Spent a long time (almost two months) researching for a maternity photographer who could capture this special moment in time for us. A few things I was looking for were: bright, natural-looking photos within a certain price range. Julia reached out quickly and with a comprehensive overview of how we could work together. We set a date and location, made a deposit, and showed up for the shoot. Super easy. Throughout the session, Julia made us feel comfortable (and less awkward) and made great recommendations for how to pose or stand. My husband mentioned how he could see the difference from the way she guided us through the poses. Also loved the time of day that was recommended (just as the sun was setting) because our photos came out so beautiful with the glow from the sun setting. We received previews within a week and finals a few weeks after. I was reluctant to go with prints but so glad we did because the quality really is noticeable compared to Costco or Walgreens. Can't thank Julia enough for making this a smooth and enjoyable experience. Get the prints; you won't regret it! read more

Julia is incredible. We hired her for our family photo shoot every year since 2017. I love how professional she is and how her photos have a very beautiful style (candid but she knows how to make sure the light and composition all work well together). We've done canvas prints some of the photos and they are like true pieces of art. I also trust her location suggestion - usually a different park where she already has scouted out the best places. I couldn't imagine hiring anyone else for my family to our photo shoots for us. read more

I called Julia again for an updated photo shoot. She remains lovely to work with, and the pics came out great. Julia brings a humble warmth, calm capability, and comfort throughout the whole process. She knows her craft and is skilled at capturing one's personality in a snapshot. She's definitely the photographer that I'll be going back to for professional photos again and again. read more

Amazing studio shots for the holidays! Julia was patient and easy to work with. Kids enjoyed the session and we are looking forward to coming back for our annual family photos soon. Thanks Julia! read more

Julia did a session for our baby girl's 1st birthday cake smash and a family shoot later that evening. We loved the photos and loved how professional she was! She sent us detailed instructions for the day of to make sure we were prepared for the shoot. We loved the photos so much that instead of getting a small subset of photos we ended up just getting all of the photos! read more

Julia did such an Amazing job on my photo shoot. The photos came out so beautiful. She sure knows how to put you in the right pose to make you look your best. I have to also add that she made me feel so comfortable and made it such an enjoyable experience. If I could give more stars, I definitely would. read more

We loved working with Julia! Our friends from Hawaii recommended her, and we're so happy they did. She was very accommodating and flexible when we were scheduling our session, in the midst of a pandemic. I appreciate that she had location recommendations in the area and knew the great spots for photos. As a result, we were able to use our time efficiently and had a good variety of scenery. Julia was easy to work with during the session, and she worked really well with our 4-year-old son. The resulting photos are some of the best that we've taken as a family. read more

We enjoyed working with Julia. She took amazing photos of my daughter. Even though we could not reach the location on time, she was very accommodating and super friendly. Julia managed to capture best images of our very active daughter in a short amount of time. She is kind and easy to work with. We will cherish these pictures for the rest of our lives. We look forward to working with Julia in the future and can't recommend her enough. Thank you very much Julia! read more

Julia is wonderful to work with. She photographed our wedding and newborn photo shoot. She is so sweet and patient (especially when not everyone in the group is participating... baby, husband, dog). She makes us all feel comfortable. She is responsive and professional in her communications and interactions. Julia captured amazing photos at our wedding which illustrated both the love and fun of the wedding but also the beauty of the venue. She was able to get sweet/sleepy newborn photos of our new baby in between feedings, crying, and fussiness. I highly recommend Julia and will continue to work with her for future photo opportunities. read more

Julia did an amazing job at capturing my little family. She was super patient with my eight, six and one year old during a hot summer afternoon thank you again for the beautiful images read more

I am so incredibly happy that we were referred to Sieber studios by a friend. We did a cake smash photo shoot for our daughter's first birthday, and we also did a family photo shoot. Julia is a brilliant artist and amazing professional. She was able to get the most amazing photos of our daughter which we will cherish for the rest of our lives. Best decision we ever made!!!! read more

