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

I document 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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SHOUT AT ME (FIGURATIVELY) @the_wayfarers on instagram

It has taken me nearly 30 years to understand that while truth is always important, “being right” doesn’t matter quite as much as empathy does.
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An image from what feels like a lifetime ago. The passing of time is beginning to reveal the weight of how precious moments can be. ❤️ •
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Tucked away in the Balsam trees. Excited beyond belief for the warmer weather and new stories to capture in these remarkable mountains ❤️
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Happy Easters to everyone out there. Be kind. Be patient. Be thankful. Take more deep breaths. Every day is glorious because we are alive. I’m grateful for these two ❤️
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These beautiful goobers are in Scotland right now, and I’m some turning some bizarre, Scottish-highland-shade-of-green with jealousy.
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There is a lot of talk about authenticity and being real in the creative community. My question is: who cares? Artistic authenticity isn’t a real thing... as soon as a shutter clicks, we apply our frame of reference to a moment. It’s already abstracted from the start. Being a pure documentarian with a camera isn’t really possible... or at least I don’t think so. But I feel like that’s actually the reason we are drawn to the images we love: we resonate with the viewpoint of the creator on some base level (and for the art nerds out there, we really like Gestalt Principles). The point is we see ourselves in it somehow. And I think that’s a really lovely thing. ❤️
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Oldie goodie misty one. From a nearly impromptu wedding I shot at the last minute, near the city that I would eventually live in ❤️
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The sun had risen on one side of the desert lake, while the moon was sneakily setting over the rolling landscape on the opposite side of the sky. Jacob and Lala quietly said their vows, in between a few tears of course. Both of them are the calm kind, the kind that doesn’t need all the pomp and circumstance of a big celebration. They didn’t even really need to say that much to one another. It was just them and the desert, overlooking what I’d describe as the most beautifully barren, jagged lake I’d ever seen. If you’re considering eloping, this couple is a good standard to observe. Beauty in the surroundings, and simplicity in their ceremonial event together. Commitment rarely needs more than that. ❤️
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A whole lotta bliss, joy, and particle waves floatin’ around ❤️
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A wonderful truth has really begun to hit home that life does not have to be unnecessarily laden with turmoil. It doesn’t need to be chaotic. It’s as simple as choosing a more uplifted spirit on a moment by moment basis. My last 6 years have been an exercise in learning that (through a very painful series of mistakes), but it has recently illuminated the dreariest parts of myself to realize that every moment I can choose to be present, listen carefully, and relax. It’s not that life is short, it’s that we so often misuse what we have. The (weird) truth is that the good stuff is finite, and that’s a bad thing, but bad stuff is also finite, and that’s a good thing. It all balances out. So here I am, learning to take deeper breaths, feel stuff, be ok with that, accept all the facets of things, and posture myself in forward motion. Doing it all with a new level of gratitude, especially for my lovely @christianlemons, who teaches me a tremendous amount about these things just by existing and choosing to be an excellent partner. She’s real good at it. Have a good weekend friends 😊
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I’m not going to even begin to pretend that I’m the wise old sage on such things... but I will say that when I’m creating from a place of having no rules, it’s way more impactful and meaningful. To gain visibility, make stuff that’s visible. •
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There is always a way to take a common thing and make it uncommon. It’s one of my favorite things about making stuff. ❤️
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I often think (I could stop the sentence there) about how humans in these modern times are contributing to the total history of how love was celebrated. Whether it’s captured on film or edited to smithereens in Lightroom, we seem to have a real penchant for documenting it all. Like, what will we look back and see 100 years from now? The bias of the present makes that pretty impossible to answer... but I’m damn certain it will be beautiful and interesting. ❤️
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