Monica Leavell Photo

  • Woman Owned

Monica Leavell Photo is a destination wedding photographer and adventure enthusiast based out of Asheville, NC. She is so stoked about collaborating with couples to create a candid and unique experience for their special day. Monica specializes in intimate weddings and elopements and would be honored to capture your unique and romantic occasion to cherish forever.

Monica's two great passions in life are travel and photography. She lives for magical moments on mountaintops and wistful weddings by waterfalls. As a travel aficionado, it is no surprise that she relishes the chance to cover destination weddings. She draws on her background as a nature and landscape photographer to frame epic backdrops for to-be-wed’s photographs. This visual artist combines breathtaking scenery and unique love stories to produce images that catch the moment in cinematic detail.

Monica Leavell Photo provides both elopement and wedding photography packages. Each package includes all your final images delivered to you in a personalized online gallery and photo timeline assistance for the best shots. Each booked couple is granted exclusive access to The Ultimate Intimate Wedding & Elopement Guide. Sporting over 90 pages of photo inspiration, ideas, tips and tricks, this guide has everything you need to help you plan the best day ever.

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What Couples Are Saying

Read reviews from couples who’ve worked with this photographer and shared their elopement experience.

  • 5-stars

    Monica perfectly captured the best day of our lives! She talked a lot with us leading up to our wedding about our vision for the day. The pictures we took are breathtaking. We are having an incredibly hard time choosing which ones to get prints of and hang in our home because we love ALL OF THEM! I can tell you that choosing a wedding photographer is challenging, and can be very costly. But one thing we will never regret is the money WELL-SPENT on Monica Leavell. We have tons of beautiful pictures that make us smile every single time we look at them. All of our most cherished moments are forever memorialized. Monica is excellent at her job and you'd be missing out on the best photographer in the business if you pass her up. If I could give her 10 stars, I would. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for everything you did!

    Ashley & Jared
  • 5-stars

    When my wife and I decided to “adventurelope” for our marriage, we were so excited to do something different and more personal than a traditional wedding. However, we were soon confronted with a plethora of questions— who do we talk to? Where do we go? What do we need to bring? What do we need to cover legally and officially to make this a reality? Where do we even get started? Why don’t we just go the traditional route instead of trying to figure this all out? While the questions kept pouring in, we found Monica. We immediately fell in love with her photography as well as the locations we saw in her work. We were skeptical at first, as online can be hit-or-miss. However, that skepticism was quickly turned into absolute trust and confidence in Monica after a short phone call where we all became very well acquainted. As we spoke with Monica, she went above and beyond our expectations, and even took on the role of a wedding planner as well. Monica not only found our dream location for both the ceremony and pictures afterwards, she guided us through every step of the process. From planning the entire experience, to finding an officiant, catering the event, and even finding us things to do and places to see during our elopement— Monica was right there, walking us through every step along the way. In the end, the pictures— and the experience— were even more breathtaking than we could have ever hoped for. Monica is an amazing person, not to mention an incredibly talented photographer and wedding planner! Whether you are looking to elope or have a traditional wedding— look no further than Monica Leavell!

    Tony & Emily
  • 5-stars

    Monica was beyond amazing! She met, exceed and went above and beyond everything we hoped for with our wedding photos. She was such a joy to spend the day with, made us feel completely at ease, and helped us “pose” for the camera. I look at the amazing photos she captured and I am in awe that she captured our spirit and love in such an incredible way. I would highly recommend Monica and I cannot wait to work with her again!

    Shelby & Stuart
  • 5-stars

    I am OBSESSED with every single photo. I can’t thank you enough for doing this for us, I am really so lucky that I found you. I just want you to know that you are worth every single penny spent and you captured everything and more. My life is complete that I got photos with horses on my wedding day!!! They are also my favorite because I felt like I was truly myself. It was nice to let my hair down and have some fun! We were exhausted by the end of the day, I don’t know how you do it. I will 100% be recommending you to anyone who is interested in eloping like we did. It was the best experience and you planned the day perfectly. Thank you x1,000,000!!!!!!!

    Emily & Brandon
  • 5-stars

    I am still looking through the photos and choosing my absolute favorites to print but I wanted to let you know how much I love them. They are absolutely stunning- I am amazed, truly! Thank you so so much for being a part of my special day and capturing it so wonderfully! I have loved going through these photos and the memories they captured.

    Camille & Jarrett
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