Snowy Waterton Elopement Photography [Kayla & Lucas]
Kayla and Lucas chose their wedding date because of its historical importance to them. With it being a couple weeks into the official start of spring, they had hoped this would mean a spring wedding. Our weather this year had other plans! We instead spent the day taking snowy Waterton elopement photography.
Waterton has received so much snow this year that there is an entire residential street that is closed due to avalanche warnings. Within the town, you can walk up to the rooftops of many buildings thanks to the drifted snow banks. We were a little limited for locations unless we were to snowshoe, try bouldering the 10 foot banks from the snow plows, or chisel away a new tunnel. Instead, we went for the easy choices of Cameron Falls and the Prince of Wales Hotel (which were still a lot harder to navigate than normal!).
We first met Kayla and Lucas, their baby boy, and their friends at the Waterton Lakes Lodge to get a few indoor photos before faces became flushed from the cold. Once outside, Kayla and Lucas had no trouble snuggling in close to stay warm! Honestly, I think they would have snuggled just as hard had it been warm out, judging by the adoring looks they gave each other all day.
They held their elopement ceremony on the front stone steps of the Waterton Community Center. Their baby was a champ in the cold and made it through all the photos at Cameron Falls as well as half the ceremony before he had had enough! Kayla and Lucas were so lost in their vows that they didn’t know how cold their fingers and toes were getting until after their first kiss.
Congratulations, Kayla and Lucas!
Officiant: Deirdre Schoening
Ceremony: Waterton Community Center
Flowers: Flowers by Janie
He totally rocked his little suit!
So much goes on behind the scenes to get little kids looking in the right direction!
When it’s that cold out, sometimes the marriage license needs to be signed in a car!
Aren’t the rolling hills in Waterton amazing? Just kidding! That’s just one of the snowbanks. Kayla and Lucas were standing several feet up the bank, and it still towered over them!
Here is their slideshow:
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These are spectacular! The mountains look amazing and the snow reflected so much light onto their glowing faces. I’m so glad they at least had blue skies, if they couldn’t have spring. :)