Iceland Elopement Photographer, Guide and Planner
Mait Jüriado

FULL-SERVICE PLANNING AND PHOTOGRAPHY FOR MULTI-DAY ADVENTURES, ELOPEMENTS AND PROPOSALS IN ICELAND

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What if your wedding day lasted three days?

No performing. No rushing. No wondering what's next.

Three days on the road instead of eight hours in a venue.

Vows on a mountainside in the east, a glacier lagoon at sunrise, a highland track where you won’t pass another car. Time to actually be there.

Everything is planned long before you land. Without the twenty browser tabs. 

The weather will do what it wants. That’s part of it — the plan moves, and the day you’ll remember is usually the one that wasn’t on paper.

Come to elope, to propose, to mark an anniversary, or just to spend a few days here worth remembering.

The occasion changes. What you get doesn't.

Iceland is for people who would rather drive further

It means choosing weather over guarantees,
distance over convenience,
and a place that will not be tamed for your convenience.

The couples who come here have usually stopped asking what a wedding is supposed to look like. Or an anniversary. Or a Tuesday.

From the first email to the last photograph, here's what happens.

Three stages. Some couples plan for a year, some for a week.
Here's how it goes.

01

Stage one

A conversation, not a pitch

A video call, thirty minutes or so. What you’re imagining, where you’ve travelled, what you’d hate. Sometimes it’s obvious within ten minutes that Iceland is right for you. Occasionally it’s obvious that it isn’t, and that’s a useful thing to find out early.

Bride in white gown standing on reflective icelandic lake with bouquet near cliffs under soft clouds.
Bride and groom exchanging rings by a lush mossy landscape with icelandic waterfall backdrop.
03

Stage Three

On the road, and home with it

One to five days. Glacier lagoons, ice caves, the highlands, black sand — and stretches where you won’t pass another car. The forecast decides the order of things, not the plan. There’s no bad weather here, only bad clothing.

On a three-day adventure, the third day is your insurance policy.

Then your images, and your film if you’ve chosen one. And the days themselves, which is the part most couples end up talking about years later.

Romantic couple embraces by towering iceland waterfall surrounded by lush greenery and rugged cliffs.
Romantic wedding couple embracing by misty waterfall with flowing veil and rugged rocks background.
02

Stage Two

Your days take shape

Route, locations and timings built around what you actually said. Where you sleep and where you eat. What’s worth doing on either side of the adventure. Ceremony spots chosen for the light and the season, with alternatives already in place for the day the weather has other ideas.

You approve it. You don’t build it.

Newlywed couple walking on iceland’s black sand beach, showcasing love and natural beauty.
Romantic couple embracing on icy iceland beach with crashing waves and overcast skies.
01

Stage one

A conversation, not a pitch

A video call, thirty minutes or so. What you’re imagining, where you’ve travelled, what you’d hate. Sometimes it’s obvious within ten minutes that Iceland is right for you. Occasionally it’s obvious that it isn’t, and that’s a useful thing to find out early.

02

Stage Two

Your days take shape

Route, locations and timings built around what you actually said. Where you sleep and where you eat. What’s worth doing on either side of the adventure. Ceremony spots chosen for the light and the season, with alternatives already in place for the day the weather has other ideas.

You approve it. You don’t build it.

03

Stage Three

On the road, and home with it

One to five days. Glacier lagoons, ice caves, the highlands, black sand — and stretches where you won’t pass another car. The forecast decides the order of things, not the plan. There’s no bad weather here, only bad clothing.

On a three-day adventure, the third day is your insurance policy.

Then your images, and your film if you’ve chosen one. And the days themselves, which is the part most couples end up talking about years later.

What others say?

“It was our first time to this picturesque country and having seen Mait’s previous work, our expectations were high. And boy did he deliver!”

—Jackie & Simon

“From the first email, up to the time we received the pictures, he was a consummate professional and took care to ensure all our requests were met. He’s nothing short of a creative genius and his pictures speak for themselves.”

—Tori & Brian

“Mait is an artist and beyond serving as an amazing guide through southern Iceland, he captured my trip and wedding in Iceland in such an epic and unrivaled way. Mait helped make our experience unforgettable and we have our amazing photos to remind us of this experience forever.”

—Andrea & Ravi

“We met and spoke with many different photographers over several months, until we found Mait’s work. His style, composition, editing and eye was exactly what we had been looking. His personality and openness with others is a wonderful addition to the beautiful photos and adventure he produces.”

—Sheri & Derek

“We were planning a family trip to Iceland. He was with us the entire day not once tiring and he always pushed to try new shots or new places. There is not routine for Mait.”

—Smit & Irene

“Mait was wonderful to work with – he was both our photographer, planner and our tour guide. We would never have gotten half the amazing incredible shots we got without his expertise, knowledge, and eye for great places to shoot.”

—Mallory & Scott

Tell me when you're thinking of coming.

Let’s make your Iceland story one you light up to tell