This review is for a family session with my husband and our 9mo baby. Working with Julia was fun, relaxing and enjoyable. She was quick to respond when we first reached out, we got our session scheduled quickly, and the day of the photoshoot, she made it as fun and relaxing as possible when taking lots of pictures with a baby ;) She engaged with our daughter to get her to look at the camera and was patient when the baby needed a brief break. The product is wonderful, they are pictures that we will treasure for a lifetime. The cost is more than reasonable, especially for the treasure that you get at the end! We will definitely reach out to Julia again for our next family pictures! Thank you, Julia! read more

I hired Julia to take photos of my son for his 5th year birthday. She was an absolute pleasure to work with! My son was a bit difficult throughout the shoot, but she knew how to work with it. She's very calm, friendly, and patient, which is important to be for a child photographer. The photos were ready in a timely manner, much sooner than I expected. She was also able to complete some editing requests I had for some of the images. She communicates well in her emails, too. I will definitely be using her again for my future photography needs. read more

Found Julia through a social media ad for a Valentine's Day Mini session. She responded quickly and answered all of my questions. She was even able to get beautiful photos of my stubborn, camera shy two year old. Turn around for the gallery and final photos was quick and we couldn't be happier. read more

Julia is amazing and responsive through emails before and after the photos. I found her through yelp and scheduled a family outdoor portrait session at Vasona with her for an hour. I have 2 little boys and of course they can only cooperate so much before they get bored. Julia was patient and took her time with us. The photos came out amazing! We could not just choose 10 so we ended up purchasing more! Kids grow fast so I'm glad I have these photos to always remember this time. I would definitely recommend her to anyone! read more

Absolutely love her! We did some adorable Spring photos. She's patient, so kind, and her pictures turn out awesome!

I don't like reading long reviews so I will make this short and sweet: Julia is awesome because: She responds quickly She is flexible and works with you to schedule a date/time that works Her pricing is very reasonable She is very nice and calm, which is important when the model of the photo shoot is a baby Most importantly, she style and artistry is amazing. I think her work speaks for itself. I am super excited I found her to take photos of my baby and I can't wait to have her shoot again for his first birthday! read more

Getting married is such an expensive gig! And any photographer worth using is at least $3000 for a limited amount of time. Julia Sieber, the photographer and owner of Sieber Studio, is a GREAT photographer with great prices. She is such a high quality photographer...honestly she could charge more and I would stay pay it. A lot of photographers we talked to were cocky or didn't even bother responding. Julia is accessible and great to work with. She let us customize a wedding package. Working with her was so easy. She captured every happy moment while still being behind the scenes. She has a great eye and knows what looks good. I knew working with her, that I would be happy with our photos, but I didn't except the photos to be so perfect! She does great editing and had the pictures back to us by the two weeks she originally quoted us. If you are getting married, save yourself the stress and work with Sieber Studio. I am still amazed by the quality of work she provided us. read more

We used Julia for our daughter's 3month, 8 month and 12 month cake smash session. We were so pleased with Julia. She is so patient, efficient and a genuinely warm person. She was able to get some great shots in a short amount of time. She was great with our daughter. Her prices are reasonable and she delivers the photo gallery in a timely manner. We look forward to working with Julia in the years to come for our family photos. Update We have used Julia for our maternity photo shoot, our son's first year milestone photos and an extended family photo shoot. She has done studio and outdoor settings and the photos have been amazing! read more

We hired Julia to take our family photo (8 adults and 6 kids) after looking for a few weeks and reaching out to various other options. She got back to me right away after inquiring online and was very professional and accommodating. She was super friendly, very pleasant and nice and worked with us to take a ton of group family shots, individual family shots and candids. She brought her son to help her so it was nice to have a family feel. She got our photos to us within a few weeks and they were beautiful! She has a great eye and we loved working with her. Would definitely hire her again! 5 stars! Highly recommend! read more

I was fortunate to find Julia, I only wish I met her sooner. She captured moments of my daughter and me that were natural not forced or posed. I was extremely comfortable posing for her and she was great at grabbing my little girl's attention. I got so many beautiful photographs after only a half hour shoot! She scouts out seasonal locations for photo shoots so the scenery never gets old. The quality and attention to detail in her shots are really special and her prices are very affordable compared to other photographers in the area. My daughter has also had her portrait done in her studio in Los Gatos. The backdrops are unique in color and texture and are designed and created by Julia so you won't get the typical backdrop here. Julia brings artistry to family photography. I can't wait to have her part of all the milestones in my life. read more

