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Ben and Rachelle have fallen completely in love with the desert since moving to Phoenix, Arizona a few years ago so when planning where to do their engagement photos we all loved the idea of meeting up in Joshua Tree National Park for an adventurous session!
Hannah and Jason got engaged on a camping trip in Yosemite National Park, so it was especially meaningful to get some engagement photos out there too!
Megan and Nate are fellow adventure wedding photographers, so when we met up in El Chalten, Argentina, we traded photo sessions in hopes of inspiring our future couples to consider a Patagonia Elopement!
You know when you hang out with someone and just immediately click? That's how we felt with Cassie and Chris! It could be because they found us through our good friends Michelle and Sylvan so we already knew we shared a lot of interests and friend groups, but we just had a great time getting to know them and adventuring around Yosemite Valley for their engagement session a few weeks ago! They are having a bigger wedding in Boulder, Colorado later this year, so when it came to engagement photos they wanted to meet up with us somewhere adventurous and different and considering they're both pretty hard-core rock climbers, Yosemite National Park felt like an obvious choice!
Yosemite Valley in the winter is one of my favorite things on earth. I love the colors, I love the lack of tourists, and the special quiet that comes with off season in a park known for being super crowded. One downside though is Glacier Point road is closed November-May, so those big views aren't as accessible. That being said, I love the challenge of finding secret spots that are off the beaten path for rad views and intimate moments. It's amazing to me that even on a holiday weekend, when the park was so crowded they had a line at both gates, we were able to just wander into the woods and find some sweet places with nobody else around!
One crux of Yosemite in February is the extremely dynamic weather. Some days are clear blue skies and some days it'll snow 5 inches. That being said, we absolutely love what "bad" weather does for photos and this session was no exception! The forecast all week called for snowstorms starting around lunch time, so I texted Cassie to be prepared and that we'd be willing to shoot in any weather as long as they were comfortable with it. We ended up sticking to our plan but keeping a close eye on the clouds coming in over the valley. After an epic sunset that included the most bizarre streak of orange/red light on the mountains around us (keep an eye out for it near the end of this post!), it got really cold really fast, and pretty windy at the end, but we managed to wrap up right as the sun disappeared and but the time we were back in our cars it was snowing! We drove back to the valley and warmed up over delicious burgers and drinks at the Mountain Restuaunt - a perfect way to end such an epic day!
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The Hearnes Adventure Photography is run by Abbi and Callen Hearne, a husband & wife wedding photography team with an emphasis on adventure. They live on the road as full-time nomads in their big white van, allowing them to serve a large portion of the western US including California, Utah, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Colorado, and Wyoming. They believe love is the greatest adventure and strive to create photos that are epic, romantic, true, and timeless.
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I honestly don't even know where to start with how amazing our trip to Patagonia was, but since the first set of photos I edited were these ones, I figured I'd start here! A few weeks before we left, Anni (a fellow wedding/elopement photographer) messaged me on instagram and said she was considering buying last minute tickets to Patagonia at the same time as our trip! She asked what we thought of meeting up and maybe sharing an AirBnb for a few days. I was stoked on it, especially since we already had plans to meet up with Megan and Nate (yes - another adventure wedding photography couple) in El Chalten on our final week in Patagonia, I encouraged her to get the tickets and join us!! We started a group text and after a quick FaceTime call had plans secured to share a tiny cabin with a couple of friends and a couple of strangers we knew would become friends (isn't social media amazing??).
While we spent a majority of our time together exploring El Chalten, hiking, car-hiking, and drinking coffee or wine (depending on the time of course) in our airbnb, we obviously wanted to spend one evening taking photos of each other! If you get three wedding photographer couples together in the most beautiful place on earth, you can pretty much guarantee we're going to spend one day taking some gorgeous photos of each other :) After a few days of the Fitz Roy mountains being covered in clouds, we noticed they were peeking out and threw on some normal-looking outfits, grabbed a box of wine at the grocery store (and a few wine glasses from the airbnb), and headed out to this little field for some photos. It was so fun to take turns in front of each other's cameras, dancing around the field (and in the middle of the road) as the clouds moved quickly above us and circled around Fitz Roy. We stayed out until it was dark, which in Patagonia in the summer time is about 10:30pm. It was such a refreshing time to be creative with no pressure and a good group of buddies.
Anni and Rich are some of the sweetest people we've met. They both have really interesting stories. I would think I had a grasp of what Anni's life growing up in India was like, and then she would bring up that one time she spent a semester hiking through the mountains and learning mountaineering. It was fun to meet her after following her on instagram for a while (and let's be honest - really looking up to her work), and talk about everything from life and adventure to wedding photography and traveling. She is an incredible destination wedding photographer who has shot all over the world. The way she captures people's connection is so so inspiring to me - you should definitely check out her work! And follow her on instagram. I'll be sharing some of the incredible photos she took of us, but if you want a preview - check here and here!
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The Hearnes Adventure Photography is run by Abbi and Callen Hearne, a husband & wife wedding photography team with an emphasis on adventure. They live on the road as full-time nomads in their big white van, allowing them to serve a large portion of the western US including California, Utah, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Colorado, and Wyoming. They have updated passports and are ready to travel anywhere in the world at the drop of a hat. They believe love is the greatest adventure and strive to create photos that are epic, romantic, true, and timeless.
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