Elyana Photography
Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, & SoCal
About This Vendor
Elyana Photography
Elyana Photography -- I'm a Los Angeles-based wedding photographer who focuses on creating dreamy + timeless images. Collections start at $1,550 for mini elopements. Full day collections range from $4,900 - $7,200. Connection & Relationships Are Priority I'm a great fit for those who value presence, love, and connection over all else. They are aware that time spent with loved ones is precious. I understand that weddings can be stressful, but they don't have to be. I care that you guys enjoy your day with family & friends. Those moments will turn into beautiful memories that you'll cherish so much later. Direction Meets Photojournalism I am very proactive on a wedding day. I offer a lot of direction, lending to images that look natural. Additionally, I'm intentional about composing artistic photos with dreamy light, color, & interesting backgrounds. However, I also know when to focus on documenting things as they naturally unfold, infusing heart and sincerity into the images. Dreamy, Timeless Editing 90% of your images will be delivered with beautiful lighting and dreamy colors. The other 10% will be delivered as classic black & white images; these are evocative & emotive. ALL images are edited to look natural & timeless. Your photos will age well!
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Business Attributes
Woman-owned Business
Destination Weddings
Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
Bridal Portraits, Day After Session, Engagement
Photo & Video
Digital Files, Film Photography, Photo, Second Shooter Available, Social Media Sharing, Wedding Albums
Photo & Video Styles
Artistic, Classic, Documentary, Lifestyle, Modern
Wedding Activities
Getting Engaged, Rehearsals & Parties, After Party, Wedding
Awards and Affiliations
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Elyana's work is amazing! My husband and I booked her for an elopement photo session and we literally loved every single picture. Our photo session was a big part of our elopement and she made it so special and fun. She was the first photogra...
pher we came across and we knew she was the one. We are extremely happy we decided to go with her and not look elsewhere.
Elyana is the best photographer we've ever worked with and couldn't recommend her enough for anyone searching for a wedding photographer!
We're so glad we found Elyana during our wedding vendor search - not only did the photos turn out incredi...
ble, but she also has a special ability for making everyone feel comfortable and turned the entire afternoon into a much more enjoyable experience. Her personality is warm and inviting, and even when things are on a tight timeline with a million different moving pieces, she conducts herself with an effortless cool.
I usually hate having my photo taken but when our sneak peak photos arrived, we were both ecstatic with how they turned out. The lighting, composition, and emotion captured through each photo combine together to allow us to re-live the memory each time we view the album.
Thanks so much for joining us on our special day, Elyana - we can't imagine having done it without you!
You are in the best hands with Elyana! I can't say enough great things - first off, you will get the most beautiful, artsy, romantic and fun photos with her. Each shot was more special than the last and her ability to catch priceless candid mom...
ents is so appreciated. You really relive your wedding from her photographs! She also did a great job capturing so many guests, which is such a blessing to look back on. Elyana is super professional, punctual and personable. Her and her team went above and beyond for us, even helping bustle my gown when no one else knew how! ha! I feel like I gained a friend from the experience. Thank you Elyana for playing such a critical role in making our day the best it could be.
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Elyana was an amazing photographer from the very beginning of the process to the very end! She was communicative, detail-oriented, considerate, and an absolute joy to be around and work with. She gave clear, concise instructions but also delive...
red them in a very polite and kind manner. She is an expert at what she does and I would absolutely recommend her to anyone looking for a photographer!
Look no further for a photographer! Elyana took our engagement photos and we had a wonderful experience. We had never taken professional photos before, but Elyana made it such a great experience that it was fun! I left the shoot wanting to be f...
riends with her :) She was constantly hyping us up and telling us everything we needed to do to pose. She was very prepared and knew exactly how she could best use the time we booked. She also has a great eye for composing and editing photos - we could not be happier with how our images turned out!
Elyana was amazing! As a planner is very important that all wedding pros communicate with us in a timely manner. From the beginning, Alan was quick to reply to our emails, and on the day of the wedding, she was great! Would definitely recommend...
her! :)
Simply put, Elyana is the absolute best wedding photographer you will find, period! Stop thinking and comparing and book her ASAP. We had the privilege of having Elyana shoot both our engagement photos and our wedding photos after seeing her wo...
rk her magic at another friends wedding. Once we saw how all of the pictures turned out, we HAD to have her as a part of our special day and we are SO glad we did.
