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International Elopement in Japan with Multiple Wedding Dresses | Lisa & Travis
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International Elopement in Japan with Multiple Wedding Dresses | Lisa & Travis

Bykiersten March 27, 2023May 30, 2024

Lisa and Travis’ elopement in Japan celebrated a few of the couple’s unique customs and included two stunning wedding dresses! Visit the blog to see more from this incredible Japan elopement!

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Adventure elopement portraits at Lake Louise
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Banff Elopement Day-After Adventure Session | Samantha & Jake – Pt 2

Bykiersten March 6, 2023May 30, 2024

On day 2 of their Banff elopement, Samantha and Jake went all adventure elopement style and spent the whole entire day exploring Banff. Visit the blog to see more from their gorgeous adventure session!

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Multi Day Lake Louise Wedding with White and Gold Wedding Decorations | Samantha & Jake
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Multi Day Lake Louise Wedding with White and Gold Wedding Decorations | Samantha & Jake

Bykiersten February 20, 2023May 30, 2024

Samantha & Jake’s Lake Louise wedding took place at one of Canada’s luxury venues. Visit the blog to see more from this incredible destination wedding!

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Bride and groom eloping on a cliff overlooking a canyon and waterfall in Iceland
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Destination Elopement in Iceland with Multiple Locations | Andy & Cindy

Bykiersten December 16, 2022May 30, 2024

This elopement in Iceland was filled with so many different sceneries and so many magical moments with the couple! See more from Cindy and Andy’s incredible destination elopement on the blog!

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Vow Renewal Elopement in the Dolomites | Shelly & Patrick
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Vow Renewal Elopement in the Dolomites | Shelly & Patrick

Bykiersten November 25, 2022February 12, 2025

Shelly and Patrick planned an intimate vow renewal elopement to celebrate 6 years of marriage. They chose the stunning Dolomite mountains as their location and had an epic day! See more from this gorgeous private vow renewal on the blog.

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Tropical Costa Rica Elopement | Cass & Anna
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Tropical Costa Rica Elopement | Cass & Anna

Bykiersten November 4, 2022May 30, 2024

Cass and Anna’s tropical Costa Rica elopement was one for the books. See more from this gorgeous adventure wedding on the blog!

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Bride and groom hold hands on a mountain trail while they elope in the Dolomites
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Stunning Dolomites Elopement: Adventure Elopement in Italy | Valerie & Jeffrey

Bykiersten August 12, 2022February 12, 2025

Valerie and Jeff’s Dolomites elopement was an incredible day spent exploring the Italian Dolomites. Visit the blog to see how this couple planned their elopement in Italy!

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best place to elope: isle of skye, scotland
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Windy Isle of Skye Scotland Elopement | Joanna & Ryan

Bykiersten May 27, 2022May 29, 2024

Joanna and Ryan’s Isle of Skye Scotland elopement was the perfect picture of going with the flow on your elopement day! Learn more about how this couple weathered the storm (literally) during their Scotland elopement.

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Tropical Beach Elopement in Honduras | Carley & Liz
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Tropical Beach Elopement in Honduras | Carley & Liz

Bykiersten October 26, 2021May 21, 2024

Want to know the best tropical destination elopement location? See more from Carley and Liz’s elopement in Honduras on the blog.

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Surprise Banff Proposal & Engagement Photos | Ha & Hieu
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Surprise Banff Proposal & Engagement Photos | Ha & Hieu

ByHenry Tieu June 16, 2020May 24, 2024

Banff National Park Surprise Proposal and Engagement Photos at turquoise Moraine Lake & another adventurous hike – Banff Wedding & Elopement Photographer

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About Henry Tieu Photography: We are a Seattle-based team of destination elopement & intimate wedding photographers who specialize in honest storytelling, candid moments, and soulful portraits in breathtaking landscapes whether that's the mountains of Washington State or the wild beauty of faraway places across the world. Published in The New York Times, named Best Wedding Photography (2019 - 2025) and a Rangefinder Magazine Rising Star, we're honored to capture the kind of love that's deeply felt, artfully preserved and intentionally celebrated. As an Asian and LGBTQ-owned business, we believe your love deserves to be seen, respected, and remembered exactly as it is. Inclusivity, trust, and connection guide everything we do.

