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About

Sol Focus Studios is a wedding photography company based in Santa Barbara, California. Offering a relaxed and genuine experience, they tailor their services to capture your wedding day with artistry and professionalism.

Services Offered

Michaela Gardner is the trained professional behind the camera at Sol Focus Studios. She provides wedding photography for clients throughout Southern California and offers customizable services to suit any vision or budget. Before your wedding day, Michaela will work with you to establish your artistic vision and detail a plan for how she will achieve images that you will treasure forever. On your wedding day, she'll photograph a combination of posed portraits and candid moments so that you have a variety of images that tell your love story. Sol Focus Studios also offers destination elopement photo sessions for couples in California, Maui, and Costa Rica.

  • Woman-owned
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Frequently asked questions

Which of the following are included in the starting price?

High-Res Images
Digital Files
Prints

Which of the following are included in the price of your most popular wedding package?

High-Res Images
Multi. Locations
One Event / Day
Albums
Digital Files
Matted Prints
Prints
Save the Date

What primary photographic style do you identify with?

Natural
Photojournalism
Traditional
Vintage

What photography services do you offer?

Additional Hours
Boudoir Shoot
Destination / Travel
Engagement Shoot
High-Res Images
One Event / Day
Second Shooter
Wedding Portraits

What photography items do you offer?

Albums
Canvas
Digital Files
Flush Mount
Matted Prints
Prints
Thank You Cards

Reviews of SOL FOCUS STUDIOS

Elisha
Elisha Sent on 06/28/2022
5 out of 5 rating

June Wedding

From start to finish, it was an absolute pleasure working with Michaela from Sol Focus Studios. She took the time to meet with us a few weeks in advance of our big day and showed us example photos, poses, locations, and ideas. All the information was very helpful in planning for our big day.

On the day itself, Michaela was prompt, organized, and in the best spirits. She was extremely professional on capturing the memorable moments throughout the day itself and offered plenty of feedback to assist us in making the photos look great. Her photography speaks for itself and is of very high quality.

Overall, working with Michaela from Sol Focus Studios was a pleasure and we’d highly recommend her as a photographer to anyone else looking to do the same thing or other aspects of photography.
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Christine Sent on 09/03/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing photographer to work with!

Michaela took the time to work things out with me before our wedding, and during our wedding...She didn't make us feel rushed, taking more time for photos than we expected. And I LOVE all of the pictures!!
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Noreen Sent on 06/24/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Wonderful Experience

She is always reliable, available and has positive attitude. I like her.
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Taylor Sent on 06/15/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Spectacular photography

Michaela was responsive and so easy to work with!! She was able to give me direction on how to pose and the results were amazing. I’m so appreciative she was so quick and helpful, I’ve never had such amazing photos taken before!
Neo
Neo Sent on 06/07/2022
5 out of 5 rating

10/10 ... recommended !

Michaela come to us by casualty because we didn’t have a photographer for our wedding and with the short notice she agreed and was all the time very open for our ideas and very supportive. after the wedding I can say that she not just was the photographer but also she become a friend and I cannot recommend her enough. if you’re looking for someone who’s gonna give her best to make your day special that’s Michaela and I come from a wedding business background so I know what I’m talking about. my family is all impressed with the beautiful pictures of that day, was a memorable day we can’t thank you enough Michaela! 10/10.
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Lauren Sent on 06/06/2022
5 out of 5 rating

an amazing photographer for any occasion!

I did a photoshoot with Michaela to get some good college Grad photos. They came out amazing! She definitely has an eye for scenery and she got all the right shots! Price is fair, I would recommend her to other UCSB graduates looking for a high quality grad photoshoot.
J
Jesse Sent on 05/16/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Michaela was wonderful! She was reasonably priced and did a fantastic job. Our Wedding photos were absolutely stupendous!!!

Michaela did a wonderful job as our wedding Photographer. She was attentive, creative, sweet, kind and reasonably priced. I would definitely recommend her!!!
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Julia Sent on 05/16/2022
5 out of 5 rating

GREAT !!!!!!!

Very professional & friendly & talented
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Olivia Sent on 05/13/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Michaela was amazing

I loved the pictures ! She really spent a lot of time with us and was really talented with photographs.
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Alexis Sent on 05/10/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Michaela is a pleasure

Michaela is wonderful to work with - her photos are beautiful and she is easy to communicate and work with. I would highly recommend her for your photography needs!
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Awards

12
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2023 Winner

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SOL FOCUS STUDIOS frequently asked questions

SOL FOCUS STUDIOS includes the following photography services in the starting price:
  • High-Res Images
  • Digital Files
  • Prints
SOL FOCUS STUDIOS includes the following photography services in their most popular wedding package:
  • High-Res Images
  • Multi. Locations
  • One Event / Day
  • Albums
  • Digital Files
  • Matted Prints
  • Prints
  • Save the Date
SOL FOCUS STUDIOS offers the following photography styles:
  • Natural
  • Photojournalism
  • Traditional
  • Vintage
SOL FOCUS STUDIOS offers the following photography services for weddings:
  • Additional Hours
  • Boudoir Shoot
  • Destination / Travel
  • Engagement Shoot
  • High-Res Images
  • One Event / Day
  • Second Shooter
  • Wedding Portraits
SOL FOCUS STUDIOS offers the following photography materials for weddings:
  • Albums
  • Canvas
  • Digital Files
  • Flush Mount
  • Matted Prints
  • Prints
  • Thank You Cards
SOL FOCUS STUDIOS is recommended by 100% of couples who have used their services. Their overall rating is 5.0, with the same score awarded for quality of service, flexibility, value, professionalism and average response time.
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