ICELAND PHOTOGRAPHER AND PLANNER FOR EPIC ADVENTURE ELOPEMENTS
 

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Iceland Elopement Guides & Resources

Planning your elopement can feel exciting, easy, and fun.

As an Iceland local, I am over the moon to help you.


 
 
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Your love and elopement isn't like a
one-size-fits-all pair of pants

 
 
 
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Yikes, who wants that?

Which is why your elopement experience should not be a 'one size fits all' type of day.

Where you’re forced to pick your day out of a PDF or a lame folder of pre-determined locations.

 
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This is the type of experience you have only once in a lifetime together.

The kind of experience that brings out your love for adventure, your connection, and a day that truly feels like you inside and out.

Eloping means freedom, so why shouldn't you have the freedom to create a day completely unique as your love for each other? I believe your day should be a hand-crafted, badass experience.

 
 

How I help you as an Adventure Elopement Photographer & Planner

 
 
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01.
Giving you ‘All the Things’

Help pulling together all of the pieces to your day & trip, such as vendors, through resources & guides.

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02.
Amazing Locations

Locations & a custom location itinerary unique to you as a couple. Bringing you to places you didn’t know existed.

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03.
Timeline & Logistics

Building your timeline to ensure the best time of day, weather Plan B’s, and maximizing your adventure.

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04.
Natural & Fun Photos

Epic photos of you two being yourselves, instead of posing you awkwardly all day long.


 

Oh, and giving away all my favorite

Iceland Elopement Insider Tips

 
 
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Want my exclusive Iceland Elopement Survival Guide?

 

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Real Couples, Real Elopements, Real Testimonials.

“We wanted our wedding to be completely for ourselves - this was a celebration of our love and our future.

We love to travel and love everything outdoors.
I think it would have been a big compromise to ourselves and the beginning of our marriage to do it any other way.”

- Ashley & Joe

 
 
 

Your elopement day can be easy as pie.

Come for the experience, leave with epic photos & snacks.

My main focus is to make the process of planning an elopement abroad stress-free and as easy as pie. I've created a system that will make the planning a piece of cake, while also keeping your elopement 100% unique to you. (I also really like pastry metaphors, apparently). 

Through my Build Your Elopement experience, I will be able to take your dreams and distill them down into a reality for you to live. This elopement experience is personal, exclusive, and will never be you picking your locations out of a folder.

You will have help with timeline construction, a 100% unique location itinerary built for you, a local who will help you with vendors and recommendations, always has a weather plan B & C, and someone who you are comfortable around that is feeding you snacks all day & creating epic photos.


 

Your photos will be one-part candid and one-part being gently guided into positions- allowing for your raw chemistry to be captured.

 
 
 
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‘‘Steph captured not only the big moments of our wedding-

the I Do’s, the kiss, the crying - but also the small ones you forget or the ones that you don’t think anyone else would notice. She has some insane ability to be present in those private moments when you feel like it’s you and your partner against the world.

She is present but never crowding, participating but never interjecting. There was nothing forced, she instead beautifully captured the exciting impulsivity of the day! If you want a documentarian point of view of your special day that perfectly captures the raw chemistry and excitement you share as partners, then I doubt you can find anyone better than Steph.’’

- Luke & Alexandria

 

You’ll need more than just an adventure photographer in order to get the elopement experience you deserve.

 
 

 

Steph, here! Your “elopement Yoda”.

You can think of me as your Elopement Triple Threat.

You’ll have an adventure planner, day of adventure coordinator, and (lots-o-awards winning) photographer.

I’m an Iceland Elopement Photographer & Planner located in Reykjavík with a hunger for travel. Most call me their ‘Elopement Yoda’, or ‘unicorn’. It’s my job to uncover what your dream wedding is then bring it to reality. During your experience, I will never make you feel like you need to be a certain way or have your wedding fit into any boxes. I’ll never make you pick your adventure out of a pre-made list, instead create a custom day for you with one-of-a-kind photos to go along with it.

Iceland is a place full of magic and elves, and I’ve come to know it as home. I want to share my home with you in a way that makes you feel like it’s yours, too. I’ll take the time to get to know exactly who you guys are and the adventure you’re after.

My exclusive elopement planning process gets into the details so you don’t have to.
You’ll know where we are at every step of the way so that by the time you get here, you’ll have the trip of your dreams right in front of you.

 
 
STEPHANIE ZAKAS IS A UNICORN!

I’m not kidding either – We eloped on November 2nd in Iceland and our experience was everything and more than we hoped for thanks to Stephanie.
— Vanna & Kevin
 
 
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Just a few awesome features I’ve been in:

 

First, check me out in HUFFPOST as a local Icelandic expert!

 
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The wedding industry has become something that doesn’t support all couples. I’m here to change that.

I believe no two loves look the same and I rebel against the non-inclusive wedding industry. Elopements are perfect for this.

You will need someone with inspiration, who knows the land, who is as excited as you are to make your dream day happen, and who can provide the support needed through the entire process.

Your Next Steps

before living out all your Icelandic wedding dreams


 

01.
Free Consult

Schedule your call & tell me what’s important to you. Let’s see if the experience I provide is a good match!

02.
Plan the Day

Reserve your date & we will get to work building your custom elopement day, being guided the whole way.

03.
Adventure

Have a wedding that feels right, gets you excited, & focuses on your love in the most epic landscapes.

 

Sound easy? Because it is.

 

 
 
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Want the easiest, anti-overwhelm, elopement planning checklist?

Just put your awesome info right here and your Easy Elopement Checklist will be dropped DIRECTLY into your inbox!

What a time to be alive.


 
 

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Elopement Planning Resources


 

As an Iceland Elopement Photographer & Specialist,
I know you might feel overwhelmed with planning when you just want to feel excited.

Which is why this process was built to make your life easier.

 
 
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You will be handed every step needed to plan your elopement.

You can keep spending your free-time Googling, searching Instagram, & scouring Pinterest.

Or, you can schedule your consult to feel the relief & get excited about your wedding again. If you’re planning a hiking elopement in Iceland, a castle elopement in Scotland, a mountain top elopement in Norway, or a nature centered wedding anywhere in the world- I’m here to help you.

To help create a day that is a celebration of YOU both, while you are taken care of every step of the way.

 
 
 

Ready to say ‘goodbye old traditions’ & say ‘hello’ to creating your own?

 
 

Adventure Elopements:
Taking back control of your wedding.

 
 
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A wedding isn’t an event to get through. It’s a day you’re meant to revel in.

One that marks the beginning of the memoir you’re writing together.

Think about the original connection that brought the two of you together. What if your wedding represented how that felt? If honoring a tradition like a big wedding feels like that’s for other people, let’s plan you one that embodies your entire relationship.

Let’s plan you a wedding that honors the love you’ve found and fostered. Let’s create a day centered around your relationship, your love, and celebrate this love that’s brought you to this decision.

What if you hiked a mountain summit in Norway to get married? Or maybe wed in a castle in Scotland? Or said your vows on top of a volcano in Hawaii that you landed on by helicopter? 

Guess what?

You can.

 
 
 
 

Let me say it one more time

For the people in the back...

 

The first rule of this wedding club is that there are no rules in this wedding club. Let’s take the box of tradition, burn it, and throw the ashes in the compost bin. 

I’m here for you. For your relationship. For your dream wedding experience. 

As your Iceland Elopement Photographer & Planner, I’m ready for your bravery, your wildness, and for you to claim a day that’s completely yours. 

 
 
 
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