The Wild Prairie Journal
Stories from the hearts I’ve photographed, planning guidance for the seasons you’re in, and honest moments worth holding onto.
From Colorado Springs family sessions to mountain elopements, weddings, and couples’ adventures across Colorado, this is where inspiration and real life meet.
LGBTQ Mountain Elopement in Colorado, Alyssa & Carsten
Alyssa and Carsten traveled to Colorado to marry themselves, no officiant, no witnesses, just the two of them speaking vows in a mountain meadow near Lake George as the golden hour light wrapped around them. This LGBTQ mountain elopement is a quiet, sun-drenched celebration of what self-solemnizing in Colorado makes possible: two people, one decision, and all the space in the world to simply be married.