Just wanted to share my experience. I searched for reviews for Lily and Lime and they seemed mixed so I took a chance. We chose a photographer who had beautiful photos on the lily ...and lime website, but I didn't get any contact information until just a couple of days before our first meeting, which was for the engagement photoshoot.
From the start, the photoshoot was a disaster. The photographer called me 30 minutes before we were set to meet saying the parking lot was closed. It put me in a panic and I had to coach him to just ask the parking attendants whether it was actually closed or not. Shocker, it was not, but the back and forth calls started the experience on a sour foot. Then, once we got there, the photographer gave us no direction at all. To top things off we wasted like 15 minutes during sunset, which is why we chose an evening photoshoot, because he was having camera issues. But the worst part was the photos themselves. We asked not to have flash (there was no need, it was very bright and sunny), but he did not listen. In the majority of our photos there is an ugly shadow on the trees and anything behind us, plus our skin tones look overexposed and shiny. Also, every angle is exactly the same - dead on. No creativity whatsoever. He also didn't tell us when there was problems in the shot -- like when a garbage truck was in the background, or in the shots with our dog, when his poop bags were in the foreground (we couldn't see from our angle because we were behind our dog). The photos are shockingly bad.
Once I did more research, I realized Lily and Lime does NOT use professional photographers. These are amateurs who did not get an education in photography, they are HOBBYISTS who do this as a side gig. My photographer's degree is in engineering. And hey, some hobbyists can have natural talent but many do not and your wedding photos are not where you want to take that risk.
When I got my photos I immediately reached out to Lily and Lime to back out of my contract. There is no way in HELL that I would let them photograph my wedding. I was willing to pay whatever the engagement photoshoot cost (which according to their website should have been about $300), but not the wedding. I had given them about $1200 for the deposit. They offered to let me repeat this with another photographer, which is absurd now that I had the knowledge that their photographers ARE NOT PROFESSIONAL. If that photographer was as bad as the first, then I'd be on the hook for $600 in engagement photoshoots. They were totally unwilling to refund me my deposit sans the engagement photoshoot. I asked them for compassion -- as a healthcare worker who worked in the ER at the height of the COVID pandemic, as someone who lost both of their grandmothers this year, I asked them to make an exception. They were totally inflexible on this. Ultimately I cancelled the photography portion and am having to pay for the video (which I care less about than the photos) and the engagement shoot. The cost of that is the same I would have been for an excellent videographer, and yet all I'm gonna get is another amateur. The only reason why I haven't done a chargeback is because I signed a contract and I could be sued. So I'm warning other couples out there: BEWARE OF LILY AND LIME. You are taking a HUGE risk and they will not accommodate you if your photographer is as amateurish and unprofessional as mine is.