Let me preface this post by saying the three things that were the most important to me were 1) my dress; 2) my cake; and 3) my photographer. We had cakelava for our cake (which was awesome) and Julia for our photographer. I loved, loved, loved Julia! I can't say enough good things about her. She's very sweet and she works extremely hard. Her assistant was also super nice. When we received our photos back from our wedding, I was super excited to open the links. I was not disappointed at all! She had many, many photos of my (now) husband getting ready with his groomsmen. We had a HUGE wedding party -- 26 of us. So, it was very hard to get pictures of every one of us (I accidentally missed an individual photo with one of my bridesmaids :( ) but this was in NO WAY Julia's fault, because we just had SO MANY people. Before the wedding: setting up the date was simple and working with Julia to set it up was a breeze. At the weddingt: Julia was professional and relaxed. She set me at ease. After the wedding: the photos were creative, fun, and sent in a timely manner (very important as I was so anxious!). The editing was great and I loved them all. read more

Julia is a terrific photographer! I found her on Facebook when I was looking for a holiday mini session for my 2.5 year old this Christmas. Julia accommodated my preferred date and time for the session and was a pleasure to work with. We showed up frazzled and she immediately gave us time to get settled, her studio was beautifully decorated for the shoot and she worked seamlessly with my son. Her photos were all terrific and captured my son's personality perfectly! She shot from lots of different angles and photographed countless expressions so I had a couple dozen unique pictures to choose from. I highly recommend her! Thank you Julia! I look forward to working with you again in the New Year! read more

We hired Julia to take out wedding photos in Carmel (beach wedding plus reception at Il Fornaio). She was WONDERFUL! I loved working with her and we are thrilled with the pictures she took. She's patient, warm, calm, professional, and has an amazing creative talent and skill. We also did a follow up photo shoot shortly after the wedding at Vasona Park and she did another amazing job. I also did a recent photo shoot with her for my two large doodles and that was so much fun! I recommend her wholeheartedly and without reservation for all your photography needs! read more

Julia from Sieber Studio has been taking photos of our daughter over the past several years. She gets great shots and is always fast to get the photos back to us. She is very patient and kind. We are so fortunate that we found a dependable photographer! read more

We've been working with Julia for 6 years now and her photographs always come out amazing. She is patient, great with the kids, and is easy to work with. I wouldn't go to anyone else! read more

After all is said and done for your wedding you have 2 things left....your memories and your photography/wedding video. We decided not to have a videographer for our wedding because we thought that if we got a really good photographer that captured all the great moments of our wedding we wouldnt need a video. People told us we would regret not having a videographer. Those people were wrong!! Julia and Will did such a good job with our wedding pictures that it felt like we were reliving the whole wedding again. The sunset they captured was absolutely amazing! A co-worker of mine who attended the wedding whi saw our pictures mentioned something really good. Se said Julia's pictures were beautiful but she didn't edit it too much where the pictures looked fake like some photographers. She knew how to use the natural lights of Hawaii's sun and allow it do it's thing! Also besides having a great product, Julia and Will were great to work with. They were very professional, arrived on time, and worked with our wedding timeline/schedule. We had a very tight timeline and it was important to stay on it. Having a photographer that was able to get the important shots and keeping on the schedule allowed us to get beautiful shots without having to spend the whole time taking pictures. We had plenty of time to spend with our guests. We have no regrets with choosing Sieber Photography as our wedding photographer and we highly recommend Julia and her team for any event where you need to capture important memories. read more

