselves and each other, to live their fullest and best lives and to build confidence and love When I achieve this it brings me a kind of joy and purpose I cannot explain. It helps me see that what I do matters and I can make a difference with what I love to do What do you love to do? What is your deepest dream? What brings you indescribable joy? I’d love to hear @ Lima, Peru See more

Where is the love?... What's wrong with the world, mama People livin' like they ain't got no mamas I think the whole world's addicted to the drama Only attracted to things that'll bring the trauma... But if you only have love for your own race... Then you only leave space to discriminate And to discriminate only generates hate And when you hate then you're bound to get irate, yeah Madness is what you demonstrate And that's exactly how anger works and operates Man, you gotta have love, this'll set us straight Take control of your mind and meditate Let your soul gravitate to the love, y'all... The truth is kept secret, and swept under the rug If you never know truth then you never know love.... Where is the love? @bep Love isn’t optional love is essential to life. Things are hard but don’t forget to make your relationships a priority above being right, above fights, above misunderstandings, above differencing opinions or view points. There is so much separation in the world. So much fear, hurt + hate. So much frustrating + judgement. Don’t forget that companionship is necessary in life. You can love someone who thinks + sees the world differently than you. Being right is not more important than the well being of the people around you mentally, emotionally + physically. I’m learning this. I’m learning to show love + kindness even when someone tries to hurt me. I forgive even when no one is there to hear me because holding a grudge hurts you not them. Deciding to agree to disagree + moving on. Seeing the core of what people mean they might not think the same but in the end they want they same things: to feel loved, safe + heard. We all want that. We all want the best for the general good, we want our children to be safe + to grow up in a good world. We want to be understood + we want to connect. Just because someone’s path to get there is different than yours or if they understand differently than you doesn’t make them a bad person or wrong. Please let’s practice love. Practice kindness + understanding before judgement. Let’s assume the best because 90% of people mean well + want the same things you want. Today love before all else @ Lima, Peru See more

Did you know that I haven’t done or photographed what I love since February Yeah and I’m dying inside because of it. Watching my fellow photographers work and create and even hiring my associates to shoot for me, the most amazing sessions and elopements has been killing me. I love what I do and it’s killing my soul to not be able to do it. Between lockdown, extremely strict rules here, not being able to leave lima and be in nature yet and also just not being inspired o...r motivated, plus not having any friends here has all put me in a huge funk. But today I decided I’m going to stop wishing I was somewhere else, in nature, somewhere I’m inspired. I decided to just do free sessions and see if anyone would be interested. I shared it in my stories and since I already have 5 sessions planned! I cannot wait! I’ve been watching some of my amazing friends and strangers I follow create incredible work and I can’t wait to start trying new things again, to be inspired by doing and meeting people. Hearing stories and capturing love as it is Also can’t wait to photograph naked butts again so if you’re in Peru and want photos involving your or you and your partners naked bums PLEASE message me now For now I will find the little patches of nature to get creative with and shoot at ungodly hours(early morning just after curfew is over) so we avoid humans which is hard to do in a city that holds about 60% of Peru’s population there isn’t much privacy anywhere near or in this city. But I will try! All this to say I hope to start filling my feed with new work again, try new things, fly my drone again and just be creative and excited about something I love again Wish me luck and wish that we don’t get in trouble with any police naked people in a very conservative country... hmm that should be interesting but it’ll be fun either way! So wish me fun, inspiration and stealthiness. I hope I still know how to use my camera after 8 months Sorry for my late night excited rambles. @ Peru See more

Today I want to share part of my VERY long vows to @Luis stapleton on our Elopement/wedding day because I love this man so insanely much + I love our story I know now why I never thought I’d find the person for me because he wasn’t on my continent. He wasn’t anywhere in the northern hemisphere I had to learn Spanish and then 5 years later travel to Peru and see him across the bar and think Wow he’s hot, I wonder if I can get him to dance with me. I was pretty p...roud of myself when I managed to actually get the most attractive person in the bar to dance with me but I had no idea that that dance was fate. That if I hadn’t learned Spanish, if my grandmother wasn’t from Argentina, if I hadn’t gotten sick in Arequipa, if I hadn’t stayed in that hostel or gotten a tattoo or if @cervandoramirezbazan wasn’t moving to Spain I wouldn’t have ever met the best person in the world. If one single thing didn’t happen you and I wouldn’t be standing here today. But then you showed up, seducing me with your dance moves and Nutella. Taking me on the best date I’ve ever been on with rollerblading, an incredible view at that private corner table, exploring Lima and of course crapes with Nutella. Your best friend helped us stay together and separately planned trips to Europe that happened to be on the same dates. We’ve had an absolutely crazy adventure so far one I can see was so clearly meant to be which our friends and family saw but we couldn’t yet. Not until those two weeks on Europe. 5 countries in 2 weeks it was exactly what we needed to know that this was something irreplaceable once in a lifetime. .....I promise, that no matter what I will love you, forever even though we have no idea what that means, so how about we just say I’ll love you everyday, one day at a time. Let’s have the adventure of a lifetime for our whole lifetime together. Let’s live our lives to the fullest and make the most of every opportunity, one day at a time, together. I never thought about getting married or prioritized it before. But I see why it’s such a big deal now. And I know now why eloping is so important. I believe in it more than I did before. A day just for us @ Peru

Hot, sexy, wanted, a million times more than enough. And this has nothing to do with how you look, or the color of your hair, or eyes, or skin; it has nothing to do with how old you age or how much you weight. It has everything to do with the fire inside you, with the smile you wear, the fears you have conquered, the truths you've let shine, the battles you have fought.... It has everything to do with how you carry yourself. How you laugh. How you speak. How you feel. How you give. How you look, how you look at me. You are everything. All the words never spoken, all the heartbeats, all the shivers. Every second. Every minute. Every day. Let's make this a super loud and clear shout from the heart: tag the rad soul who needs to know this. Powerful and perfectly said words by @valeriefernandezphotography I couldn’t have said it better myself so I decided to quote this incredible woman and talented artist The next goddess experience is Oct 18! Reach out for your free, no commitment consultation call and for more info. I cannot wait to meet you and help you light that fire inside you. You are enough just as you are now. Loving yourself and feeling confident in yourself doesn’t come from how you look but by how you feel @ Vancouver, British Columbia See more

Did you know that eloping doesn’t mean not including your family? Or running away secretly? Or that you can’t include the humans that you love? Eloping: (in my definition) is running away from traditions that you don’t connect to, from obligation into doing things for others you don’t want, guilted into inviting your third cousin or your dads work colleague, spending a fortune on things that don’t matter to you and from the cookie cutter formula of what a wedding is supp...osed to be and deciding to make your wedding day yours: unique to your relationship, your future and only including the things and people you deeply care about in a place that takes you breath away From personal reference Luis and I are really close to our families but we knew we wanted a private ceremony without any pressure or worry about being anything than just us. But we also wanted to include our family so we had all the people we care the most about write us or record a video of their wedding speech they’d say if they were there with us. We watched, listened + read them the evening of our wedding day while sitting by the fire with s’mores + a starry sky above. If not for covid we would be getting together with our family in a big house we’d stay in all together for 2 weeks for everyone to get to know each other and have quality time together. Cooking, exploring, dancing, laughing together as a big family. We’d do a family ceremony where we’d do something unique in a beautiful place. About 15 people all together. Then we’d go to Germany , Canada + then Peru + have small dinner parties with the rest family + friends to celebrate individually with them. Each little event would be unique + different because of the different cultures. About 25-30 people each. This way each part will be small and intentional. With each we will have the space to spend quality time with each person + never need to be stressed or overwhelmed mentally/emotionally or financially. We still hope to do our planned wedding experience one day. The point is eloping is about having a wedding as unique as your relationship. To be intentional. What would you do? Let’s hear it @ Pacific Northwest See more

The goddess experience is something so dear to my heart. Helping women learn to love themselves again or for the first time with encouragement and showing then a new perspective they have never seen of themselves before. Helping them get out of their head and be present in nature. My goal and absolutely favourite part of the experience is when women see their photos for the first time and say What? How is that me? Is that me? I can’t believe that’s me! I’ve even had woman... burst into tears as they finally realized that they are beautiful and they can see it for themselves for the first time After many requests for a goddess experience day I have decided to team up with my associate Joy in the metro Vancouver area and host a goddess experience day on Oct 18th(with a potential weekday morning date if there is enough interest). So if you want to do something special for yourself, want to be pampered, need a confidence boost and/or want to love yourself than please reach out for more details about this next Goddess experience day I can’t wait to get to know you and learn about your story and your why my goal is to help build more self love and joy within ourselves because we can only give and truly love others if we love ourselves first. I’ll be sharing different session and experience here for the next two weeks. Please ask any questions and reach out to book your free consultation for more info and details What’s holding you back from self love and inner joy? _ @ Vancouver, British Columbia See more

Luis and I decided to elope because we wanted to have private vows without anybody watching or listening. We want to be in nature and do something special just for us. 2020 ruined all our plans and all our goals for the future so we want to take one part of it back into control and create something that was amazing for us. We camped in Norway(our Van) for the weekend: we stargazed, we breathed fresh air and on our actual wedding day we got up bright and early to enjoy t...he sunrise and have our first look(when you see each other for the first time in your wedding attire). We had pancakes for breakfast that I cooked in my wedding dress, we had a three hour nap in the middle of the day, we wrote our vows right by the river a few hours before our Ceremony. We exchanged our vows with an incredible background complete privacy to be able to be fully emotional (which I was) and not feel any pressure to be any different than we are. We finish the day with photos under the stars, sitting by a campfire roasting hotdogs and marshmallows and listening and reading to the speeches from our family and bffs who sent them to us to be a part of our day from a distance. It was the perfect day for us later we will have a family ceremony with both of our immediate families and our closest friends of only 10 to 15 people which I still consider an elopement. We will spend a week together all of us getting to know each other as one big family and then have an incredible ceremony somewhere in the mountains probably in Norway. So as you can see from what I explain from my own experience and from what my clients do it’s all about doing what is important and special to you. So you walk away having had the best experience just for you. Each elopement + each wedding day is different for each of my clients + honestly that’s how it should be. What is perfect for me won’t be perfect for someone else. That’s what eloping is all about What would you include in your wedding day? Would you have multiple like we will do? In the end we will have 6 wedding days, all are elopements with different important humans involved in 4 countries. That’s our dream. What's yours? @ Washington State See more

