Victoria Grace Photography

Victoria Grace Photography Destination & Asheville area wedding photographer.
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As a wedding and family photographer my goal, always, is to provide images that one day you can show your family and friends with pride that don't just remind you of the moments captured but make you feel like you are reliving them all over again. My style is light, colorful, and joyful - the only thing dark and moody about me is my mood before coffee in the morning.

09/10/2026

I was sitting in science class with Nicky Bartlett - probably writing the initials of my crush on my hand in glitter gel pens when the teacher turned the TV on. We watched live as the second plane hit the second tower. We continued watching all day, in every class. One of my best friends was flying back from Vegas and we weren’t sure which day (Angela). Fear isn’t a strong enough word for how our friend group felt listening to the news explain the cross country flights were being used as weapons. We were so worried. Madison Middle School could have been empty, it was so quiet. The walk home the world was noticeably still. There was no music. No laughter. No background noise. There was only live news footage of people crying looking for loved ones. Of dust covered survivors being pulled from wreckage. The next time I walked home from school every house had an American Flag hanging. Every classroom. Every car window. Strangers hugged. We continued watching the news, I remember watching the estimated countdown for how long survivors could live without water. I remember watching that countdown and thinking it was how long we had left to hope.

A couple years later I opened an old shoebox of memories and found a camera I never developed. It was from my visit to NYC two years before this. & I found this photograph I snapped by sticking my arm through the barrier.

It hangs in my middle school classroom. Where I teach kids who weren’t alive when it fell, who are the same age I was as I watched it fall, and I remember. Every day.

Spent the afternoon on Labor Day with one of my favorite people that I ever met at Enka High School (and our little girl...
09/10/2026

Spent the afternoon on Labor Day with one of my favorite people that I ever met at Enka High School (and our little girls). We started at Barnes & Noble (all the littles left with new books) and then took them to look for cozy fall things. She is one of my favorite people to talk about life with - because we can talk about difficult things and fantastical things in the same conversation. Overcoming obstacles (personal or professional), whimsy-maxxing, girl-mom life, business goals, and everything in between. It made me think of one of my favorite times having her in front of my camera. We went mural hunting and found this gorgeous blue one (I can’t find the artist’s instagram, if you know it). & One of the places we ended up was Gus Cutty’s mural of Dolly Parton. Which was kismet - because Dolly Parton would have adored her. She’s her kind of people and an absolute vibe. She’s as hard-working and creative as she is lovely and full of grit, grace, and glitter. Like any proper southern gal should be.

A reminder that our local flower farms like The Never Ending Flower Farm create pockets of whimsy and peace ... and you ...
09/08/2026

A reminder that our local flower farms like The Never Ending Flower Farm create pockets of whimsy and peace ... and you can take them home.

I spent a while trying to narrow down photographs to celebrate and acknowledge Labor Day. I’ve taken photographs of teac...
09/07/2026

I spent a while trying to narrow down photographs to celebrate and acknowledge Labor Day. I’ve taken photographs of teachers, farmers, makers, service members, bankers, first responders, creators, entrepreneurs... The list of people who make things and solve problems with their hands and their hearts goes on and on. Laborers who take risks and work to make their communities better using skills they learned from their great-grandparents, from their favorite teachers, from the universities they attended, and from life lessons (often learned in the hardest of ways).

Happy Labor Day - to the ones who show up even when sleep-deprived. To the ones who earned every callous on their hands. To the ones who made something they are proud of, who created something from nothing. To the ones who don’t get to take the day off because there are no days off in their world. To the ones with sore backs and bad knees after decades of hard work. To the ones that hold small hands and shape their futures.

Living in Haywood County and teaching at Canton Middle makes it impossible not to recognize the impact on my community that the many kinds of volunteers and laborers who keep our town moving forward have had.

Through Helene or high water.

Through closures and disasters.

Working 9-5 or 24-7.

(photo from the week they announced the plant was closing)

08/28/2026

Teacher Vicki post to throw off Photographer Vicki’s aesthetic but … Today I gave a kid a “bacon” strip bandaid.

It looked just like 🥓.

& then other kids noticed. “Ms McFall I get paper cuts every day !” “Ms McFall I cut my finger every day!” “Ms McFall please I’ll probably get hurt later !”

& I had to say the following, out loud, and in a serious voice, “Seriously, please do NOT injure yourself just to ask me for a bacon bandaid.”