We set out to find a wedding photographer with a decent portfolio that was within our budget but soon realized that we were asking too much...and then we found Julia. Not only is her work amazing but her rates were very reasonable; her quote was noticably less than the 3-star competitor that we almost settled for. We thought that it couldn't be true and proceeded with caution but as soon as we sat down and met with her over a cup of coffee, she immediately made us feel very comfortable. No pushing of upgraded packages beyond what we initially requested, and she actually threw in some extras for us! She was very good at taking our ideas and making them reality and also filling in the blanks where we had no preference. Julia can easily handle both personality types: those that dictate every frame, or those that are more relaxed. She was able to keep composure in our stressful situations (we lack punctuality) and somehow managed to get amazing shots. In the end, Julia went above and beyond what was required and delivered the finest photo package that we have ever seen. We greatly appreciate her work and couldn't be happier... Thanks for everything Julia!!! read more

This review is for a family session with babies. Julia deftly captured pretty pictures of our toddlers. She made our squirmy twins look so angelic in the photos :) And this is the main reason I would like to give her 5 stars, because the final images had beautiful lighting, composition and vivid colors. I felt she truly conveyed our toddler girls sweetness in photographs. We did one family session with Julia and she will now be our go-to portrait photographer. She chose a nice location in Vasona Park, but she was also open to other ideas. She even scoped out a park I had in mind. It was very easy to get a hold of her and the prices are very reasonable. A friend recommended her, and I would freely encourage others to book with her for family portraits. read more

Julia took pictures of my 3-month-old daughter, we originally planned for the park but the weather was awful so moved the session to her studio. Julia is wonderful, she is super patient (even with the adults), she is great with small children and really cares about getting great pictures. The pictures came out great and I'm looking forward to booking another session with Julia for when my little one is a little bigger and hopefully when the weather is nicer :) Highy Recommend! read more

This review is long overdue as we have been working with Julia for almost 4 years now. Our son is 3 1/2 years old, and we took every holiday photo session with Julia, along with our son's newborn photos. We seem to find ourselves amazed every time we see our images, even though we know how wonderfully skilled she is. When our son was 2, it was extremely hard to keep him focused for a half hour photo session. But Julia came through and was able to capture beautiful pictures of us. For our recent family session, despite unforeseen weather changes, Julia was able to make an excellent suggestion about where to go. We were ultimately very happy with the outcome. Julia is very talented, sweet, understanding, and easy to work with. She is also creative and resourceful. We would definitely recommend Julia as your photographer! read more

Julia took our family holiday photos this year at Waimanalo Beach. I found her through a mutual friend who always raves about her work. The emotion she captured in our photos was amazing. The package I bought came with 20 downloadable images, but when I received back the proofs there were too many wonderful photos that I couldn't narrow it down to only 20. So I bought 10 more for a discounted fee. Julia was very responsive throughout the booking process, and at the photo shoot she was great with my two young daughters. She took her time and did not rush to get through our shoot, even though there were 7 of us. I would highly recommend using Julia to capture a moment in time that you will cherish forever. read more

Finding Julia was a great stroke of luck! My aunt saw her shooting an engagement session and arranged our meeting on a whim. Julia was flexible from the start, so calm and poised with every challenge we threw her way. She does such a great job of putting brides at ease that when I fell, spraining my ankle minutes after the ceremony, Julia didn't think twice about calming me while making sure to get great shots. This could have been a disaster, but our photos came out better than we could have ever hoped. Julia also went above and beyond by scoping out the sunset. She even whisked us away for a few quick moments, where we got some of the best pictures of the night without missing time with friends and family. Her assistant Rob was also great and our gallery was ready much earlier than anticipated. Sieber Studios provides s that perfect mix of high quality, professional photography services with an eye for great art and a very personal, human interaction. I recommend booking an appointment with Julia - you won't be disappointed! read more

