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    Sol Focus Studios

    4.6 (14 reviews)
    Closed 9:00 am - 8:30 pm

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    Couples photography

    Engagement photos

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    Family portraits

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    My fiancé proposed to me in July in Pismo, and we did an engagement photo shoot the next day. Michaela did an amazing job throughout the whole process - communicating with my fiancé for timing and location (& was flexible when we asked to push the time back 30 min due to lighting). She arrived early and really helped get us amazing photos in multiple locations along the beach. We are not photogenic people when it comes to posing and Michaela really helped us feel comfortable and enjoy our session. The photos came out beautifully & we got so many pictures compared to other photographers in the area for the same price. Would recommend her to anyone in the central CA area for a photo session!

    Lisa F.

    Michaela was amazing ! She is so patient and laid back and the pictures at the Santa Barbara courthouse were beautiful ! We had a family of 5 with 2 little dogs !! she handled it with grace and professionalism! Michaela was responsive and very flexible ! I can not say enough wonderful things about her ! Truly, if we head back up to Santa Barbara, I will most certainly use her again !!! Her son was her little helper for the light and he was adorable !! Owe it to yourself to include her in your process for hiring a photographer !!

    Olivia G.

    Michaela is awesome. I've had her do my family pictures many times and she's always got me loving more than I can choose from.

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    Thank you so much! It was such an incredible time!

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    Michaela was very personable and professional. Her biggest asset was her patients. I was very pleased with the photos.

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    Michaela from Sol Focus was one of the first to reply and express interest in my engagement opportunity.

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    Kelsey Crews Photo - Los Olivos Wedding Photographer

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    Kelsey is an absolutely amazing photographer and human being. Our wedding was originally scheduled…read morefor April 2020 which of course did not happen due to COVID, and we tried to reschedule it several times but bad things kept happening to us including our first baby being stillborn, so it was a super long and dragged out process to finally get the wedding in the books. Kelsey was not only patient and responsive throughout the almost 2 year planning process, but she also helped us out with other things, like recommendations for a spa to get a gift card to thank our amazing planner. We came down to Santa Barbara for a weekend a couple months before the wedding, to meet our vendors and scope things out, and Kelsey provided a TON of input and guidance on places to do our First Look and other photos. She was just so amazingly helpful and kind. But where her kindness really shone through was on our wedding day. She went SO FAR above and beyond to give us the special day she felt we deserved after all our loss (we also had an 11 week miscarriage 8 months after our first baby was stillborn, and my mom was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in the height of our grief). She truly wanted our day to be as perfect as possible and she really delivered. My husband and I are both pretty shy, awkward people so we were super nervous for the photoshoot as we hate people looking at us and being the center of attention. Not only did Kelsey (and our wonderful videographer Jennie from Riviera Productions) make us feel completely at ease, but somehow, magically, she actually made it fun?!?!? Taking the photos between the ceremony and the reception was the most fun part of our wedding day, we had a blast and the photos are absolutely BREATHTAKING. Like straight out of a magazine. I don't know how she did it but she made everything look so beautiful and we could not be more thrilled with the photos. We knew she was good, because I'm the type of person who reads a million reviews and does a ton of research before I book anything or go anywhere, but Kelsey is next level. The photos are far better than anything we could have ever imagined. Even though we live in the Bay Area, we will be using Kelsey as our family photographer forever. She is worth 9 hours in the car round trip. Heck, I'd drive days to see her! If you're trying to decide who to book, stop wasting your time wading through reviews and just book Kelsey already. She is fantastic and we feel so, so, so fortunate to know her.

    So hands down Kelsey is the BEST photographer in the Santa Barbara area! I may be biased since she…read morecaptured the most gorgeous photos from my husband and our wedding day at the Fess Parker this June, but honestly, she is the best. Our initial contact, I immediately knew that I wanted KELSEY, because I knew we would click, and we did! She met us when we came down to SB for a visit, as we don't live in the area, and gave me SO many recommendations, including my videographer, sweetheart cake, Flowers! Honestly, I credit her for the amazing vendors! Each photo is gorgeous and I would not have changed anything! She's so generous and provided my husband with some special stuff out of the kindness of her heart. Kelsey Crews is the best!

    Candice Marie Photography - Newborn Shoot

    Candice Marie Photography

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    I booked Candice Marie Photography for my wedding in 2021 and am still SO obsessed with the photos…read more I chose Candice over other photographers because of her incredible portfolio, and her radiant personality and professionalism. She offers a variety of packages and provided me with a thorough questionnaire to get a feel for what I wanted, which made me feel at ease. She was also very responsive and organized, and overall a pleasure to work with. At the wedding, she and her second shooter made our wedding party feel comfortable and directed us in a way that allowed for natural, fun photos. They also got a lot of pictures of our guests, candid shots, and little details. I had an amazing experience working with Candice Marie Photography and would highly recommend her.

    Candice was our photographer for our April 2023 wedding and we are so happy with the choice we…read moremade! She is professional, easy going, and extremely talented at what she does. She was able to control our rowdy bridal party and made taking hundreds of photos a really fun experience for everyone. We're so happy with the photos we received, they were delivered on time and are excellent quality. A few months after we received the photos, I realized we missed a really important "must" photo so I reached out to her and she was so accommodating and helped to photoshop an existing photo so that we had something to work with. I really, really appreciated this gesture and I think it's a good example of her character and professionalism. You won't regret working with Candice, I can't recommend her enough.

    Emily Elizabeth Photography - Wedding Day!

    Emily Elizabeth Photography

    (80 reviews)

    Our family photo shoot with Emily was booked at the last minute, her team responded promptly, knew…read morethe exact location with the perfect lighting, coached us in outfit prep and the bonus was that Emily showed up.. FULL of Joy , energy and expertise. She captured all our personalities as well as made the session fun. The results were beautiful family photos that make this mama's heart sing!

    Where do I even begin?! Emily and her team have far exceeded my expectations of what a photography…read moreand videography service should be! Emily has gone above and beyond to capture the special moments of my now husband and I. I remember the first moment when I spoke with her, and from that one phone conversation, I knew that she and I would not only share the same vision for photography (how I would like my pictures to be captured and how she captures photographs), but also become friends!! our first phone conversation was about four months prior to the wedding, and I had not done anything to plan for it! I am a busy resident physician, and I also wanted to plan my own wedding, but I didn't know where to start! So on that day, in between me seeing patients, Emily and I had a really brief phone conversation, where she said three simple words, "I got you!" Since that fateful day, she has not given us a dream engagement photo shoot (at the very beach in which my husband, and I fell in love with in Malibu, the El Matador state Beach!) but also our very special moments on our special wedding day! In the middle of me getting pulled in different directions even on that wedding day... the minute she walked in with her team, I felt sense of calm and comfort, knowing that she was there to make sure that even though I couldn't remember everything that was happening that day because it was so busy, I trusted that she would be able to make sure I could remember those details later on in photographs! Aside from her warm heart and truly genuine personality, her work is fantastic! My husband and I have a very particular vision and preference for the type of photographs that we would like, and she fits that and more! If you look through her portfolio on her website or on her Instagram, you can see the brightness that she exuberance in her own personality onto her art. The way she captures the light is so unique, and she truly is the most talented photographer that I've ever come across. Therefore, I follow my gut and knew that she is the best of the best! I cannot wait until she continues to capture more delicate moments of our lives as I hope to continue to get to know her as well personally because she truly is one of the most special people on this universe!

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