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Yaseli Olivera

Asheville + Destination Wedding Photographer for the adventure seekers who celebrate love, real love Based in Asheville, NC. Available to Travel Worldwide.

Asheville + Destination Wedding Photographer for the adventure seekers who celebrate love, real love.

08/30/2026

Makenna, in all her you-ness 🤍

Effortlessly herself, completely present, and absolutely stunning. The kind of beauty that happens when you’re not trying to be anyone but you.

And that lace Maggie Sottero dress? It couldn’t have felt more her. Found at Meadowbrooke Bridal right here in Weaverville, NC, and made for a day like this.

A few bridal frames I don’t think I’ll ever get over.

Venue Homewood Event Venue
Planning Carolina Love Events
H&M Asheville Makeup and Hair
Florals WNC Florista
Bridal Dress Meadowbrooke Bridal Asheville: Wedding Dress Shop
Suit Men's Wearhouse
Rings ConsMen's Wearhousers | NaConsider the Wldflwrs | Nashville Fine Jewelryals
Carolina DJ ProfessionalsueLuella's Bar-B-Que

08/28/2026

Some wedding days just feel like they were meant to happen. 🤍

From the very beginning, my connection with Makenna & Jeremy felt so genuine and effortless. So when they told me their wedding at Homewood would be on August 22nd, my birthday, it somehow just felt right. If I was going to spend my birthday photographing a wedding, I’m so glad it was theirs.

And their day was such a reminder that you really can have both.

You can have the whimsy and still keep things a little loose and editorial. You can let the day unfold naturally and still have fun posing when the moment calls for it. One doesn’t have to take away from the other.

Because your wedding photos don’t have to fit into one little box.

They can be romantic and playful. Intentional and completely unplanned. A little polished, a little messy, and very much yours.

A few sneak peeks from Makenna & Jeremy’s beautiful day at Homewood — and a pretty special way to spend my birthday 🤍

Makenna Clark-Hubbard Jeremy Hubbard
Venue Homewood Event Venue
Planning Carolina Love Events
H&M Asheville Makeup and Hair
Florals WNC Florista
Bridal Dress Meadowbrooke Bridal Asheville: Wedding Dress Shop
Suit Men's Wearhouse
Rings ConsMen's Wearhousers | NaConsider the Wldflwrs | Nashville Fine Jewelryals
Carolina DJ Professionalsue
Luella's Bar-B-Que

08/22/2026

36 🤍

I don’t think I have anything profound to say about getting another year older, except that life feels very full these days.

Full of little feet running through the house, homeschool mornings, cameras by the door, editing after bedtime, coffee that I’ve reheated more times than I can count, and a home that is almost never quiet.

Yesterday we celebrated a little early, all six of us together. Julio made me a homemade chocolate cake 🥰 and honestly, there isn’t much more I could ask for.

Somewhere in between all of the busy, I’m learning to notice my own life too.

The ordinary days. The beautiful ones. The messy ones. The ones I know I’ll miss someday.

36 feels pretty good. 🤍

And in very fitting fashion, I’m spending my actual birthday photographing a wedding today. Camera in hand, probably crying during someone else’s vows. 😂

Here’s to 36 🥂

08/20/2026

Your engagement session doesn’t need to be a performance.

You don’t need to show up knowing how to pose, where to put your hands, or how to somehow look effortlessly romantic for two hours. That part is my job 🤍

What I want from you is much simpler: come as yourselves, and ready to be present.

Tell me where you spend your weekends. What you do for fun. Where you had your first date. Whether you’d rather run barefoot through a field, wander around downtown, visit your favorite record store, grab a drink, hike somewhere beautiful, or do something completely different.

I’ll give you direction when you need it, but I also want to leave room for the unexpected—the laughing-too-hard photos, the quiet glances, the movement, the weird little things you do together that probably don’t mean much to anyone else.

Because your engagement photos should tell me something about the two of you.

Not just what you looked like before your wedding.

What your life together felt like in this chapter.