I can' t say I was surprised the least bit to see that Sieber Studio has all 5 star reviews!!! I can only nod in agreement. These high ratings are well deserved! Everything about Julia is wonderful, from her kind and genuine personality to her breathtaking photography! She has tremendous talent to capture precious, endearing moments in a very natural way on camera. Julia took family photos of our family last fall and we fell in love not just with her but also her art - there really is no better way to describe her photography, it's artful. One must have real talent to produce such amazing photographs. We are not experienced photo models and feel a little awkward in front of the camera, yet the results were so satisfying, the images turned out so natural, seemingly effortless... she really captured us as a family, as if she just happened to be a part of our day; it was exactly what we were looking for. Last week Julia did a Valentine's Day photo shoot of my 13 months old energetic little girl who can't sit still for a second. I don't know how she did it with an ever moving model, but we got the cutest collection of photographs of our little princess and are again blown away by the beauty of her images. The quality of her work is top notch, but that's not all. Dealing with Julia has been so easy from the very beginning, from booking our appointment to finalizing our selection of images. She is prompt and responsive. Not only does she bring her talent to the table, she also understands to the tee what client satisfaction is, and how to make one feel a valued customer. I can say with certainty that we have found our family photographer and we couldn't be happier!! We are excited to have her capture more precious memories on camera as our little one grows..... Thank you Julia for the love and passion you put into your work! It truly shows in your photographs and is an invaluable quality to offer to your clients! You deserve every one of these stars and many, many more! read more

Julia is an amazing photographer. We've booked her for our maternity and newborn photo shooting. She is extremely professional and patient and made all of us feel comfortable all the time. She understood exactly how I wanted the pictures to look like and caught the perfect moment for us. read more

Julia was amazing! My son loved her and she made him laugh throughout the photo session. She made the photo session fun with her upbeat personality. Her photos are clean and captured my son's personality. We plan to use Julia again in the future. read more

If you are looking for someone who is not only amazing with kids but also is great to work with I would recommend Julia. She is incredibly patient with kids and her nature allows her to capture the essence of people she photographs. I LOVE the work she does on location and in her studio. Plus she is great a following up on email and provides detailed information on questions before I asked them. read more

Working with Julia for our family reunion photos was really easy. She created a great session and image package for our group that allowed all four families and grandparents to get enough images that it felt like everyone had their own private package along with nice large group photos. The photos were simple and classic, which is exactly what we were looking for. She was also able to capture some beautiful individual images of each grandkid. Turn around time on receiving photos was really quick for such a large group. If we are ever in the Bay Area for photos, we would absolutely go with Julia again! read more

This review is loooooooong overdue, but without a doubt well deserved. I was also happy to learn that she has relocated to the mainland - here in the bay area. Welcome! Julia photographed our engagement pictures as well as our wedding in Hawaii back in September 2012. As many have learned, trying to find the perfect photographer to capture one of the most important days of your life is quite a feat...finding the perfect one on an island where you don't know anyone or have any leads is a new ballgame in and of itself. Our research ended when we found Julia. Julia is such a sweet, easy going, yet hard working photographer who clearly enjoys her work. Her goal is to snap the best pictures possible, and she will try her very best to do so...even if that means dealing with a difficult wedding planner (sorry about that Julia!). She has quite an eye for snapping beautiful pictures, and doesn't make you pose in awkward positions that look forced. And due to her experience (and living in Hawaii at the time) she knew exactly which locations would look best for our engagement pictures as well as our wedding pictures. If we only had more time on our wedding day I could only imagine the countless memories she'd be able to capture for us. Our wedding day came and went in a flash, much of which was a blur. Thanks to Julia, we can relive it anytime whenever we go thru our wedding pictures. To anyone looking for a photographer, look no further and take our word for it -Julia will NOT disappoint. read more

I feel so fortunate to have Julia as our family photographer. When our son finally made it home after 3 long months in the pediatric cardiac ICU, we wanted to commemorate our first Christmas together as a complete family. Julia was so kind, compassionate, and patient, and came to our home to take our family photos since my son wasn't well enough to travel. She taught me that photos are "investments" and I never thought of it that way before, but she is completely right. The photos she took that first session sit front and center on my dresser to remind me of what I love the most - my children and my family. They make me smile every single morning. They were so beautiful and perfectly captured the moment. Over the past three years, I have called her again for my son's baptism and his first birthday, and each year for our annual family photos. Julia is just incredibly talented with an artistic eye -- and she can capture the best images of children in a split second. The photos are so amazing where my biggest problem is choosing my ten images, I want them all! Children grow up way too fast and I cannot thank Julia enough for helping me capture these precious memories. read more