Julie Paisley Photography

n of her was so high that, for awhile, I was doubting my own perception of my experience with her as our wedding photographer because there was such a disconnect between my image of Julie and the horrible reality I was living exchanging emails with her, feeling abused by her, trying to get decent images of my wedding. In fact, as a reality check, I began to share what I was experiencing with others and as I did that, I began to hear more stories about her behaving badly. When I realized that I was not alone, I knew I had to speak up. I hired Julie to photograph our wedding, even choosing our wedding date around her schedule, because I loved her so much. Leading up to the wedding there were some red flags. We planned a trip to Disneyland for her to take our engagement photos, which, full disclosure, she was adding to our package as a gift. She was going to incorporate the engagement photos as part of a different work trip. However, she didn’t take them because she scheduled more time in Hawaii. She told us to expect “something” in the mail, and we never received anything. When I expressed the desire to purchase the Julie Paisley Planner, she promised twice to send it but I never received it. However, even though I was disappointed, I pushed those things aside knowing how busy she was, and that they were gifts. The experience we had with her on the day of the wedding was incredibly bad. She was so rude that guests came up to me to ask what was wrong with the photographer. She tried to refuse to take a photo of my disabled grandfather where we were - she was insisting he had to walk down an unpaved path, and a hill, with his walker because that was where she wanted to take the photo. She only acquiesced when my sister stepped in.  All of that was unpleasant, but I could live with it if she had delivered images that are consistent with her brand and with what she represents she can do. Although she was present, she did not deliver any candids from the ceremony or cocktail hour reception. She did not deliver any guest reaction shots. She delivered 5 images total of my husband getting ready. I do not believe that the gallery I received was an accurate reflection of the event. Don’t get me wrong there are of course beautiful images, but they don’t overshadow what is lacking or the experience we had. When I raised these issues with her, I felt that she was rude and unkind. She blamed her second photographer and then me for the lack of images. After over a week of not hearing from her she must have realized how she was behaving in her emails, and she has now offered an album and to re-edit the gallery so it is consistent. She also reached out to the videographer and has promised to use their images to round out the gallery that she initially provided. However, she has not acknowledged her behavior or that she did a subpar job.  I hired her to document the event so that I would have memories preserved forever and the moments that are missing especially our family seeing us get married I can literally never get back. I’m sharing this with y’all, including her final offer, because I want people to know the truth of my experience, so that no one else has to have the experience my husband and I have had.

t posed or like I wasn't enjoying the moment! Not to mention the pictures are out of this world. Love!!

it! It is so effortless, light, airy, romantic, simplistic, and all in the details! Not only is her work amazing but she is incredible as a person. She is so sweet, lovely, and makes you feel at ease in front of the camera even if you're not a model! She coaches you on what to do and when the pictures come it looks amazing. I could not have been happier with my engagement or wedding photos! She captured every detail of decor that I didn't enjoy on my wedding day because I was so busy. And that was so great to look and see how awesome everything looked! I paid for her associates to come and shoot the wedding based off of budgeting and she even surprised us on our wedding day and shot it for us?! I highly recommend her and her team. Love her and her work so much!!

ceived and will cherish them forever!