Blake and Carrie cuddle amid a red rocks canyon in Gateway

Blake and Carrie’s Gateway Canyons elopement was incredible. The two first met in Houston, where they moved to Denver from over the winter. Blake proposed to Carrie just before a vacation they’d had scheduled to Paris! As Carrie put it, they flew away to spend a week of magic relishing in their new engagement. For their […]

Blake & Carrie | Gateway Canyons Elopement

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May 30, 2018

Elopement

Travis dips Erica for a kiss in front of chimney rock | Ridgway Colorado

This week I had the pleasure to spend an afternoon with Travis and Erica and watch along with their close friends/family as they exchanged vows in a beautiful Ridgway State Park Elopement! The two met in high school in junior year English class, where a group project first got them talking. It’s so special to […]

Travis & Erica | Ridgway State Park Elopement

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May 23, 2018

Travis dips Erica for a kiss in front of chimney rock | Ridgway Colorado

Micro Wedding, Wedding

Ben & Courtnee's Wichita Courthouse Wedding | amanda.matilda.photography

When I met Eric we were living in Iowa at the time. He would tell stories of his adventures, his old friends and his previous homes. I came to know his friends through these stories, and eventually through Facebook too. It was at our wedding that I finally met Ben, one of Eric’s closest friends, […]

Ben & Courtnee | Wichita Courthouse Wedding

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April 18, 2018

Micro Wedding

Mike & Amy's Spring Elopement on the Colorado National Monument in Grand Junction | amanda.matilda.photography

I had the honor last weekend of capturing Mike and Amy’s spring elopement on the Colorado National Monument! With recent rainstorms passing through the valley, I had been keeping a close eye on the weather in the days leading up to their big day. While the clouds remained, we lucked out without a drop of […]

Mike & Amy | Spring Elopement on the Colorado National Monument

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March 28, 2018

Mike & Amy's Spring Elopement on the Colorado National Monument in Grand Junction | amanda.matilda.photography

Elopement, Micro Wedding

Eloping in Colorado ... Who Can Officiate? by amanda.matilda.photography

Lately I’ve been seeing an influx of posts in the wedding community online of couples looking for officiants for their small, intimate weddings or elopements. Having moved to Colorado from Iowa, and getting married here after the move, I had a perception of the marriage process that many of the state’s transplants do. That a […]

Eloping in Colorado … Who Can Officiate?

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March 12, 2018

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