The day
One timeline. Two and a half hours. Pick a morning and walk through it.
Every elopement I run has the same steady shape — meet, dress, first look, vows, a toast, the after-light. What fills that shape is entirely yours. Flip between two real weddings that ran on the exact same clock, or stretch into a fuller day.
Two of them. A morning kept small on purpose.
From $3,000
Two and a half hours · two people
9:00
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We meet near Lipan Point
Tea, last touches, anything they forgot in the rush up the rim road.
9:20
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You get dressed in the tent
A driftwood bouquet handed over. The ring on a chain comes out here.
9:45
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The first look
She turned around. We held it far longer than either of them expected.
10:05
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A short walk to the spot
Out onto the peninsula, where the wind was kind that day.
10:25
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The ceremony
Three virtues, three blessings, three promises. Cards passed between them.
10:55
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Champagne, a toast, something sweet
A small cake. A spray of champagne — water in the bottle, for the photo.
11:15
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After-light photographs
The canyon changes colour completely once the sun drops behind it.
11:30
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Sign the certificate · Just Married
Strangers in the lot lined up to witness. Two of them came to dinner.
A note on pacing.
None of this should feel quick. There are several places in the day where I deliberately slow it down — a walk, a held breath, a card passed across — so the emotion has time to arrive. The camera is along for that, not setting it.
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