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Fine art and destination wedding photography and elopements by The Wayfarers Photography, documenting moments all around the world.
 
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Adventure weddings & elopements crafted with intention, for those in love.

 
 
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Hey, I'm Alex.

 

I shoot adventurous weddings and elopements all around the world alongside a small group of passionate storytellers, hikers, and explorers. Capturing the beautiful ways we love each other against the backdrop of this wild Earth we're on... it's what we live for. 

This is your adventure. We won't just take wide photos of you in a stunning place; we'll capture a narrative that describes your hearts. And who are you? Maybe you're the explorers, scoundrels, lovers of the great outdoors. Perhaps the beaten path just isn't for you. If getting a little dirt on your boots and embracing the world's incomprehensible beauty sounds like your jam, then we'd love to meet you and forge something unforgettable together.

 

Let's capture your beautiful story with a love-fueled dose of adventure.

 

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A few favorites

Here you'll find some Delightful little journeys. Sip a whiskey and enjoy.

 
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A little bit of everything, for those short on time.

A selection of various adventures, from campgrounds in Michigan all the way to the South of France.

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Des & Mitch:

 

Provence, France Elopement

 

A 17th century windmill & truly absurd amounts of Provencal charm, laced with a David Bowie-infused sunset.

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Kate & Matt:

 

Death Valley Elopement

Two Aussies, a limo, a valley of death, and a stunning day that had more to do with life than anything else, really.

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Mindy & Michael:

 

Steven's Pass, WA Elopement

 

When Romanian lovers exchange vows atop Washington's most glorious peaks, magic tends to ensue.

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Elisa & Kevin:

 

Kauai Adventure Wedding

 

Four logic-defying days of gallivanting across Hawaii's most unrealistically beautiful island.

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Rachael & Matt:

 

Bridgewater, VT Wedding

Sincerity is taken to wild new heights on a private mountaintop. A heart-warming groom serenades his bride. A raging party is had by all.

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Cam & Janie:

 

Park City, UT Wedding

Is it possible for two individual human people to be equally committed, beautiful, and adventurous all at the same time? Yeah, apparently.

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Should we elope?

Say your vows somewhere meaningful and intimate, so you can focus more on your love and commitment, and less on what color linens should go on the tables.

 
 
 
 