I’ve been grieving for the last 3-4 months for the life, dreams + goals I’ve lost. For my freedom + wild spirit that has been locked up. I gave up my life, my lifestyle + the future I had planned. I went through all the grieving steps: 1: Denial: I couldn’t/wouldn’t believe that I would be stuck in Peru, that I’d have to give up my career or at least the way I had been doing it before, that I wouldn’t see my family + friends in person again. I fought hard against it.... 2:Anger I was furious! Why me? Why now? Why couldn’t this happen in 5-10 years from now. My career is just taking off! I’ve not yet seen, done all things I want. I can’t live without my friend + family! 3: Bargaining Oh man did I ever. I was like okay. I’ll stay in Peru but I want to go back to Canada one more time. Say good bye work my butt off, do and see things I’ve been wanting to, hug my friends and family one last time, get the belongings I want and need then I can let go of Canada and be happy here in Peru Nope 4: Depression This was probably the hardest stage. I had no energy. Slept all the time. Didn’t talk to anyone. Didn’t want to get out of bed. Didn’t have any motivation or drive. I couldn’t be on Instagram because everyone I followed was hiking, shooting elopements again, traveling(even within their country which wasn’t + isn’t really possible in Peru yet) + everyone was living normal lives while I was locked up inside + unable to do anything I wanted. 5: Acceptance I finally let it all go. I told who I needed to I wasn’t coming back. I had a good hard cry when my little humans turned a year older + I missed it + when I got married without my loved ones there. I am staying in Peru to live. I will not see my friends + family for maybe years. I will not be in Canada’s beautiful nature for a long time, I will not fly or travel to a new country. I sold Phay probably the hardest of it all. Now that I’ve passed this painful time I’m feeling so much better. I have more energy. I’m taking care of myself with yoga, meditation + journaling. Life is fun again. It passed. P.S. See photo 9+10 for a laugh who did it better? @luisstapleton or me? @ Los Andes - Perú

Intimacy/ Connection/ Steamy sessions= my favourite thing to shoot. They are so raw, deep and incredibly passionate. They are soft and full of so much love. They show who you are as a couple without any boundaries. They are so special. One of a kind and beautiful My goal is to shoot more! So for anyone who books a 2 day+ elopement package I will include on of these sessions for FREE ... Get naked in nature. It’s one of the most humbling and beautiful experience plus doing it with the one you love= epic and so much fun! Plus you walk away more connected. You’re changing, you both are, having these photos to remember who you are now, what your bodies look like and what your love is like now is such a special gift to have and look back at in 5,10 or 50 years from now. Don’t worry we keep it as classy or make it as sexy/steamy as you want and as you are as a couple. These session strip away the walls (metaphorically and literally) and capture your relationship, your love, passion, joy and connection purely, truly and 100% authentically Would you love to do one of these with you love? Do you like the idea of adding a session like this to your elopement experience? Maybe a day after session? @ British Columbia, Canada See more

Your wedding day should give you time to cry, laugh, dance, be spontaneous, be silly and have slow moments together. Your elopement will be stress free, schedule free(we will have a timeline but it’s super flexible and changeable if spontaneously something better comes along or we simply need more time), judgement free and 100% carefree. When we got married we did private and personal vows that we each wrote. We read them to each other and I was a blubbering mess first ...listening to @luisstapleton and then when I was reading mine I needed time to compose myself and to make my words audible again. I’m soooo happy we didn’t have anyone there listening or watching because both of our vows were so personal and intimate I wouldn’t have wanted anyone to hear them. I can only imagine if I knew others were going to watch my vows wouldn’t have been so honest and I wouldn’t have poured my heart out the way I did to Luis. I needed the freedom to know only he would hear what I wanted to share and promise to him. I’m so thankful it was just us Spilling your heart fully and honestly to the one you’re promising forever to is so scary but also so freeing and it connects you like nothing else. We came away from our weekend elopement weekend so much more in love and deeply connected. It’s so special. I want that for you too. I want you to have time. I want you to not feel stressed or rushed for even a moment. I want for you and your partner to enjoy every moment and to think wow I can’t believe we’re here and doing this. I want you to come away from your elopement experience thinking that it couldn’t have been better and it was so much more amazing than you imagined. I want you come back to real life more connected and in love than before This is why eloping is so special. What ever your version of the best day together would be, what ever you most fun adventure and whatever you love doing together we will custom design your experience so that’s its perfectly suited to you, your relationship and your adventure level. You can even have a 3 hour nap in the middle of your wedding day like we did seriously the best choice ever! Will you elope? @ California See more

Please meet NORWAY our home on wheels here in Peru We got the keys on my birthday Aug 11 which was a wonderful gift to myself. @luisstapleton + I decided to name her Norway because this was our year for travel, for adventure + seeing the world together. This year has turned out to be the opposite but our hope to one day travel again, together, has not grown smaller. So Norway is our reminder + our temporary joy of being able to travel within Peru and be togethe...r and have daily adventures. P.S. it never occurred to me before how beautiful, names of countries make for girls names other contenders were Namibia, Nicaragua, Zambia but Norway is a mix of mountains and ocean mountains for me and ocean for Luis it’s the perfect blend + name for us. For the last 7 weeks we’ve been renovating her and converting her into a home. Getting a back window, @luisstapleton custom designed a roof rack for our tent and solar and then we had it custom built, we built in a false floor for 4 draws where we store the majority of our things(clothes, the kitchen + more), added in walls + more. I also invested in a roof top tent, a solar system, a 12V fridge + to make this tiny little van our home + make it cozy. I’ll be sharing our conversion journey, the adventures we’ve been on so far + as we start living in her full time in(hopefully ) the next month. Luis + I are so excited about this decision which will get us out of the crazy city, get fresh air + be somewhat more free while exploring the beautiful nature of Peru. It’s not easy + I’ll be sharing why in future posts but basically Peru is very strict + has strange + difficult rules that make it hard to live like this. But where there is a will + a deep want there is a way! More on this later. Now stay tuned for more #Vanlife adventures + a much more joyful Laura because being stuck indoors + in this city for the last 7 months has all but killed my joy and passion for life. It’s been extremely hard. I’ll share more of this soon now that I’m finally feeling like myself again + feeling hopeful for the first time in a long time. For now meet Norway @ Peru See more

Sailing elopement? Yes please! This couple had their priorities straight and didn’t compromise. They spend a week in this island bonding as a new family, it was so important for D that her daughters built a strong relationship with her new husband so the whole week was spend spending quality time together as a new family.... Day if they got up with the sun, make their flower crowns together, they helped each other get ready and then headed to the beach where they said their vows and the girls read special speeches to them. After they were married they celebrated by raining to the ocean and splashed around for a bit yes in their wedding attire! It was amazing! To finish the day off they spend the afternoon and evening sailing around the island, enjoying the sun, each other and absorbing the perfect wedding day they were experiencing together. The next morning after having slept like rocks because if happy exhaustion they said they couldn’t have asked for a better day and that it was bette than they could have imagined. This is what eloping is all about. Doing your day, your commitment your way. No rush, no stress. Spending it with whom ever you want, how ever you want. And guess what?! It doesn’t have to be one day, it could be a week like they did Would you include a sailing trip in your wedding experience? If you could go any and could do anything what would you do for your wedding experience? Don’t think of any limitations just think about what your dream experience would be together with your partner Let’s share! @ The PNW See more

The hardest thing about my decision of moving/staying in Peru besides missing my family friend and my little humans’ milestones is having to decide to and then selling my beloved home and Van Phay. It still doesn’t feel real and yet is still so painful imagining one day coming back to Canada and not coming home to her is devastating. Phay was standing around for 6 months with no end in site. There was no point and it was too sad to have her just stand there not being lov...ed or cared for or going on adventures like she’s meant to be. So I made the second hardest decision and decided to find a loving couple/ person who wants to adventure and love Phay like I wish I could. I found a wonderful couple who owned a van once before and were ready for an upgrade. They drove 16 hours to see her. I’m so thankful for these two and for loving her and making her a home again. Thank you Phaydra (Phay) for all our adventures, for all the places, experiences, people and incredible sunrises in the most beautiful landscapes I wouldn’t have had without you. From Vancouver to Arizona, to California, to Chetwynd, to Newfoundland, to Vancouver Island: more km than I can count. So much of the last almost 2 years wouldn’t have happened without you, all my travels because I saved my money from rent and regular life costs. I traveled to 17 countries because of you, I met my love @luisstapleton because of you, I photographed internationally because of you and had the best year of my life all because of you. Thank you, Phay. Phay, keep being amazing for you’re new adventurers. I miss you and I love you. You were the best home I’ve ever had. You kept me safe, warm, cool and adventurous. Goodbye Dec 2018-Aug 2020 See more

What is the saying? Life is what happens when you’re busy making plans Yay... I had so many plans for this year so many huge goals I was gonna hit. So much travel and adventure. Instead I’ve spent the last 6 month in the same place. They have been the slowest, craziest and most unexpected 6 months of my life. After months of silence, hard decisions, uncertainty, processing and a big break from social media I’m finally ready to share what’s been happening in my life and ...being you back into my day to day. Life is slower these days. I’ve been prioritizing sleep and rest because my health is so important and sleeping and resting enough is how you stay healthy. I’ve been working a lot less due to not being able to work, lack of energy, inspiration and motivation that tends to happen when you’re life is flipped upside down. But this slowing down has also been good: it’s helped @luisstapleton and I connect deeper and really flourish in our relationship. This craziness has also changed my perspective on my business and how it will run moving forward. If I wouldn’t be stuck here in Peru I wouldn’t have come up with this idea and maybe this will grow bigger, who knows. But having to be creative and think outside of my plans for my business so that I could even continue to run my business and also make a living has opened new door and new connections. And the future of my life, relationship and business has completely changed. All these things I will be sharing in my Instagram stories and save them into my highlights. So check over there where I’m gonna get deep, personal and sharing what has happened and how my life is now. See you there! What do you think has been the big change in my life? Take a guess and then let me know if you were right! What big changes have come for you this year due to the world changing so much? I’d honestly love to hear @ Belgium See more

