If This Sounds Familiar
You want an elopement that still feels like an event.
You’re not interested in cutting corners just because it’s the two of you. You want real design, a beautiful setting, maybe a stylist or a florist involved, and a day that still feels considered down to the smallest detail, even without two hundred guests watching.
“Small doesn't have to mean simple. It can still be extraordinary.”
What Is Included
What every luxury elopement experience includes.
Every elopement experience includes the planning guidance and photography coverage below. Styling, florals, and other design touches can be layered in, or fully arranged for you through a Done-for-You Elopement.
- Location and experience guidance
- Planning assistance designed to keep the process stress-free
- Timeline development
- Support in the lead-up to your elopement
- Photography coverage of the full experience
- Editing of all final images
- Delivery of the completed gallery
- All photographer travel time and expenses
Outside wedding expenses like lodging, permits, transportation, meals, and additional vendors are separate, unless they’re part of a Done-for-You Elopement Experience.
Choose How Much of the Experience You Want Built
Starting at $18,000
Worldwide Luxury Elopements
One extraordinary day, elevated with real styling and design touches, photographed from beginning to end.
From $30,000
Three-Day Luxury Elopements
The trip itself becomes part of the story, with room for a styled dinner, a slower morning, and a day that doesn’t feel rushed.
How It Works
From a vague idea to a day you get to actually live.
01
Tell us what you're imagining
You can inquire even if you don’t have a location locked in yet, especially if design and styling matter as much to you as the location itself.
02
Build the experience
Together we refine the location, the styling, the timeline, and every detail that makes the day feel considered.
03
Prepare without the pressure
In the lead-up, you get real guidance: what to expect, how the day will flow, how to feel comfortable in front of the camera, and the logistics handled before they become stress.
04
Be fully present
On the day, we document everything while you focus on the one thing that matters: actually living it. That’s the whole point of doing it this way.
Three-Day Luxury Elopements · From $30,000
Some experiences shouldn't be compressed into eight hours.
When you give the experience room to breathe, there’s time for a styled rehearsal dinner, a slower morning getting ready, and a celebration that feels like an occasion instead of a single afternoon.
- Three days of photography
- Elopement planning guidance and experience development
- Photographer travel time and expenses
- Complete, edited galleries
Popular additions: a stylist, a florist, a private dinner for the two of you, and a cinematic film of the full experience.
Why Three Days Instead of One?
Here’s one example of how a three-day elopement might unfold. It’s an illustration, not a fixed itinerary; your version is built around what you actually want.
Day One
You’ve just arrived somewhere you’ve dreamt of visiting, settling into the villa or property for the first time.
Day Two
A slow morning getting ready together, a styled ceremony space, and finally making it official.
Day Three
A slow brunch, then a private send-off dinner or a last excursion, whatever makes the destination worth the trip.
Done-for-You Elopements & Micro-Weddings · From $60,000
Want Us to Build More of the Experience for You?
Imagine a private villa, several days exploring the destination, an intimate ceremony, and a celebration that feels curated down to the last detail, all coordinated before you ever arrive. That’s the shape Done-for-You can take, though it isn’t tied to any one length of day: it can be built around a One-Day, a Three-Day, or a completely custom photography experience.
We bring together the right planning, design, and travel professionals, which may include outside wedding designers, planners, and travel specialists, to build the entire experience around you. Dan and Laura bring the photography and filmmaking, creative direction, and planning-guidance process we’ve built since 2017; Done-for-You adds the outside expertise so every part of the experience, not just the photography, is handled by someone who’s genuinely good at it.
The Done-for-You service includes:
- Our photography and creative direction
- Assembled professional planning expertise
- Destination and property research
- Experience and itinerary development
- Full coordination depending on the unique details
The customized experience may include:
- A private villa, château, or resort
- Accommodations and private dining
- Florals, decor, on-location transportation, concierge services
- Curated excursions and activities, a boat or champagne cruise
- A cinematic film and luxury album documenting the experience
Done-for-You experiences begin at $60,000, with the final investment shaped by destination, guest count, lodging, design, travel, and the experiences you choose. It’s built for one couple at a time, and the exact team varies by event.
Where Luxury Elopements Happen
Luxury travels well. Here's where we take it most.
Already know exactly where you’re headed? Skip ahead and start your inquiry. Still deciding? These are the regions we’re most established in, and where we’re building toward next.
Adirondacks & Upstate NY
Private lodges and mountaintop estates across the Adirondacks, the Catskills, and Western VT.
