Frequently Asked Questions

The Legacy Project is for anyone who wants to honor and document a life — the wisdom, memories, and experiences that have shaped who someone is. It offers a way to beautifully capture the stories, presence, meaning, and truth of a life fully lived.

This experience can be created for yourself or for someone you love: a parent, grandparent, relative, or dear friend. It is for individuals and families who want to capture the life stories and wisdom of someone they love, and to create something that will be cherished for generations.

Not at all. The Legacy Project is for anyone, of any age, who feels called to reflect and share their story — at any stage of life.

our Tribute Session is specifically designed for those near the end of life, and is gifted free of charge to hospice clients. But Legacy, Anywhere, and Journey Sessions are for anyone ready to be seen, heard, and known.

Once you book your session with a signed contract and booking fee, we'll schedule two pre-interview calls — one with you, and one with your loved one — to start the experience. The timeline from pre-interview call to delivery of your Legacy Book is typically 6–8 weeks.

Rush service is available when needed for an additional fee.

Your loved one doesn't need notes, stories, or prepared ideas. Daphne will gently guide the conversation and help them remember, reflect, and share from the heart. All they need to do is show up as they are.

For Anywhere Session clients, you'll want to start gathering family photographs you love — but there's no rush. We'll walk you through that process together.

We hear this often, and it's almost never true once the conversation begins. We believe that everyone has many meaningful stories to share.

Daphne's process is specifically designed to help people discover the wisdom they already carry, even if they don't realize it yet.

We work closely with your loved one. We check in with them often during sessions and take breaks as needed. If preferable, we can conduct multiple shorter-length interviews. This experience is created with your loved one, and we will always do whatever we can to have them feel completely held and supported.

If you're within 30 miles of Asheville, NC and want Erica to photograph your loved one in person, the Legacy Session is your answer. If you're anywhere else in the world and want the Legacy Project experience remotely, the Anywhere Session was designed for you. If you'd like us to travel to your loved one wherever they are, the Journey Session is for you.

If your loved one is in hospice in the Asheville area, the Tribute Session is for you. A portion of every Legacy Project session fee goes toward making the Tribute Sessions free of charge for hospice clients.

Not sure? Book a free Discovery Call and we'll talk through what feels right.

The Anywhere Session is our remote offering, available anywhere in the world. Daphne interviews your loved one by phone with the same unhurried depth as an in-person session. You send us the family photographs you already treasure, and Erica edits, restores, and curates them with a photographer's eye. She then designs the photos alongside excerpts from the interview into a book with the same beauty and intention as every book she makes.

The result is a completely bespoke, handcrafted 10×10" 30-page Legacy Book, indistinguishable in care and quality from a local session.

The core experience — Daphne's guided interviews, Erica's handcrafted book design, the depth of storytelling — is the same in both. The differences are:

Legacy Session: In-person in the Asheville, NC area. Erica photographs your loved one throughout the conversation. You can submit up to 10 of your own family photos if you like. Up to 2 hours of in-person interview with Daphne, plus a pre-interview and an optional post-interview. $2,000.

Anywhere Session: Fully remote, available wherever you and your loved ones are in the world. Daphne interviews by phone over 2–3 sessions, up to 3 hours total. You provide up to 30 personal photographs for Erica to use in designing your book. $1,200.

Both sessions include one 10×10" 30-page Legacy Book.

We hear this often. Erica has decades of experience helping people feel at ease without posing or forcing. She is particularly skilled at making even the shyest person feel comfortable and relaxed during a photo session. Most clients tell us these are the first photos in which they truly recognize themselves: relaxed, real, and radiant.

For Anywhere Sessions, Erica works entirely with your personal photos which you already love, so your loved one won't be in front of a lens at all.

Send the photos you already love — up to 30 images. These can span any period of your loved one's life: childhood, family moments, travels, milestones, ordinary days. Select photos from your devices, your old family albums, or that box on a shelf we all have somewhere. Erica restores and optimizes every image for print.

We'll guide you through the selection and submission process once you book. You don't need to figure it out on your own.

The Journey Session is our bespoke travel offering — for families who want the full in-person Legacy Project experience but are located outside the Asheville area. We travel to your loved one, wherever they are in the world.

The Journey includes multiple interviews over one to three days, multiple portrait sessions in your loved one's home, detail photos of the places and things that matter to them, and a 10×10" 40-page Legacy Book. Pricing is a custom quote based on travel and scope.

We truly love to travel — don't hesitate to reach out.

Legacy Session: We come to your loved one — their home, or a place that feels comfortable and meaningful — within 30 miles of Asheville, NC.

Anywhere Session: Fully remote. Daphne interviews by phone from wherever your loved one is most comfortable. You send us your favorite photos. Available worldwide.

Journey Session: We travel to you — anywhere in the world.

Tribute Session: For those in hospice care, we come to your loved one's home or care facility, within 45 miles of Asheville, NC.

The Tribute Session is a simplified, deeply compassionate version of the Legacy Session, created for those in hospice care who have limited time or energy and who wish to be gently witnessed and remembered with love. It is offered completely free of charge.

It includes a gentle 30–90 minute in-person interview, candid photography throughout, and a custom-designed 8×8" 20-page Legacy Book with priority editing and delivery. Available within 45 miles of Asheville, NC.

A portion of every Legacy, Anywhere, and Journey Session fee makes the Tribute Sessions possible. If you have a loved one in hospice who you feel would benefit, please reach out.

Yes, additional Legacy Books are available as an add-on option. Books are available in three sizes and you are welcome to order copies for family members and friends. Details available upon request.

Yes, this is available as an additional storytelling enhancement option. If you'd like to include additional family members, we can gather short reflections, quotes, or memories to weave into your Legacy Book. For in-person sessions, we can also include loved ones in an additional brief portrait session. We'll guide everyone through it with warmth and ease. Details available upon request.

Yes, this is available as an additional storytelling enhancement option. If you'd like to include more meaningful photographs or documents from your loved one's life, we can integrate them thoughtfully into your Legacy Book. We'll guide you through choosing what to include, and handle the scanning and layout with care. Details available upon request.

Yes, downloadable digital image galleries are available as an additional storytelling enhancement option for in-person sessions that Erica photographs. Details available upon request.

Yes. Edited recordings of the words that didn't make it into the book are available as an add-on option. Details available upon request.