2027 & 2028 couples — tell me: if you could plan an engagement session that felt completely like you, what would we be doing?

08/18/2026

A little evening at Durrant Farms with the sweetest family 🧚

Whitney and Tom are two of those people who are just so warm and genuinely good. It was such a joy getting to spend this time with them and document this season of their family as they get ready to become a family of four.

We had a few hours of the most beautiful, quiet evening on the farm—reading together under the willow tree, wandering around, and finding all the little whimsical details that make their farm so special.

And then, just a few hours after our session, a storm came through. Thankfully, everyone was safe, but it definitely made me appreciate these photos even more. We had no idea what was coming!

If you haven’t been to Durrant Farms yet, their alpaca farm is truly one of the sweetest places. They host brunches, weddings, and all sorts of special gatherings—and honestly, it’s easy to see why people love being there.

Whitney & Tom, I’m so happy I got to document this little chapter for you. Your family is growing, and what a blessing that is 🤍

08/16/2026

I photographed this wedding while I was pregnant with Sofia 🥹

Looking through these images again brought me right back to that summer.

I was carrying my third baby, photographing weddings, growing our family, and somehow moving through this season without realizing how quickly it would all become a memory.

And that’s one of the things I love about photographs.

Sometimes you look at an image years later and remember so much more than what was happening in the frame.

You remember who you were.

What you were carrying.

What you were waiting for.

What life felt like.

A&M's beautiful wedding day at Brown Mountain Beach Resort will always hold a little piece of that season for me 💛

Big shout to Christian Reep | Wedding Photographer for being my right hand, especially when morning sickness was still happening 🙏

Venue | Brown Mountain Beach Resort
Dress | .new.by.drea
Florals | the.edgemont.garden
Rentals | Miss Match Rentals
Cake | Reid's Cafe
Catering | Reid's Cafe
DJ |

08/13/2026

There are a few movies I come back to every year.

Tree of Life.
About Time.
Pride & Prejudice.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

And then there are the ones I’ve watched once and somehow still carry with me—Atonement, Interstellar, La La Land.

Maybe it’s the way they make ordinary moments feel significant. The emotions. The landscapes. The story.

I think that’s probably why I’m drawn to photographing people the way I do.

I love the parts that feel a little like a movie—but more than that, I love the parts that could never have been scripted.

The in-between moments. The imperfect ones. The ones you almost miss.

These are a few of the films that have shaped the way I see.

What movie could you watch over and over again?

08/11/2026

A few frames from the roll 🎞️

The little things.
The people you love.
The moments happening.

Venue Haw River Ballroom
Planning Moriah - NC Wedding Planner
Florals Lisa Joyner✨Farmer Florist
Dress ALEXANDRA GRECCO Gilded Bridal
Rings quercus_raleigh
Suit Bunbury Custom Clothiers
Stationary Anna Howe
Cake Guglhupf Bakery + Restaurant
Music T. Warner Artists
H&M WINK team
Catering Sax Gen Store Catering
Rentals American Party Rentals

08/02/2026

Every photograph begins with a connection.

So before we ever meet on a wedding day, mountaintop, or family session, I thought I’d properly introduce myself.

I’m really glad you’re here. 🤍

07/21/2026

When we do engagement sessions, we not only get to connect.

We laugh. We play. We wander. We talk about life, your wedding plans, and everything in between. We simply get to be.

C & O’s session unfolded on one of those misty afternoons that felt like the woods were keeping their own little secret. The fog softened every corner, the quiet slowed us down, and instead of chasing perfect poses, we followed the moments that naturally found us.

That’s what I hope these sessions become—not just a chance to take beautiful photos before your wedding, but a memory of its own. A little pause in the middle of planning. An afternoon where you can hold hands, breathe, and remember what all of this is really about.

Years from now, I hope these photographs bring you back to how it felt: the cool mountain air, the laughter echoing through the trees, and the excitement of knowing your forever was just around the corner.

Western North Carolina has a way of making stories like this feel even more magical. ✨

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