Hiking Adventure Elopement at Yosemite National Park | Sunrise Ceremony at Glacier Point and Sunset Adventure Portraits at Taft Point | Yosemite Intimate Wedding & Elopement Photographer
Yosemite is definitely my favorite National Park for any adventure elopement or intimate wedding. Between Half Dome, El Capitan, and the lush meadows in Yosemite Valley, this place and its endless beauty are something you have to witness at least once in your lifetime.
Julie and Calvin first reached out to me for an engagement session. They found my Travel Schedule and saw California so the couple wanted a destination engagement at Yosemite National Park. At this point, I had never been to Yosemite before so I was super stoked to experience this beautiful place with this beautiful couple for the first time ever.
Two months after our initial conversation, I got an email with the subject line “Is it even possible?” from Julie. I immediately clicked on that email because my friend that subject line is such a good click bait 🤣. And that was when I learned that they couple decided to turn this adventure to Yosemite National Park into an actual elopement. By this time, we were about four months away from meeting up in California. I guess this is what an adventurous elopement is all about: planned but also leave a bit of room for spontaneity
Julie and Calvin’s elopement was super intimate. It was just the couple, my husband (the event planner/stylist behind Rain and Pines) and I.
Interested in eloping at Yosemite National Park but also want to have some friends or family members there with you? Check out this blog post for more inspo
Elope In Yosemite National Park: A Full-Day Elopement Experience
We all stayed in our Airstream at AutoCamp Yosemite the night before and woke up at 3 AM the morning of to drive all the way up to Glacier Point before the sunrise. Rain and Pines designed all the floral arrangements and officiated the wedding and I was the couple’s witness.
It’s such a humbling experience to not only be there and capture their love for one another but also to be a legal witness to their marriage, truly, there’s no word to describe how amazing it is to be loved and trusted by my clients. From the bottom of my heart, thank you so so so much
The couple, Rain and Pines, and I ended up spending over 10 hours together on their elopement day. We woke up early for a beautiful sunrise at Glacier Point, grabbed breakfast, went back to our Airstreams, took a nap, woke up to get ready again, drove back into Yosemite, and hiked Taft Point.
Our day was full of stories. Stories about life, stories about love. Stories about how fortunate we all are to live in such a beautiful world and stories about how fucking hard we all have to work out butts off to fight for what we love. From all these conversations from the heart, we realized that Calvin and I are very much alike in so many different ways and the same goes to Julie and Viet. Unbeknownst to any of us, we “accidentally” started a new friendship.
One thing I love doing is when writing a blog post, I go back to the very first email the couple sent me when they inquired. Reading all these words all over again and reflect back to the whole experience when we spent all those time together, it is such an amazing thing to experience.
Julie wrote “Your pictures make me emotional. I start imagining how my mom will react when she will see your work and it always makes me tear up. I truly feel like we can count on you to capture our moment of pure bliss, doing what we love most: exploring new places hand in hand”
Right after the elopement, I did receive a love note from Julie’s mom and I took that message to heart. I was able to be there for them and capture a story so family at home can experience what we experienced via photographs. To me, that’s the biggest thing and the most meaningful thing I can ever do for anyone.
The day I sent the couple their sneak photos (way before their final gallery), this is what the sweet couple wrote for me as a review
Before we even start with the photos, I would love to share the special GIF Video I made for Julie and Calvin. I acted as their Yosemite Elopement Videographer by combining photos and animation GIFs for this video below:
A GIF Video consists of multiple GIFS (moving photos) and Stills (normal photos) to create a hybrid between a typical wedding video and a slideshow. A GIF Video would also include your VOWS and all the in-between moments of your day. IT TRULY IS THE BEST WAY TO TELL A LOVE STORY.
Interested in booking me for your own GIF Video? Learn more about GIF Videos here
Julie and Calvin’s elopement is now featured on Junebug Weddings
The Best Yosemite National Park Elopement Vendors:
Yosemite Elopement Photographer: Henry Tieu Photography
Wedding Stylist and Floral Designs: Rain and Pines
Elopement Suite: Dear Darling Design
Dress: Wtoo by Watters
Venue: Yosemite National Park
Meet Your Intimate Wedding & Elopement Photographers
We’re Henry, Sergio, and Nick, the faces behind these honest, meaningful, and artful photographs of couples eloping in the most beautiful places. Since 2018, we’ve photographed more than 200+ intimate weddings and elopements all over the world and on 6 different continents. Our work has been published on Junebug Weddings, Green Wedding Shoes, Brides, Dancing With Her, etc…We’ve won international awards for best wedding photos but what’s most important to us is actually winning our clients’ hearts with our art.
With 15 years of combined photography experience, we’ve learned that the only way to a beautiful wedding experience & photos is through intentionality.
We’re here for you and with you from “let’s do this” to “I do”, one step at a time, each step of the way. We’re in this together