Capturing Moments Not Poses
$2,400 starting price
Traveling worldwide. Based in Durham, NC
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Julia Sherman
OWNER
Julia Lillian Photography is a wedding photography business situated in Durham, NC. Owner and lead photographer Julia possesses an upbeat energy which allows her to encapsulate the love and emotion of every special event. Her open and friendly personality combines with her adventurous spirit enabling her to capture moments in an authentic light.
Julia feels complete when she is outside with a camera in her hands. She finds joy in photographing beautiful moments and she is honored to be able to call her passion her career. Her genuine and natural approach to documenting these moments is complimented by the authenticity of her clients’ happiness.
Julia Lillian Photography offers a myriad of wedding packages to suit multiple styles and budget requirements. Julia believes it is important to get to know her clients which is why most of her packages include an engagement photo session. She maintains an open line of communication throughout the entire planning process and is excited to work with you on your special day.
LGBTQ+-owned and Woman-owned Business
+1 year in business
Speaks English
1 team members
Prices & packages
Engagement And Adventure Sessions
$600 starting price
Engagement And Adventure Sessions
$600 starting price
Contact for hours
Contact for hours
- Perfect for engagements, anniversaries, or documenting a new adventure
- Perfect for engagements, anniversaries, or documenting a new adventure
- High Resolution Gallery of Images with print rights and unlimited sharing
- High Resolution Gallery of Images with print rights and unlimited sharing
Anywhere In North Carolina
$2,400 starting price
Anywhere In North Carolina
$2,400 starting price
Contact for hours
Contact for hours
- High Resolution Gallery of Images with print rights and unlimited sharing
- High Resolution Gallery of Images with print rights and unlimited sharing
- All The Planning and Assistance including custom location scouting and guides, vendor recommendations, personalized timeline, and planning tips
- All The Planning and Assistance including custom location scouting and guides, vendor recommendations, personalized timeline, and planning tips
Anywhere In The U.S.
$3,000 starting price
Anywhere In The U.S.
$3,000 starting price
Contact for hours
Contact for hours
- High Resolution Gallery of Images with print rights and unlimited sharing
- High Resolution Gallery of Images with print rights and unlimited sharing
- All The Planning and Assistance including custom location scouting and guides, vendor recommendations, personalized timeline, and planning tips
- All The Planning and Assistance including custom location scouting and guides, vendor recommendations, personalized timeline, and planning tips
International Packages
$3,600 starting price
International Packages
$3,600 starting price
Contact for hours
Contact for hours
- High Resolution Gallery of Images with print rights and unlimited sharing
- High Resolution Gallery of Images with print rights and unlimited sharing
- All The Planning and Assistance including custom location scouting and guides, vendor recommendations, personalized timeline, and planning tips
- All The Planning and Assistance including custom location scouting and guides, vendor recommendations, personalized timeline, and planning tips
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- Engagement And Adventure Sessions$600 starting priceEngagement And Adventure Sessions$600 starting priceContact for hoursContact for hours- Perfect for engagements, anniversaries, or documenting a new adventure- Perfect for engagements, anniversaries, or documenting a new adventure- High Resolution Gallery of Images with print rights and unlimited sharing- High Resolution Gallery of Images with print rights and unlimited sharing
- Anywhere In North Carolina$2,400 starting priceAnywhere In North Carolina$2,400 starting priceContact for hoursContact for hours- High Resolution Gallery of Images with print rights and unlimited sharing- High Resolution Gallery of Images with print rights and unlimited sharing- All The Planning and Assistance including custom location scouting and guides, vendor recommendations, personalized timeline, and planning tips- All The Planning and Assistance including custom location scouting and guides, vendor recommendations, personalized timeline, and planning tips
- Anywhere In The U.S.$3,000 starting priceAnywhere In The U.S.$3,000 starting priceContact for hoursContact for hours- High Resolution Gallery of Images with print rights and unlimited sharing- High Resolution Gallery of Images with print rights and unlimited sharing- All The Planning and Assistance including custom location scouting and guides, vendor recommendations, personalized timeline, and planning tips- All The Planning and Assistance including custom location scouting and guides, vendor recommendations, personalized timeline, and planning tips
- International Packages$3,600 starting priceInternational Packages$3,600 starting priceContact for hoursContact for hours- High Resolution Gallery of Images with print rights and unlimited sharing- High Resolution Gallery of Images with print rights and unlimited sharing- All The Planning and Assistance including custom location scouting and guides, vendor recommendations, personalized timeline, and planning tips- All The Planning and Assistance including custom location scouting and guides, vendor recommendations, personalized timeline, and planning tips
Starting prices may not include all fees a vendor may charge. Contact the photographer for customized services and quotes.
