A waterfall elopement at Hocking Hills

When we first started in the wedding industry, a common advice we were given was to “share more of what you want to shoot.”

Now, we have photographed/filmed our fair share of elopements. But we had never gotten the opportunity to document a full day elopement story. So we created one. Enter Lauren + Lucas: a full day elopement story at Hocking Hills in Logan, Ohio.

These first set of images showcase the morning prior to their elopement (actually it was a vow renewal since they are already married and graciously volunteered their time to model for us!) They incorporated several elements of their relationship into their morning. Things like making coffee, their record player from home, doing crossword puzzles together, etc. We’ll let the images tell the story of how they spent their morning in a cozy cabin at Crockett’s Run, a beautiful property just outside of Hocking Hills.

After a slow morning enjoying their intimate wedding day, us four gathered in the car and headed toward the state park on this fairly cold Sunday in March. L + L wrote incredibly meaningful vows/love letters to each other (you can listen to them in the video posted below- Thomas knocked it out of the park!) and re-committed their love to each other in front of a cascading waterfall that gives us allll the PNW vibes.

The third part of this elopement story is a a fireside reception back at their cabin at Crockett’s Run. We built them a camping style charcuterie board (seriously Tom’s charc-board skills are out of this world) and documented them enjoying some post-nuptial beers, s’mores, and hot dogs.

And to put it all together, here is the full elopement story video that Thomas created:

If you’re considering planning your own elopement, check out our resource on best locations to elope on the east coast. And if you need some creative ideas to make your elopement unique and true-to-you, here’s a guide with a few ideas to get you started.

Elopements and intimate weddings have our heart and we’d be stoked to document yours. Click here to contact us about yours and see if we’d be a good fit for you.