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Ines and Paul

Elopements

A ledge above the Kaaterskill

February 2026

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An elopement for two and an officiant, a short walk up through new snow, and coffee by the stove after.

A couple in winter coats kiss on a snowy rock ledge above a wide valley in the Catskills

The day

09:30 The walk up

11:00 Vows

11:40 Portraits

13:00 Coffee at the cabin

09:30 The walk up

Forty minutes up the trail in new snow, with the officiant and Sami behind them.

Ines and Paul walk up a snowy trail toward the ledge, she holds the hem of her dress above the snow

11:00 Vows

Read from their phones, because their hands were too cold for paper.

The couple read their vows on a snowy ledge with an officiant beside them, the valley belowTwo gold wedding rings held in a grey wool mitten in falling snow

11:40 Portraits

The snow got heavier, so we stayed.

A couple in winter coats kiss on a snowy rock ledge above a wide valley in the CatskillsThe bride laughs as the groom brushes snow off her coat on a rock ledge above a snowy valley

13:00 Coffee at the cabin

Wet boots by the stove and the first time they sat down all day.

The couple sit by a wood stove in a cabin holding mugs of coffee, snow outside the window

It snowed the whole time and nobody minded. We read our vows, laughed, and went to warm up.

Paul

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