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Happy Earth Day, friends! Here’s me in some of m Happy Earth Day, friends! Here’s me in some of my favorite places on Earth. Take a moment today to appreciate your surroundings and the fact that we’re here to witness their beauty. Take time to think of ways you can be mindful of our earth and help take care of her - whether it’s recycling that can, picking up that piece of trash, remembering to bring your reusable bag to the store, leaving a place better than you found it - it starts small. We can all do little things to make a big impact for her- Earth- and hopefully keep the places we love so beautiful! Today I want to share my favorite places and encourage you to take some time today to soak up Earths beauty. Take a walk, take 5 minutes to meditate outside, pick up trash on your street. Take today to appreciate this big blue ball we’re on. I’m grateful to be part of it, and that I get to continue photographing in the most wonderful places! 🌎🍃💚
Putting the finishing touches on this gallery — Putting the finishing touches on this gallery — aren’t Erin and Eli the absolute cutest?
3. SPENDING YOUR BUDGET ON WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
According to The Knot, the average cost of a wedding in the U.S. is $30,000. 🤯🤯🤯 That might seem huge, but that dwindles pretty quickly when you break down all the big items that traditional weddings typically include:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
A venue/food for 100s of guests ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Tables, chairs, decor, etc⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
DJ or band⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Cake + flowers⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Hair + makeup ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Planner / coordinator⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Photography / Videography⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Officiant⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Attire like dresses, suits, rings⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Invitations + Guest favors⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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It’s easy to feel like your wedding budget is being stretched incredibly thin when planning a large wedding -- it can feel like you’re spending a lot more on the “guest experience” part of the day, rather than what you really want. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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While elopements can cost less than a typical wedding day, It’s a myth that couples choose to elope only because it’s cheaper. It’s because they see the value in the experience over things, or want to do things differently.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Elopements can cost less than big weddings -- but the difference is *what* you’re spending money on. With elopements, it’s about quality over quantity:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Photography⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Travel costs⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Accommodations for you and your partner⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Attire like dresses, suits, rings⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Hair & makeup (optional!)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Officiant (optional!)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Flowers optional (optional!)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Even if your budget for both types of events were the same, the way you spend it would look very different. You can spend lots of money or save with both traditional wedding days and elopements, but in my experience, your money goes much further toward your dream day with an intimate wedding or elopement.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Bottom line: invest in what will make your day most meaningful to YOU. Invest in your experience and the things you want to do together! It'll be SO worth it.
2. TIME SPENT WITH YOUR PARTNER + FAMILY // PRIVAC 2. TIME SPENT WITH YOUR PARTNER + FAMILY // PRIVACY
Close your eyes for a moment, and imagine yourself on your wedding day: 
What would you do? Would you and your partner wake up, have breakfast together, then get married under the pines or your favorite brewery? Would you embark on an epic hike to say your vows surrounded by nature with nothing else around for miles but the most scenic view you’ve ever experienced? Would your closest family be there? Would you keep it low-key with a vow exchange followed by an intimate, romantic dinner? 
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The possibilities here are truly limitless and are open to all kinds of fun, meaningful activities. The intimate nature of elopements allows you to not only be able to be super flexible to do some of these amazing things, but also to have lots of privacy on your wedding day -- something valuable to a lot of couples out there who don’t feel drawn to a big, traditional wedding day, or don’t want to read their special vows to their partner in front of a huge room of people.
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Elopements aren’t about any guest experience. They’re entirely about you two. No cocktail hours, reception games, or bouquet tosses. A large part of a traditional wedding day could be spent chatting with each table instead of spending valuable time soaking in the day with your partner, or a small group of family or friends.
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📚Let's do some math ... If you had a wedding with 150 guests and spent about 2 minutes chatting with each of them…. That would take you 5 hours. Hours you could spend on an incredible experience with just you and your hunny, or spending valuable quality time with your pared-down guest list.
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An elopement, even an intimate wedding, simply allows you to maximize the amount of time you spend with your partner, exploring, exchanging vows, having a journey together, and creating an amazing experience, *together*.
1: DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY // WITH INTENTION⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
For many couples, many wedding traditions just don’t feel like “them”, even the tradition of a large wedding itself. Eloping looks so different these days - this is NOT running off to Vegas to get hitched (although a drive-thru wedding would be pretty cool to shoot!) -- elopements have become a way to create a meaningful and intentional day together. Lots of couples love the idea of doing something totally different together and planning a day that’s entirely about them. The rise in popularity of elopements has really given an outlet to couples who want to buck tradition and celebrate their relationship in a different way than what’s typical.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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A few other reasons you might consider an elopement:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
✨ You feel untied to tradition⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
✨ You value experiences over things⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
✨ You want to spend more quality time with your partner or your close friends and family⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
✨ You want to spend less (I’ll talk more about that on another post!)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
✨ You have strained family relationships⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
✨ You want to explore a new place or revisit a special place together for your wedding⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Elopements have changed a lot. Modern-day elopements aren’t seen as secretive events, but rather customized, one-of-a-kind experiences that allow couples to really do things their way, and to put intention and personality into their wedding day. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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When it comes to eloping vs a traditional wedding, a big difference is that elopements & smaller, intimate weddings truly empower couples to take back their wedding day and make their own rules. 
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*You* get to define what your wedding day will look like!