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I took a short little break from Instagram these past couple weeks. That’s not to say that it’s necessary to offer an apology like, “sorry for not posting, dearest followers.” But I at least wanted you all to know that I took an east-coast camping trip into Canada with @mitch_colagrossi all the way to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Needless to say, it was insanely beautiful and it cleared my head quite a bit. Nature does that. I’ve been thinking a lot (duh) about the upcoming camping trip for creatives I’m hosting this September called Ramble. I can’t stress how amazing the first one was last spring, and I am pumped beyond reason to share a few days with attendees in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Being immersed in nature is a healing act, and something inside me is saying that Ramble will be soothing, creatively educational, and relaxing in the midst of such a chaotic social internet. So without droning on endlessly about it, check out @letsramble and let’s lean on each other for support, learning, and a giant amount of Appalachian adventure. Snag a ticket before they are totally gone ❤️🙏 • • • • • #letsramble2018 #creativelearning #camping #adventure #notaworkshop #levitijerina #photography #roseyredphotography #thecolagrossis #thewayfarersphotography #foxandowlstudio #explore #blueridgemountains #lookslikefilm #dirtybootsandmessyhair #unconventionalphotographer #loveandwildhearts
I’ve been thinking about what failure is, or why we fear it. The thought occurred to me that maybe, as we grapple with staying afloat in a sea of ideals, we are also afraid to be mediocre. The constant inundation of “perfection” thrown at us is enough to cause us to flinch at the idea of something being “less-than-best.” For creators, this is troubling, right? We do want to create things that are significant. But does significance mean perfection? Probably not. Idk. Seems incorrect. All I know is that failure requires a standard to be defined against... so it appears reasonable to ask: what should that standard be? For me, the only rational answer I can think of is simply to be better than I was yesterday. This is something I’ll talk a lot about soon, from a vulnerable place. This September I’m co-hosting an event called “Ramble” in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville NC. From September 11-14, we will be tent-camping on a private mountaintop with a good handful of other creatives who are eager to escape comparison and idolatry in favor of confidence and friendship. There will also be leaders in the form of @levitijerina, @thecolagrossis, @roseyredphotography, and @foxandowlstudio. And I’m additionally pumped af for some excellent whiskey tastings. Learn more at @letsramble and snag a spot before they run out! • • • • • #elopement #intimatewedding #elopementphotographer #elopementcollective #junebugweddings #indiewedding #weddingphotographer #bohowedding #indiebride #bohobride #elope #photobugcommunity #destinationwedding #bohoinspiration #engaged #elopement #thewandererscommunity #ashevilleweddingphotographer #blueridgeelopement #ashevilleelopement #ashevilleelopementphotographer
Can we declare what’s good or bad for us in the moment? I’m not sure, but saying, “I don’t have room for that negativity in my life” may be oversimplified. Here’s what I sorta hear in the implied subtext: “I don’t like that and it makes me feel bad, so that means it’s universally bad for me, and bad for my life now and always.” It might sound harsh, but… isn’t it egotistical to be so supremely confident that hardship has no place in our lives? And probably most prudent: do we really believe we’ve been given the enlightened foreknowledge to understand how difficulty is going to shape us? I doubt any of us have that sort of precognition in the moment. I might go so far as to say we have no clue. I certainly haven’t the slightest idea. So, what then? Well I suppose I’m suggesting that generally speaking, struggle is a teacher of growth, yeah? If there were any measurement of who we are, it would be how many times we can hit a wall, fall down, and get BACK up. Once. Twice. Three times. Twenty times. Rising up again is a choice. But this recent surge of habitual - often dogmatic - rejection of hardship at face value robs us deeply of retrospect and growth. Life doesn’t bend to those hopes. It doesn’t keep people from dying, getting hurt, or facing any difficulty. It does not arrange our circumstances neatly into good buckets and bad buckets, conveniently shielding us from the pain inside the bad bucket. There are obvious exceptions to this thought (mental illness, being taken advantage of, etc…), so I’ll be clear and say I’m not really talking about that. Those circumstances certainly deserve more nuance and consideration. But my overall encouragement in this is that we possess the tools to face hardship and go through. Not around, not backwards, not over. Through it, with love, respect, and kindness. That difficult friend. That irritating family member. That disagreement. That mountain of work that precedes the goal. We must embrace the reality that cannot simply choose positivity instead of undergoing these challenges. Rather, we must face these things armed with love and perseverance. We’re not better than hardship. In fact, how we handle it defines us.
Perfection doesn’t exist, and never will. Perfection ignores basic human experiences like failures, mistakes, and a growth mindset. The truth is, we’re all incredibly imperfect and that’s precisely the thing that makes each of us so worthy past what the eye can see. Perfection is a joke, and that’s the harsh truth. No artist or photographer fits that standard. Not me, not you, not anyone. And what a relief that is! We get to be human together, free from comparison and idolatry. It’s freeing to realize that nobody is forcing us to think any of these hurtful things. We get to decide to change our thinking! When that mindset is paired with a doer’s mentality, confidence explodes. One of the few drawbacks of social media especially is that our brains aren’t really wired to process giant multiples of things. A single morning of scrolling through Instagram to see the output of thousands of humans can emotionally stunt our desire to create, share, move. But I encourage you to practice the mantra that there’s room for everyone. Truly. Every day, there is enough comparison and reason to build the case to ourselves to give up. It’s very convincing, but just don’t build that case. Stay in the game, act. Grow in the creative confidence that follows. • • • • • #elopement #intimatewedding #elopementphotographer #elopementcollective #junebugweddings #indiewedding #weddingphotographer #bohowedding #indiebride #bohobride #elope #photobugcommunity #destinationwedding #bohoinspiration #engaged #elopement #thewandererscommunity #ashevilleweddingphotographer #blueridgeelopement #ashevilleelopement
A lot of the positivity world seems fake to me. Don’t get me wrong: focusing on the good is... good. Especially in the midst of pain. But as a person who is interested in both psychology and spiritual matters, I’ve been increasingly noticing something known in the psych world as “spiritual bypassing,” which is essentially any attempt to move above or skirt around pain without truly having to confront raw humanness or anything negative. It gives a feigned sense of control. This idea troubles me, because the truth is that “bad” feelings and ugly humanness is where growth can occur in the first place. What I’ve learned through my own dark hallways is that negative feelings like disappointment, sadness, resentment, and fear… these things are like sentinels that signal to us with terrifying precision exactly where our growth needs to happen. They are not things to avoid, but rather to acknowledge and confront directly toward opportunities for change. And these uncomfortable emotions will always come like waves throughout life. We cannot outrun them. The very idea of “positive vibes only” is the exact sort of self-denial that causes more hurt and pain to persist. It ignores important signaling aspects of human emotion, all of which give meaning to our reality - negative feelings included. Any wise therapist will tell you this. And yet, here we are in 2018 believing that singular positivity and a few crystals will solve our deep and complex emotional baggage. I am simply not buying it. So while we’re trying to cram away discomfort in favor of busy-ness, fake happy (or whatever defense mechanism we substitute), we miss out on the other half of our own humanity. In the act of running from pain, we dive further into it. The truth is that the path to self-understanding asks for total inclusion of the self. The joy and the ugliness alike. The next time we feel the pang of something negative scraping at our being, let’s let it wash over us and then recede. Maybe through beginning to recognize it, we’ll feel a loosening in our chest and a small weight lifted. And hopefully in doing this, we won’t feel the need to bypass the inner work of becoming ourselves at all.
This is me. If you know me, you know that I wear a lot of black, climb tall nature stuff, and I show up excited. Life is complicated, and honestly no one knows what they are doing. And to be quite transparent, life has thrown major curveballs at me this year through deep loss and mistakes. The truest truth I’ve realized only recently is that we often don’t truly know what someone is going through, and you never know if or when things will dramatically change. Remembering our fragility is such a valuable teaching that I’ve absorbed, because I want to better understand how to put myself in another person’s shoes. Granted I haven’t the slightest idea how to live “best” or what we’re all doing this for. But I do know that through the last 12 months of painful lessons, my heart has been opened to kindness and empathy in ways I previously had no capacity to understand. With a battered but persistent spirit, I am climbing out of a dark hallway of shame and failure, into someplace a little brighter. So yeah, I experiment creatively and share my art as a photographer... but just know that behind the image is the heart of a human who is learning to grow with humility. I hope you’ll follow along, and it’s my goal to learn more deeply about those around me, and share a bit more heart. To the lovely folks who have followed the adventure so far, thank you. I’ll see ya around 🙏 (excellent capture of me in my element by good friend @mitch_colagrossi 📷) • • • • • #elopement #intimatewedding #elopementphotographer #elopementcollective #junebugweddings #indiewedding #weddingphotographer #bohowedding #indiebride #bohobride #elope #photobugcommunity #destinationwedding #bohoinspiration #engaged #elopement #thewandererscommunity
 
 
 
 
 
 
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