WPPI 2020

Julia Kelleher
Photographer/Educator
Jewel Images


Nikon Ambassador Julia Kelleher is a world renowned family portrait photographer who recently changed gears and entered the equestrian world. Closing the doors to her retail studio space in 2022, she now works on location while she builds her dream studio on her 10-acre property in Bend OR. Traveling the west Coast to photograph top equine and Olympic athletes, she has grown her equine portrait line into an almost half million dollar business in just one year. Her work has been featured in multiple publications including Professional Photographer, Rangefinder, Digital Photographer, ISO 1200, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Marathon Press, and ABC News. She has twice been named Diamond Photographer Of The Year through Professional Photographers of America and has won numerous international awards for her work, including the WPPI newborn and maternity international titles, and industry awards thorough Kodak, Lexjet and the American Society of Photographers. A 13-time Creative Live instructor, WPPI instructor and 9x Imaging USA platform speaker, Julia has spent her over a decade-long professional career helping other photographers hone their craft. She is passionate about business — teaching pros through her business mastermind, the 5 Carat Collective, to break into in-person sales, to master valuing their work, to market their art, and create systematized efficiency in their businesses. She teaches on the international stage multiple times per year and holds private creative workshops, offers her online membership, and personal mentoring sessions with her students.

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