Details
Destination Weddings
Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
Bridal Portraits
Day After Session
Engagement
Photo & Video
Digital Files
Photo
Second Shooter Available
Photo & Video Styles
Documentary
Lifestyle
Wedding Activities
Getting Engaged
Rehearsals & Parties
After Party
Wedding
After Party
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Reviews
4.9
out of 5.010 reviews
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Reviewers highly praise photographer Julia for her exceptional talent in capturing beautiful and intimate moments during weddings. Julia's professionalism, organization, and ability to make couples feel comfortable and natural in front of the camera are repeatedly highlighted. Her photographs are described as special, authentic, and emotion-evoking, with praise for her attention to detail and ability to blend into the background to capture raw emotions. Julia's friendly demeanor and thoughtful gestures, such as providing essential items on the wedding day, were also appreciated, making her a highly recommended choice for wedding photography services.- Top reviews
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Kimberly G
5.0
6/10/2024
Stop looking and hire, Julia!
I originally found recommendations for her on Reddit! Since then we have hired her three different times for engagement photos, wedding photos and then my friend and I both hired her for boudoir. We have had the best experience everytime. Needless to say we are now very well acquainted with Julia and her incredible talent. She's kind, professional, encouraging and very easy to feel comfortable around. My husband is a photography enthusiast and was blown away by all of our photos. Truly her work speaks for itself. Our wedding wouldn't have been what it was without Julia. She helped us with our timeline, and even had great recommendations for other vendors. During our wedding reception Julia got so many wonderful photos and was incognito lol I knew she was there but she's very good at blending in. Like I said stop looking and hire her for your photography needs. Our family will continue to hire Julia.
Emily S
5.0
1/14/2024
Julia made our wedding day easy and professionally organized. Even living outside NC, Julia made the time to meet with us over zoom a few times to make sure she knew everything we needed and wanted. She was able to give us additional recommendations on vendors as she has been in the wedding industry a long time. Julia even assisted us on a timeline for our wedding day. Julia had a way of capturing all our beautiful and intimate moments throughout the wedding without me even realizing she was doing it. I look at our photos with happy tears at how she was able to capture such quick moments that held so much emotion. The photos are all well edited and easy to share/download with others. If you are looking for completely special photos that aren’t stiff and cookie-cutter, Julia is a totally perfect fit. She really takes the time to get to know a couple and understand what they wanted to see portrayed in their photos. She was incredibly easy to communicate with and made me, my husband, our parties, family, and guests all feel comfortable. I wish I could have another wedding just to hire her again!
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Adeline D
5.0
3/08/2023
Julia is incredibly talented and made everything feel just right. To be clear, my partner and I both feel wildly uncomfortable in front of a camera. However, Julia took ownership of the environment and seamlessly directed our anxious energy into graceful, natural poses. She met us exactly where we were to build our confidence, such that she could then successfully blend into the background to capture my partner and I sharing quiet, tender moments. The photos take me back to the emotions I was experiencing the very moment they were captured. Further - and I know it sounds cheesy - the pictures immediately make me swell with pride for the person that is my life partner. Such a stud!!
