Local photographers

Want graduation photos at the Old Well, or a print of the Piedmont for the wall? These photographers live and work in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Independent businesses, not affiliated with us or with UNC; we don’t take a fee.

• Daniel Chambo Photography — Chapel Hill portrait, nature and commercial photographer; sells prints.
• Calm Cradle Photo & Design — Julia Soplop's Chapel Hill lifestyle studio (newborn, maternity, family) that also sells nature prints.
• Ryanbee Photoworks — Campus-inspired senior and graduation sessions for UNC and Duke students, plus family portraits and headshots.
• Danell Beede Photography — Chapel Hill family, senior, maternity and newborn portraits, also school and commercial work.
• Amy Stern Photography — Carrboro studio on W Main St: business headshots, high school and college senior portraits, families.
• Nina Merklina Photography — Chapel Hill family portraits, senior and graduation photography and headshots since 2010.

Know a Chapel Hill or Carrboro photographer who shoots the campus, Franklin Street or the Piedmont landscape, with their own website? Tell us on the feedback page and we’ll review them for inclusion. Websites checked on Oct 4, 2026. We list photographers for free and don’t take a referral fee. Suggest a photographer.