Pennsylvania & the Mid-Atlantic
Estate properties and private venues across Pennsylvania, the Poconos, and the greater Mid-Atlantic.
National Parks & the Western U.S.
Yosemite and the North Cascades, paired with luxury basecamp lodges and private guides.
Europe
The Dolomites, Italian villas, the Swiss Alps, French châteaux, even Northern Ireland. Genuinely on our list, wherever the story takes us next.
Worldwide & International
Thailand, remote islands, private resorts, and distinctive cities. If you can dream it, we’ll help you plan it.
Who You'd Be Working With
Artists when it matters. Planners when you need us.
We are Laura and Dan Pinckard, a husband and wife team who have photographed weddings and elopements since 2017. Laura is the primary creative eye behind the work: the double exposures, the compositions, the quiet emotional frames. Dan handles the planning, communication, logistics, film, and strategy that make the whole thing run.
Part of why we care so much about the experience is that our own wedding photography experience left us disappointed. We know what it feels like to not get that back, and we built our entire approach so that no couple we work with ends up there.
Beyond elopements, our photography journey has given us amazing experiences: our work has been featured in places like Vogue and Insider; we’ve partnered with brands like Nikon and Citizen Watch; and we’ve been asked to speak at photography conferences around the world.
Questions
The Things Couples Ask Us First
How is this different from Destination Elopements or a Luxury Wedding?
This page is about elevating the experience itself, real styling, design, and production value, no matter the destination. Our Destination Elopements page is organized around where you go instead. A Luxury Wedding is the same level of care and execution, just with your full guest list along for it. Many couples land somewhere between all three, and that’s fine, reach out and we’ll help you figure out what fits.
Can we inquire without choosing a destination?
Yes, and many couples do. If your answer to “where” is still “somewhere beautiful,” that’s a perfect place to start. Helping you decide is part of the experience.
What's included in our photography investment?
It refers to our creative services, planning assistance, and travel. Every starting package includes location guidance, elopement planning guidance, timeline development, photography, editing, gallery delivery, and all photographer travel time and expenses.
Are your travel expenses included?
Yes. All photographer travel time and travel expenses are included in the starting packages. You won’t get a surprise mileage or airfare bill from us.
Do you help with permits and planning?
Yes. Planning assistance and guidance are built into every package. We help you understand what’s required for your destination and guide you through it as part of the planning process.
Can family or friends attend?
Most elopement couples bring anywhere from no one to a small handful of people. There’s no right or wrong number. Tell us your vision and we’ll help you plan around it.
Do you offer both photography and videography?
Yes. Photography is the foundation of every package, and film can be added as a popular addition, including a full cinematic storytelling film and smaller behind-the-scenes clips.
Can we spread the experience across multiple days?
Yes. The Three-Day Elopement, starting at $30,000, is built for exactly that, because some destinations and experiences are too amazing to fit into one day. Multi-day coverage can also be added to other experiences.
How many photographs will we receive?
Every gallery reflects your full experience, delivered as a thorough collection documenting the entirety of your elopement, rather than a fixed number of images. Our goal isn’t to hit a quota; it’s to give you all the moments that actually matter.
Do you photograph LGBTQ+ couples?
Yes, without exception. Every couple is welcome here. Love is love, and it deserves to be celebrated.
Our own backgrounds shaped a lot of why that matters to us. You can read more about our story here.
How far in advance should we inquire?
Destination and international elopements generally benefit from more planning time, especially once a stylist, florist, or venue is involved. The sooner you reach out, the more options you’ll have.
What happens if the weather changes?
We build flexibility into the plan and always have a backup in mind, so a change in forecast doesn’t derail your day. Some of the most memorable moments come from embracing a change of plans rather than fighting it.
What does Done-for-You mean?
It’s a service model, not a photography package: we bring together the right planning, design, and travel professionals around your One-Day or Three-Day photography experience. It’s fully customized, and can include a private villa, concierge planning, itinerary design, a champagne cruise, private dining, curated activities, vendor and transportation coordination, film, and a luxury album. The exact team and final inclusions depend on the destination and overall vision.
What expenses are separate from the starting price?
In our standard elopement experiences, outside expenses like lodging, permits, transportation, meals, and additional vendors are separate. Those elements are coordinated and can be included in a custom Done-for-You experience.
“Dan and Laura are not only amazing and take care of almost everything on your special day, but they are just overall amazing humans. We are so so grateful there are people like them who truly make your day ABOUT YOU!”
– Lili