This weekend this gorgeous couple got married after our original plan of their Iceland elopement got postponed they decide to get married anyways. We planned a whole different adventure for them. They had a private sunrise elopement ceremony for just then- popping champagne, reading personal vows, enjoying a picnic while enjoying the view and getting in a morning hike. Later in the day just before sunset they had a family ceremony with their nearest and dearest where th...ey entered by dirt bike ! They had the perfect day that we designed just for them. Not to mention spending a whole weekend with they closest humans to celebrate this special step in their relationship! I’m so over the moon happy for them! And I can’t wait for our Iceland adventure when we can finally travel again! I’m sure we’ll have many more adventures together in the future! This is what happens when clients become friends we’ll be adventure buddies for life, even from a distance! How would you spend your wedding day? Do You like the idea of having a private ceremony and then also having a family ceremony? They could be on the same day or they could be on two separate days, personally that’s what I would do is have them on two separate days(and what we’ve decided to do but a year+ apart). What would you do? Or would you keep your whole experience to yourself and share with your family through photos and videos later? You could have a party later to celebrate with all your friends and family? What would you do? I’d love to hear! @ Utah, USA See more

Dear Andrè, the (little) man that taught me what love really is. When you were born you change my whole world, I had no idea how much I could love a person until I saw your face. I have loved you from the very moment I knew of your existence and it’s only gotten strong since then(in fact I was the first person to know about you and love you-together with you mama). Andrè, on Aug 29, 2015 at 9:37, during one of the craziest storms Vancouver has seen(The power was out and t...here was flooding all over the city) the world became A happier and brighter place because you were born. I can’t believe that you were already five and that you’ll be starting kindergarten soon. Stop growing!!! You have to see my baby forever! Andrè you are such a joy in this world, you make everyone who meets you fall in love with you. You are a kind, considerate and full of so much love. You’re also stubborn, strong and independent like your mama, Alexandra. You give the best hugs and kisses and your I love yous are my favourite words in the whole world. you have the most beautiful smile that lights up the room and the most mischievous looks. You make life so much fun. Every moment with you is a blessing, my little munchkin. This is the first time in five years that I’m not there for your birthday and I’m absolutely devastated about it. I want nothing more than to give you big hug’s and besos and hear you laugh and watch you smile while you play your games and have a fun party. I hope very soon to be with you again but until then I want you to know that I’m always there with you. You are always in my thoughts and I’m always sending you lots of love. I hope that your day is so special and that you’re having the most fun time. soon I’ll be with you again And give you all the piggyback rides and we’ll playing in all the parks. I can’t wait for our next adventure. Tell your mama to give you a big bear hug for me and a big wet beso. All my love always, from Peru (which is where your mama, your Titi and your Dieda were born), Your Nana @ New Westminster, British Columbia See more

Aug 23, 2020 My new favourite day! So over the weekend @luisstapleton and I drove 4 hours away from Lima and spent the weekend camping. It was so incredibly rejuvenating and exactly what we both needed after being locked indoors for 6 months. We star gazed, admired the mountains and river, hung out with sheep and dogs, got bad sunburns and oh yeah we got married!... It was the perfect way to celebrate our love and being back in nature and free for at least a weekend. Here are the first few photos our amazing photographers and new friends @marimascarlos sent us more to come soon @ Peru See more

Another trip around the sun for me. What a year it’s been The first half was the one of the best if my life the second year has been one of the hardest. It’s been a year of learning, growing, falling in love with the love of my life @luisstapleton, of travel and of stillness.... This year was supposed to be the best one yet, Luis and I were supposed to travel the world together while working internationally, currently we would have been in a Canada if 2020 didn’t happen. But though it’s flipped my life upside down it’s also made me learn what I’m so incredibly thankful for and what I took for granted I never will again. I’m so grateful for the travel I’ve been able to do all my life 32 countries who knows when I’ll be able to travel again but when I do it’ll be like never before, how beautiful Canada is I miss British Columbia so much it hurts, the freedom to leave/walk around and do whatever I want without thinking twice about it living in a country that’s been so strict with Covid has made me miss freedom, @luisstapleton, my family and friends I’m so thankful to be with Luis but I miss my humans in Canada and Germany so much. I get pretty lonely here and a job that brought me outside, that helped me thrive I haven’t photographed at all or done what I love in almost 6 months, I’ve never missed something so much, I can’t wait to leave Lima and be in nature and feel myself thrive again I’ll never take any of these things for granted ever again. I’ve been so lucky for the life I’ve lived before it was put on standstill. I miss it. But I have lots of blessing and new plans and goal which look incredible different then before Covid. I’m excited again and I can’t wait to be exploring and in nature again, after 6 months. My wish for this year is to be free in nature. For fresh air and to experience this year with my love, @luisstapleton, by my side. I’m curious to see how this year develops. Here’s to one more. Though it doesn’t look like the year/birthday I imagined I’m still thankful for another year of life. Happy birthday to me Thank you for your support. I’m excited to share how this crazy adventure my life is continues @ Peru See more

If a tradition wedding doesn’t sound like the perfect day then maybe eloping is right for you. This couple had their private 2-day elopement adventure for themselves to celebrate their marriage and later they’ll have a more traditional wedding for their family and friends they got both and made everyone happy. We spent two days together exploring the beautiful west coast of British Colombia in the rainforest, in the air(helicopter), exploring the snowy whistler mountai...ns on snowmobiles + having a hot breakfast in an alpine cabin and finishing the experience off with a hike and their ceremony, cake and champagne with an incredible view. It was the absolute best two days ever! We all had an incredible time but the couple was smiling ear to ear the whole time. They have never done any of the things we included in their experience and they were challenged and in the end got closer after successfully adventuring together. You could have an epic wedding day too. Either with just you two, your closest humans with you or a mix of both! There is always a compromise @vroniekins @isabelles_bridal @jenny_bakes @bridalbeginnings @paragonmakeup @skyhelicopters @churchandstatewines @canadianwilderness01 @westcoastelope #elopement #Britishcolumbia #canada #elopementphotographer #canadaelopementphotographer #whisterelopement #vancouverelope @ Whistler, Canada

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. @ North Cascades National Park

Nominated by @wandering_jaimlessly + @ria_gem16 but I want to talk about why this challenge is so important it’s not simply about woman posting their favourite b+w photo. This is a real movement and cause and we need to pay attentions and not get distracted. This challenge started when a 27-year old woman was murdered(one of thousands each year- which has risen since lockdowns lock woman into domestic violence) by her ex. The authorities know who it is and will do nothin...g because of the honour killings law. According to a study, 42% of Turkish women 15-50 had suffered physical or sexual violence by their partners. There is no protection for them. This happens in many countries, cultures and religions around the world where women are not safe or protected. Many cultures believe that women are not equal to men and those without children are deficient. I chose these photos cause in some countries taking, showing and/or post photos like these who be illegal and I could be murdered for it. I am lucky enough to have been born(in Germany) and lived(in Canada) and been raised in a family that respects me as a woman. I don’t have to fear for my life if I speak up for myself, I don’t need to endure abuse or suffer in silencebecause even if I spoke nothing would be done. Millions of woman around the world don’t have that same freedom. Us woman need to fight for each other. We need to stop looking at other woman as the enemy and see them as ally’s. Not that long ago we were all considered less than, with no right and no say. We have to continue to fight for each other and lift each other up. In life, in friendship, in business, in motherhood, in partnerships/relationships and in support when any other woman needs it. We get enough hate from the world, let’s not do it to each other. Women are amazing we can do everything a man can do: provide for our family, build houses, do hard labor, drive fast cars, fly planes, be leaders/CEO, business owners+ more and grow, birth + nourish babies, be a safe haven families + more. So let fight for and lift each other up world wide! Tag an amazing woman give her some love @ Arizona See more

You can have any guests you want at your elopement: even your pet! A horse ? Dog? Cat ? Rabbit? Snake? Hedgehog? Chicken? By all means bring them! I’ve even seen llamas !! It makes for a fun story for everyone! Personally I’d have the dog I’ll have one day . How about you? Are you an animal person? Who/what pet would you want a part of your wedding day? @ Banff, Alberta

We can’t deny it’s been a hard year for everyone. Especially for small businesses, parents with young kids, pregnant women, people with family all over the world, international travellers and those planning their weddings. Planning a wedding is stressful and then add a pandemic into that and it feels like your brain might explode with all the regulations and guidelines changing all the time. I’m so sorry if you have had to change you plans. Morn your loss and the hard wor...k that seemingly went out the window. And then maybe consider eloping maybe just with you and your partner, maybe with your closest 10-20 humans with you. Though it might not be you first choice of getting married it can still be amazing despite or maybe because of the change of plans. Your wedding day matters and how you spend the day that you promise to be each other’s life partners matters. You should have as much joy as this could has. You should be as excited as they were. You should be connected to each other in a deeper way then in the normal day to day life. I think eloping is such a blessing because it’s less stressful to plan and it creates a day that is slower. A day that lets you slow down, be present with your partner and those you love most and to really take in what you’re doing it’s a huge step and you need to be able to acknowledge what’s happening and how incredible it is. Traditional weddings have so much going on that the day flies by in a blur and before you know it, it’s over and you had no time to really think and say wow we are married, this is forever, I love you! This is exactly what elopements are designed to do. And guess what?! You can still have a party with your friends and family after to celebrate you’ll just have your wedding spread out over 2+ days. One day for you and your partner to be present and doing something epic somewhere beautiful and one day to party and celebrate with all your favourite humans! Eloping isn’t the lesser option, it isn’t for those who care less about their wedding day, or for those who want to spend less money, it’s not a last minute- no planning way to get married. In fact it’s for those who care more @ Costa Rica See more

