edgy and elegant bridal portrait

Tulsa-Based Elopement Photographer

traveling all over to document your story
Located in Tulsa, OK -
Adventuring with you to the most beautiful places


Documenting moments you'll relive for a lifetime.


You’re not here for a ballroom and a timeline packed to the minute. You’re here because your love feels wild, adventurous, and worth crossing oceans for. You care more about wind in your hair than finding the perfect chair covers, more about vows that shake a little than perfectly posed photos, and more about celebrating in a way that’s true to you rather than pleasing the masses. I’m just the one lucky enough to document it. If you’re the kind of couple who would trade tradition for something that feels honest and unforgettable, you’re exactly where you’re meant to be.


Northern Ireland adventure destination elopement at Giant's Causeway portrait between cliffs
Northern Ireland adventure destination elopement at Giant's Causeway bride and groom on stones

I'm Samantha, but most people call me Sam.


I'm a Tulsa-based adventure elopement photographer and proud dog-mom. The little things in life are what put the biggest smile on my face, and I LIVE for a cup of coffee, a trip to basically anywhere, and a good love story.


For me, photography isn’t about a trend, it’s about landscapes that feel like they were made for love stories. Along the cliffs of Ireland, in the Highlands of Scotland, and along the rugged coastlines of the Pacific Northwest, to name my favorite examples. I’m drawn to the deep greens, the sea spray, the mountains that disappear into fog and the kind of weather that makes everything feel cinematic and untamed. Photographing couples in places like that feels honest to me. It's all so real, raw, and powerful. It’s where adventure and intimacy meet, and it’s exactly where your story deserves to be told.

"Photography is a way of feeling,

of touching, of loving.

What you have caught on film is captured forever…

It remembers little things,

long after you have forgotten everything."

Aaron Siskind

moody & real Photography with a sense of adventure
Adventure engagement photoshoot in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Elegant bridal portraits in Bixby, Oklahoma at First North Co. Studio


Moments that you will relive for a lifetime.

 

 

 

Bridal details from wedding in Bixby, Oklahoma at Dream Point Ranch wedding venue
Adventure wedding portrait in Sapulpa, Oklahoma at The View at Hillside Barn Venue

MOUNTAINS, OCEANS, FOREST MEADOWS. ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO TIE THE KNOT - I'LL BE THERE TO DOCUMENT IT ALL.

Elegant and edgy bridal portrait in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma at Willow Creek Mansion wedding venue
Unique vintage style family wedding portrait at Willow Creek Mansion venue in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Wedding dress details at the Mansion at Woodward Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Wedding couple portraits at 924 on Main wedding venue in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Elopement details in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma
Bridal portrait at the black barn at Spain Ranch Wedding Venue in Jenks, Oklahoma
01/16
Edgy bridal portrait for adventure elopement at Palo Duro Canyons in west Texas

2026

Travel Dates


July 25 - Aug 8

New england states


destinations so far

Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, California, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Arizona, Washington, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland,  and London.


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@samwheeler.co