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For queer, neurodivergent, and BIPOC couples who are done asking for permission to be happy.

Michigan Elopement Photographer

Your love doesn’t need an audience, a timeline, or anyone else’s approval. It just needs a place worthy of it, and someone behind the camera who actually gets it. Whether you want to elope on a cliffside or exchange vows in a forest, your wedding day is your day to design completely. Whether you’re queer, neurodivergent, BIPOC, or just done with what weddings are supposed to look like, you’re in the right place.

When you elope, you can do anything

Eloping is all about putting your happiness first. Especially if you’ve spent years feeling like the wedding industry wasn’t built for you. It wasn’t. This is.

Whether you want to elope, host an intimate wedding at a greenhouse, or just have an after party with close friends and family, you can do it.

I’m ChloĆ©, a Michigan Elopement Photographer!

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Headshot of Chloe Ray, a Michigan Elopement Photographer, holding her camera while in a forest

If you’re like me, you just want to enjoy your life in a way that is true to you.

You don’t want to put on a big show that isn’t even meant for you.

You appreciate the nature that surrounds your body; it’s as if you’re just meant to be there. In fact, you love being in the outdoors so much, you want to elope.

I am a Michigan based photographer who absolutely loves outdoor elopements.

ā€œShe gave us Polaroids-to-go…!ā€

ChloƩ was professional and considerate throughout our session. My fiancƩ and I wanted new pictures for our anniversary and engagement. She helped guide us through the best clothing choices, poses, and topics of discussion to get us used to the camera. she gave us Polaroids-to-go! They were such a wonderful sneak peak. ChloƩ captured our love for each other in its most natural form. I am absolutely obsessed with these photos. I cannot keep myself from scrolling the album!

- E & L

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ā€œShe truly captured our happinessā€¦ā€

ChloƩ did a phenomenal job in every way. She picked beautiful locations for our photos to be taken. ChloƩ was very easy going and gentle to work with. Her photography is amazing. All of the photos look beautiful and we are so happy with them. She truly captured our happiness on our special day.

- D & H

A couple sit back to back on the Silver Lake Sand Dunes after their Michigan Elopement
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Your wedding day is meant for you and your sweet honey. A whole day to celebrate your intimate love for each other, and where better to do it than in the beauty of the outdoors itself.

Go ahead, continue to take the road less traveled, do it for you, you deserve it. Forget the daily stresses of the world and shed your worries as you step into fresh and healing air of the forest. Feel the sunshine on your skin and happiness flow throughout your body.

Let yourself daydream

At the start of your Michigan Elopement journey and looking for a map?

I’ve got you.

Ready to spend some quality time in nature with your loved one?

Already decided you want me?!

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