Meet Your Photographer

 
 

Hey friend!

I’m Andy.

After more than a decade following my passion of outdoor and adventure photography, I now share that experience with couples who are more comfortable romping in the forest with each other than entertaining loose acquaintances you barely know in a venue that costs too much.

A Few Quick Facts:

  1. I’m a dad of two adorable girls.

  2. My wife, our dog Pickle, and I lived on the road full-time from 2014-2019.

  3. I live in Asheville, but was born in Wisconsin.

  4. I love climbing! Getting outside and climbing on real rock is hands-down my favorite outdoor activity. It’s a major reason my wife and I moved to Asheville to begin with!

  5. I love a good oat-mashed, pillowy New England Style IPA. (Like what Burial produces weekly here in Asheville.)

  6. I really love/need a good cup of coffee first thing in the morning.

Self portrait of Asheville adventure elopement photographer, Andy Wickstrom, in front of a black wall.
 

What Adventure Elopement Photography Looks Like

MountainWed captures the real emotions, tells the story, and shares the beauty of the place you chose to be on your wedding day.

I want you to have an awesome wedding day that is 100% you. I want you to have fun, stay relaxed, and soak up every moment as you explore the mountains, waterfalls, and forests of North Carolina and beyond.

When I work with you, I bring years of outdoor adventure photography experience along with me. I’m here to creatively document you and your partner in a way that feels vibrant and fun. Sometimes this means taking a blurry photo. Sometimes it’s a photo with hard, direct flash. Or, it’s a black and white photo. Or it’s on film.

Let me celebrate you by documenting your love story with a sense of artistic passion and an experimental mindset.

 
 
 
Same sex couple kiss on their climbing elopement day in the mountains.
A groom pours his new wife some champagne at sunset in Linville Gorge, NC.
A bride changes into hiking boots at the trailhead in Linville Gorge, NC.

A Few Things About Me

  • I love climbing.

    I started climbing at age 15 and have enjoyed it every day since. It’s taken me to France, Spain, Canada and all around the US. The history, the culture, and the feelings of accomplishment it gives me I haven’t found any other place.

    Asheville elopement photographer Andy Wickstrom bouldering in Texas.

  • I like making sourdough bread.

    Homemade bread is game-changer. I started exploring sourdough bread while we were living with friends out in Tacoma, Washington while we waited for our house build to finish. It was 2019 and a bad experience with expensive, store-bought bread made we want to create something healthier, tastier, and cheaper than what I was paying for in restaurants and grocery stores.

  • Double-IPAs (DIPAs)

    I feel so lucky that we have such a strong beer scene here in Asheville. In particular, I love the options available for fresh, rotating, resinous beers like the fantastic stuff Burial Beer Co. puts out there. If you haven’t been, this is a must-see if you visit the area.

    A beautiful Double-IPA from Asheville's award-winning brewery Burial Beer, Co.

  • My background is in adventure photography.

    Before I found adventure elopement photography as a passion, I was focused on taking epic shots of adventurous humans doing what they love. I’ve had images featured in publications like Climbing Magazine and by outdoor brands in climbing and running like Black Diamond Equipment and Fleet Feet.

    A professional climber ascends a route at the Red River Gorge, KY.

Ready for adventure?

Booking 2024/2025

When I’m not shooting weddings and elopements…

Trail runner and his companion taking a wintery run just outside of Asheville. Bent Creek Experimental Forest.
Toyota 4Runner towing a shiny vintage Airstream a few miles outside of Zion National Park, Utah.
Professional rock climber, Michaela Kiersch on a famously difficult route in Ceuse, France.
Trail-runner Luke Paulson running up the rocky ridge at Black Balsam Knob, a spot with 360 degree views near Asheville.
One of the stunning views experienced at place called Terradets in Spain.
A wintery scene in Kentucky: a warmly lit fiberglass trailer at dusk with string lights lighting the dusting of snow on the ground around Christmas.
A helicopter view of a mountain lake outside the city of Squamish, British Columbia.
Professional climber Mason Earle on the onsight of Welcome to Ol Kentuck, a famously hard traditional climb in the North Red River Gorge, KY.
Climbers enjoying some wintery bouldering conditions in Bishop, CA - a beautiful location seated at the edge of the Eastern Sierras.
A solitary hiker with backpack and skis in Jackson, WY.
A high elevation view of a winding stream among yellows, reds, and orange grasses and bushes during a trip through Independence Pass, CO en route to Aspen.
A sunset vantage of the peaks of Zion National Park, Utah.
Big Sur, California. A large rock formation with a keyhole notch in the center of it where sunlight is streaming through at sunset.
Sunset lights some gorgeous cloud formations at White Sands National Park in New Mexico.
A small fiberglass trailer sits next to a larger, vintage Airstream high in the open desert of Bishop, California at sunrise.
A shiny vintage Airstream driving into the distant sunset in Zion National Park, Utah.
A climber belays their parter in the sunshine at a orange-colored limestone area in Spain.
On an overcast, cold, and snowy winter day, an outdoorsy looking man wearing a bright green coat smiles casually with his friend.
Jess Wickstrom smiles as she hikes with a stick and backpack full of climbing gear in a fall colored forest area of Maple Canyon, Utah.
A mountaineer stops to check the time as the sun moves overhead through a blue sky near a large snow field with rocky features.

Let’s get your adventure started!

If so, let’s connect!