Elyana has the uncanny ability to put you at ease through all of the prep work and on the big day. She sits down and talks with you about what's truly important for you as a couple and makes sure it happens. I can't understate this enough - her ability to be kind but assertive with family and guests to keep the timeline on track and get all of the photos you want is a rare hidden talent. She has the experience to know what works and what doesn't and we took her advice every step of the way, and it paid off.
Most importantly, after all is said and done - her photos turn out INCREDIBLE. Even a year after our wedding we are still receiving compliments and "who was your photographer?!" messages. Looking at her photographs somehow takes you back to that special day and all the feelings that come with it. It's a true representation of her photography style, her experience, and her talent that you won't find with anyone else.
Thank you Elyana!
I was drawn to Elyana’s light and airy editing style and her ability to capture emotions so well! We hired her for our engagement and wedding and felt so comfortable with her. I usually am not good at posing for pictures but with Elyana’s guida...
nce and skills it came out so effortlessly. She is also very responsive, and helped our big day go smoothly! Couldn’t recommend her enough. :)
If you’re looking for a wedding photographer, search no more because Elyana is SIMPLY THE BEST! We have worked with Elyana twice now, once for an intimate, at-home family-only mini-wedding in October 2020 and then again for our full-on wedding ...
this past October. Elyana is the best decision we made for our wedding(s) and we would book her time and time again. We really cannot recommend her enough. Elyana is truly a master of her craft. She is kind, approachable, professional, responsive, and knows the right way to both “get all of the shots” and simultaneously make you and your guests feel like she’s not there and certainly not in the way. Her photos are also beyond gorgeous. It was important to me and my husband that photos were not a super time-consuming or stressful part of our wedding day and we wanted to make sure that Elyana captured a lot of candids in addition to the requisite staged family photos. Elyana absolutely delivered on that request (both times!) and the pictures that we have from Elyana are truly gorgeous!
Elyana was amazing at softly coaching us a little bit for each of our weddings to ensure that we got amazing photos but she never made us feel uncomfortable. She helped ensure that our wedding day was adequately captured but also that we didn’t feel like we were just taking photos all day long. Seriously, if you are looking for a photographer to make your wedding day as smooth and stress-free as possible and you want gorgeous, natural photos, Elyana is absolutely the right person for you. I recommended Elyana to one of my friends this past year and I can say, my friend's wedding photos also turned out absolutely beautifully and that Elyana treated my friend and her husband with the same care and attention that she did for us.
I will be using Elyana for future photo-needs whenever possible!
I am so glad I came across Elyana’s Instagram profile while searching for wedding photographers. Elyana met and exceed all of our expectations. Sure, there are a lot of great photographers out there, but what was important to me was to have som...
eone that made me feel comfortable because let’s be real awkward photos are the worst! Elyana made us feel so comfortable and listened to our wants and needs. What also made us choose Elyana as our wedding photographer was her creativity! Her creative movement photos and her eye for being able to capture the beauty and take advantage of our wedding venue are some of the reasons why we went with Elyana. She captured incredible images. Elyana is so kind, funny, relatable, detailed orientated, and incredibly easy to work with. She also loves boba, so that’s a plus in my book! One of the best decisions we made while wedding planning. I am so glad to call her a friend after all this wedding planning. Hope to see Elyana for my photography sessions in the future! I’d highly recommend working with Elyana. You won’t regret it!
It's been almost 4 months since our wedding and I have to admit, I do catch myself looking at our beautiful wedding and engagement photos from time to time and remembering how beautiful those moments were. Always puts a smile on my face.
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yana is just so talented. We are still interested in her photography even after our encounter with her. As we look through all the photos she posts on Instagram, we often forget that she has such an extensive portfolio of awesome couples she photographs and we are just one of them. But we never felt like we were just one of them when we were doing the photoshoot with Elyana. More than just talent, she made us feel like we were the ONLY ONE, and made things super comfortable, personable, and welcoming.
