VANCOUVER ISLAND ELOPEMENT PHOTOGRAPHER

your seasalt & evergreen adventure Elopement

Driftwoods Photography

Vancouver Island Elopement Photographer

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01/07
Vancouver Island Elopement Couple splashing in the water at San Josef Bay Beach on Vancouver Island
01/07

Driftwoods Photography

Vancouver Island Elopement Photographer

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02/07
A same-sex couple dancing on the beach in Tofino on their Vancouver Island Elopement taken by a Photographer
02/07

Driftwoods Photography

Vancouver Island Elopement Photographer

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03/07
Couple standing on top of mountain during a Helicopter Elopement taken by a Vancouver Island Elopement Photographer
03/07

Driftwoods Photography

VANCOUVER ISLAND ELOPEMENT PHOTOGRAPHER

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04/07
Couple sitting in front of waterfall with helicopter beside them during Vancouver Island Elopement.
04/07

Driftwoods Photography

Vancouver Island Elopement Photographer

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05/07
Vancouver Island Elopement couple sitting on the bow of a sailboat during a Sailboat Elopement
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Driftwoods Photography

Vancouver Island Elopement Photographer

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06/07
Bride and Groom hugging on the rocks by a sea cave on the beach in San Josef Bay during their Vancouver Island Elopement
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Driftwoods Photography

Vancouver Island Elopement Photographer

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07/07
Vancouver Island Beach Elopement in Sooke
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"Wouldn't it be great if there was someone who could take us to all the wild and rugged places on Vancouver Island to say our vows and then take epic photos of us?"

Umm, heck ya!! Let's do it!
Vancouver Island Elopement Couple walking on the beach with cedar trees along the shore

Let's Craft your Custom Vancouver Island Elopement

I know what you're thinking...You're planning to elope on Vancouver Island and you want those epic west coast experiences and photos you've been dreaming of. The ones that tell the story of you and your partner strolling along windswept shores, hiking amidst ferns and cedars or out on the open sea. Your Seasalt & Evergreen Moments.  I can help!  

Hello there, I'm Gina

YOUR VANCOUVER ISLAND ADVENTURE ELOPEMENT PHOTOGRAPHER

COME EXPLORE VANCOUVER ISLAND WITH ME!


Vancouver Island is BEAUTIFUL and I want to share it with YOU! As a local Vancouver Island photographer, I know the best spots, the hidden gems, the bling, bling of beach and forest locations for your elopement. I literally can't wait to take your picture in these beautiful places!


Consider me your personal elopement photographer with a pretty serious obsession with travel planning! I'll dive right in with the planning details and help you like only a local can. Whether it's your elopement or a vow renewal, I've got the perfect spot just for you!


Let me take you there!

Gina Woods photographer at Driftwoods Photography sitting on a sailboat. Vancouver Island Photographer

Let's TELL YOUR VANCOUVER ISLAND love STORY

Vancouver Island Elopement at San Josef Bay.  Couple walking along the surf at sunset

IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST A PHOTOSHOOT


You're getting married!! This is once in a lifetime sort of stuff! It's sandy wedding dress hems, salty windblown hair, bouquets tied to backpacks, laced up hiking boots and that crinkle-nosed-forehead-to-forehead moment when you say "I Do" to the one you love. It's just you and your person and this incredible moment set against the backdrop of Vancouver Island. No stress. No drama. Just you, the view and your vows.


Vancouver Island elopement couple standing in the surf and sand at San Josef Bay during beach elopement

These moments become your stories, those stories become legends. The ones that get told again and again when you sit around the table together years from now and say..."Remember when we said "Hell no!" to the norm, stayed true to ourselves and got married on that gorgeous beach on Vancouver Island?"


Let's get hyped about how beautiful this place is together and create a custom Vancouver Island elopement that is so incredibly YOU. I have a feeling you are going to LOVE it here!


what if your Vancouver Island Elopement was...

Vancouver Island Elopement Photographer.  Couple on mountain top during Heli-Elopement on Vancouver Island

On Mountain Peaks

Whether it's lacing up you boots with your bouquet strapped to your backpack or hopping on a helicopter to be whisked up to a snowcapped peak, say "I Do" on top of a mountain with alpine vistas stretching before you.

Vancouver Island Elopement Photographer

Amdist the rainforest & along Rugged Shores

Breathe in the evergreen soaked air as you hike along the fern lined rainforest trail. The carpet of moss is your wedding aisle that leads to the sea. Stand hand in hand along a misty, windswept shore as the waves roll in and soak your sandy hem.

