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Sapphire Point Overlook in Colorado Elopement Photo Story Award

Engagement photoshoots + wedding and elopement photography by Shea McGrath
Shea McGrath
Denver, Colorado

Are you searching for inexpensive Colorado elopement photography that will allow you to have your winter wedding documented in a way that is both thorough and honest? CO mountain elopement photographer Shea McGrath would love to hear from you if you are planning to host a simple event that might be a quick, forest, outdoor, remote, or another type of non-traditional marriage celebration. The following small wedding took place at Sapphire Point Overlook in the White River National Forest, but Shea is available for small events in or around all of Colorado. For more information about having this Colorado adventure candid photographer expertly document your elopement, contact Shea McGrath today.

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Point Overlook Elopement Image from Adventure Ceremony in the Winter Snow

Kristin and Phillip decided to have a small destination elopement in the Colorado mountains. She had always wanted a winter wedding, but they had never been to Colorado before!

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Bride kissing her son on the morning of the wedding at Beaver Run Resort in Breckenridge, CO

Bride kissing her son on the morning of the wedding.

They decided to bring their family with them to Breckenridge and have a small elopement outside in the snow.

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Family getting out of the shuttle at ceremony site at Sapphire Point Overlook Colorado

Family getting out of the shuttle at the ceremony site.

Sapphire Point by Lake Dillon was their ceremony location choice. It was so snowy and windy that there wasn’t a view of the mountains, but it was definitely the winter wedding that Kristin always dreamed of!

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Bride waiting to walk down the aisle with her son and father at Sapphire Point Overlook Colorado

Bride waiting to walk down the aisle with her son and father.

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Detail image from elopement. The couple exchanging rings at Sapphire Point Overlook

The couple exchanging rings.

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Both sons being a part of the ceremony at this Sapphire Point Overlook elopement wedding

Both sons being a part of the ceremony.

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Sapphire Point Overlook Elopement Photo - Their sons signing the marriage license as witnesses

Their sons signing the marriage license as witnesses.

Their families surrounded them as they said their vows, then we took a few pictures before it was too cold to be outside anymore!

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Sapphire Point Overlook Colorado | Portrait of the couple after the elopement ceremony in the winter snow

Portrait of the couple after the ceremony.

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Vertical Winter Portrait of the bride after the ceremony at Sapphire Point Overlook Colorado

Portrait of the bride after the ceremony.

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