the EXPERIENCE
From deeply personal portrait sessions to immersive brand stories and sacred retreat spaces, each session is built from the same foundation: presence, beauty, and the discipline of listening for what is already alive.
I follow the thread of what wants to come forward. The spirit of your work, the intelligence of the landscape, the story already moving through you. The result is editorial depth, emotional resonance, and a field you can feel.
Julie’s presence, creativity, and excitement for her work is palpable.”
— Deborah Hanekamp, Mama Medicine
Before any creative planning begins, we open with a deep listening session. I read the energetic field of what you carry as the patterns, symbols, environments, colors, and visual language that are connected to your essence and your body of work. This reading becomes the foundation of everything that follows.
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From the reading, I build a complete creative vision for your session such as specific locations, wardrobe concepts, color palettes, symbolic elements, and visual story arcs rooted entirely in what I gathered from my clairs. Together, we discover the meanings behind the messages that are personal to you and inform those deeper meanings into your photoshoot plan.
You receive a detailed creative brief before the shoot so that everything we build together is informed, intentional, and aligned.
Before your session, I establish the heart-led coherence field. Together, we'll begin with a grounding practice before the camera ever appears. This enhances the energetic field between us, allowing your body to soften, your presence to rise, and the images to carry something that cannot be manufactured through posing alone.
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Sessions typically take place across one full day or two half-days, depending on the scope of your session. We move through multiple locations, wardrobe changes, and visual stories with the land, the light, and your own emergent presence as our guides. I direct intuitively, which means you will never feel posed. You will feel met.
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Following the session, you receive a curated proofing gallery where you select the work that most clearly holds what you came to express. Final images are delivered at high resolution with personal and commercial licensing. Print rights are included.
+ PRE-SESSION ENERGETIC READING
+ FOLLOW-UP CALL TO EXPLORE THE THEMES REVEALED
+ CREATIVE PLANNING AND A CUSTOM ViSUAL BRIEF
+ HEART COHERENCE SESSION
+ IMMERSIVE, FULLY DIRECTED PHOTOSHOOT
+ SNEAK PEEK AND CURATED PROOF GALLERY
+ 100 PROFESSIONALLY RETOUCHED FINAL IMAGES
+HIGH-RESOLUTION FILES AND COMMERCIAL USAGE RIGHTS
+A RENEWED SENSE OF COHERENCE, HELD IN IMAGES YOU CAN RETURN TO
Hair and makeup coordination is available upon request. Travel is welcomed worldwide and is quoted separately.
Personal Sessions begin at $3333
Branding Sessions begin at $5800
This experience is designed for women who understand that what they carry deserves to be held with full attention, depth, and creative intelligence. It is not priced for volume. It is priced for what it is: a complete, immersive, deeply personalized creative collaboration.
A detailed investment overview is shared once we have connected and confirmed that this is a mutual fit.
If you would like to understand the investment before reaching out, please visit the Questions page for more context.
the heart of the work is
Destination sessions are welcomed and encouraged when the land itself is part of the story.
I am based in Charlottesville, Virginia and work across natural landscapes, retreat spaces, and private land. Forest, water, stone, open fields, coastline, meadows, the land is always chosen to reflect the interior world of the person being photographed.
Travel is available nationwide and internationally for immersive sessions and retreat photography.
For travel availability and current location offerings, inquire directly or visit the Questions page.
I believe the most powerful images begin before the camera comes out. Through deep listening, energy alignment, and intuitive direction, we create a field where your inner truth can take visible form. When the energy is clear, the images carry that clarity.
The light on your skin, the movement of your hands, the texture of fabric, the symbol that appears on the land, the way your body softens when you feel safe. These details are never random. They become the language of the image.
This work is reverent, intentional, and deeply human. It is also playful, creative, and alive with discovery. The best images arrive when there is room for presence, spirit, beauty, and a little sacred fun.