Gulf Islands, BC.  Couple standing at bow of sailboat during Vancouver Island Elopement.

OUt on the Salish sea

The Sea is Calling. Seasalt air, windswept hair, crisp sails, sun-kissed island shores, and your hands together at the helm. A Sailboat Elopement package where every detail of your day is taken care of for you including saying your vows on the bow. 


Why Choose Vancouver Island to elope?

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Couple sitting on rocks on the beach at sunset with a glass of wine during Vancouver Island Elopement

Come explore a SeaSalt & Evergreen wilderness!

The air here is soaked in cedar and saltwater. Ferns and moss blanket forest floors filled with trees that peel, creeks and rivers that speak and mountains that keep watch over the ocean below.
This is a place where you can backpack in majestic wilderness, walk barefoot along curving sand beaches, climb to hidden waterfalls and gaze at snow capped peaks.

This is Vancouver Island.

A perfect place for nature lovers, and adventure seekers looking for a wild and rugged wedding experience.

Let's face it, You came here for the view

Let's plan an epic day to match the view

SESSION TYPES

Picture your most idyllic day on Vancouver Island... now let's make it your WEDDING DAY! The landscapes here are epic, so let's plan an epic day to match the view! As your Vancouver Island elopement photographer, I'm here to help bring your day to life and capture every moment.

Elopements

Custom Adventure Elopement Packages

Couples

Proposal & Vow Renewal Packages

Vancouver Island Elopement forest ceremony

What clients just like you are saying...

I’ll just start by saying if you’re looking for a photographer on Vancouver Island Gina should be your go-to! My husband and I just did a vow renewal with her for our 10-year anniversary, and it was an adventurer’s dream!

Throughout the booking process and leading up to our trip, Gina stayed in communication through email and video calls and made sure we had everything we needed!


Gina really showed her love for the island as we planned our trip! She explained all the logistics of getting to the northwest coast via logging roads and camping for our vow renewal. She planned our day according to sunrise and sunset, the tide schedule, and the activities we wanted to include. On top of all that, she gave us many recommendations for places to see, eat, hike, buy groceries, etc. which was over and above what we would have expected, but truly helped make not just our day with her incredible, but our entire trip.


PHOTOS: Dreamy, adventurous, romantic, fun, captivating, and most importantly US! Our entire day was focused on us just “being us” and we felt totally comfortable doing so. Gina provided guidance and ideas and then let us just be who we are and enjoy our day; she captured it all perfectly.


We received sneak peeks a couple of days after and were blown away, if those were the only photos we got from the day it would have been worth it. Then a few weeks later she sent our full gallery, and I cannot tell you how absolutely beautiful all of our photos are… there is not a single one I don’t love.


Our day was absolutely perfect with Gina’s help, guidance, adventurous heart and laidback attitude, and now we have the most stunning photos to remember it all for years to come. Thank you, Gina!!


kylie & Paul
Couple sitting on a moss covered rock in the rainforest during Vancouver Island Elopement.

What clients just like you are saying...

Booking Gina was the best thing I did when planning our elopement on Vancouver Island. Gina and I clicked instantly and I fell for her editing style and ability to capture sweet, little moments. Gina helped commemorate our marriage by providing us with options to pick a spot that best represented our vibe which was helpful since we had never been to the island before. Communication? Great. In person connection? Amazing. Ability to let loose and get comfortable in front of the camera? You bet! Working with Gina was so very special and the breathtaking photos just solidified our decision of eloping and hiring Gina as the best part. These will be memories I will think of fondly for many years to come. Thank you for everything, Gina. I would book you again and again


Brittany & Nick
Couple standing on mountain top during Heli-Elopement on Vancouver Island

What clients just like you are saying...

I contacted Gina last fall about photography for our spring elopement. Gina was amazing and even helped us find an officiant for our ceremony.

She was so great on the day of. The photos Gina took were breathtaking and she made us feel so comfortable throughout the day. Highly recommend booking Gina for elopements.


APRIL & LIAM


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Couple smiling at each other at a rugged beach off the coast of Tofino during Vancouver Island Elopement
OK, Gina....

But, what if I'm local?

Then you are my people! I love meeting fellow Vancouver Islanders with a passion for the outdoors. If you have a love for this Island and want to elope right here in your favourite place, then I am here for you. It's all about capturing your love for each other and your love for our Island home. Let's meet, neighbour!

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I gratefully recognize and acknowledge that I live, learn, work and play on the unceded, ancestral and traditional territories of the Coast Salish Peoples - Snuneymuxw, Snaw-Naw-As and Stz'uminus Nations.