Photographs made to be handed down.
June Calloway learned this work in a darkroom — a high school job printing other people's weddings, one roll at a time. Heirloom opened in 2014 with a simple rule: the photographs have to outlast the day, and the day only happens once.
The studio sits in Asheville's River Arts District, above a frame shop. There is a print room, a wall of albums in linen and leather, and a kettle that is always on. Couples come twice — once to book, once to sit with the album spreads before they go to print.
We photograph about thirty weddings a year across the Blue Ridge, from Biltmore lawns to overlook elopements with four guests and a dog. Beyond North Carolina we travel. Ask about the mountain and island weddings; someone here always knows the light.
- Opened
- 2014
- Weddings a year
- About 30
- Albums
- Handbound
- Travel
- Anywhere with a road
“Your grandkids should be able to hold the day in their hands.”
The way we work
The intro call
Twenty minutes on a video call. We hear the plan for the day, tell you honestly what the light and the timeline will do to it, and quote a collection in writing.
The engagement session
Ninety minutes at golden hour, six to ten weeks out. It is the rehearsal: you learn how we direct, and the photographs go in the book.
The wedding day
Two photographers, ten hours, a timeline we help write. We work quietly, give direction only when it helps, and stay for the last dance.
The album
Galleries land within four weeks. Then we design the album together — you approve every spread before it goes to the bindery.
Around the studio
The print room, the album wall, and the work as it left the camera.
Check your date.
Tell us the date and the venue. If the day is open, we hold it for seven days while you decide. The hold costs nothing.