Did you know: I’ve planned an entire elopement in a week? Planning a day that’s perfect for you, that’s focused around you connecting and having an epic experience in nature, a day that reminds you why life is so good, that helps you stay present and take a breath of fresh air and just enjoy I love this more than almost anything. When couples tell me their day couldn’t have been better. That they woke up so happy and their day was absolutely perfect for them. When they... have a gallery of images that remind them of the day they decided that no matter what they want to live life together. They remind them of why they love each other in the har days. They’re filled with love, joy and beauty especially with everything that’s being revealed in the world. We can all use more of that, even just for a day Eloping isn’t a less important or amazing way to get married, it’s your wedding day! It’s not less then, so make sure to make the day incredible and unforgettable. You deserve a beautiful celebration no matter how you get married because how you get married matters I would love to help make your wedding day extraordinary whether it’s your first choice or because your original wedding plans got ruined by Covid. Your day will be nether than you can imagine, I promise It’s my mission to help couples have the most incredible day ever, actually Has your wedding day been ruined by Covid? Have you decided to elope or have a tiny wedding? What have you decided to do? See more

Oh the adventures the adventures Phay and I have been on traveling from North British Columbia to the south to Arizona and California, to crossing the USA to Chicago and exploring eastern Canada all the way to Newfoundland and then crossing Canada in the dead of winter. We’ve weathered wild winter blizzards, crazy wind storms that rocked us onto two wheels sometimes, insane heat(+36 C) and freezing temperatures(-25 C). I loved sleeping and hearing the rain on her ro...of. Waking up to an incredible sunrise over mountains, lakes, fields and more was always incredible. We’ve seen some stunning views, met beautiful humans and had some amazing adventures and opportunities we wouldn’t have had if I hadn’t been living and traveling in her. I miss my Phay so much! A couple of days ago I made a virtual tour video of her and watching it brought me to tears. I posted it on my YouTube channel. Go check it out! It’s been a video I’ve wanted to make for a long time! Let me know what you think! Would you live in a van and travel around? I’ve heard that British Columbia is busier than ever. Canadians love to travel and have great experiences do what happens when you can travel internationally? You travel inside your country! Camping sites that used to be emotes year round are full, hikes that are usually secluded are busy. It’s so great that Canadians are remebering his amazing Canada is but remember to take care of her. Respect our beautiful nature and practice leave no trace policies if you don’t know what this is ir need a refresher check out: @leavenotracecenter! Keep British Columbia wild and beautiful @ Canada See more

Peru is such a special country. Full is such gorgeous landscapes like no where else. There are so many places I want to explore. Who wants to adventure Peru with me? So many locations perfect for an elopement or for an adventure or goddess session! Want to come?

Someone asked me today how my weekend was, I said It was a mix of stressful and really good. Seems to be my life right now. One moment is super stressful and frustrating and the next I’m happy, excited and feeling good. Hahah Especially these last 6 weeks have been exactly like described above. I’m so thankful to be with @luisstapleton, for our relationship and how much it’s grown. And in the next breath I’m stressed more than I ever have been before. I have had t...o make some of the best decisions and the hardest of my entire life. I’m laughing one moment and crying uncontrollably the next. My life has never been so good with love incredible love and partnership I have with Luis and also my life has never been so hard and unsure. This year is more different than I could have ever imagined. Not a single thing has gone as planned or worked for and yet some really amazing things have happened I didn’t expect and am so thankful for. I love how humanity is coming together to fight for what’s right. To love and show appreciation for those left our before. There are so many amazing things happening and things are being revealed that are hard but so necessary for a better and safer world. What a crazy insane year and we’re only half way through it(already?! Where the heck did the year go?!)! Who knows what else this year and world has in store for us but I know it’s making me stronger, more grateful and more appreciative of the good things and moments in life! What has this year done for you? What have you struggled with and what has been amazing? How has this year changed you and what are you more grateful for then before? I know I’m still being very cryptic in what I’m sharing but so soon I’ll be able to share more details and what’s been going on in the behind the scenes of my life what the amazing things that have happened are, what’s the hard decisions were/are and some exciting things that are coming. One of them I will share on Wednesday! I cannot wait! What do you think it’ll be? @ California See more

Imagine this: You had an amazing elopement/wedding day. It was all you imagine and more- and the next day you have a cozy day in your Airbnb and have a fun + sexy session. It’s another opportunity to connect and have quality time together. Maybe you cook breakfast and cozy up together. You have a shower of bath together. You spend the whole day in bed. Or you swim on the pool, Hot tub, lake or ocean. And you have it all document to add to your wedding adventure story. O...ne day when life is crazy with kids and work and regular life. When you’re much older and have changed. You’ll have these fo remember how young, fun and free you were. How in love you were and are in the moment too. To remember how much you love each other even on the hard day and when life takes all your attention and time away from each other. It’ll help you to remember to not take each other for granted. Would you include an Intimate portrait session to your wedding experience? @ Mexico See more

You know how on cloudy and rainy days it’s almost impossible to remember what the sun looks like or how it feels on your skin? And visa versa? It’s true, we are forgetful beings. Well the same goes for when things are as hard as they are now it’s so hard to remember carefree times, times when you could leave your home without thinking twice about it, times when you could spend time with people without tension and times of laughter and joy. It’s so hard to remember but try.... We are forgetting what it’s like to be kind and how to not hate people because they think, act, look, love or believe differently from you. We are forgetting how to love I think that’s the worst part of these times all the judgement, resentment, harsh words and disrespect. You can not agree with someone and still show them kindness, you can have a different culture/religion/sexual orientation and still be respectful to one another. These things aren’t synonymous to each other. Just think about how many times you’ve disagreed with you bff, partner or other loved ones yet you still love them. The other day I had the first pleasant conversation with a stranger in almost 5 months I didn’t realize how much I missed good human interactions until I walked away smiling ear-to-ear. When I realized why I was so happy I was nearly in tears because something so simple as smiling to make a strangers day, saying I love you coat or you’re beautiful, have a wonderful day or thank you has become a strange concept. So let’s all make an effort to love and be kind and change this state we’re in. We can’t change the world or 2020 but we can change ourselves and how we treat others What kindness/love have you experienced lately? See more

The Savary Island, British Columbia Elopement, from Friday. What a special day. The whole day was relaxing, easy going + absolutely stress-free. They started the morning off making flower crowns, having breakfast + getting ready together. On the way to their ceremony spot they bumped into the friend that convinced Danielle to sign up for a dating app that led her to meet Stephane. Without this friend they wouldn’t be getting married what beautiful serendipity that she ...just happened to be on the island at the same time + bumped into them on their wedding day. Then they wandered the beach barefoot + had their ceremony under blue skies, in front of the ocean + mountains + with Danielle’s daughters reading them something special + doing their hand tying ceremony for them. It doesn’t get more personal than that! D+S also exchanged person items instead of rings(the key+ knife) Then they finished their day sailing the Pacific + enjoying their charcuterie board. What a way to celebrate getting married! Stephane was on cloud nine because he got to control the boat + they had some really good wind which makes for a crazy + fun ride!(S used to go to sailing camps every summer when he lived in Quebec so this was extra fun + exciting for him). They spent the whole week on Savary island relaxing + enjoying each other’s company. We planned their day to be exactly how they wanted it + including only the parts that were important to them. This is the message they sent the next morning So we slept like the dead last night after an absolutely PERFECT day. It was everything we could have dreamed of and more. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for facilitating such an incredible day for us. It was deep and meaningful and so so special. This is what eloping is all about! I’m so grateful I get the opportunity to help couples have wedding days that are unique + extremely special to them. The goal is that they wake up the next day feeling it couldn’t have been better What unique-to-you things, activities and moments would you want to have be a part of your day? Would you consider eloping? What environment would you elope in? @ Sunshine Coast BC Canada See more

Today I have my first elopement since COVID hit the world. And I’m not photographing it! My wonderful associate who I will introduce very soon. They are currently sailing just along the Sunshine Coast right now! The best part of this elopement is it’s taking place on the island my parents live on Savary Island. It was so much fun planning their elopement experience and connecting with so many wonderful locals. This photo here is a photo I took about 3 years ago when ...I was visiting my parents. I love this island so much it’s sad that I couldn’t be there myself but it’s worth it for my couples to have an amazing and stress-free experience. I can’t wait for you all to meet the wonderful human who is going to be working with me from now on to help make your experience amazing and helps me in case the unexpected happens so that no matter what you never have to worry and know your experience will be so fun and never stressful even if I’m not there I can’t wait to share with you how beautiful, intentional and uniquely designed just for them their day was! They had a beach ceremony with mountain in the background, adventures through the forest and finished their day with a sailing trip and a charcuterie board for their reception meal. Would you sail on your wedding day? Would you spend your wedding week on a quiet island like this couple did? What do you want your elopement day and week to look like(I’ve always though wedding days go by way to fast! You need to celebrate and spread it out over multiple days or even a week!)? I’d love to hear your ideas and what you’d enjoy See more

What is an adventure session? It’s basically the best full day date. Imagine the coolest adventurous date imagine having so much fun, laughing, having your favourite food, being in a place you love with your partner. Imagine connecting and taking a full day to just be present with each other to spend undivided quality time with one another. Now imagine in being documented so you have if to look back on. Imagine not having to plan it or organize it, getting help picking o...utfits and all the details. This is an adventure session. It’s a session to pause mundane Life and Making your relationship a priority. Life gets so busy and there’s so much to think about and do that you forget how important your relationship is. You forget to prioritize each other and the connection that you have. So an adventure session is an opportunity to do that and to walk away more connected and in love and to continue life together with a new energy and passion for each other and your partnership and life together. It’s an excuse to plan something super fun and special and to take the day to just be with your favourite person in your favourite place and doing your favourite things together. And then you have the photos to remind you on the days when you forget to prioritize each other, when you forget how important your partner is to you and sometimes when you have hard times in a relationship to remind you why you got together and why your partner matters to you. What activities do you love to do with your partner? Or what have you always wanted to do together? Maybe it’s going on a jeeping adventure, maybe it’s going snowmobiling, maybe it’s doing an overnight hike into your favourite mountain range or maybe it’s a sailing trip? There’s so many ways that you can incorporate your relationship into your adventure session and make it an adventure of a lifetime and the best day together. Would you do an adventure session? How would you incorporate the things you love to do with your partner into your adventure session? What would you do? Where would it be? I’d love to hear @ Whistler, Canada See more

