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Fine art and destination wedding photographer and elopements by The Wayfarers Photography based in Asheville, North Carolina documenting moments all around the world.

Here’s to connection, story, and bending the rules.

 
 

Intimate weddings & adventurous elopements based in beautiful Asheville, North Carolina and far beyond.

 
 
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Hello! My name is Alex, and I’m a wedding & elopement photographer based in Asheville, North Carolina.

 
 

LET’S tell your story AND RAISE A FEW EYEBROWS.

 
 
 
 
 

Nostalgia is worth capturing.

 

I’ve been gathering evidence of it for 8 years in some of the loveliest corners of the world.

 
 
 
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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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Rachael & Jon: Asheville, NC Intimate Adventure Elopement

Just a couple of legends creating magic, despite the large supply of water on the ground and cascading from above.

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Katie & Nathan: Black Balsam Knob, NC Adventure Session

An evening washed in golden mountain light, followed by a tea-infused cabin session in my little corner of the Blue Ridge.

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Jacob & Lala:

Lake Powell Adventure Elopement

When lovers exchange intimate vows overlooking Arizona’s most glorious lake, shenanigans tend to ensue.

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Kate & Matt:

Death Valley Adventure 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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Hannah & Stephon:

Yosemite Adventure Elopement

Sincerity is taken to wild new heights on a ridiculous cliff. A heart-warming groom sheds a tear. Mother Nature shows off.

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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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Sam & Amy:

Morgan Bay, South Africa Wedding

A sleepy coastal African town, an alarmingly windy cliffside, & truly absurd amounts of charm. Topped off with a Toto-infused sunset.

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I believe small celebrations are often the most meaningful.

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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SHOUT AT ME (FIGURATIVELY) @the_wayfarers on instagram

 
It’s cool to write cool captions now, which is weird, because it’s the first time that individual articulation has become cliché in some ways. Makes me wanna say less. Anyway, here’s a thing I like.
Humans are exceptionally weird, in social ways. There are certain patterns and behaviors we feel “permission” to engage in with specific folks, and entirely different ones with others. I’ve felt entirely myself around many different types of friends, but I may behave somewhat differently from one group to the next. Externally I realize that may look weird (or maybe it just feels weird?), but despite the different flavors of our personalities we exhibit from person to person, I do believe we can still be ourselves in all of them. Society does tend to put people into behavioral buckets, and while that’s logical considering humans love to self-organize, it doesn’t seem to reflect who humans actually are (or can be). At least for me, it feels freeing to know I can explore the edges of my personhood without being disingenuous. We can tell ourselves new stories about who we are, begin new patterns, stop those same patterns, begin other ones... and we can do it without holding ourselves to any external expectations. Feels pretty neat 🤘
Every once in a while, I go back to this story and share it again. Revisiting this place in my mind can only be matched by revisiting it in real life... an act of social rebellion I intend to embark on sometime soon. The ocean, jungles, people, colors, and mountainous tapestry sure did a number on my spirit. Incidentally, this is one of the first wedding stories I had ever captured. Even though I find technical flaws in some of these photos, I am dimensionally transported back every time I see them, and I hope you enjoy them in some small way. ❤️
Katie and Colin. I didn’t spend much time with you, which is one of the more unfortunate things about shooting weddings. But maybe the stars will align and we will see each other again. Thank you both for allowing me to create with you ❤️
Once upon a time in Park City, Utah ❤️
I’m not one to share quotes often, but good grief... this one struck me somethin’ fierce. “Let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together, yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.” ― Khalil Gibran, The Prophet
Are wide images punishable by law yet? Hope not. I like this one. ❤️
Love is (among other definitions) a second-by-second choice ❤️
Anticipation, greenhouses, dad’s tears, and a raging party. It was an honor, Laura and Otis. As a photographer who often finds himself out in nature, I frequently hear from couples that they didn’t think I’d “want to photograph in the city.” To be very clear, every love story is beautiful to me in its own way, in any setting. It’s a privilege to create images that represent the best parts of what I saw. These are a few of those images from L + O’s wedding in Grand Rapids, Michigan ❤️
It was some kinda light that night ❤️
Real joy is where what we endure, endures 🙏 An oldie frame from a goodie celebration.
More favorites from a special celebration in Yosemite last year ❤️ I never tire of this story. Always endless thanks, Hannah and Stephon, for letting me make art with you.
One of the better things a life-partner can see ❤️
Despite how serene this sunrise image may feel, I got some news for you: fingers and toes were rendered numb due to the insanely frigid mountaintop windchill 🤘 • • • • • #ashevilleelopementphotographer #ashevilleweddingphotographer #adventurewedding #adventureelopement #asheville #blueridgemountains #elopementphotographer #northcarolinaelopementphotographer #bohobride #intimateweddings #intimateweddingphotographer #ashevilleweddings #destinationweddingphotographer #elope #adventureelopementphotographer #adventurebride #northcarolinaweddingphotographer #junebugweddings
 
 
 
 
 
 
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