Thank you again friend!
Elyana was an outstanding find. The first person we hired for our wedding and we are so grateful we did. From the outset she was helpful, made excellent recommendations and suggestions and really supported us in our planning. On the day she was...
outstanding, the pictures are spectacular, the light and staging and context are incredible and she really caught it all even driving my wife and I to the beach at Santa Monica to capture sunset photos that are magnificent. She is an absolute professional and gem of a person, can’t recommend her highly enough!
We were so lucky to have Elyana photograph our wedding! She did such amazing work, we are absolutely in love with all our pictures. When it came to planning out who we wanted to have in our family portraits, she really helped us organize it all...
out. Elyana made us feel very comfortable the day of wedding. She really guided us during our couples portraits and told us how to stand, smile, sit, etc because we had no idea what we were doing! The pictures turned out AMAZING. Again, we were so lucky to have her as our photographer.
Elyana was recommended to us by a close friend. We feel SO happy that we found out about her! Her ability to capture natural light and colors, PLUS beautiful emotion and genuine moments is amazing. She also has a great energy about her and we i...
nstantly felt so comfortable around her! She's professional and a master at her craft, yet very approachable and friendly --- exactly the type of person you want around you on your wedding day. We honestly can't recommend her enough.
Planning a wedding during COVID was one of the most stressful times of my life - from ever-changing plans to possible cancellations/postponements, to the stress of the unknown and what was to come of the day. That is why it was SO important to...
find good vendors that were flexible, talented and trustworthy. Enter Elyana. I stumbled upon her website through various wedding websites and social media platforms and was instantly in love with her work. I reached out and she responded promptly to set up an initial call to get to know each other and make sure we were a good fit. I got great vibes from her immediately. She had great ideas/suggestions, a calming demeanor and was always so responsive and flexible to my ever-changing plans. My husband and I were very nervous for the photography aspect of the wedding day, as neither of us are super comfortable in front of the camera. Elyana put all of our nerves at ease - she made us laugh and most importantly, made sure we were having fun! She was so kind and patient with us and all of our wedding guests. She was incredibly organized and stuck exactly to the schedule that we had worked out before, so that all the photos we wanted were captured. She was quick to return the final photos and we couldn't be more in love with the final product. I cannot recommend her enough - she truly is one of a kind and her work is fantastic!
Elyana is such a delight to work with! Our engagement session was so fun, she made us both feel so comfortable and at ease in front of the camera. Due to the pandemic our wedding plans changed and we were married in my in laws backyard. I wa...
s really nervous to see how the photos would come out with a backyard wedding. Elyana spent time talking with me before the wedding to go over timelines which saved the day! She helped me remember so many little details I would have overlooked or forgotten. Our wedding photos came out better than I could have ever imagined. Elyana has a true gift and her love for her work really shows.
Elyana was the photographer for our wedding in Temecula in December 2019. We saw her style and knew it was a great fit for us and for our beautiful venue. We were beyond thrilled with the experience and the photos! We went with the additional p...
hotograph which we think was a good move getting some additional photos of the groomsmen while Elyana focused on the bridal party. The venue (Galway Downs) is spectacular and Elyana really captured its beauty with each picture. Some people come away with a few photos that they like but we really are so happy because so many of the photos are flawless. Elyana will be a personable and calm presence on your big day and we cannot say enough good things about the experience. We know a lot of people who spend so much money on their photos and we just couldn't be happier for the value and quality we got. Thank you so much.
I feel so grateful to have had Elyana photograph our wedding day! She was so incredible to work with, SUPER SWEET (can’t stress this enough) and very professional. She made everyone feel so comfortable during the portraits and she was unobtrusi...
ve during the ceremony and reception, which was really important to me for our more intimately sized wedding. Our photos turned out beautifully and exceeded my expectations. 10/10 would recommend :)
My husband and I feel so blessed that we were able to book Elyana for our wedding. In addition to being extremely talented, she was friendly, caring, flexible, and responsive. She scouted locations near our venue before our wedding day, set up ...
a seamless first look, and efficiently and professionally handled family and group pictures in a way that made the day stress-free. When we got our picture back (in ONLY 4 WEEKS!), my jaw dropped. My friends and family have been raving about how our pictures look like they belong in a magazine, and I have to agree! Her talent and vision turned out pictures that my husband and I will treasure forever! If given the chance to pick again, I'd pick Elyana every time.
