Preserving Family Legacies
fine art maternity & newborn photography in Charleston, South carolina
“A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people.”
A third generation photographer, I grew up in a home with beautiful, old black & white portraits lining our walls & filling our drawers. I think I've always loved faces, relationships & artistic storytelling because of it. After graduate school, I moved home, opened my portrait company and never looked back! I've been helping families to tell their love stories professionally for the last 15 years and for you, that means: reliable, consistent, quality work, every time!
how it started:
Hello! I'm Brittany Sisk, WNC native, artist, entrepreneur, adventurer, world traveler, music enthusiast & boy mama!
One of the most interesting facts about me is that I'm a third generation photographer!
I spent the first 15 years of my professional career working as a family photographer in Asheville where I had a portrait studio in Biltmore Village prior to Hurricane Helene.
I've had a long term love affair with Charleston & the low country of South Carolina, having spent all of my summers on it's beautiful coast! In 2024, I relocated to Charleston with my eight year old son, Noah in persuit of our Happily Ever after with my partner, Chris & his son, Sam!
In this season of life, spending time with my newly blended family, falling more in love with my partner and motherhood are the biggest parts of my identity. Without question, Noah Atlas will forever be "my why!"
– Annie Leibovitz
Finally! I waited so long for this man to show up! 😅 I grew up vacationing on the coast of SC and had been staying with my son on Folly every summer for the last 7 years! And then when I least expected it (I hate this cliche because people said to me for years, but it's true!), there he was... and he was everything that I had ever dreamed of in a partner for me and a role model for my son.
When I decided to follow my heart to Charleston, my plan was to maintain my business in Asheville (since it was already very well established), so I brought on an associate photographer to help with the volume in my absence and I planned to commute up to Asheville once or twice per month to shoot families in the mountains & fine art maternity & newborn portraits in my studio there. Hurricane Helene washed away my studio and my business overnight...
I had always planned to eventually portfolio build in Charleston and to open a second studio here but those plans were in future... The hurricane just significantly accelerated those plans & so, I opened Holy City Family Photography & Holy City Newborn Photography in the fall of 2024!
found my person
relocated to charleston & founded holy city family photogrpahy & holy city newborn photography
2023
2024
BECAME A MOTHER
Opened avl portrait co studios
2017
2022
Becoming a single mother was never in my grand life plan. But, God doesn't make mistakes and I honestly feel like my life started here... I had stepped into my destiny. This little boy is my whole entire world. Being his mama is everything to me. He is and always will be the best thing I've ever done and my life's greatest blessing.
Having a commercial storefront studio space of my own had been a dream of mine for years but it was never the right time. It wasn't the right time when I became surprise pregnant in 2017. And, it wasn't the right time when COVID hit just as I felt comfortable to do so in 2020. But 2022 was the year. I loved the studio so much, it's was my very own creative wonderland! It brought me so much joy! I am looking forward to having that again here in Charleston!
...........more exciting things to come!
Being an Artist, being an entrepreneur is not for the faint of heart! The industry is heavily saturated and it's a hard industry to make it in. Ever resilient and stubborn, I dug in and I simply refused to fail. I found a mentor, attended workshops & conferences, joined professional organizations, got a business coach and did everything I could learn about business and improve my craft. Fifteen years later, here I am, opening a second studio in Charleston!
STARTED MY BUSINESS IN ASHEVILLE, NC
2009
Most of my generation believed a traditional four year college path was the only way to achieve the American Dream. I went to ECU right out of high school, I had no idea what I wanted to become but I had been a US Congressional Page in high school so I majored in Political Science.
GRADUATED FROM ECU
2006
A third generation photographer, it feels like photography has just always been part of my life. I was always playing with old cameras as a child and when I was nine, I received my first camera.
RECEIVED MY FIRST CAMERA
1993
holy city babies
When I discovered that my liberal arts degree was basically worthless, I went on to grad school and majored in Public Policy. After that, I finally realized that I didn't want to do that at all....I wanted to be an artist and 15 years later, here I am!
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2
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Home Goods
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Old Fashioned
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Sushi
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Thrillers
binging:
Dahlia
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New York
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date night
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chip & judy
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melissa
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