Iceland elopement backdrop — waves breaking on the black sand of Reynisfjara, beneath the basalt cliffs of Iceland's south coast

Reynisfjara — Iceland

Elopements — North America & Europe

No frills.Onlythe real.

Two people. A wild place. Vows said to the wind and to each other — and held close for a long time. Built for American couples whose somewhere is somewhere else — the North, the wild coasts of Canada, the old light of Europe. I document the day exactly as it happens. Nothing staged. Nothing borrowed. Yours.

Photo + Film One human Est. 2015 Québec — Canada
300

Weddings documented
& counting

2015

Documenting love
since

1

Human behind
the camera

2

Crafts — photo
and film

A couple seen from behind on a rock ridge, her dress spread over the stone, layered blue mountain ranges fading into the mist

Manifesto

Everywhere is beautiful.

A cliff above the Atlantic at first light is beautiful. So is a ridge swallowed by fog and a black beach in sideways rain. The weather does not ruin a day. The weather is the day — and the point is never the place. The point is the two of you inside it. Close. Warm against the wind. Saying the strongest words of your lives where nobody performs and nobody watches.

Places

Where the wind
takes us.

01

Iceland

Black sand. Waterfalls that shake the ground. Weather with a temper — and the two of you warm inside it.

Iceland elopement photographer The signature
02

Prince Edward County — Ontario

Shorelines and long light on the lake. A place that sits higher than the world.

Prince Edward County elopement photography
03

Fogo Island — Newfoundland

An island off an island. Fog rolling in. Red fishing stages. The Atlantic doing what it wants.

Fogo Island elopement, Newfoundland
04

France

Old stone. Slow villages. A light that painters crossed oceans to stand in.

Elopement photographer in France
05

Switzerland

High valleys. Cold lakes. Peaks that make the strongest words sound even bigger.

Switzerland elopement photographer
06

Scotland

Rain with character. Green hills that roll forever. Castles that keep their secrets.

Scotland elopement photography
07

Ireland

Cliffs at the edge of Europe. Wind in everything. Welcomes as warm as the weather is wild.

Ireland elopement photographer
08

Portugal

Golden cliffs. Salt on the skin. The last light of the continent falling into the sea.

Portugal elopement photography
09

Sweden

Evenings that refuse to end. Still lakes. Forests that go on past the horizon.

Sweden elopement photographer
10

Vancouver — British Columbia

Mountains falling into the sea. Rainforest air. A wild edge minutes from the street.

Vancouver elopement photography
11

Yukon

The far North. Endless light in summer. A silence you can stand inside.

Yukon elopement photographer
12

Nova Scotia

Lighthouses. Working harbours. The ocean on every side of the day.

Nova Scotia elopement photography

But a list is only a door. Wherever your heart points — that is where we go.

A red fishing stage reflected in the still harbour water of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, under low fog
Fogo Island — Newfoundland

Contact

Be real.

Tell me everything. The place you keep coming back to in your head. The date on the fridge. The two of you. I answer every message myself — usually within a day.

Tell me who the two of you are.
That email does not look complete.
Give me a few lines — that is where the day starts.

Sending opens your own email app with everything filled in, addressed to Yanick. Nothing leaves your device until you press send there. Copy works too — paste it wherever you like.