“All of our gratitude and love to our family and friends who have supported, nurtured, and cheered us on. We felt your love and presence the entire magical weekend we had in Tahoe.”- Andrew + Erin

Andrew and Erin’s ceremony was so beautiful to witness and document. Their compatibility and loving energy was so strong, it felt like I could reach out and touch it.

I’m beyond honored to have documented a little portion of Andrew and Erin’s grand life. Enjoy a peak of their intimate elopement in Lake Tahoe, CA.

Emerald Bay Elopement, bride getting ready in hotel photo

Emerald Bay Elopement, groom writing his vows photo

getting ready moments

Emerald Bay Elopement, bride getting her makeup done with her mom photo

Emerald Bay Elopement, bride with a view of heavenly photo

Emerald Bay Elopement, groom putting on his boutonnière photo

Emerald Bay Elopement, bride with flowers in her hair photo

Emerald Bay Elopement, groom fixing his tie photo

Emerald Bay Elopement, groom sitting down photo

Emerald Bay Elopement, bride putting on her earrings photo

the details

Emerald Bay Elopement, brides earrings photo

Emerald Bay Elopement, bride putting on her shoes photo

first look

Emerald Bay Elopement, bride walking in the snow photo

Emerald Bay Elopement, grooms reaction photo

Emerald Bay Elopement, groom excited to see his bride photo

Favorite moments from the wedding include:

“The beautiful, beautiful vows”
“The sunshine, epic backdrop”
“Erin seeing me, seeing her, for the first time”
“Feeling the adrenaline and excitement of actually writing the vows to paper (we both felt this a lot!!!).
“Seeing our families coming together and the sheer joy on their faces (and crying :-) )”
“That we totally just bootlegged the site and made. it. happen.”

Emerald Bay Elopement, happy reaction at a first look

Emerald Bay Elopement, couple hugging photo

Emerald Bay Elopement, bride putting on her boots photo

Emerald Bay Elopement, couple at their ceremony cite photo

the ceremony

Emerald Bay Elopement, bride reading her vows photo

Emerald Bay Elopement, grooms reaction to vows photo

Emerald Bay Elopement, groom reading his vows photo

Emerald Bay Elopement, bride crying during her vows photo

Future goals involve: traveling the world together, having a loving and nurturing family, supporting each other as they evolve to come better versions of themselves, and both Andrew and Erin would like to still be able to jog to their favorite brewery when they’re 70 years old :)

Emerald Bay Elopement, bride and groom hugging sibling photo

Emerald Bay Elopement, bride and groom holding rings photo

Emerald Bay Elopement, after ceremony excitement photo

after ceremony celebration and hugs

Emerald Bay Elopement, after ceremony hug photo

Emerald Bay Elopement, bride hugging family photo

Emerald Bay Elopement, family celebrating and hugging photo

Emerald Bay Elopement, groom hugging family photo

Emerald Bay Elopement, bride hugging brother photo

Emerald Bay Elopement, siblings hugging photo

Emerald Bay Elopement, hugs after ceremony photo

“We're back to the real world for a bit here, but starting in June 1st we're hopping over to the British Virgin Islands and sailing with some friends! We've never done this before and we look forward to a wild, ocean adventure. THEN!!!! We've bought a little camper van and will be traveling the entire United States (and a bit of Canada!) for over 6 months... we are doing the just married van life!”

Emerald Bay Elopement, bride cheering photo

Emerald Bay Elopement, family cheering photo

Emerald Bay Elopement, groom cheering photo

Tips for brides planning an intimate elopement: “Spend money to have your hair and makeup done, but keep the wedding small! Find your own location that you both love, make that for you.”

Emerald Bay Elopement, bride candid photo

Emerald Bay Elopement, groom candid photo

A few fun facts about Andrew and Erin:

“We were just friends for a few years before our relationship blossomed... we got to know each other through a "running club" that priorities good beer and good runs equally.”
“We dressed in wedding attire the day after and skied down the slopes of Heavenly! This may seem a bit different, but in other years, we've dressed in Pickle Costumes (really) and skied down Heavenly!”
“When they were just friends, Erin was watching Andrew's dog, Willow. While in his house, sleeping in his bed, Erin had made a list of all the things she needed and wanted out of a good partner. A year later, Erin found her dairy and realized that Andrew had checked off all the items she had written down. (Andrew note: I love this story, I feel so honored :-) ).”