Zion Local Husband and Wife Elopement Team
We are a husband and wife team specializing in adventure weddings and elopements for the sorta adventurous. We are Zion locals, podcast bingers, and firm believers that your wedding should be about you! As a team, we work together to give you the elopement experience of your dreams!
Our Story
Our story began when Kyle moved to St. George, Utah after college and started pursuing photography. He discovered this cute girl also happened to be into photography. Clearly, this meant he needed an assistant at all his photoshoots 😏. We got married at sunrise overlooking the city with the peaks of Zion in the background.
Zion Locals
After 4 years of living on the road full time in our RV, it was time to live the Millennial dream and by a house for Juniper 🐕. Of all the places we explored and worked, Zion just kept drawing us in and felt like home! Now we live a short 30 minutes from the Park, surrounded by our favorite Southern Utah views!
Fun fact: Both Tori’s grandpa and great-grandpa worked for Zion National Park! We have an awesome photo in our living room of a staff photo with both of them in it!
Utah meets Colorado
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We both trace our roots to Utah and Colorado. Kyle grew up on one end of the Colorado Plateau near Cedaredge, CO. Tori grew up on the other end in Hurricane, UT, where we now live together! Our career in photography has gives us a new perspective to appreciate this amazing place we call home!
We’re your dream team!
Kyle is the extroverted energizer bunny who will give you the best photoshoot experience. Tori is the organizational wizard who will make sure your experience is smooth from beginning to end!
We love what we do
Thanks to couples like you, we get to do what we love and make a living out of it! That love and gratitude fuels our excitement for every wedding and photoshoot we get to be a part of! We’ll hype you up and be your reassuring voice gushing about how awesome and fun everything is!
Random facts about us
Dogs are the h*ckin’ best! If you have a dog, we are certainly going to be friends! Obviously, Juniper is our favorite.
Food is one of our favorite parts of traveling! We love trying new places and cuisines
We listen to so many podcasts. Kyle is boring and listens to politics, finance, and business. Tori’s more into true crime and comedy. But we both love science, history, and anything with a good story!
We love tattoos! Tori has a half-sleeve and a few individual pieces. Kyle has a full-sleeve and a few individual pieces.
We both have hot air balloon tattoos on our right shoulders and we didn’t even do it on purpose! We’re pretty cute, huh? 🥰
We have been to 32 states and 5 countries together and counting
We lived in our 30ft RV full-time for 4 years! We bought an old RV and did all the renovations ourselves!
We met at church, but now we have a complicated relationship with religion and we cuss a little
KYLE
I'm basically just a little boy at heart: easily excitable and I still want to be like my dad when I grow up. I was born and raised in Colorado and even though I think Utah is rad, those mountains will always have my heart. I'm crazy passionate, sometimes to a fault. When I decide I like something, I want to know everything about it. I got into photography after picking up my first camera and teaching myself everything I could via the internet and practice. I'm the leader of the duo, I typically give direction, help craft the moments, and shoot the epic wide images. You’ll often find me in a tree or climbing some rocks to get the shot I want. I will certainly get way too excited, stumble over my words and make a general fool of myself. Thankfully, that seems to be disarming and helps our couples feel a little more at ease!
RANDOM FACTS
I’m a serious coffee snob, like I run a coffee Instagram on the side kind of serious
I love getting my hair cut. I go to my barber every two weeks.
I’m pretty good at Flossing (the dance move), if the right song comes on, it’ll probably happen at your reception
I cried like a baby when I first saw Tori at our wedding
I love heavy music, metalcore is my favorite genre, but all-time favorite band is The Classic Crime
My tattoo sleeve is largely inspired by lyrics from said favorite band
I’m a fidgeter. When I’m really focused on something I tap on anything and everything around me.
Mushrooms are disgusting. They are the only food I don’t really like.
I’m the resident lead photographer, more often than not, you’ll be hanging out with me on your elopement day!
TORI
I was born and raised in the great state of Utah, and learned in my early teens to appreciate the beauty around me - feeling a little bit bad for people who live in places without mountains. I have loved photography since high school, and I have hard drives of embarrassing photos of rusty junk, Southern Utah mountains, my dog, and my sister - who I frequently made my model. I’m detail oriented and very much a planner, but being married to Kyle has taught me to loosen up a little. I love hospitality, and I show love through feeding and taking care of people. At weddings I'm watching for in between moments, fly away hair, and beautiful lace details, making sure we're within our timeline, and sharing my snacks so our couple doesn't get too hungry before dinner.
RANDOM FACTS
I love musicI! learned to play guitar from DVD’s and then taught myself to play piano by ear
I’m the oldest of 9 siblings in a blended family
I got my first job when I was 18 and worked there for 6 years — until I quit to do photography full time
My sister and I have matching big and little dipper tattoos because we are adorable
I was homeschooled until my junior year of high school, then said “screw this” and got my GED so I could start college a year early
I love mail, letters and postcards, and have a binder of basically every letter or card I’ve ever received. I will for sure be your pen pal!
I tried so, so hard, but I honestly and sincerely do not like the taste of coffee
I’m our organizational mastermind, I may not be at every elopement, but I work behind the scenes to make sure your day goes perfectly!
JUNIPER
I was rescued from an animal shelter near Zion National Park, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. I’m a 60lb, Pit Bull/Staffordshire Terrier/something mix.
RANDOM FACTS
I don’t get to sleep in the big bed, but I get a snuggle sesh every morning
My tongue is massive and I use it to give tons of kisses
I’m named after a tree that grows natively in Utah and Colorado
I love every person I’ve ever met, I’m not so sure about other dogs though
I like to think of myself as a hunter, I love chasing small rodents, cats, and lizard… my humans are thankful I’m bad at it
Speaking of lizards, I love to lounge in the sun like one
I’m practically naked on my belly, so I have a couple of jackets to keep me warm when it’s cold out. Kyle and Tori both have one that matches one of mine! (Millennial dog parents, amiright? 😍😂)
I’m the inspiration behind Tori’s apparel side project, Copper June Co.
I’m the spoiled dog. I probably won’t be at your elopement because I’m h*ckin distracting 🙈
soo… now that we’re best friends…
