About this vendor
I am dedicated to ensuring that your wedding & portraiture is captured in a stunning, stylistic way. I bring a high fashion and editorial flair to my photography. I love to create timeless photographs from your most special moments. And I pride myself on an experience that is both personalized and intimate. I will always take the time to get to know you and your love story. This allows me to understand your vision, and customize your imagery. I am known for my expertise in communication, professionalism, and forethought within the wedding & portrait industry.
I will become an extension of your family. Then I can capture the candid times with your family and friends easily. The reviews I receive are always about my bubbly personality, my eye for detail, and the quality of my work. My passion for photography runs deep, and I will always strive to make you feel the same love for your images. I would be honored to photograph you and your loved ones, and look forward to creating beautiful images!
Details
Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
- Trash The Dress
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
- Dramatic
- Lifestyle
- Modern
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- Wedding
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5
out of 5.010 reviews
We simply cannot begin to express or put into words how extraordinary the Spotlight Studios team is! We fell in love with Spotlight when we first met Kyla, and she was so patient a...
nd helpful answering all of of questions. During our engagement shoot, we realized that we had struck gold and were able to relax and have fun throughout the whole experience. We immediately booked Kyla and her team for our wedding and we credit our stress free, fun loving experience in front of the camera to Spotlight Studios.
Between their guidance, caring nature, and genuine love of their craft, we are so incredibly fortunate to have found Kyla and her amazing team! They made everything so easy, took charge when needed, and have mastered the art of hiding in plain sight.
It’s clear that the Spotlight Studios team loves what they do, and we are so incredibly fortunate that they were part of our best day ever! Thank you Spotlight Studios! We can’t wait for our future photo shoots with you!
Kyla was the single biggest reason we booked Spotlight! In looking for a wedding photographer we quickly realized that good photography comes at a price. We met with many different...
photographers with very different price points but those meetings and conversations never lead us to someone we just "clicked" with; until we met Kyla. My wife and I met her at the Bridal Bazaar and as soon as we got to talking, we instantly knew that she was the one for us. She was so bubbly and personable and her portfolio is just to die for!!
We ended up winning an engagement shoot with Kyla and as soon as we started shooting we knew we were going to book her. Kyla made us feel so comfortable in front of the camera and as soon as we saw the pictures we knew we were in love.
While the price was a bit more than what we were looking to pay, we knew we would move some things around to make it work for our big day because photography was the single biggest aspect for us.
On the day of, Kyla and her assistant showed up early and immediately got to work. Our second photographer, Christina, was on time and we totally lucked out to have 2 lead photographers capture our day. All these ladies were AMAZING! We absolutely have no regrets in hiring Kyla.
This august my fiance and I worked with Spotlight Studios photographer Kyla. She was seriously awesome and fun to hang out with. She had wonderful ideas of where to shoot and gave ...
great tips that created extremely stellar photographs. I'm seriously in love with the photos we chose for our package. While we did not procure there services for our wedding, I would not hesitate to recommend them to others or use them in the future!
Kyla is the most fun and energetic photographer ever. We are so happy that we choose Kyla to capture out wedding!! The sneak peak photos that we saw are amazing and we cannot wait ...
to see all the rest! Kyla is such an organized and nice person that your wedding day will go smoothly with her as your photographer. She also listened to me when I told her my vision and what I wanted my wedding photos to look like. I would not change a thing, and we are so happy to have such beautiful memories. She did out engagement shoot, wedding and in the future our pregnancy shoot also!
Thanks Kyla!
My fiance and I won the engagement session at a Bridal Bazaar I had previously attended earlier in the year. Honestly, when I received the email and phone call from them I was conc...
