Julia Karpyshyn Photographer | Reviews

Julia was recommended to us by a friend, and after our first conversation with her, we immediately understood why. She was so warm, easy to talk to, and genuinely excited to hear about our vision for the wedding. From the beginning, she made everything feel comfortable and natural, and her work completely stood out to us. After our engagement session, we felt even more confident that we made the right choice. Julia has such a soft and artistic way of capturing moments without making anything feel overly posed. She pays attention to the little details and somehow makes every photo feel emotional and timeless.

We already know these are photos we will cherish forever, and we are so grateful to have found her.

— Julia & Mike

We had a small, intimate wedding ceremony near Taughannock Falls, and Julia was such a wonderful photographer to work with. She gave us helpful recommendations before the day, which made everything feel much easier and more relaxed.
During the ceremony, she was calm, kind, and easy to be around. She captured the beauty of the location, the natural moments, and all the emotions without making anything feel forced.
Our photos feel warm, real, and beautiful. We are so happy we had Julia there to capture such a special day for us.

When planning our wedding, photography honestly was not at the top of our priority list. I now realize that was a huge mistake. Only after the wedding did it hit me that photos are not just important, they are everything. They are the record of a day that goes by in an instant, a flash in time. Choosing the right photographer should have been one of our top decisions. A month later, so much of the day already feels like a blur. Then Julia delivered our gallery, this massive and breathtaking album, and suddenly I was transported right back into every moment. Her photos did not just document the day, they revived it. They pulled forward memories I had already forgotten and revealed beautiful little interactions among our guests that I never even knew happened. Each image was a story, a feeling, a spark. Together they created the most vivid and animated portrait of our wedding day. I am endlessly and truly grateful to have these forever. Julia is not just a photographer. She is an artist in the purest sense of the word. She is passion made tangible. You can feel how much she loves what she does. She was genuinely excited to be there, lighting up at each moment as if it were magic unfolding right in front of her lens. She captured every detail I requested, every small thing that mattered to me, and so many things I had not even thought to ask for but am now unbelievably thankful she caught. Her edits and her instinct for emotion are remarkable. Every photo radiates the exact feeling of the moment it came from. She knows how to pose people in a way that reveals their real beauty and their real joy. We had incredible vendors, but Julia was without question the best value and the greatest gift we booked for our wedding. She went above and beyond in every imaginable way. She was professional, communicative, thoughtful and completely devoted to her craft. She did not just deliver. She over delivered, and we were overwhelmed with emotion when we saw her work. I believe she is too talented, too passionate and too exceptional at what she does to ever be overlooked or underestimated. If you are hesitating on booking her, stop. Look no further. She is the photographer you want beside you on your wedding day, and she will care for your memories as if they were her own!

Julia is honestly AMAZING to work with! She’s super quick to respond and always happy to answer any questions, which made everything feel so easy and stress-free.

Not only does she take the most beautiful photos, but she was also incredibly helpful when it came to planning our shoot and figuring out the flow of the day. Having her guidance made SUCH a difference.

Her work is sooo beautiful, we’re seriously obsessed with our photos!! And she gets them back pretty fast too, which we really appreciated. She even sends little sneak peeks, which made us even more excited to see the full gallery.

We’re SO happy we chose Julia and would 1000% recommend her to anyone!

Julia photographed our wedding in Skaneateles at the beginning of July last year, and we honestly couldn’t be happier. She was calm, kind, and just so easy to trust, which meant a lot on such a busy and emotional day. She noticed the things that mattered to us, but also captured little moments we didn’t even realize were happening. Nothing felt forced or overly posed, just honest and beautiful. We would really recommend Julia to anyone who loves natural, timeless photos that feel honest, atmospheric, and deeply personal. These are the kind of photos we know we’ll keep coming back to for years. We’re so, so grateful Julia captured our day in a way that still makes us feel it all over again!

Julia is truly the BEST photographer out there and she makes everyone look SO GOOD!!
We booked her for both our engagement session and our wedding because we loved her so much! She is so skillful at finding beautiful angles and working with natural lighting, and she was great at directing us with suggested poses that didn’t look forced or unnatural.

She was also really easy to work with: we met up beforehand to communicate our vision and discuss the kinds of photographs that we wanted for the engagement session and we did that again for our wedding. On our wedding day Julia brought her husband Leo who is also a photographer to assist her and they came early in the morning to begin taking scenery photos, details, and other things while the rest of us got ready. She was there with us throughout the entire day all the way til the end of the evening and she went out with us to take some sunset photos in the middle of the reception, which turned out so beautifully! Finally, Julia was super prompt at sending us the final photographs, which I know she worked hard on because there were A LOT!

We can tell that Julia truly enjoys what she does and really wants to get the best photos possible so she always goes above and beyond. I think the phenomenal photos that we’re sharing here can speak for themselves. She was such a joy to work with and we can’t wait to find some other excuse to hire her again!!

Julia was a joy to work with! She showed up early, stayed late and had great ideas on how to make our special day even more special. Not only does she have an eye for detail, but she makes you feel like the most beautiful person on the planet for the day. She took so many great pictures. Julia’s attention to detail and willingness to help made our day a great success! She kept a great timetable and everyone she came in contact with kept telling Anthoni and I "how great our photographer was". I highly recommend her to others."