I'm so excited to share my first fully shot and edited video! It's an intro to my channel and a day-in-the-life here in Peru. See what life is like for me here, what it's like driving in Lima and explaining what Peru is like regularly and now during a pandemic. Check it out and it would mean the world to me if you give it a thumbs up, comment and subscribe! https://youtu.be/ca3uAUuyHVw

Hiiiii it’s me Laura since I have girls pose half or fully naked in nature it’s only fair that I do too And honestly I love it! It’ll be incredible to have these photos to remember my body and adventures I mean it’s not even a year ago and I’m already thankful to have these powerful photos of me in a place that I love so much, a place that make my heart sing and sets my soul on fire. A place and adventurous life I miss so incredibly muchI could cry. I’ll say this muc...h I will NEVER AGAIN take any adventure, trip or time in nature for granted. I will never take for granted flying or freedom to be and go anywhere I want whenever I want. Being stuck inside and having very limited freedom and choice of travel, experiences or where I am has taught me how much I took it for granted I’d lived this lifestyle my whole life so I didn’t realize how it could change so much, so fast. My life and my views for my near future have COMPLETELY CHANGED not by choice, I’d live my life much differently if I could. Everything that’s happening now and that I’m planning is happening way fast/sooner than I would have naturally done if it weren’t for the pandemic and what that means for travel and free movement. Because the things that are currently happening and I am planning aren’t set in stone yet I can’t share YET- but as soon as they are I will. Though these changes came before I feel ready and sooner than I’d planned for my life I am very excited about them. I’m excited for what’s next and what my life will look like and I cannot wait to share with you, soon. I’ve lived a life of being a complete free spirit, spontaneous traveler and always on the move. Life doesn’t look like this anymore and with that comes huge lifestyle changes that are coming. I have 2 huge announcements I will share as soon as I can. What do you think they are? Take a guess in the comments I am currently booking adventure sessions, goddess sessions and elopements for July- December in British Columbia and Alberta. Reach out for more info and to start planning your nature filled adventure I can’t wait to explore and create with you, so so soon @ Canadian Rockies See more

Never leave for tomorrow what can be done today. I wish I would have listened to that before but I finally did it! After years of saying I would start a YouTube channel I finally did it. And today I finished editing my first video with subtitles, music and also shoot it all myself. I stayed up until 5am and got up at 9:45am and just finished editing it. And even though it took so long I really enjoyed it. I’m super excited to see what the response will be.... Fun fact: I went to film school after high school when I thought photographer wasn’t possible to do as a job so maybe film? Though I loved it and enjoyed the process of making films I realized my love for photography even more than before. I’ve always loved movies and video and love that this is a way that I can incorporate videos and this type of art into my work and life. It’s such a different perspective and thought process then photograph which is a nice way to change things up and learn new things. Will you watch the video when it comes live soon hopefully ? I’d love your input in the comments(here and YT), if you’d give me a thumbs up and subscribing What’s something you’ve put off way to long? Have you started it yet? Share belowand I encourage you to start it this week @ Prince Edward Islands See more

Life is funny that it can change in an instant so can your perspective, plans and goals to the good and the really hard. This week something big happened something that gives Luis and I the possibility to finally start planning and moving towards a goal. There are still so many things up in the air so I won’t share what this is yet but I’ll be sharing very soon! It’s crazy, sad, exciting and hard but also so easy. All this to say that no matter how hard life is keep... moving forward in whatever means possible I personally was crawling and dragging myself through a few weeks in the last couple of months and finally after so much pain and struggle and more tears than I can count I’m finally feeling energized and ready to move forward. We have a path now and goals and we’re working hard towards them. And I know that you’ll get there, too. And when you get there it’ll all be worth it. We are always learning(if you allow yourself) even in the hardest times. There is a purpose and reason even in the hopeless times. What’s something you’ve been struggling with? Comment below if msg me if you want some support Also stay tuned for my second upload in my YouTube channel coming tomorrow it’ll be my first filmed and fully edited video on my channel. Can’t wait to share! Have you watched my first video? Have you subscribed? It would mean the world to me if you did @ Bowen Island, British Columbia See more

Remember as you interact with people in real life or over this app that we are all human. We all make mistakes, need to learn + no one perfect. Remember that your words can have a very strong affect. You can change someone’s life by something that you say for the positive or the negative. Please remember that you have no idea how much someone is struggling + how close to the edge they are. Make it a rule to be kind over right.... Especially in these times where online debates are an all-time high + people are doing what they think is right but another person thinks is very wrong. Remember that they are doing the best that they can. Be kind. I have had people say things in my life that have changed the entire course of my existence. I’ve also had people say things to me that almost ended my existence. No matter how strong a person seems words will affect them. Be careful with what you say. When I was in 10th grade my English teacher told me that I was one of the saddest people she knew and that she hoped I would be happier. Up until that point I never considered myself unhappy, quite the opposite actually. But I realized that I was perceived by people sad + maybe I was. From that point on I made it my mission to be unconditionally happy. To make happiness the centre of my life. I wanted to be a positive light in peoples lives + to remind them that life is worth living + to live happily. So the happy person that loves to give joy and lives life to the fullest is as a direct result of what my teacher said to me. This made me very aware of how I can affect peoples lives. I am very conscious with what I say + how I say things no matter how much I disagree with someone or how much someone frustrates me. It is not worth it to say something to get it to say something to get it off my chest + feel better by tearing someone down, you never know if that is the last straw or if that one thing will change the directory of their life in the worst way. You can debate with kindness. You can teach with kindness. You can change someone’s opinion or perspective with kindness. Please remember to be kind. Has someone’s word changed your life? Please share @ Italy See more

I’m finally feeling creative again. Luis Stapleton + I created this little video/gif together + I love it. Oh man have I been struggling these last 4 months. Let me tell you things have only gotten more uncertain but my mind set has changed. I’m rolling with the punches as they say going with the flow. I’m making the most of my time. I wasn’t before. I couldn’t. I was learning about me. Who I am when I’m not traveling, working, inspired, motivate + excited. Who am I... as just me? I learned about relationship it’s what happens when you spend 4 months:24/7 with your partner with no breaks. Let’s just say we are learning new sides of each other now in the last 3 weeks(the first 3 months + 1 week were so fun + we connected deeper in such a beautiful way. We fell more in love + loved every second together). Now we are past the honeymoon phase of our relationship + learning new sides of each other + ourselves. It’s been fun + hard. But I have to say I love this man sooo much + I’m so thankful that I’ve had him through all this craziness. So in the last 2 weeks something switched in me. I got creative again. Last week I started running again and that got me my energy back. Tomorrow quarantine lifts here in Peru so that gives me freedom again. Today I launched my YouTube channel called a Little Mohr adventure I posted my first video. I’m also working hard on my website with a plan to launch by next week. I’m booking elopements for this summer/fall and next. I’m also in the process of hiring an associate photographer so that no matter what- If I can’t be there you’ll feel safe knowing I’ve got a backup plan + she’s awesome!(I’ll still do all the planning, organization, communication + editing). No matter what your experience will be stress-free. And now I’m offering FaceTime/virtual creative sessions the first few will have a special launch price of $50 for a 1 hour session + 10-15 photos/videos/gifs. It’s gonna be so fun! I have so many ideas! PM me to book! Availability worldwide! I have more coming behind the scenes that I can’t wait to share! Do you love this FT session idea? Who’d you do it with?

I planned this 2-day elopement in less than 2 weeks. It was so amazing to see it all come together and then experience it with these two beautiful humans. I think we can all agree that these days were some of the best days of our lives! We couldn’t stop laughing, cheesing and just being in awe of how beautiful British Columbia is. Now that eloping is the thing to do this year I am so excited for the elopement coming up this summer. I can’t wait to plan and experience ...more adventures like this maybe even with the amazing team at @canadianwilderness01, @skyhelicopters, @jenny_bakes, @paragonmakeup, @isabelles_bridal and @bridalbeginnings. I still have space for more elopements this summer all over western Canada. If your wedding plans changed but you still want to get married this year and you love adventures in nature than eloping is for you! If you want to have a-once-in-a-lifetime experience with you forever BFF than my elopement experience is for you. If you want to have a completely stress-free planning and day of experience, where you have me plan everything, inspire you and coordinate your entire experience from vendors, activities, locations for your ceremony and portraits, how to incorporate your family and closest friends, where you’ll stay and how you’ll get to the beautiful place you want to get married than I am the photographer for you because in fact I am much more than a photographer I’m your planner, coordinator, travel agent, guide, your cheerleader and your go to girl to make your day the actually best day ever. And then I photograph you have the most incredible experience of your life together while committing your life to each other. Does this sounds like something you’d love to experience? Then hit me up! I can’t wait to make the day you get married unique to you and have you walk away smiling ear to ear, and more connected and alive than before! What are some fun activities you’d add to your elopement that would make your day epic for you? Maybe fly in a helicopter? Or an over night hiking trip? Or dogsledding? Or jeeping to alpine lake? Or a sailing trip? Or ? I’d love to hear your ideas! See more

Slowly Peru is opening up again from the last 4 months of strict lockdown. It’s wonderful. I can’t wait for the mandatory quarantine to life after June 30th and get into nature again! I can’t wait to not spend my entire day in 3 different rooms like I have since March. I can’t wait to hike and breath fresh air. I can’t wait to leave Lima and be away from all the humans and explore the beautiful country of Peru again. I can’t wait to photograph couples having amazing adven...tures again. Have you been to Peru? Where would you go first if you had the chance? Personally I’m headed straight for the mountains. I miss mountains and mountain air @ Peru See more

