D and M marry in Patagonia on a blustery fall day.

D and M first matched up on a dating app, where they immediately connected over their shared love of traveling. After several days of butterflies-in-stomach messaging, they exchanged Spotify playlists and that’s when M realized he had to meet D– and as soon as possible. He cut short a visit with his parents and drove a long 8 hours back to Orange County for his first date with her. M, a meticulous planner, had imagined a perfect night at a popular Italian restaurant that infamously did not take reservations. When that plan unraveled (there were no tables at said establishment for the foreseeable future), M almost unraveled as well. But D– so understanding and so “go-with-the-flow”-- embraced Plan B quickly, and that’s when the spark really ignited. That adventurous, down-for-anything spirit captured M’s heart, and the two fell for each other very quickly.

D and M soon knew that they wanted to grow old and spend their lives together– but they also knew they were not going to go about it the ‘customary’ way. Instead, they booked an AirBnB on a cliffside overlooking the Pacific Ocean and went ring shopping together. They celebrated that weekend in rapturous seclusion– lounging on the coast, riding horses through the Redwoods, and stargazing at night by the warm glow of the firepit.

The idea of marrying in Patagonia appealed to both D and M’s adventurous sides. They wanted something totally different, off-the-beaten path, challenging, and memorable. Their big day started very early and very windy, which made for stunning photographs of D in her beautifully classic white wedding dress with a flowing train. M, too, looked handsome in his equally classic black tuxedo and bowtie. Against the backdrop of the towering Andes and imposing gray clouds, D and M radiated pure joy as they did their first look and recited private vows. D’s dress truly seemed to glow in the iridescent light that punctured through the cloud cover. By a marvelously milky blue lake, a rainbow arched overhead through the fog just moments before D and M’s ceremony. On a striking cliffside overlooking the waters, the two sweethearts soaked up the stunning views and luxuriated in their abundant joy.

Back at the hotel– the sun finally victorious in what seemed a day-long battle between wind and rain and cloud– the radiant newlyweds toasted champagne on horseback, before ambling off for a ride through the mountains. An epic end to an epic day, indeed.

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This Patagonia groom putting on his black bowtie, getting ready to for the first look with his beautiful bride.

In the early hours of the morning, this eloping bride stands at the end of her bed in the hotel room as she puts in her earrings before heading out to meet her groom. There is a perfectly placed white MRS makeup bag in the background.

The bride is outside walking to meet her groom, smiling brightly with her red lipstick and bright orange and yellow bouquet in-hand. The bows on top of each shoulder are stunning little details.

Shot from behind, the bride is just feet away from her awaiting groom who is facing the mountains in the background.

The groom turns around to get his first sight at his beaming bride. The jagged mountains of Torres del Paine are blue with white dusty snow on the top half.

The eloping couple hold each other while smiling widely and treasuring the moment as the wind picks up in Torres del Paine, Patagonia.

The nearlyweds walk hand-in-hand, the bride's train billowing in the wind and her bright bouquet pops boldly against the dark landscape.

Holding hands standing a foot apart, the excited couple smile cheerfully at each other at the end of a light blue lake by the snowy mountains.

The gloriously light green and blue glacial water rushing down a waterfall next to the jagged rocks in Patagonia.

In black and white, the wife laughs at her grooms light-hearted vows and he smiles and reads them to her before the towering mountains behind them.

A black and white image of the Patagonia bride reading from her vow book while her fiance sheds a single tear and listens patiently.

After their private vows, the eloping couple kiss "I do" during a moving moment in Torres del Paine.

Congratulations, D + M!

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