About Swell & Stone

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Hi, I'm Kat! I run Swell & Stone, named such because those are the things I'm constantly chasing. I'm an adventure photographer with over a decade of experience shooting for brands like REI, Kelty, Outdoor Research, British Airways, and many more. From May-Oct I shoot in the New England states (RI, VT, NH, ME, MA, CT) and Upstate NY. During the colder months, I am available for travel, mostly to Puerto Rico or other warm surf destinations. Check out my adventure portfolio over at www.katcarneyphotography.com. I’m so excited to help bring your vision to life, and create the most beautiful wedding photos you can imagine.

My style focuses on telling the complete story of your day. So whether you are eloping with just the two of you or you decided to bring along 10 of your closest friends and family, I capture each moment, person, and experience as it happens. Everything that happens is part of the story of your epic adventure wedding, so if your car battery dies 2 hours deep into 4x4 roads (yes, that’s happened) or you sprain your ankle the night before your hiking elopement (also, happened) you’ll have photos of those memories that last a lifetime.


If you're the type of couple who takes the scenic byway, or who never saw yourself getting married in a traditional ceremony, or has always felt the most free with your hair blowing in the wind on a mountain top or beach, I'm the photographer for you! I want to bring those same amazing adventure experiences into your wedding photos.


I met my husband through adventure travel, and I am so excited to share the stories of similar couples. I consider everyone I meet in the wild a friend, and I hope to add you and your future spouse to the list of my close-knit adventure friends. Need a belay buddy in the desert, a surf friend on either coast, or a hiking partner in New England? After our session I hope you feel like you could ring me for adventure when we cross paths in the future.

 
 
 
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Hi I’m Kat!

I’m an adventure wedding and elopement photographer available in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Upstate NY, and Connecticut. I help you design your dream day. I photograph elopements (0-10 guests) and small outdoor weddings (11-30 guests).

Check out Swell & Stone on Instagram

Adventure Wedding Photographer | @SwellandStone

I love when nature surprises us with some sun rays. From a lovely day last year in Acadia National Park.
Every once in a while, an elopement goes so much better than even I could have ever imagined, and that is exactly what happened when @alexissaponte and Nick eloped in Vermont. Everything from their style choices to the weather could not have been bet
What if it rains on my wedding day? It’s a question I hear literally every single time I talk to a couple. And here’s the thing, sometimes it does rain on your wedding day. During N & N’s two day wedding weekend it sprinkled, dr
Winter weddings in the mountains are pretty special. T & T got married almost a year ago and they decided to do it their way. They sledded into their ceremony site with their families, said their vows under a big tree, later hiked to a frozen wat
I am more than a year behind posting at this point, but I was just thinking back to this perfect summer day. One of my favorite parts of KC and Ryan’s day was that KC‘s dad could not hold it together and it was the cutest thing I’ve
When Ari and Dave gave me a call and started planning their Block Island elopement they were clear on a few things- They wanted to be married at the end of it, and they wanted to explore Block Island. Sometimes that’s all the info you need to p