Having first-look photos is a gorgeous way for you and your partner to have the emotional moments of seeing each other for the first time on your wedding day captured in pictures.

For an elopement, there are a few different locations where you should take your first-look photos, depending on your elopement plan. Let’s get into it!

1. At a scenic location

If you are getting ready separately, in different rooms or locations, it’s likely that you are doing so to build anticipation of seeing each other for the first time, dressed in your wedding dress and suit, for your elopement ceremony. You could have your first look at a scenic spot in or around your hotel, on a pretty staircase, courtyard, garden, terrace, or entrance

2. In a location that is special to you two

If you have a special location that you are meeting at. Whether the location you’ve chosen to meet at is because it is somewhere special to you, holds memories, is somewhere that you have dreamed about traveling to together, or is simply a beautiful location that you’ve chosen to celebrate at, seeing each other there for the first time can be a powerful and emotional moment. 

3. When it’s just the two of you

If you have family and friends with you for an intimate ceremony, they may want to help you get ready and spend time with you before you exchange your vows with your love, so that moment when you see each other for the first time will be when it’s simply about the two of you and no one else.

4. Getting ready together

The getting-ready photos are just as special as the first-look photos! We adore the looks that couples give each other while they get dressed side by side, fixing each other’s outfits or hair. These subtleties all set the scene and the atmosphere for a day full of intimacy, love, and appreciation.

We warmly suggest you don’t skip this very first part of an elopement, as it captures the rarely documented details of your looks, clothing, accessories, and other little things that paint your wedding experience.