Soul & Sky Weddings is a luxury destination elopement design + photography studio led by Kate Okenatez-Mahoney. Based in Atlanta, GA, serving Alaska and destinations worldwide, Soul & Sky specializes in immersive, multi-day elopement and intimate wedding experiences—built around Adventure Luxe: extraordinary stays, intentional experiences, and story-telling imagery.
Soul & Sky works with couples to plan and photograph intimate adventure weddings and elopements (2–20 guests) that are designed around place-led experiences instead of traditional venues, and, explore immersive celebrations in Alaska and destinations around the world.
The heart of Soul & Sky lives in the Philosophy of Immersion, supported by the passionate belief that weddings can be adventures, and that adventure can be deeply personal.
That passion has led to opportunities to share the vision of Adventure Luxe in spaces where couples are already beginning to ask: what could getting married look like for us?
The Soul & Sky Philosophy
Whether it’s a personal interview, a photo in a trend roundup, or an immersive feature of a real adventure with a couple—each of these moments is part of a larger goal: inspiring what’s possible when you say yes to something different.
Featured Stories & Conversations
"Why Married Women Don't Wear A Wedding Ring"
Featured Kate Okenatez-Mahoney in a national story exploring how couples are rethinking wedding rings, traditions, and what commitment looks like in modern marriages.
A personal and business conversation with Kate about building Soul & Sky, choosing travel to deepen connection, and why holding space n wedding planning is a life skill couples return to again and again.
A feature exploring Soul & Sky’s connection to public lands and how place, access, and storytelling shape the way Kate approaches intimate, experience-led elopements.
A personal interview with founder Kate Okenatez-Mahoney on building Soul & Sky, navigating creative work, and shaping a business around meaningful experiences instead of traditional paths.
Photo coverage and reporting by Kate Okenatez-Mahoney from the Adaptive Climbers Festival at Horse Pens 40, documenting an inclusive outdoor gathering centered on access, movement, and community.
A local perspective piece touching on Kate’s voice as a parent and community member during the Women’s March, reflecting how moments of collective action takes all of us.
Published Inspiration
Real elopements and editorial features that share what’s possible when couples let go of the expected, lean into the beauty of travel, and choose to celebrate with the luxury of time and adventure.
Boho Weddings
NORTH CAROLINA - S&I's boho-inspired editorial on horseback, centered on movement through place, mobile elopement styling, and an untraditional pace.
Destination I Do
ALASKA - R&A's multi-day elopement with dogsledding, kayaking, heli tours, and backcountry glamping.
ALASKA - J&V's multi-day vow renewal with heli-accessed glamping on a glacier, glacier trek, and land-side adventures.
JuneBug Weddings
ADventure Wed
IDAHO - B & N's multi-day elopement in the Sawtooths with mountains, UTV adventures, ghost mines, hotsprings and more.
OffBEAT WED
ALASKA - K&A multi-day editorial to show the variety of Alaska within reach of Anchorage. UTV, heli out into mountains, glaciers, high alpine and a hidden waterfall.
budget Savvy Bride
GEORGIA - J&B's multi-day vow renewal in the North Georgia mountains, with hiking, sunset magic, and hot air balloons!
Wandering Weddings
WEST VIRGINIA - U&J's multi-day elopement, with family experiences + personal adventures across New River Gorge National Park
Mountainside bride
CALIFORNIA - T&C's editorial adventure to show the beauty of hidden California. See Part 2 their multi-day exploration here, deep in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
mountainside Bride
CALIFORNIA - T&C's editorial adventure to show the beauty of hidden California. See Part 1 their multi-day exploration here, in Death Valley National Park
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Everything is possible...
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MEET KATE
Your Photographer & Designer
I design -then photograph- luxury destination elopements that are neither preceded nor replicated.
Search these natural backdrops online and you will not find dozens of other wedding photos in the same place.
The world contains too many interesting expanses to borrow someone else’s plan.
Simply decide what you want getting married to feel like and allow me to present you options. We’ll craft a bespoke itinerary and I’ll photograph you along the way.
