To kick off wedding season 2025 we begin in southern Utah in the ethereal and gorgeous National Park town of Moab. Sandwiched in between Arches National Park, Dead Horse Point State Park and Canyonlands National Park, our wedding ceremony and reception took place at the gorgeous and infamous Red Earth Venue. Here our wedding couple had an intimate first look in the red rock with a private vow exchange that followed after.

This was a wonderful styled session put on by Ruscus & Rose and Utah Vintage Cars. They set up in front of 39 Exchange Place in Downtown Salt Lake City. The two grooms actually said “I do” a few weeks prior but opted to participate in this floral and automotive styled session dressed in their wedding suits & shoes. The grooms looked quite dapper in their matching dark green suits from HM Cole. Utah Vintage Cars supplied a beautiful pearlescent white 1966 Ford Mustang convertible for the newlyweds to set up in. Ruscus & Rose decorated the Mustang with a stunning array of red, white and light orange blooms that popped against the white classic car. Don’t the two grooms’ Tiffany & Co. wedding bands look fire on the hood of this vintage car??

This outdoor wedding day kicked off the first week of June with a clear and beautiful summer day. Located at the base area of Canyons at Park City Ski Resort, the Hyatt Centric Park City was a fantastic wedding venue. As a wedding photographer I especially enjoy when the ceremony, cocktail hour and reception areas are all within steps of each other.

This Deer Valley wedding was epic! This is your sign to book your wedding venue in beautiful Park City J

The bride and groom started the day by getting ready in downtown Park City. The groom got ready at an apartment just down the street from the luxurious Deer Valley Ski Resort, and the bride got ready at the Marriott Summit Watch not too far away from the Park City Mountain Resort ski bridge. We snapped some getting ready photos of the groom with his groomsmen, then headed over to the Marriott to capture the bride and her bridesmaids (and one bridesman) finishing getting ready. Then it was time to leave downtown Park City and head up to the venue - Deer Valley! The ceremony site was Cushing’s Cabin on top of the mountain, and the reception site was Empire Lodge, right next to the Montage. To get there, you take Marsac Avenue as if you are headed to Guardsmans Pass, and right after you pass the entrance to the Montage, there is a roundabout where Empire Lodge is located. From there, we were shuttled up to the ceremony site – Cushing’s Cabin at the top of the Ruby Express chairlift at Deer Valley Ski Resort. The bride and groom opted to do a first look and exchanged beautiful private vows outside of Cushing’s Cabin, with the mountains from Empire Pass in the background. Then guests began to arrive, and one of the coolest things about getting married at this particular site at Deer Valley was that guests got to actually ride the chairlift up to Cushing’s Cabin! We made sure to get epic shots of all the guests coming up the chairlift. Once everyone arrived, the ceremony began, and the backdrop was a wedding photographer’s dream, with a beautiful triangular arch with florals and chairs set up outside the cabin, with the mountains in the distance. After the ceremony, we secured the family formals photos just outside the ceremony site, and guests began to ride the chairlift from Cushing’s Cabin back down to Empire Lodge which is where the reception took place. We made sure to get some awesome photos of the bride and groom on the ski lift on the way back down J It was a really cool ride down with views the whole way of Empire Lodge, the mountains, and the Montage.