Joy is the hardest thing to find these days understandably. People smile less, laugh less and as a result are frustrated faster and end up hurting people. Last Saturday a group of musicians went from neighbourhood to neighbourhood around town and played the most fun and upbeat songs. The atmosphere was so full of life and joy that I was literally in tears because I was so happy to see it. It was amazing to see all the neighbours smiling again. Tensions are high these d...ays so I want to encourage you to find a way to make someone’s day, to be kind and show love. It could be as little as a genuine smile to a stranger to buying the person behind you in line coffee or sending a gift basket to a friend or family who’s struggling and needs a little love. Remember to love hard on your partner and your family members. We all need it. If you can try to get at least two long, bead hugs (the right meaningful gives). Not only do they feel amazing(so you’ll feel happier and full of more energy after) but they are actually really good for your immune system. Laughing is just as good both these things cause hormones that causes the opposite effect that fear, stress, anger and worry make us feel(all these things are horrible for your immune system and will cause you to get sick easier). We all could use something to help stay healthy and happy. So spread the love, be kind and remember these times are hard for everyone, okay? Okay. @ Ontario Canada See more

WOOOOO deep breath out. This is a sounds I’ve been making about 1000x a day. It’s been a hard couple of months. I don’t have to tell you that I’m sure you’re feeling similar. Hi! After a, much needed, month off from posting or sharing anything personal or business related I’m back. I’ve learned a lot this month about a variety of different topics. I have never done so much research, watched so many documentaries + YouTube + IGTV videos. I’ve spent numerous night awak...e thinking + asking questions about the powers that be governments(in Peru, Canada and the US) and the ones higher up. Emotions have been high, breakdowns have been frequent and the uncertainty of the future is constant. Most important is the awakening that’s been happening worldwide in many ways you know what I’m talking about. About the future and how it’ll look and feel for EVERYONE. Though none of the things happening in the world are a surprise to me some have been long awaited and needed others have been dreaded. It’s been a challenging to reimagine life as we’ve known it because EVERYTHING IS CHANGING. We are getting used to the new normal- as they say. I have always been very open and clear about this but just in case it hasn’t been clear enough I want to reiterate it clearly here ALL HUMANS ARE WELCOME HERE, no matter your race, religion, culture, what you do, where you live or how+ who you love. As long as you love and are kind you are always welcome here. I will always use my voice, love and energy to uplift, encourage and build confidence to people who need /want it. So on that note if you ever need to talk, vent, need or want help lifting your voice I am always here. Judgement free and full of love for you. It’s been a hard few months. Today I went for my first run as things, SNAIL SPEED, SLOWLY open up. It was incredible, I didn’t know how much I needed it. The things that have kept me going are @luisstapleton long hugs and daily cuddles and their cat- her name is Aura (yeah Laura without the L) who follows me around the house and cuddles on my lap as soon as I’m sitting(seriously she waits outside the bathroom for me). Find love in these times. @ Bali, Indonesia See more

It’s this wonderful humans birthday today and I am so thankful for this day because without it Luis Stapleton wouldn’t exist and the world especially my world wouldn’t be the same without him. Life with you is so fun, is full of so much love and cuddles. You were the best surprise of my life and I know we’ll have many incredible adventures together. Today we celebrate you and the beautiful human you are. Sooo many people love you. You are the most thoughtful and consid...erate human. I love you so much Happy birthday, my love @ Peru See more

A big myth about eloping is that it’s an inferior option to a traditional wedding. That couple who don’t care about their wedding elope. That they are a cheaper way only couples who don’t have money for a real wedding elope. That they are done with no planning. That they’re in secret + are shameful + are a way to exclude their family. All of this is extremely inaccurate. I understand where these ideas come from because once upon a time that was how it was. But now elo...ping has become so much more. Eloping is an opportunity to cut down a wedding back to what it’s all meant to be about two individual people who love each other who want to combine their lives + live their future together. It’s about love + future. Wedding have become a show, it’s become about the guests + about so many little things like save the dates, invites, decorations, the food, the cake, bridesmaids dresses, colours, music, venue + so many things that cause everyone to forget what it’s all about. The planning process is extremely stressful + often puts a lot of pressure + tension on the couple’s relationship + with their friends/family. If anything good has come out of the craziness our world is right now it’s helping us see what’s really important. It’s helping us go back to the basics + stop worrying about little things that don’t matter. Due to group restrictions, for the foreseeable future traditional large weddings will not be able to happen. It’s so hard for all the couples who have already planned their wedding for this year + I am sooo sorry. It’s stressful to have to change everything. But I think this is a beautiful opportunity to go back to the basics. To remember what’s important. To have only your absolute closest humans there. To make your day about you + your partner rather than all the fluff. Have a day to really be present while you make the most beautiful and meaningful commitment to the love of your life. Then when bigger gatherings are allowed again have a party to celebrate with everyone you care about. Keep the ceremony private. Swipe to see this day. It was so simple + beautiful. Will you consider to elope? Share your thoughts #elope See more

Hiya! I’m Laura Aka mouse , pajarito(little bird in spanish), monkey , Lau, Laurita(little Laura in Spanish), it’s been a while since I introduced myself I thought I’d share a little about myself I was born in Germany , grew up in NW Canada + am now based in Canada, Europe + Latin America I’m always rotating between the 3 and love the diversity they brings to my life + work. I speak German, English + Spanish soon I plan to learn French + Italian+ sign lan...guage I’ve been traveling since I was 6 months old and have now been to 31 countries. In Canada I live in a converted Van(I miss Phay so muchpictures here). One day I either want to take her to Latin America and over seas to Europe or build another Van and explore Europe + beyond by land. It’s what I’ve been daydreaming about lately. I’ve always had many passions. Photography, travel/culture, human connection + nature being the biggest. I also have a love for baking/cooking, dancing/singing, sports/hiking, reading/journaling, trying new things, eating good food/dessert and I’m a bit of an adrenaline junky I never wanted to be a photographer or had any idea of the life I’m living now, if what was possible. I wanted to be a nurse like my mom or a vet or a daycare teacher. I never considered myself any kind of artist + honestly I still don’t really I can’t paint or draw to save my life. I’m kinda tiny 5’2 depending on the country, in Bolivia and Indonesia I’m really tall But I’m the smallest of my friends and family besides @alexandraparodi I change my hair a lot I’ve had hair over a meter long and most recently a buzz cut stay tuned for the next idea coming. I have 16 tattoos, all on my right side. I’m an introverted extravert + a Leo I need my alone time but thrive with the right people, I love and protect my humans fiercely, I care + am deeply empathetic and I am a very passionate person. I love planning + am very easygoing I always go with the flow. I work hard and can be lazy. Well that’s it for now Do we have any traits/life stories/passions in common? Tell me 2 facts about you below in the comments. I’d love to get to know you @ Canmore, Alberta See more

Bring your puppy to your wedding day! For most people their dog is their baby! Having them there on your day would make the day more special. One of the best parts of eloping instead of a traditional wedding is not having a venue. Nature is your venue. Most venues don’t allow and have so many rules and regulations that can limit what you can do and how creative and unique you can make your day. Not to mention they cost soooo much! Imagine what you can do when you have... more freedom and what you could do with the $5000-20,000 you’d save if you forgo the traditional venue route. You could use that money to travel somewhere incredible. To rent an Airbnb where you could celebrate with your family. You could book a helicopter adventure. You could get your dream dress. You could hire a private chef. You could pay for your friend or mom who can’t afford a trip to come with you to celebrate your commitment. You could travel somewhere epic like Africa + do a safari with your closest humans. You could do camel rides and luxury camp in the Sahara of Morocco . You could spend a week exploring expensive countries like Iceland, Norway or Switzerland (some of my favourite places in the ). You could do a dog sledding adventure or a skiing trip in Japan. You could do a mixture of all these things. My point is your money is better and wider spent then spending that huge amount on a venue that will limit you and not let your fur baby be part of the celebration. The possibility are endless and incredible when you think outside the box. I can’t wait to help you plan something just for you. To design an experience that incorporates all the elements of your life and things you’ve always wanted to do all to celebrate your love. You’re love and commitment to each other deserves more than to look the same as everyone else’s. I think one day is not enough to celebrate something so special. People do birthday weeks or months. Why not do wedding weeks or months? When I get married my wedding will be spread out over multiple days, in 4 countries while including all the things + people we love. You can too! Will your be at the wedding? @ Vancouver, British Columbia See more

Cake + Champagne with this view? Heck yes! Yes you can have cake on your elopement it’s just might sit on a rock instead of a table and you’ll stand or sit on a picnic blanket instead of chairs. You can incorporate any traditions you want into your elopement if you want them. The point of an elopement is to be intentional about every element you add to your experience. If you love cake have cake! But if you love strawberries rhubarb pie or cheese cake then have that! ...But if you hate dessert don’t have anything! Maybe you’d rather have wine + cheese to toast off your commitment. Think about everything you think you want at your wedding. Are you doing it because you think that’s what’s supposed to be because you saw it at a wedding? Or because you truly want those things? Maybe you can make your own traditions or take a tradition and make it your own. Maybe wear a black dress instead of a white one. Maybe drink beer or kombucha instead of champagne or wine. Maybe get matching tattoos instead of rings. Maybe go barefoot instead of wearing heals. Maybe wake up together, cuddle and get ready for you big day together instead believing it’s bad luck to see each other before. Maybe have your bff or dad officiate your wedding instead of a stranger. Maybe hike, helicopter, 4x4, ride your horse or heck skydive to your ceremony spot. Maybe have your family/friends FaceTime or write letters for you to read instead of be there + doing speeches. Maybe have your dad or mom serenade you down the aisle instead of walk you down the aisle. Maybe have your dog be your best man/MOH instead of your human BFF. My point is make your day yours! Make it unique for you. Who are you? What + who is important to you? Will having your family there make your day more special or stressful? What skills or talents do your humans have that you can incorporate into your day? Are there foods or activities you love that would make your day better even if traditionally you haven’t seen it at a wedding? Your day is YOURS! Make it soWhat unique elements would you add to make your day to make it special? If you’re married what unique things did you do? Share, inspire each other @ Sea To Sky Hwy See more