I hope they never find out I also have Pickle bandaids. 🥒

(The brand is out of bacon but do have pickles and other fun things - link in my bio)

Bioswiss® Bandages PLEASE update me when the bacon ones are back in stock.

There’s a little less sweetness in the south today, and there’ll be an extra sparkly star in the sky tonight. Dolly Part...
08/25/2026

There’s a little less sweetness in the south today, and there’ll be an extra sparkly star in the sky tonight.

Dolly Parton mural by Gus Cutty for Beauty Parade

Trent and Hannah got married yesterday at Farm at Bentley Fields surrounded by their friends, family, rolling fields, an...
08/17/2026

Trent and Hannah got married yesterday at Farm at Bentley Fields surrounded by their friends, family, rolling fields, and thunderstorms. The rain held off at all of the right times, and the thunder sounded like rounds of applause as they said their vows. It was a hot and humid day, but you’d never know it looking at the two of them. They were 100% focused on each other - the weather was a background character, for sure.

That blue Volkswagen beetle ? It’s part of her childhood - but if you’re in WNC it’s also available for rent for your photo shoots. It was perfect for her something old, borrowed, and blue 🩵 & it matched the florals by Stargazers Designs PERFECTLY.

Thank you both for trusting me with your day (technically, thank you for trusting her mama Darlene Brown Marler when it came to me).

Vendors:

Photography - Victoria Grace - Wedding & Portrait Photographer
Hair - Manning Lucas
Makeup - NC Makeup Artist
Video - Will Brank
Florals - Stargazers Designs
Venue - Farm at Bentley Fields
Catering - Amanda G Wilson

Happy anniversary to these two. Terrah Harmstad had one request for the day (outside of marrying her true love) and it w...
08/12/2026

Happy anniversary to these two. Terrah Harmstad had one request for the day (outside of marrying her true love) and it was to feel like a princess. In high school, I knew her as “the pretty blonde who loved the color pink,” before I knew her name or called her a friend. She’s always had a princess personality - and on their wedding day, in that pink dress, with the glowy light through the tees and twirling with her Frank Harmstad Jr. … she was ALL princess.

08/10/2026

Chelsea Esbrandt has worried about her tiny humans not cooperating for the camera every time we’ve done photos. As a mom, I get it. Because it NEVER fails the most serious the twins have ever been in their lives are during photo sessions. & every time, they are the giggliest and smiliest kiddos. This time all three showed off those cute smiles. & she’s got a gallery full of happy faces and what I hope are happy memories, too. These are just a small glimpse of some of my favorites from their session this summer.

I shared this session earlier today as a reel - but the thing that’s nice about static posts is they don’t rush by like ...
08/02/2026

I shared this session earlier today as a reel - but the thing that’s nice about static posts is they don’t rush by like moments in real life do. How reels keep moving like time does. I can’t stop time. As a mom A I wish I could. Her mom probably wishes she could pause it, too. Savor these moments for longer than they lasted. Which is why I’ve always loved photographs. When it’s static you can focus on the details. Her smile. The color of her eyes. The way her dress bow and the wind were paid actors. The movement of her dress when she twirls. The details in the architecture and the colors of the mountains. In a world where everything (and I mean everything) is frustratingly fleeting, and every minute races by - intentionally curating calmness and stillness is the most challenging, and most rewarding thing someone can do with their time. Today I’m using some of mine to try to do so.

Even if the algorithm prioritizes the fast dopamine boosts that come from reels that encourage us to move on to the next thing in .5 seconds. So, even though there’s a super cute reel from her session (the previews anyhow) I’m leaving these photographs here - and letting them be still. Because life isn’t. & so that the people who know and love her can linger, because as fast as life moves when you’re young it never moves faster than your senior year of high school.

I think most people my age would agree.

A fun bonus if you’ve read this far into the caption:

Memorable Quotes from this session:

“Pretend you’re holding the world’s tiniest purse.”
“Look over there like someone cute is walking by.”
“The other left.”
“Hold your purse.”
“Twirl like you’re 5 in a flowy dress.”
“Now run but don’t fall and now spin.”
“Try to pet that fish.”
“Pretend I’m soooo funny ha ha ha.”

Thank you again, Asheville & Highlands Wedding Photographer for sending her my way.

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