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Not every elopement needs a long hike. Some do. S Not every elopement needs a long hike.

Some do.
Some don’t.

Some look like waking up before sunrise and walking barefoot onto a quiet beach.
Some look like staying at a beautiful hotel, sipping coffee slowly, and watching the light change without rushing anywhere.
Some look like wandering through a forest when the light unexpectedly breaks through the trees… and realizing this moment, right here, is enough.

There’s this narrative in the elopement world that adventure = effort.
That if you’re not hiking miles, climbing something, or chasing something hard to reach… you’re somehow doing it wrong.

But what if the real question is simpler than that?

What feels right for you?

Because an elopement isn’t about proving anything.
It’s not about how far you go.
It’s about how deeply you experience where you are.

These photos are from C and J’s 2-day elopement in Kauai.
When they first reached out, we didn’t know exactly what their days would look like. We only knew they wanted something that felt true… something the internet doesn’t show enough of.

The way they planned these two days with part quiet beach, part luxury, part exploring, part just being…reminded me of something I always come back to:

You don’t need to earn your experience.
You just need to be present for it.

And when you are…
you notice everything.
You notice how you are loved, and how to love.
You notice that your wedding experience isn’t anyone else’s but your own… and you deserve to have it your way.
You notice that life is actually quite simple and joy is more beautiful when it’s shared.

C and J, thank you for trusting me.
Thank you for treating my family to shave ice the day before your elopement.
Thank you for going all in.
Thank you for cheering me on when I picked up the coconut from your ceremony to re-purpose for your detail photos.
Thank you for constantly lifting me up with your words, even after we parted ways.

———
Film photos on Kodak Portra 400
Digitals on @sonyalpha and edited with @HDPresets

Keywords: Hawaii wedding, Kauai elopement

@1hotel.hanaleibay @agaliafilms @akuahawaiki @isleflowers @cassidyeliseartistry @pronovias @tangsbridal
Chúc Mừng Năm Mới 🧧🐴 Happy Lunar New Year 2026. I Chúc Mừng Năm Mới 🧧🐴
Happy Lunar New Year 2026.

If your furniture was made in Vietnam, there’s a good chance it was made here, in workshops like these, built by hands that learned from the generations before them, in a small town called Đồng Nai.

This is where my husband is from.
And this year, we get to celebrate Tết here with our son and daughter.

For as long as we possibly can, we want Alpine and Glacier to know this part of themselves.
To feel the magic of Tết.
To understand the quiet pride of craft passed down through generations.
To come home to family.
To sit around a table filled with food made from memory and love.
To listen to the endless stories about the past, about sacrifice, about what the future could hold.

Because being Vietnamese isn’t just where you’re born.
It’s what you carry.
It’s what you choose to return to.
It’s the rituals you protect.

From our family, wishing you a year of intentional living.
An abundance of inner peace and joy.
Good health.
And warm, unhurried rest.

Chúc mừng năm mới ❤️

#tet2026 #lunarnewyear2026
They waited 5 FULL YEARS for these photos. Like s They waited 5 FULL YEARS for these photos.

Like so many couples during the pandemic, H & O got legally married but never had the elopement experience they once dreamed of.

And we all know life goes…
It pulls. It pushes. It asks us to move on before we’re ready/
Dreams get tucked away for “someday”

But H and O never forgot about that dream...the one where they get to slow down and forget all the noises that is life…the one where they get to have a moment to stay grounded in their journey, their story, their love.

I had the honor of photographing them on the exact date of their 5th anniversary right in the heart of wildflower season at Mount Rainier.

We stayed on trail.
Left no trace.
But took all the memories with us. 

