I’m Julia Wade, a wedding photographer based in Raleigh, North Carolina, working with couples across the Southeast and worldwide. I grew up in the American West, surrounded by rugged mountains and red rock, which gave me an early and lasting relationship with natural beauty. I was also raised as a musician, and when I first picked up a camera, it felt familiar - creative, technical, and deeply intuitive.

Weddings brought people into the frame, and that changed everything. What began as an artistic pursuit became relational at its core. I found my work in the space where connection, presence, and clarity meet - photographing weddings not as performances, but as lived experiences shaped by the people at their center.