V+N had a 2 day elopement experience Just for them. Next year they’ll do a wedding day for their family but this one was for them. They spent two days having the adventure of their lives together all over the sea to sky. Starting out in the rainforest of Golden ears park, to flying high up in the air with @skyhelicopters and chilling by the lake in Port Moody to finish day one. Day two started off early whipping through the snow on snowmobiles up the Whistler mountains fo...r a cabin breakfast with @canadianwilderness01 and then hiking up to a view point in Squamish for their personal vows with an incredible mountain view, with cake from @jenny_bakes and champagne from @churchandstatewines to finish the whole wedding experience. Hair and makeup by @paragonmakeup Wedding dress from @isabelles_bridal Florals by @bridalbeginnings Photos by me of course This sneak peak video was created by @mitchellsayers You’ll see the full version really soon when it features on my new website For now enjoy this short video of some of the most incredible days ever in the beautiful Canadian west coast mountain. Would you do a multiple day elopement experience where you’d adventure through some of the worlds most beautiful places and have the time of your life with the love of your life? If yes: What part of the world would you love to explore with your love, what view would you like to overlook while you say I do? #elopement #elopementphotographer #canadianelopement #canadianelopementphotographer #bcelopement #bcelopementphotographer #seatosky #seatoskyelopement #seatoskyelopementphotographer #westcoastelopementphotographer #westcoastelopement @elopeupnorth @vroniekins @elopementlove

Why do I do what I do? No. The photos aren’t the reason. I do it for my love for the outdoors + for the world/traveling + wanting to share it with people from a fresh, easy, carefree perspective. I do what I do for the relationships. Building connections with you + my love for helping relationships to strengthen + deepen. For my love of seeing how stories develop: How two individual people by happenstance with seperate lives + stories that lead to their paths crossing. ...Then how different elements, decisions + many moments help them fall in love. Eventually how life helps them stay together + how they get to the point where they’re ready to commute their lives to each other. Each + every story I get to hear is unique + has so much fate in it. I can see so clearly how they are meant for each other + I love helping them see that + remind them how incredible and special their story is. My goal is to help couples not take their love and each other for granted. To live their life together to the fullest in all aspects Lastly I do what I do because of my love for photos: for how they help us remember. When you look at a photo it can take you right back to that moment when it was taken, who you were, what your relationship was like, what amazing adventures you were having and how in love you were. It can even take you as far to feel the emotions you’re feeling in the photos. Especially in hard times they remind you what’s important. In the worst case if you loose a loved one hopefully you have photos to help you remember them + their personality. They help to explain stories for people who weren’t there at the time: maybe future friends and family or future kids. Who are you? What’s your relationship like? How did you meet? What makes your story special and unique? What do you love about your partner and the relationship/life you’ve built together? These are the things that are so important to remember and that’s what photos do. I love creating experiences + environments that help you connect more, to have the time of your life/live to the fullest + capture it all to remember forever. What photos do that are priceless to you? Do they remind you? @ Mexico See more

HAPPY MAMA’s DAY! First and foremost to my own incredible mama: @utemohr. She’s such an incredible person and I’ve always admired her so much. She has always supported me and been so proud of me. I wouldn’t be who I am or have lived the life I have without her. She’s the kindest, warmest and she’s home. Man I miss her love and cooking sooo much. Anyone of my friends can tell you she’s the most incredible cook and baker, my mouth is watering just thinking about it. She’...s strong, independent and full of so much love. I hope I can be a fraction of the mom and human she is. I love you mami And then Happy Mother’s Day to some other mamas in my life To @marybethstaple @mariena_reiki_yoga @heidi.ulrich1 @alexandraparodi @dorieeeeeee @gise_inkillay @fey.morales @hg_anabelle @lucianasjimenez @lilpui @kayrinnielsen @note.photography Some of you are new mamas some have been mamas for a long time but all of you have so much love for your babies. It’s beautiful to watch and admire. Being a mom is far from easy but you do it so beautifully This day is for you. Enjoy it. You deserve it @ Around the World See more

Happy 1 year anniversary to us Today @luisstapleton and I did a #facetimephotoshoot with @photosbysarajames, I love the results Something so different + raw. I wanted to share a little more of our story today with you... Luis + I met when he + 3 friends decided spontaneously one night to go to a small oasis called Huacachina in the sand dune dessert of Peru. - - I decided spontaneously + unlike me to stay in a party hostel that had a bar that offered fun parties every night until 2 AM. I don’t typically don’t do this but this time I decided to stay there because I really wanted to dance after six weeks of not going out. This girl loves to dance I had gone out the night before + actually was not planning on going out the night that we met. That morning I woke up with a bit of food poisoning nothing bad but enough to decide to stay in bed for the whole day + night. But the hostel that I was staying in did not have a kitchen to cook in so you had to order food. So I went downstairs to get myself a soup. A couple admired my tattoos mentioning that there was a tattoo artist giving tattoos away for $20 apiece. I immediately started talking to him + decided to get myself 6 new little tattoos. My favourite being my wrist piece(which is 4 tattoos). After multiple hours of getting my tattoos I was so excited, happy + full of energy I just had to go out + dance. Luis and I could not even talk to each other because neither of us spoke enough of the other language to be able to have a proper conversation plus it was very loud. But we could dance together + that’s how we officially met. No words were exchanged. Actually his best friend who I met first was our translator. I spoke and understood a fair bit of Spanish + he spoke practically no English so our main form of communication was the Spanish that I knew + Google translator. Yay for technology Fun fact: This last year I have spent more time in Peru than I have spent in Canada. Who knew my love for Latin culture, music + the Spanish language would lead to falling in love with the most incredible man. I love you so much Luis Thank you for an wonderful year Ask us anything @ Huacachina, Ica, Peru See more

Want to know what's crazy? We all see the same moon And the same sun No matter what your cultural background is, no matter your skin color, your religious beliefs, your sexual orientation, who you love, which country you live in, how you decide to live your life + what political views you have. We all see the same sky.... We see in the same constellations We see the same sunrises and sunsets. Some might look different. But no matter what. The sun rises and sets every day for everyone. Which means, in the end, we're all the same. We might not have the same experiences, but we feel the same emotions. We might have circumstances that for some may be easier but for you are much harder. We all feel drained and tired. We all get stressed. We all have tribulations and trials, we all struggle. No one, no matter what is exempt. And guess what, we are all affected by this pandemic that's happening in one way or another. Which also means that we are all in this together. No matter how you view what's happening right now. No matter how you want it to be solved. We all want the same thing: We want to come out this alive and healthy and happy. We all want some sort of normalcy back. We all want to be able to feed our families and keep the lights on. So before you go judging someone for their decisions, or how they decide to act in their scenario. Stopping remember that we all struggle, and we're all in this together before you decide to make rash decisions, harsh judgments and say harmful things. Remember that we are on the same side. Even if we don't know exactly how to get out of this. If you see someone do something you don't agree with, that’s not a reason for you to talk behind their back, or to judge them or think they're a bad person/parent or think that they are selfish. They are doing what they think is best. They are doing what they believe will help. Even if you don't agree. You can still be kind, you can still send love and wish them well. The only way we'll get through this emotionally and mentally, is with love. So no matter what you do: Do it with love, first and foremost. We need all the love we can get every single one of us @ The Alps

This hike in this place, in Peru , changed my perspective on the life I want to live. I got up at 2:30am for this hike. Then we drove for 3 hours through very bumpy + curvy roads before we started hiking at 5:30am. The hike started at 3000 meters above sea level, or something like that. A lot of the people in my group didn't understand how altitude affects your ability to move + breathe. So they started at a fast pace though I warned them not to. I, on the other hand, sta...rted with a slow + steady pace. Soon bypassing the entire group + then continued to be more than 4 + 5 KM ahead of them, which meant that I had the entire hike to myself. This hike takes between 2 + 5 hours depending on your ability + if you walk or take a horse. It took me about 2.5 hours, maybe 3. It was the most wonderful hike I've ever done. I loved smelling the fresh crisp air because it was pretty cold up there. I love the scenery + watching the horses + llamas around me. I love seeing the mountains in the distance + watching the sunrise. I don't think I had been that happy + at peace in a long time. It was such a powerful + incredible experience. When I got to the top. This mountain was covered in clouds. I waited for about 30 minutes until it eventually cleared up. It was incredible, so beautiful, so peaceful + sooo cold up there. It literally took my breath away in all aspects. This hike made me realize how much I love the journey, not just the destination. How much I want to take in the world around me as I experience it. I grew up on 1000 acre ranch in N. Canada . My whole life I've been surrounded by beautiful nature that I took for granted, with incredible animals + people + I didn't understand how lucky I was. It wasn't until I started traveling + partially moved away, that I started to realize how much I had missed. Especially right now when I can't leave my house + I haven’t been in nature in 2.5 months. I will never again take nature or freedom for granted. What have you been taking for granted? Let’s never take life, freedom or nature for granted again. Okay? Okay

It's not about pictures for me. They aren’t the most important part. It's also not about money. But unfortunately, somehow I have to pay my bills. But if I could do what I do for free, I would. It's about human interactions, about your connection. About real stories, how two people’s lives lead to each other in the craziest ways, when they meet and fall in love... I've created an experience that focuses on helping couples connect on a completely new and deeper level. To help remind them of what they have and how beautiful it is and precious. To not take it for granted. My goal when I work with every single one of my couples, is to help them not take life for granted, to not take each other for granted, to not take their special story for granted, to live life to the fullest going forward. The reason I want to get to know your story is because every single story is unique. Every single couple has something special. The way you met was meant to be. And I hope to show you that. So that you remember how wonderful and special, what you have is. The way life is: it's so fast, and goes by so quickly. And we're always on the go. So we forget what we have, we take it all for granted. The beautiful gifts we are given. We forget that our story is unique because we are living it and we can't see it from an outside perspective. But with perspective comes understanding. And if we have photos to document the incredible experience that leads up to this revelation, and your connection, so that we can remember, and be reminded on the hard days, what is so important, why we love our partners. And why love matters. The goal is connection. Photos are the reminder. @ Bowen Island, British Columbia

