A WNC-based documentary-style photographer capturing your meaningful moments.

Helen Joy provides wedding and elopement packages, in-home family sessions, first year packages, and fine art nature portraits in the Saluda, Hendersonville, Flat Rock, Asheville, and Charlotte, N.C. areas. 

The human experience is

complex and beautiful,

document what is meaningful.

Lets plan your documentary-style photography session:

  • Sample of documentary wedding photography with newlyweds dancing at their wedding reception in Asheville NC.

    Weddings and Elopements

    For the couple that wants to be present on their special day.

  • Sample of a family documentary photography session showing a closeup of several family members hands touching.

    Legacy Sessions

    What do you want to preserve?

  • A woman sits on a boulder in the forest during a documentary fine art nature portrait session.

    Nature Portraits

    For someone who wants to be seen.

  • A parents swaddles their baby during a newborn photography session.

    The First Year

    The journey to a baby is fleeting, precious, and transformational.

Kind Words

Kind Words

Contact me to book your session.

Documentary-style photographer Helen Joy, sits in a river and smiles durring a photography session in WNC.

To learn more details and plan your session:

Favorite image of myself working by Eliza Bell

I look forward to documenting your meaningful moments.

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