Washington State

I've been taking professional portraits for over 10 years, and am honored to have documented over 200 weddings and elopements. Our team at Skyewater Photo + Film creates vibrant, colorful, and authentic wedding photos and films that focus on storytelling and scenery. Our company primarily focuses on locations that feature the element of water (lakes, coastlines, rivers, waterfalls), and we even have a Giving Back program where we donate a portion of our profits to environmental organizations.

Early in my photography career, a family member passed away unexpectedly. I was unable to attend their funeral due to a wedding I was scheduled to photograph out of town. The day before the wedding, and the day of the funeral, I was scrolling through social media looking at all of the photos people were sharing along with their favorite memories. It was then that my perspective about the importance of a photograph changed forever.

I saw wedding photographs in a way that I had not understood before. Photos are the closest thing we next to real life, of a persons memory and feeling of those no longer with us. The importance of wedding photographs go beyond the actual wedding day itself.

In that moment of reflection I promised myself that I would photograph every wedding with this mindset: To get the very best photos for each couple, their family and friends. I had a renewed purpose and connection to the responsibility my photograph holds. Long after our dear ones are gone.

About six months later, I found out that the father of the groom from that same wedding had passed away unexpectedly. The photos I had taken of his dad started to show up on social media. It was my wedding photos that had became more valuable to the couple and their new way to look back on their dad's life. Reaffirming the mean of what I do. It is with this thoughtful approach that I bring to every wedding.

This reaffirms the meaning of every picture that I take. I honor this promise to myself every time I pickup my camera.

Hiya, I am Traci - owner + photographer at Adventure and Vow. We are a husband and wife team based out of the North Cascade mountain range traveling all over the western United States to adventure + capture epic elopement days. We help couples plan a wedding day authentic + connective to them for an once in a life time experience. We believe elopement days can be a true reflection of marriage + a beautiful way to start off this new adventure together!

It may be one of those nights you would never remember, with the people you would never forget. Let me document your day, so when you look back, those photographs can remind you how much fun you had, and how much emotions was filled in the most creative and elegant ways.