Our family has found our photographer, James did a beautiful job capturing our family photos! James is everything you look and hope for in a photographer...arrived to the shoot early, was very engaging with our entire family, was adaptive to the conditions while remaining very productive, completed the processing early, and shared our photos in an easy to download way. I can't recommend James enough, he's a class act photographer, and we can't wait to work with him in the future. read more

James is amazing! He is very patient during the shoot if you have kids. He takes time to make the pose just right, but not too long that you lose interest. He has the technology of different types of lenses and he is a great value. You won't be disappointed! Capture those moments now so you don't look back and regret it! -Abby J- read more

We had James shoot our fall family photos and they turned out great! Definitely recommend James for family photos. He was reasonably priced & took his time to make sure we had great shots. So glad we went with James! read more

James Abril captured absolutely stunning photos of our family. He's very personable, creative, and highly skilled. All this led to an awesome photo shoot and beautiful photographs we'll cherish for years. Look no further -- James Abril is THE BEST if your looking for a great photographer in the Chicago area. read more

James did the photography for my July 2018 wedding and my engagement photos the year prior and is AMAZING. After finding James online, I contacted him about doing photography for my wedding, and we set up a contract and engagement shoot. He was so friendly and made my then fiancée and I feel so comfortable. His pictures were stunning and I was so excited he would be wedding photographer as well the following year. For our wedding, James and his assistant, Silas, did a beyond INCREDIBLE job. They did photography for us about 12 hours! Before the wedding, James and I went through a timeline and "must have" pictures, and he made sure to stick with it and do those throughout the day. James and Silas made the whole bridal party feel so comfortable and we all trusted their vision. They even showed "teasers" on a screen during our reception which was awesome. The next day, James sent us some teasers and we were in complete awe of his beautiful photos. Our whole wedding gallery is STUNNING. Azalea Photography is the BEST! I have received hundreds of compliments on my pictures and even the day of people were complimenting their professional work and teaser pics. All of my family and friends love our pictures just as much as my husband and I do, and appreciate the beauty of the wedding that was captured. James and Silas not only captured the beauty of our bridal party and family, but have such a creative, artistic element to each picture that makes them so unique and interesting. We had so many gorgeous, artistic shots that I am in love with. I don't know how I'll be able to choose which ones for an album! Book with Azalea photography and you'll be so happy you did. The pictures I have from my wedding (and engagement) are ones I will cherish forever. I cannot thank James and Silas enough for so beautifully capturing the best day of my life and giving me memories to have forever. Thank you, thank you, James and Silas. You guys rock!!! read more

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We had a great experience working with James! He made a cold and wet fall photo session with toddlers so easy! My 1 year old cried the entire shoot and you would never know from the photos he captured. Highly recommend! read more

Azalea James is a talented photographer. I'm not a photographer but am a classically trained artist. Azalea's portfolio stuck out to me in my search for a wedding photographer - I seriously had looked at hundreds of photographer's portfolios within and over my budget. He truly has a great eye for lighting, composition, and catching special moments and is better than many photographers who charge twice as much. He is super affordable, and has a shockingly quick turnaround. He does a free engagement shoot as a trial too, which is really nice. I would 100% recommend Azalea Photography. Both our wedding and engagement photos were ready in a few days, and the blog post with teaser wedding photos was up the same night as the wedding! I absolutely love both our wedding and engagement photos. They are creative and beautiful. Even the shots throughout the wedding reception catch those perfect little moments of guests enjoying the wedding. Azalea James was also easy going and a pleasure to work with. He had good suggestions and ideas when we needed them. We didn't have a ton of time to do the wedding photos, and he was able to get them all done beautifully! read more

Couldn't have found a better photographer for my wedding. James and Silas work seamlessly together as a team and you can tell they've been working together for a while. There wedding packages are also very affordable and their final product exceeded my expectations. I purchased the unlimited package and our included album they designed was gorgeous! Our guests also had a ton of fun with the photo booth we rented from them. I highly recommend them! read more

James and Silas did the photography and videography for our June wedding. We primarily worked with James. Our initial meeting with James immediately made us feel comfortable. We did a sample shoot and his persona was someone we felt we could trust to capture our big day in a way which was true to our vision. He professionalism, passion, and caring demeanor was evident that day and throughout the entire remainder of our wedding. He is talented and also was willing to meet to do an extensive planning meeting on site to prepare. During the event, James and Silas worked tirelessly to capture every aspect of the day, but yet were never in our faces or a distraction to any of the most sacred or intimate moments. In retrospect, we really appreciated this subtlety. If I could say what made us most happy about James, was that he asked the right questions to discover what we wanted, and delivered it 110%. Our photos are stunning. Our video, thanks to Silas, makes us so very happy as it was shot and sequenced with great care. Our families both loved how they were treated by the photographers. James quickly returned our photos, and the editing done was natural and very classy. I would highly recommend James without hesitation. I think it would be very difficult to find someone harder working or more passionate for their craft. We could not be happier with our end result. read more

Ahhhhhh-MAZING photos! I get so many compliments on my pictures! Seriously the best. Not only do they capture the beauty of my girls but also consider the artistic side of things too. They really take the time to listen to my ideas too. read more

This company did our engagment pictures, rehearsal pictures, and our wedding pictures!!!! I can not say enough how much we enjoyed having these two on our adventure with us!!! They were very comfortable to be around and took AMAZING photos. They took all different photos from cute to funny to candid photos. They are defiantly a company I recommend to everyone and we will use them again for other adventures we want photographed on our life!!! read more

I can't express how happy I am that I went with Azalea Photography for my wedding. They were recommended by a friend who worked with James for some family photos, so I set up an engagement shoot as a trial. From the get-go, James was happy to offer location suggestions for the engagement pictures, and he was creative and flexible with the spot that I chose. The engagement pictures were lovely, so we booked them for the real deal right away. When the time came to plan for the big day, James was always quick to answer my questions and offer his suggestions when I was wishy-washy. On the day of the wedding, he was prompt (we did three different locations between getting ready, outdoor pictures, and the ceremony/reception), and amazingly creative with my huge wedding party and a lack of outdoor flowers during the early spring. We have a nice variety of formal and fun pictures, and James was always able to "make it work" when I requested specific types of shots. I absolutely recommend getting the photobooth as well. We paid a little bit extra to have Silas run the booth, which was a godsend. They set up my album and props (plus providing some of theirs) and helped my guests cut/glue in their duplicate images so I have a fun record of everyone's time. I wound up working with three of the Azalea team members on the day of my wedding, and numerous guests commented on how great they were. The actual pictures from my wedding were ready for online review in an extremely timely manner. They took a huge amount of pictures during the course of the day, and I'm so happy with how all of them have turned out. The package that I chose was extremely affordable, but this is definitely a case where I feel like I got much more than I paid for. Thank you again, Azalea Photography! read more

James and his staff have been nothing short of professional from start to finish. James is extremely passionate about photography and meticulous down to the final detail. He took photos of our kids and I couldn't be happier with the results. Definitely recommend James and Azalea photography for ANY occasion read more