We were so blown away by Elyana - hiring her was by far one of the best decisions we made in the wedding planning process! Neither my husband nor I generally love taking photos, but Elyana made us feel so comfortable and relaxed! She was able t...
o accommodate taking pictures at multiple locations, had lots of great suggestions, and captured everything we wanted at our ceremony and reception. She couldn't have been nicer, and her photos of our day were incredible!
Elyana is a very friendly person who is very compassionate in her work. She is a hard worker as she carries out what the client wants. With my experience, she had many candid pictures as I was able to re-live my wedding through her photos. Her ...
photos embraces all the emotions on my wedding day. Elyana is easy to work with and very professional. She is very detailed and organized when planning your day- she did that to mine , and I wanted everything that I imagined it to be. My wedding photos came out exactly what I wanted.
Response from the Vendor on 08/25/2019
Thank you so much Jennifer. I loved being a part of your day!!! Wishing you and Jason a lifetime of love, adventures, and laughter!
My experience with Elyana was absolutely amazing. It was so easy to work with her and we all had a blast. She’s gives great direction and makes things as comfortable as possible. Never once did I feel awkward. All my photos came out great and s...
o natural, my entire family loved them. Aside from the work that she did, as a person she was so fun to be around. I’m looking forward to working with her more.
If there is one thing you take away from this review it's this: HIRE ELYANA! When my husband and I found Elyanas page I knew immediately I wanted her to so our engagement and wedding pictures. She has a soft and romantic feel in her pictures. ...
She was so easy to talk to in our preinterview. She was open to all of our ideas and trying new things. I felt like I was talking with a girl friend. When it came time to take our pictures she made us feel so comforts let because she was having so much fun. It's obvious she loves her job and she loves her clients. We ended up booking her for our wedding and less than 24hrs she gave a taste of our photos and they couldn't have been more perfect! She captured the full essence of me and my husband! I wouldn't have wanted to work with any other photographer!
We totally love Elyana as the best photographer ever! She is very easy to communicate and responsive. Her skills and personality made the whole picture shooting experience run very smoothly, and we actually had tons of fun in the process. She i...
s great at making you feel very comfortable and not nervous in front of camera. We will definitely recommend Elyana to all of my friends and family. She is amazing!
Anyone that knows me, knows that I have planned my wedding since I was 5. With that said, I needed the best of the best. When I found Elyana and looked at her portfolio, I immediately texted my fiancé and told him "I found her!" I looked throug...
h hundreds of photographers, but no one gave me that "spark". Her work is absolutely beautiful and romantic. It's soft and feels so effortless. We wanted someone who understood the concept of candid shots without making it obvious it was candid. Someone who truly listened to what we wanted and how we wanted to be captured on film. Elyana from the very beginning was a dream to work with. From our first meeting to the day of she was always so kind and enthusiastic which made me even more excited! She felt like an old friend which is what you want on one of the most important days of your life. Gina (our second shooter) and Elyana vibed so well and they are truly the dream team! My now hubby and I cannot wait to get our photos back!
Thank you so much Elyana and Gina!
Elyana did an amazing job photographing our wedding! She included both candid and portriat pictures in our collection, and they are simply breathtaking. She knew when to step in to help us with poses and when to step back and capture the candi...
d moments. I actually had four different locations to be at throughout the day, and she drove to each one and was there ahead of time to set up. She is a very humble person and it made me feel very comfortable to get my pictures taken. We received our pictures when she said they would be ready and they were easily downloaded onto our drive. We also purchased a few canvases and they also arrived quickly. I must also add that she has affordable plans.
There are not enough words to describe how happy my husband, myself and our families were with our wedding photos, shot by the incredible Elyana. What a hidden gem of the LA photographer world!