erned that this was a Bridal scam to get more of my information. However, IT WAS NOT! This is totally legitimate, after they contact you via phone or email they send you your photography voucher in the mail to register online and book your appointment. After booking my appointment with Valerie (WHO I HIGHLY RECOMMEND BECAUSE SHE IS AMAZING) at Sunset Cliffs (Natural Park) in Point Loma I am totally sold on this company. Valerie contacted us via text on where to meet and what to wear. She was super friendly, nice, fun and we felt very comfortable with her taking our photographs. At sunset, we captured beautiful pictures with various backdrops and intimate poses. About 2 weeks after the shoot I received a call from Spotlight Studios in Rosecrans that our viewing session was ready to be scheduled. We went to see the photographs with Kyla helping us out and were blown away by the professionalism, appearance, and outcome of the studio and photographs. Even with the all-paid package that I won, I ended up purchasing all of the photos (digital) for my family. The prize also came with your choice of a professionally printed 10"x14" image that can be framed. Overall I highly recommend Spotlight Studios, Valerie, Kyla and everyone else who works there. I plan on using Spotlight Studios for my wedding and couldn't be more pleased with the service!
My fiance and I won an engagement session at the SD Bridal Bazaar, and originally we weren't going to use it because we had already booked another photographer. However, when I ca...
lled to inquire about it, and was upfront about already having a wedding photographer, I was still treated very friendly and courteously. Kyla did our engagement shoot in Del Mar, and the photos are absolutely beautiful. Kyla is fabulous to work with; cheerful, funny and so informative. She gave my fiance tons of good tips for posing in pictures and went through her checklist of important notes every bride should remember for her bridal photos. We shot in 4 different areas down by the beach, so we have multiple back drops in our photos, and she even helped us incorporate our fur baby into the shoot. Their studio is lovely, and they have a lovely set-up for viewing the photos. Again, there was zero pressure to purchase anything, however, there were so many good pictures that we ended purchasing a fair amount of them. Beautiful pictures, great photographer, excellent job Spotlight Studios!!
My photographer - Kristina with Spotlight Studios - was my favorite vendor selection I made in my entire wedding. I used her for our engagement photos as well as the wedding. She i...
s so talented and captured everything perfectly. She always made us comfortable - it was never awkward, and I never had to wonder if she took an amazing shot because she always did. Spotlight studios is so easy to work with and very professional. I receive constant compliments on our photos. Again, one of the greatest selections we made. Highly highly recommend!
We loved working with Aprill Manriquez and the whole team at Spotlight Studios for our engagement and wedding photos. We won a free engagement shoot and Aprill was our photographer...
. She made the experience so fun and comfortable for us, and we thought the photos were beautiful so we booked her for our wedding. We were so pleased and loved working with Aprill. She has such an eye for beauty and finding great shots. She has a calm and happy presence, which makes her a joy to work with. She worked with us in the weeks leading up to our wedding to make sure the photos were what we wanted and that everything went smoothly. She invited us out to dinner to get to know us better, which was such a sweet gesture to make our wedding photos more personal. She then mentioned that she’d like to see my Pinterest page for wedding photo inspiration, if I had one. I sent her the link and she proceeded to look through the photos-making comments along the way. I was feeling so excited for our wedding photos! On the day of our wedding, she arrived well prepared with her assistant, her equipment, and print outs of the photos I pinned! She had us recreate most of the shots while also creating our own. We felt so special and like she really listened to us and did everything she could to make sure we loved our photos. The experience was great; she was so fun to work with. She is truly and artist and it’s obvious she loves what she does. We feel lucky we got to have Aprill as our wedding photographer.
I cannot say enough about how much we loved working with Kyla Akasha of Spotlight Studios and how our engagement and wedding photos turned out. I found Kyla at the San Diego Bridal...
Bazaar and was drawn to her by her enthusiasm and beautiful portfolio. After meeting with her for our initial consult, we were sold immediately and didn't even interview any other photographers.
We couldn't have been happier about the decision to hire Kyla. She effortlessly captured our personalities and candid moments of happiness into both our engagement and wedding photos. Our photos look like works of art, which reflects Kyla's unwavering passion for her craft. We are so happy to have the memories of our magical wedding preserved so beautifully by Kyla and her team at Spotlight Studios!
5 stars all the way. the initial meeting, the pricing, the engagement session, the secret boudoir session, and the actual wedding pictures. Kyla and Julio are a team to reckon wit...
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Julio has amazing talent to capture the actual feelings and emotions of the moment. When we saw his work we knew he was the one for us. he incorporates mother nature's gifts and the energy that we wanted to portray and treasure for the rest of our lives.
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