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Two people on a granite summit, one reading vows from a folded page while the other covers her mouth, crying
01 Looking Glass Rock — Maren & Colby
A couple standing close at the base of a tall waterfall in the forest
02 Waterfall backdrop — Blue Ridge
Two people laughing mid-ceremony, framed between tree trunks
03 Candid — laughing, mid-vows

Elopements & small weddings · Blue Ridge Mountains

The photos should look like the day actually felt.

Ten years as a newspaper photojournalist before this — which is the difference between catching a moment and staging one. I shoot elopements and weddings under fifty guests across Asheville, Black Mountain, Brevard and Boone.

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31 Google reviews at 5.0 · galleries delivered in 11 days on average

Every booking includes

The day, shot as a story
Getting ready, the hike, the vows, and the part afterwards where you both stop performing. I work at a distance and stay out of the way.
Your full gallery within two weeks
The industry standard is six to eight. My 2025 average was eleven days, because the editing workflow was built for that on purpose.
A printed heirloom album
In every package. Not a $400 add-on, and not a download link you will have lost the password to in three years.
Someone who knows the mountains
Which overlooks, which light, which hour — and how long the hike really takes with a dress in a backpack.
He was basically invisible the whole hike up and somehow still caught the exact second Colby started crying reading his vows. Gallery was in our inbox 9 days later.

Maren & Colby · 5 stars on Google

Why couples pick Wildfern

10 years

A photojournalist before a wedding photographer

A decade of chasing real moments on deadline, with no option to ask anyone to do it again. Most wedding photographers came up shooting styled portrait sessions. That is a different reflex entirely.

11 days

Average gallery delivery in 2025

Promised in two weeks, against an industry norm of six to eight. Couples want the photos while the day is still fresh.

$0

Extra for the printed album

It is in every package. Photographers in the same price range commonly charge over $400 for one.

We interviewed 6 photographers and every other portfolio looked the same — posed, backlit, generic. Wildfern’s photos looked like a magazine spread of an actual relationship.
Jasmine & Priya · 5 stars on Google

Fair questions

What does it cost?

It depends on where you are eloping, how many hours you want me there, and the album size — so I quote each couple rather than posting packages that would not fit most of them. Send your date through the form and you will get real numbers back.

We are awkward in front of a camera.

That is the normal starting point, and it is exactly why I shoot this way. You will not be directed into poses for an hour. Most of the day I am at a distance, waiting.

How many guests is too many?

Elopements and weddings up to about fifty guests are the sweet spot. Over thirty guests I usually bring an occasional second shooter along.

How far do you travel?

Asheville, Black Mountain, Brevard and Boone are home ground. Somewhere else in the Blue Ridge — tell me where in the form and I will say honestly whether I can do it justice.

When do we get the photos?

Full gallery within two weeks. In 2025 the average was eleven days.

Check your date.

Tell me when, where, and roughly how many people. I take a limited number of dates a season and I answer every inquiry myself — no assistant, no template.

Prefer email? hello@wildfernphoto.example