We were planning our wedding from across the cou...
ntry, and from the beginning, she put us at ease. We had great phone calls, she showed us her portfolio, and just went above and beyond. Her meticulous planning, easy spirit, and talent really speak through the beautiful pictures that were captured.
We went with the full day package plus a second shooter, and we were so glad we did! They were able to capture all the moments we were looking for, documenting a photo journalistic approach that lead to amazing candids, sweet moments, and literally a photo of every single guest at our wedding. I could not believe that. every single guest was captured in a beautiful and natural way, giving us an album that transports us back to each and every moment, allowing us to see multiple angles, and ensure that all the photos we wanted were captured. Her subtle way of keeping the day going, without being commanding or pushy was incredibly appreciated, as wrangling bridal party and family alike takes effort. Not to mention her charm and amazing personality really put us at ease and allowed us to feel like old friends, very quickly.
We have received so many compliments on our photos, and have heard many "these are some of the best wedding photos we have seen!" multiple times over. Her ability to capture natural light was an artistic expression that really sold us on her work, and blew us away, as our ceremony was outside on a beautiful sunny day. It is hard to chose a favorite photo, and we didn't have to wait long! We received our photos within the month. She even went the extra mile to provide additional edits upon request. There is nothing she can't do!
there is so much more I could stay, but simply put, don't overthink this choice, Eylana will provide you with the most incredible photos of such a special day, and is the easiest and best decision from our wedding that we made!
Elyana far exceeded me and my fiancé’s expectations. Everything from the inital meeting to the actual day of the wedding went so smoothly. If we ever had any questions or concerns she would address them immediately. She also made us feel very c...
omfortable in front of the camera, so if you’re like me and my fiancé and get camera shy, Elyana is your girl. To top it all off, the images that she captured are absolutely beautiful! It was difficult choosing the pictures for the photo album that we purchased through her because we wanted all of them in there, haha. I do think that it would have been even better if we went with the package that included a second photographer, but due to budget we had to pick and choose what we wanted. I defintely recommend Elyana if you’re looking for someone that is friendly, professional, and talented.
Elyana was absolutely amazing! From our first conversation to the day of my wedding, she was great. Elyana was punctual, friendly, understanding of the pressures of the wedding day and was able to capture everything we wanted to express in ou...
r wedding photos! Elyana had our photos ready to view shortly after the wedding. I would definitely recommend Elyana to everyone!
From the first email to the super speedy delivery of my pictures, Elyana was a superstar. She was extremely prompt with all her replies and answered my numerous questions with gentle patience. At our meeting before the wedding, I felt like I wa...
s chatting with a good friend and not a professional I had just met. She made sure she understood my vision and on the day-of she was great. She have direction without being intrusive or making anyone feel awkward. She has a gift for catching authentic candid moments and I would absolutely hire her again.
Elyana photographed my wedding exactly the way I envisioned it, all the while with kindness and a smile. She is lovely to work with as a person, and her design aesthetic is on point - she really gets how to frame and filter photos, so much so t...
hat now I've got a ton of 'stunners' that I've got to make hard decisions on getting printed and into a book! I can truly say I love my wedding photography and am so happy and grateful to Elyana for being part of my day.
Elyana is nothing short of amazing!! What I enjoyed most about working with her is the positive energy, enthusiasm, keen eye for detail, and fun she brings to the photo shoots. She is by far the most professional and personable photographer I'v...
e worked with. Her creative nature and artistic eye allows her to capture the most incredible shots. Your search for a photographer has ended, you should definitely book with Elyana! I highly recommend her and assure you that you will be more than pleased.
Elyana photographed our wedding about two years ago. She is nothing short of amazing. Both talented and professional, you would be lucky to have her as your photographer. In addition to being prepared (brought extra equipment in case any techni...
cal issues came up) and timely, she was so easy to worth with. She understood the aesthetic we were going for and absolutely delivered. I can't say enough good things about her. She also worked with us to create a package that fit our needs and budget. Fantastic photographer - I highly recommend!
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Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, & SoCal
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Elyana Ivette
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