Lake Superior Elopement
Tali March 8th, 2025
Alexa and Ridge's Lake Superior Elopement Adventure
Alexa and Ridge’s Lake Superior elopement was one of those, “Wow! This worked out so perfectly!” elopements. They reached out to us almost exactly a month before they were planning to elope and things just fell right into place. We’ve had a lot of experience planning elopements on a short timeline and knew we had plenty of time to bring their vision to life.
We met up for their elopement at Gooseberry Falls State Park on a mid August afternoon. The sky was a bit overcast, but we all crossed our fingers that we’d get a little sunshine as the evening went on. Alexa and I headed off to the women’s bathroom for some final getting ready touches while Dom and Ridge went off to scout out the perfect spot for A & R’s first look. They decided to do the first look on a little path off to the side from the main route and it was absolutely perfect. A gorgeous forest backdrop with no one around to interupt.
After the sweetest first look, we all headed down to the waterfalls for a bit of exploring, adventure, and of course photos. The water was at the perfect level to give us gorgeous gushing falls while still being low enough to let us safely climb around on the rocks below. A couple of minutes into our waterfall adventure it started to rain so Dom dashed back to the car to grab our umbrellas. Lucky for us, the rain decided to let up before he even made it back (and Dom’s a pretty fast runner!).
We could have hung out at the waterfalls the whole evening, but we wanted to make sure we got to explore more of the park, so we headed down to the shore of Lake Superior for Alexa and Ridge’s private vows. The recent rain left little puddles in the rocky shore and the reflections in the still water were nothing short of magic! An unexpected perk of a mid afternoon rain storm.
Once A & R finished their private vows, Dom lead them through their wedding ceremony to make things official! The sky had completely cleared by now and we had the most beautiful golden light for their ceremony. The waves crashing on the shore of Lake Superior behind them were both the perfect background noise and the perfect backdrop for the special moment.
The last stop of the evening was another large area of rocky shoreline along Lake Superior so we made our way over with a little hike through the woods to a secluded area of the beach. Alexa and I had worked together earlier to pull off a little surprise for Ridge– connecting her phone to a little Bluetooth speaker I had hidden in my backpack so they could dance to a favorite song for their first dance. The shared their first dance under a cotton candy sky as the waves of crashed along the shore of Lake Superior. A magical moment.
Lake Superior Elopement Vendors
Minnesota Elopement Photographers: Us! Forever and Evergreens
Gooseberry Falls State Park Officiant: Dom (An elopement photographer with many talents!)
Hair & Makeup Artist: 139 Hair by Heidi
Flowers: Ling’s Moment (Alexa and Ridge actually used our wedding florals for their day!)
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