At one point, we came across a cluster of flowers shaped like a heart…almost as if it had been waiting for us all along…and if we just slow down enough to look, we’ll find beauty hidden in plain sight…just like life…just like relationships…just like the people around us.

When Sony asked why this was one of my favorite images of 2025, I shared this:

Just before I pressed the shutter, I knew we were running out of light. Instinctively, I wanted to bring H and O closer together. But O (the groom) gently stepped back, wanting H to have a moment alone with the landscape herself. 

In that pause, I witnessed his love language unfold: presence, patience, and deep respect. 

This photo reminds me not just of the beauty that is surrounding us, but also how love moves.

Thank you H and O for allowing me to be there.

A series of digital and film photos
Digital on @sonyalpha 
Film on Kodak Portra 400 and Kodak Gold 200
The end of each wedding is always the saddest part The end of each wedding is always the saddest part.

It feels like reaching the final pages of a book you deeply love.

You know the pages will end so you read it slowly. Each word tend to fall further apart and the spaces between those words become the mixed feelings of wanting to hug goodbye just one last time but knowing we all have to part ways

This year, as a team, we said hello and goodbye to 67 couples 5 countries and 4 States. 

I am speaking for Nick and Sergio when I say that with every hello and every goodbye, it tugs at our hearts. We forever hope these photos become something you can hold onto…as evidence of our existence…as mementos of beautiful memories…as stories you’ll return to again and again, especially when all our hair turns gray.

Out of all the incredible photographers in the world, you chose us!
That trust has allowed us turn a passion into a career, build lives with our own families, and continue finding joy in this world.

Whether you’re family, a client, a friend, my team, part of our team, a peer, or a stranger on the internet who somehow found this page, thank you for giving us a life far greater than we could have ever imagined.

Thanks for the making 2025 the best one yet!
2026 couples and families, we are so ready for you

All digitals edited with @hdpresets
This life was once a wish. Now it’s our everyday This life was once a wish.
Now it’s our everyday

It’s only our second Christmas together but every Christmas with them feels like a chance to rewrite the story of this lifetime and to refocus on what truly matters

May we move a little slower,
May we stay a present a little longer.
May we never rush past the ordinary moments that are, in truth, everything.

From our family to yours, wishing you a holiday season filled with warmth, gentleness, and the kind of love that feels like home.

———
Digital and film 🎞️
I’m humbled to share that one of my images won the I’m humbled to share that one of my images won the 2025 Best of The Best Wedding Photos by @junebugweddings

This is the 6th year I’ve won this prestigious award and yet, the feeling hasn’t changed.
Still the same mixture of disbelief, gratitude, and vulnerability…because sharing art has always meant showing the parts of me that aren’t certain

I didn’t think I’d need photography as much as I do.

After all these years of documenting people’s stories, I’ve learned that whether in this life or in photography, it’s all about finding and appreciating the coexistence of light and shadow

Without shadow, we don’t quite appreciate the existence of light
Without light, there is nothing to immortalize

Sometimes, light already exists, we just have to be aware enough to invite it in
Sometimes, we have to find our own light even when darkness descends upon us….

If I can find light in photography, I know I can find it again and again in this lifetime. 
Because art, like light, only exists when we allow ourselves to be seen

Thank you L and F for trusting in me enough to share the light on this day with me, for walking through the forest in their white dresses, for embracing the cold wind to see how beautiful Mt. Baker is during blue hour

Thank you to Junebug Weddings and all the incredible judges @memorybox_photo, @belleartphotography,  @gpresets 
I know choosing the top 50 out of thousands of images from photographers all over the world isn’t an easy job. I am honored to be one among these amazing artists.

Photos on film and digital
Digital photos captured on @sonyalpha and edited with @hdpresets

Photography: @henrysdiary
Florals: @tangledrootsfloral
HMUA: @mstimssmakeupartist
Venye: @mtbakerhyggehus

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