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Beachy Bridal Shoot in Todos Santos, Baja, Mexico

Beachy Bridal Shoot in Todos Santos, Baja, Mexico

Beachy bridal portraits at a secluded beach in Todos Santos, Baja Mexico. The perfect inspo for a beach wedding or elopement.

Best Places to Elope in Toronto: A Comprehensive Guide

Choosing to elope in Toronto is a beautifully intimate way to exchange vows. It offers a sense of intimacy, freeing you from expectations and allowing you to focus on the most important aspect of your special day: your love. Throughout the years of photographing intimate weddings and elopements all over Toronto and beyond, I’ve curated […]

Elopement vs Wedding – What’s The Difference

What’s the difference between eloping and having a wedding? Is one better than the other? Whether you’ve just started exploring the idea of an adventurous elopement and doing something different or have been throwing tradition to the wind you’re whole life and dreaming up the adventure of a lifetime with your love forever, you’ve probably […]

Intimate Woodland Wedding Trent Lakes, Ontario

Intimate Woodland Wedding Trent Lakes

Shannon and Sam’s intimate woodland wedding in Trent Lakes, Ontario was was so intentional and reflective of the relationship they had built, their love of nature and closest family and friends.

Couple embracing during their elopement ceremony, outside of their A-frame cabin in the forest in southern Ontario.

How to Include Family and Loved Ones in Your Elopement Day

Including Family and Loved Ones in Your Elopement When Eloping Just the Two of You Many couples dream of having a secluded, intimate elopement with just the two of them, the decision to forgo a traditional wedding is often driven by a desire for intimacy and a “just the two of us” experience. However, for […]

Elopement at a-frame cabin in Southern Ontario. Eloped couple exploring the forest after their vow exchange.

Cozy Cabin Elopement in Southern Ontario

Karina Goel is an experienced photographer and traveller, shooting elopements and intimate destination weddings for travellers, adventurers and free spirits.

Couple eloping at sunrise by the pool, overlooking the desert at Paradero in Todos Santos, Mexico.

What Does “Elope” Mean?

What Does It Mean to Elope Today? When you hear the word “elope,” what comes to mind? Maybe you imagine a couple running away in secret to get married, or perhaps you envision a hasty, low-key ceremony in a courthouse. If any of these come to mind, I totally understand, and at one time, that […]

Golden Hour Engagement Session Georgetown, Ontario. Couple running through fields at sunset.

Georgetown Golden Hour Engagement

Karina Goel is an experienced photographer and traveller, shooting elopements and destination weddings for travellers, and adventurous couples

In Home Anniversary Couples Session Toronto

Toronto in Home Anniversary Session

I spent this cozy Sunday morning photographing Sam & Sonia’s 1 year anniversary session in their Toronto home catching up, and drinking coffee together

Surprise Intimate Wedding in Toronto. First look at Cherry Beach.

Surprise Intimate Wedding in Toronto

Based in Toronto, and traveling worldwide, Karina Goel is an experienced photographer, shooting elopements and intimate weddings for adventurous couples.