We drive out past the last streetlight and set up somewhere the Milky Way is still visible. Vows happen at blue hour, dinner happens on a blanket, and then we wait. Around midnight the sky starts dropping streaks of light and nobody says anything for a while. This is the wedding people talk about for the rest of their lives, and it costs less than a ballroom.
What it could include
The shape of the day.
- Dark-sky location scouting matched to the peak of a real meteor shower
- Blue-hour ceremony and a late-night portrait session under the stars
- Astro-lit portraits (no flash-blasted faces, real starlight)
- Warm layers, blankets, chairs, lanterns and a thermos plan
- Moon-phase and cloud-cover forecasting, plus two backup nights held
- Full gallery with a night-sky story sequence
Everything above is a starting point, not a fixed package. Tess plans it and photographs it; you book the vendors she lines up, so you hold every contract.
The practical part
Where, when and roughly what.
- Ideal locationsSunrise Point at Mount Rainier, Table Mountain, Artist Point, the Palouse, Eastern Washington dark-sky sites
- Ideal datesMid-August for the Perseids, mid-December for the Geminids
- Guest countJust the two of you, or up to 12 night owls
- Approximate investmentStarting at $4,800
Approximate investment covers planning and photography. Vendors, permits and travel are quoted in writing before anything is signed.
Next step
Tell us this is the one.
The form takes two minutes and arrives with the concept name already attached. You will hear back within two business days with real dates, real numbers and the honest version of what it takes.
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