A local’s guide to Auke Rec and Point Louisa: mountains, beach, and forest in one location. Auke Rec elopement photographer based in Juneau, Alaska.

A moody October waterfall elopement in Juneau, Alaska with enchanted forest portraits at the Rainforest Trail and a fireside s’mores celebration.

As an Eagle Beach elopement photographer based right here in Juneau, this is the place I send couples when they want the best scenery Juneau has to offer, without the crowd. Forty-eight miles north of town along Glacier Highway, out past where most visitors ever bother to drive, the road is lined with picnic tables […]

Kind Words “Booking Sierra as our elopement photographer was one of the best decisions we’ve made when we decided to elope to Alaska. In March, we decided to ditch all the wedding planning and elope to Alaska in April. After some quick browsing online, we found Wild Iris Studios. We fell in love with her […]

A Talkeetna cabin elopement with a birch tree first look, handwritten vows with Denali as the backdrop, and Susitna River portraits.

Ashley and Matt looked at the idea of a traditional wedding the way a beaver looks at running water. They thought… Absolutely not. Giant extended families, seating charts, a whole production for people who already know you love each other, neither of them wanted any part of it. They had already been working so much […]

Most people see Juneau for the first time from a cruise ship deck. The mountains press right to the water, and in that space between mountains and water, lies Juneau. The town looks like it got dropped there by accident and just decided to stay. The most unique thing is that the glacier is right […]

Alaska Glacier Elopement Guide Alaska has this way of making you feel impossibly small and completely alive at the same time. And nowhere does that feeling hit harder than when you’re standing on a glacier — blue ice stretching out in every direction, the whole world quiet except for the creak and drip of something […]

A Taku Glacier Wedding Straight Out of an Alaskan Daydream Okay, but have you ever flown to your actual wedding in a float plane? That’s exactly what Aubony and Matt did—and yes, it was every bit as dreamy as it sounds. They skipped the stress, dialed up the adventure, and opted for something way more […]

How to Download, Back Up, and Care for Your Digital Photos BECAUSE LOSING THEM WOULD BE A TRAGEDY Let’s talk about how to care for your digital wedding photos (or any photos you’ve had professionally taken, for that matter)—aka the visual love story that deserves to be treasured forever. You’ve received your online gallery, you’ve […]