Rock, paper, scissors who will day their vows first? - - Fun fact about this elopement experience: They spontaneously wanted to decide where to do their vows so they carried their written vows around with them. Nathan swapped his vows into his snow pants for when we went snowmobiling earlier that day and forgot them in the pants. So one day someone will reach into those pants and read their beautiful words I wonder what they’ll think how they got into the pocket . -... - Lucky thing about elopements is that you have time so Nathan had time to re-write then from memory. They were absolutely beautiful and brought V to tears. - - That’s one of the best parts about elopement is time and spontaneity. There is no stress if things don’t go as planned. You get to also pick in the moments where your ceremony will take place. When I’m the moment you just feel that this spot is it. This is where we want to get married. Maybe it’s an incredible view that moves you and you want to remember that spot forever. - - How would you decide who goes first on for their vows? @ Sea To Sky Hwy See more

Love is not canceled. You may have had to cancel your big wedding plans. Or you might be unsure how to proceed with your wedding plans if your newly engaged. I'm so sorry for that. It's become more and more clear that we are not going back to what we were used to, before all of this, anytime soon. We aren't going back to normal as we knew it for a long while.... Today I realized that through all of this love is still there. Getting married is still possible, just not the way that it's been done in the past. I think for the foreseeable future elopements + super small weddings will be the way to go. With restrictions of weddings being between 5-20 people. A small wedding or elopement is the perfect way to get married. Because guess what: Nature's still there + actually it's doing better than ever. Your love is still there. So if getting married is still something you want to do or something you want to do now, more than ever. I highly recommend eloping. And as I see it, I don't think it's a downgrade. I think it's an upgrade, where you have more time to connect + be present with your absolute closest people to be in nature + have a breath of fresh air. To stress free planning + the day of. We might not be able to do much traveling anytime soon. But we can enjoy the beautiful nature that's right around us. This is the time to explore our own countries to a whole new level. So let's not take for granted the beautiful world we still live in. The beautiful people in our lives. And love So what do you think, will you elope? If you do elope: Will you do it on a beach or in the mountains, or in the forest, or by a waterfall/lake, or in a field. What is your favorite type of landscape? What gets you excited and feeling alive? I can't wait to talk more about it + planning your wedding day to all its glory + make it the best day of your life. A day designed just for you, uniquely yours + beautiful, intentionally planned. @ Tofino, British Columbia

Friendship. It is what every relationship needs. It's what relationships need to be based off of. It's so important to be able to laugh, joke, play around, tease and just have fun together.... Life is so serious and you need your partner to be someone that you can have a good time with. I mean this is the person that you'll spend the majority of your life together with. This is the person that you'll face life with. This is your favorite person. So have a person that makes every moment fun. Even when things aren't supposed to be fun, or even if you're going through something hard like a lockdown. It doesn't mean that a relationship will be fun and easy all the time. But it should be fun, easy some of the times for the in between moments, and the times when you're just being silly, and just letting your inner child come out. They say the best relationships come from friendships. I think that you can build a friendship within your relationship. Regardless of how it started. I know that when my parents had a marital crisis, they decided to let go of their marriage, and focus on their friendship again. And it's incredible to see that they really are best friends again. They tease and joke, and are like teenagers, it's amazing to watch. And it's incredible to see that my parents are more connected than I've ever seen them. They're more in love and have more fun together than in their entire relationship that I’ve been apart of. @leezaudovenko and @romualdhivert had so much fun dancing away on the beach, we turned on some hip hop music, and just had a blast. They got down and dirty, joked around, teased, and we all laughed. It was an incredible afternoon. And I mean, look at that view to add it all together. These two have something really special and incredible. Honestly, so inspiring. What do you look for in a partner, do you look for a best friend, do you look for someone that you can have fun with someone that makes the mundane tasks, super fun and make regular life, a blast. That's what I looked for. And found. Build the friendship in your relationships. It’s so important for a long-standing and strong partnership. It’ll get you through anything. @ Squamish, British Columbia

Freedom. The feeling of being free. It comes from within.... Today is such a different day for me. I feel happy and excited and full of life. Nothing has changed. I’m still in lockdown. We still can't go out, in fact, our lockdown has been extended for another two weeks. But something shifted inside of me. I saw the light more than the darkness. Don't get me wrong, I still see the reality of things. And I still know that things aren't perfect, and that things probably won't change for a while. But I've let myself be free from the inside out. I feel light and full of energy and excited about the little things. Today I decided to go to the grocery store for a quick little trip. I decided to take the bike because we can't drive cars here right now. Wow, that was so what I needed to move and feel the wind on my face. It felt incredible. I even took a detour and drove past the ocean, which was so nice to see some sort of nature. Life can be good, even when it's crazy. We can feel happy, even when life is completely uncertain. And we can be thankful, even when nothing really has changed. Freedom comes from within. No matter what the circumstances are around us. So make sure you do whatever it takes to feel that freedom Let the sun touch your skin Feel the wind on your face Eat your favorite food Meditate Get the right amount of sleep Put away your phone, social media and the news Read a book Write in your journal Go for a walk Sit in nature It's going to be okay. We will be okay. And this will pass. How we go through this and how we come out of this is our choice: deciding to be free now makes you that much more free when you actually physically are free. Choose freedom now. How are you feeling today? Are you free, or do you feel stuck or lost or confused, share how you're feeling. I'd be happy to listen and talk you through the dark parts. Sending you all my love @ Colombia

Today I am struggling. What is the truth? How long will this last? Where will this develop to?... Will my career last through this? What and who can we trust? These are all the questions I am asking and searching for. Today I’ve cried, been incredibly sad and the furthest from productive. I had planned and envisioned today very differently. I guess that’s just part of life nowadays is the waves of feeling OK and maybe even good and then the next feeling very very low and incredibly uncertain. But I guess that’s what these times are about is learning how to live in uncertainty and to understand and walk through suffering openly. I have days that I feel very positive and hopeful for the future. And other days I feel very dark and hopeless. I know I’m not the only one. I want you to know that that is normal in these circumstances. The waves will be bigger at times and calm at others. It’s honestly part of the human experience. Highs come with lows. But the one thing that we can learn from all of this is how to love regardless. How to love harder when it’s the hardest. How to hold them close. Love is the only thing that will get us through this mentally and emotionally. So today focus on love more than anything else. That’s what I’m doing. Are you struggling too? What questions and fears do you have? Comment below or send me a message I’d be more than happy to talk through things with you. I’m sending my love to you @ Chorillos, Lima, Peru

HAPPY EARTH DAY EARTHLINGS !! - - Today I’m reminiscing about all the incredibly beautiful places I’ve had the privilege to visit. And I’m heartbroken about the places I haven’t yet I’m sure when I will be able to. As I go through my photos everything from the mountains in Canada, the door mostly, the cost of British Columbia, the red earth island of eastern Canada, probably Indonesia + more I’m struck with how incredible this earth is + how for granted even I have take...n it and have taken for granted The ability to travel so freely. I mean think about it our generation is the most travelled generation ever. It’s never been so easy, until about 6 weeks ago, to travel. So today I’m thanking Mother Earth for the privilege to be living in such incredible home. - - If this time has shown us anything it’s that we are all connected, we are all in this together + we all have one huge thing in common: We love together on Planet earth + we all need to take better care of her. As we’ve seen over the last month as she’s flourished while we’ve been stuck inside unable to damage her more. - - So let’s take this time to change our outlook + take some serious steps to change our habits. Because all of these things I’m about to share with you require you to change a habit you’ve developed + that alone can make a HUGE DIFFERENT if each of us decides to take on the responsibility + do our own part. It can literally change the world. One drop in the bucket at a time. - - I want to share a few things that I do and also want to do better to help with my part of taking care of the earth. I hope to inspire you + show you how easy it is to ensure that we have a long lived future on this beautiful planet - - Stop buying plastic. Plastic water bottles. Plastic grocery bags. Togo coffee. Plastic takeout packages. There are such easy solutions to these: Use a refillable water bottle. Carry a thermos. Buy a couple reusable bags + keep them in your purse/car/backpack. When you go out take a Tupperware container + take your leftovers home with you. - - The rest I’ll share in my story throughout today. This isn’t a joke, we need to change. Our children deserve a pretty home too @ Mother Earth See more

Weddings now a days have become this huge production that everyone does without even knowing if they want it or why they like it. You spend a small fortune on one day that doesn’t represent you, that stresses you out and causes huge tension between you and your partner and your family. - - They’ve become an obligation, to do what everyone has done, to invite people because you don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings, or because your mom wants her friend there. You do all this ...because that’s how you get married. - - The whole event is about entertaining your guest and not about the whole reason a wedding is happening in the first place to celebrate the union of two lives, two families, of love and a future together. Weddings are supposed to be about the couple but are far from it. There’s drama, selfishness, resentment, obligation, and sooo much stress. Even the simplest weddings, with the nicest guests are so stressful. Why? Because that’s what’s always been done and because we don’t see that it doesn’t have to be this way. You have the option to do things your way, do things differently, have a unique day that’s ACTUALLY ABOUT YOU. - - Elopements are intentional. It’s the option to have a day, or multiple days revolving around you two, what’s important to you, your relationship, what you love doing, the people who are most important to you and takes away all the pressure and stress. - - The amount of times I’ve had to calm down a bride or groom not because they are worried about getting married but because they don’t like being the center of attention, they’re worried about stumbling over their vows in front of so many people and many that they don’t even know, they’re worried about what people think and they’re stressed out about making people wait for them or things going not as planned. - - That’s why it’s my mission to help couples not have to live these kind of days. You shouldn’t be hyperventilating or stressed out or crying because of all these things. Your day has the potential to be peaceful, quiet, calm and full of so much joy and support. - - Let me help you plan a day that’s actually about you. How your day feels matters See more