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.

What I'm About

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.

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.

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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I love you when it’s easy, and especially when it’s not.

This past week I had the extreme honor of causing love-based sunrise mischief on a mountaintop with Micah and Ellen. Commitments were made, tears were shed, and images were emblazoned into memory. As for me, I feel like a better person for having witnessed it all. Later on in the day they celebrated another ceremony with family and friends, and it’s all a story l will be sharing very soon. I’ll leave you with these favorites for now. Huuuuuge thank you to @benjamorr of @new_relic for capturing several of these photos here, and for being willing to endure a 4am wake up time. Happy Saturday, folks 😊

Illegitimi non carborundum ::: Don’t let the bastards get you down 😎

I don’t often post group shots. Figured this menacing/stormy vogue lineup was cause for a break of pattern here. Lake Erie, although a rather wee Great Lake, delivers grandeur on special occasions. Case study #1.

I went to Chile this week to observe the total solar eclipse off the coast of La Serena. In and of itself, that sounds like a fairly pretentious statement... but once you see a solar eclipse, you know what I’m talking about and why it’s worth traveling so far to see. I went with my brother @lefleraa along with @kaihoneck and @dannigirl_16 in an attempt to enjoy our time as much as humanly possible. We also took the opportunity to capture some quick portraits during the eclipse totality, which incidentally only lasts about 2-3 minutes. I think it was all deeply worth it 😊 For those wondering how these images were captured in a more nerdy way: yes, they are composites. However, they are composites of the same shot at two different exposures with light cleanup to create a single coherent image. The reason for this is because even though the eclipse darkens the sun by a considerable amount, the difference between hand/portrait exposure and eclipse exposure is still irreconcilable in difference. So to compensate, I composited the photos together as best as possible to create what you see here. I absolutely recommend seeing a total solar eclipse whenever possible... it’s world-changing 😊👍

There are a lot of places on this gorgeous planet that are obvious items on my “must-visit” bucket list. The Atacama Desert of Chile honestly wasn’t on that list, but it should have been. Aside from being extraordinarily difficult to overstate this strange and bizarre landscape, it’s extra lovely to be here with my favorite travel crew. My brother + Kai and Dannielle (the delightful couple pictured here) know how to go with the flow and explore to the maximum degree. It’s been a while since I’ve been so utterly floored by a new place in the world, and I’ll most certainly be back ❤️

Just a lil’ gallop across Chile with my brother and these two friendlings. Heat will be thoroughly avoided, despite the culmination involving the total solar eclipse off the Chilean coast. How many empanadas can be safely eaten?

Life is circumstantial, then it educates, and then we get choices. Hopefully one of those choices is to love without conditions ❤️

Documenting the nuances of closeness is inspiring to me. Every glance, every small touch... the rhythm and pace of connectedness unique to each couple. It gives me a lot of hope in humanity in general, in the midst of a chaotic and assuredly challenging world. A friend recently told me that love is impossible but it is the best thing we can experience. I believe that.
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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 ❤️

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