Real Weddings

River Bottoms Ranch, Midway  Nov. 5 THE COUPLE Nathan first saw his bride-to-be, Marla, boarding a flight to Hawaii for a mutual friend’s wedding. The only problem was that she was there with her boyfriend. Three years later, Nathan and Marla reconnected on a blind date. “It wasn’t long before we knew there was something new and real special happening between us,”...
La Caille, Salt Lake City  Oct. 22 THE COUPLE  April and Ben met while attending law school at Chapman Law in Orange, California, where April grew up. Now both lawyers, the pair tied the knot in a beautiful fall ceremony in Ben’s hometown of Salt Lake City. Prior to the big day, they were engaged for two years after Ben popped the...
Alta
St. Ambrose & Alta Lodge July 2022 Photos by Ashlee Brooke THE COUPLE This pair’s love story starts at Baylor University in the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic. Madison, a native Seattleite and a Ph.D. student in Genetics, and Tommy, a Chicagoan and software engineer, had their first date at Tommy’s apartment in April 2020, which he dubbed “Tommy’s Table” for the night....
Snowpine Lodge, Alta  August 13 THE COUPLE  When bride Ida was an undergraduate student at the University of Utah, her cousin recruited her to work in a lab, in order to help Ida get experience for dental school applications. After Ida joined the lab, she began noticing photos of another student in the PhD program and asked who he was. Her cousin...
Private Residence, Salt Lake City June 17 Planning and Design by Michelle Leo Events  Photography by Heather Nan THE COUPLE  Eliza and James’s first encounter occurred nearly a decade before their marriage, when they followed each other on social media. Eliza was a high school sophomore and James a senior upon their first connection, but until adulthood they remained virtual friends only. The two...
Winter Wonderland Wedding
St. Regis Deer Valley, Park City April 9  Planning and Design by Canvas Event Design Photography by Samantha Laffoon Photography
Jen and Dave's love story began in epic fashion: while jamming at a Deadmau5 concert in 2010. Over a decade later, they sealed the deal in an equally fantastic celebration, full of disco, bright color and great music. THE COUPLE After their first meet-cute, the couple remained friends and concert-going comrades for eight years before finally connecting romantically (coincidentally,...
Warner Trabert and Kate Van Wagoner June 3, 2023 THE COUPLE Entrepreneurs Kate and Warner first met in high school, where Warner was friends with Kate's older brother. After a few years of adult life away, the pair reconnected, dating for two years before getting engaged in late 2022. To pop the question, Warner waited until a birthday trip for Kate...
Snowpine Lodge, Alta  April 17  Planning & Design by Hoopes Events  Photography by Katie Edwards Photo  THE COUPLE Annie dove into the world of online dating after moving to Utah from Michigan, and after a few chats, she agreed to attend a party with a date. She never expected to find her soulmate that night, but after arriving, Annie’s original date introduced her to...
Montage Deer Valley, Park City Sept. 25 Planning & Design by Michelle Leo Events Photography by Jordan Bree Photography  THE COUPLE Courtney, a musical theatre major, met her sweetheart Damien, an electrical engineering student, while out on the town at Penn State University. Fast forward to the 2020s, and the two are all grown up: Damien works as a Solutions Architect at Google, and...