Allie Dearie Photography

  • LGBTQ+ Owned
  • Woman Owned

Hi there! I'm Allie, your intimate wedding & elopement expert + cheerleader. Photographing love stories is what makes my heart sing! I'm here to help you plan YOUR perfect wedding day. Let's include the details that make your relationship special - your dog or cat, where you had your first date, your favorite local coffeeshop, your love of kayaking or hiking or art museums, your favorite song - and craft the BEST day ever to celebrate the two of you and your love.

My home base is in Southern California, and we eloped in Yosemite ourselves, so I have a heart for all of our California mountains. I'm also available to travel wherever your next adventure leads! My style is warm, authentic, and candid. I'm also ordained, so if you want someone who can hike to the top of a mountain with you, photograph your ceremony, AND make it official - I'm your gal!

You and your sweetheart are preparing to celebrate an amazing moment - when you vow to share your lives together. Your relationship is one of a kind, full of sunrises and heartbeats, happy tears, road trips, stories that still make you laugh, and knowing a million little things about each other. Those details deserve to be captured, and I would be honored to be the photographer documenting those memories for you.

Some of my bucket list elopement destinations include Scotland, Japan, Aotearoa/New Zealand, the Dolomites, and Norway! Thinking about a destination elopement, but not sure where you'd like to go? Let's chat about your options! Proud to be a Leave No Trace advocate and an LGBTQ-friendly, Equally Wed Certified wedding photographer.

  • Wandering Since 2020
  • Allie Dearie Photography
  • Allie Dearie Photography

What Couples Are Saying

Read reviews from couples who’ve worked with this photographer and shared their elopement experience.

  • 5-stars

    I can't recommend Allie enough. She is affordable, adaptable as to the plan for your photos, easy to communicate with, an advocate for you, and such a kind individual.
    My wife and I first used Allie to get our engagement pictures done. We were so thrilled with her that we also used her services for our elopement in Yosemite. Allie was with us from 3 AM to 8 PM. To say that she kept us on our schedule and filled us with positive energy throughout the day is an understatement - she is one of the reasons why we remember our wedding day so fondly. Additionally, her knowledge of the natural park, it's wedding process, and when to be where by when to get great pictures is immense.
    Thank you Allie. Paige and I are grateful for you!

    Paige and Zack
    Yosemite National Park Elopement
  • 5-stars

    Allie is the definition of someone that is easy going and amazing to work with. She arrived very early in the morning for our ceremony in a remote area in Yosemite, hiked 9 miles with us during the day, and worked late into the evening to take sunset photos with us. Our friends and family all loved her and she was an absolute champion carrying heavy camera equipment all around Yosemite for 10+ hours.
    Once we got our photos we were blown away (I literally cried tears of joy at how amazing they were). The photos she took are absolutely stunning. Every single moment was captured so beautifully and authentically. Our dream and vision for our wedding photos was to let Yosemite's natural beauty shine, to capture our pure joy and excitement to be married, and to have photos we want to print and hang in our home. Needless to say, she fully delivered.

    Megan and Joey
    Yosemite National Park Elopement
  • 5-stars

    My wife and I were the lucky winners of an engagement shoot with Allie. At the time we had no idea that we would be working with the woman who would later go on to capture our CA elopement in the Redwoods and our big family reception back in Boston. In short, Allie is more than just an incredibly talented and professional photographer. She was able to anticipate so many of our needs and was there as an unexpected yet much needed wedding planner, liaison, consultant, and now friend. She more than delivered on all three of these monumental occasions in our lives in a timely manner that produced quality photos that far surpassed our highest expectations. I can't wait to work with Allie again and recommend her as a person, professional, and fantastic photographer. Thank you!!!

    Alli and Angela
    California Redwoods Elopement
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