Zane E
5.0
11/26/2022
I cannot recommend Julia enough! If you are looking for a creative, down to earth, and personable artist to capture your special day please book her! Julia made us comfortable from the first meeting. My husband does not like having his photo taken, but she put his nerves at ease and captured some of the most beautiful and raw photos of us we have ever had.
The day of I woke up to a goofy yet empowering text from Julia expressing how excited she was to capture that day. She showed up to our getting ready spot and my nerves immediately went to ease. She just has a way with her clients that makes you feel as if everything that day is going to be ok. She came prepared with anything a bride could need: water, snacks, hair pins, and for my glasses wearing brides you will appreciate that she even had a cleaning cloth which was a life saver when combating my false eyelash smudges!
She led our very large family and wedding party super efficiently. And when I say large I mean large! My husband and I just were able to relax and chitchat in between photos. She gave us all of the shots we were hoping for and more. We have had so many photo watching parties just the two of us and every time we cry because her work put us back to the exact moment it was taken. She captures the raw emotion and immense love in her work.
We left our wedding perfectly at ease because of her and gained someone we hope to work with for the rest of our lives!
Laura C
5.0
8/11/2022
Julia was the best wedding photographer my husband and I could have hoped for! Upon meeting her for the initial consult, we felt immediately at ease. She was super organized throughout the process leading up to the day, and a god send on the wedding day. She kept us on task while also allowing us to have so much fun. She did a great job of guiding us into poses that felt natural and captured our personalities. We're in love with the photos and so happy to have a new friend as well. Thank you Julia!!
Greyson a
5.0
3/06/2022
Julia is an absolutely incredible photographer. She photographed our engagement shoot and wedding and we could not be happier with the finished products.
She has an extraordinary talent for not only taking beautiful, authentic photographs, but also for making you feel at ease while you're in the moment. We could not have asked for a better experience and highly recommend Julia to anyone looking for incredible photographs and an experienced guide to lead you through the process.
Amanda D
5.0
11/24/2021
Julia is a QUEEN! She was so supportive throughout the whole process, from the early stages of planning to the last few hours of our wedding day. She made us feel so comfortable in front of the camera and captured so many special moments. She has such an authentic approach that is so beautifully presented in her work. 11/10 highly recommend!
Danielle B
5.0
3/17/2021
We are so incredibly thankful we hired Julia to take pictures for our wedding! Julia was so communicative, putting a lot of stress of wedding planning at ease. She is super talented, capturing the moments of our wedding beautifully. She truly made getting your picture taken comfortable, easy and fun. I am in awe of the way she was able to capture moments and lighting. You will not regret using her to photograph your special day.
Danielle M
4.0
9/02/2020
Even in a pandemic, Julia delivered quality, fun beautiful pictures!
Julia is such a fun and sweet human to work with! For both our wedding and engagement photos, she made the awkwardness go away with her goofiness and laughs, encouraging us to just be us even though a camera was pointed at our every move. She was immensely helpful the day of the wedding, working with our officiant to keep things rolling on time. She also commited to coming check out the venue prior to the wedding, the rehearsal, and of course the wedding, so she was part of the entire planning process and knew exactly what was going on to capture all the moments.
My husband is not photogenic and not big into pictures, so to ease his anxiety she had a very short planned/succinct list of shots she wanted to capture with him and his friends so she knew exactly what to get done with them as quickly as possible as well as prepare them for what was coming, all to ease anxiety, which he appreciated.
Julia's personality really made having pictures taken fun and her enthusiasm made you really happy to have chosen her to capture your special day!
Tia N
5.0
8/21/2020
Julia is very friendly and helpful. She took photos of my fiance and I at the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan, IL during the pandemic. She was great about keeping her mask on at all times and keeping her distance while taking great photos.
Since we just did a photoshoot and not a wedding ceremony or reception, it was a great deal (financially), and she followed through on her offer (both timeline and results). We ended up with nicely edited photos, and even when we asked about unedited photos, she provided them to us!
I would definitely recommend her! If I hadn't already paid off my photographer for my non-refundable postponed wedding, I would have hired her again!
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