August 23, 2023

Some love stories are built slowly—season by season, year by year, in places that always feel like home.

Maggie and Patrick met 15 years ago on the same lake their families returned to every summer. What started as friendship grew into something more, eventually leading them here.

After changing their original wedding plans, they chose to elope in Glacier National Park—drawn to something more intentional and experience-driven, with their families there to be part of it.

The only problem? I was already booked on their wedding day!

So instead, we met up for a Day After Session!

And honestly… it might be one of my favorite ways to do it.

No timeline. No pressure. Just the two of them, back in the mountains, soaking it all in.

Proof that your Glacier experience doesn’t have to fit into just one day—it can be something you get to live twice!

Wedding Vendor Team

• Photographer: @mariannewiestphoto
• Dress: @allurebridal
• Flowers: @mumsflowersmt
• Hair & Makeup: @bb.beauty.stylist, @joykushner
• Cake: @misspatticakes1976
• Caterer: @thechefguys
• Suit: @calvinklein

View the full wedding gallery here:
👉 https://mariannewiestphoto.passgallery.com/-maggieandpay/gallery

Here’s a list of my favorite Glacier Park elopement vendors https://mariannewiest.com/2022/01/10/glacier-park-preferred-vendors/

If you’re planning a wedding in Montana, Glacier National Park, or the Flathead Valley and are looking for timeless, emotional, and natural wedding photography, I would love to connect.

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