A man has been taking stunning pictures of his wife in her wedding dress for 12 years, and they’ve had photo shoots in 50 countries so far

• For the past 12 years, Jeff Salvage has been taking photos of his wife Jennifer Salvage in her wedding dress all around the world.
• Jennifer intentionally picked a wedding dress that could fit into a backpack to allow the couple to travel.
• They’ve had photo shoots in 50 countries since they got married, with Jennifer posing in her dress everywhere they go.
• “It’s very easy for couples to grow apart,” Jeff told Insider. “This is one way we have a common bond and drive.”
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Jennifer and Jeff Salvage got married in 2008 on Easter Island.

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“We met online,” Jeff Salvage told Insider. “Jennifer’s mother wanted her to join a dating site, so she paid for a membership.”

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“A few days before the membership ran out, I reached out to her because, from her profile, it looked like we had a lot in common because she was an avid hiker,” he said.

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They’ve been together ever since.

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Jennifer intentionally picked a wedding dress that “could be stuffed in a backpack,” as the couple chose to have a destination wedding.

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The first dress Jennifer tried on was a stunning Maggie Sottero gown, which ended up being the one.

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Jeff said the dress “did indeed look great coming out of the backpack.”

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Jeff is a part-time photographer, so he took a lot of photos of Jennifer throughout the weekend.

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“On the way home, one of us said that it seemed like a waste to put the dress away,” Jeff told Insider.

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“We don’t remember who said it, but we decided to take the dress with us on the next trip we went on that summer,” he said.

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Jeff has been taking photos of Jennifer wearing her dress in places all over the world for more than 12 years.

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“This was before Instagram and social media,” Jeff said of the couple’s hobby. “What we started, we started for ourselves.”

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“In almost every case, people are enamored with our antics,” Jeff told Insider of the reactions to their photos.

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“When people hear that we’ve been doing it for almost 12 years, they think it’s romantic,” he added.

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The Salvages typically go on two trips per year.

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“We are both academics, so funds and time are limited,” Jeff said.

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“Every few years our spring breaks coincide and then we try to get away on a third trip,” he explained.

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One reason the Salvages like doing these photo shoots together is that it helps keep them close.

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“It’s very easy for couples to grow apart,” Jeff said. “This is one way we have a common bond and drive.”

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Jeff also added that it also allows them “to travel very differently from typical tourists.”

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“We tend to make friends with locals, and we often stay in touch for years afterward,” he said.

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“We even had the family whose Airbnb we stayed in Brazil come and stay with us in the USA,” Jeff told Insider.

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Jeff and Jennifer have hosted many people who have been kind to them during their travels.

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According to Jeff, the biggest challenge he and Jennifer face when traveling is safety.

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“It sounds like a cliché but getting hurt is not how we want to make the news,” he said.

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“You hear these travesties of couples taking unnecessary risks for a few extra likes on a photograph,” Jeff said. “That’s not us.”

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Jeff explained to Insider that they had an accident during one photo shoot in which Jennifer “got seriously hurt.”

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The Salvages have made safety even more of a priority since then.

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“There are other safety concerns when you do long photo shoots, which can include avoiding hypothermia or heat stroke,” Jeff said.

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Photo shoots involving animals are special to the couple.

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“It’s particularly sweet when the photo shoot includes animals because then the happy, natural wedding smile comes out,” he said.

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Jeff and Jennifer don’t have a lot of money for the project.

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But they “find creative ways to travel,” according to Jeff.

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He explained that most of their international flights are purchased using frequent flyer miles that they’ve earned from credit cards.

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“We work the credit cards better than The Points Guy,” Jeff joked.

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“We’ve also earned a few trips working for charity organizations,” he added.

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For example, the couple used to help lead treks for the Arthritis Society of Canada.

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“While we work on this project together, we try to find other passion projects to collaborate on,” Jeff said.

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Jeff and Jennifer published a large coffee table book of their original photos.

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“While I did the photography and layout work, Jennifer did all of the writing,” he said of the book.

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“Jennifer also penned a memoir about her transformation from a hiker to a ‘model’ wife,” Jeff added.

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Jeff helped Jennifer edit and publish the memoir.

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“This fall, we flipped roles and Jennifer helped coauthor a sequel to a novel I wrote 13 years ago,” Jeff told Insider.

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The book is called “Zojjed v2.0: The End of Civility.”

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Jeff said a zero-gravity experience made for the wildest photo shoot they’ve ever had.

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“To experience zero gravity was a thrill like no other,” Jeff said.

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Jeff also said he and Jennifer rarely use social media.

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“It was never about garnering likes and shares, as much as it was about sharing our love for travel with the world,” he told Insider of the project.

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The Salvages visited Bermuda in the fall of 2019, which marked their 50th country as a married couple.

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You can head to their website to see where there they travel to next.

You can visit the Salvage’s website here.

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