Hi, I'm Marisol
A coast kid who never put the camera down.
I was raised three blocks from the water in Ocean Beach, and I've never gotten over the way San Diego light softens an hour before sunset — that slow amber that makes everyone look like the best version of themselves. I bought my first real camera to chase it, and I never put it down.
For eleven years I've photographed couples from the tide pools at Sunset Cliffs to the oak meadows above Julian. My couples tell me they forgot I was there — that they got to actually live their wedding instead of perform it. That's the whole job, the way I see it: stay quiet, stay close, and catch the real thing as it happens.
When I'm not shooting you'll find me free-diving off La Jolla Cove, hunting the best carne asada fries in Barrio Logan, or editing on my porch with my rescue pup, Marina, asleep on my feet. If any of that sounds like your kind of person — let's make something you'll hand down.
“I'm not here to direct your day. I'm here to remember it for you — every laugh, every quiet hand-squeeze, every minute you'll wish you could live twice.”
— Marisol
The non-camera stuff
A few things about me
- Coffee order
- Oat cortado, Communal Coffee
- Always in my bag
- Two bodies, a film camera, snacks for you
- Happy place
- Underwater off La Jolla Cove
- Studio buddy
- Marina, a 60-lb rescue lap dog
- Editing soundtrack
- Bon Iver on repeat, no apologies
- Best taco in SD
- I'll die on the Tacos El Gordo hill
How I work
Documentary at heart, with just enough guidance.
I stay out of the way
Ninety percent of your day, you won't notice me. I'm reading the room, anticipating the moment, and catching it as it happens — not staging it.
Until you need me
For portraits I give relaxed, easy prompts instead of stiff poses. You'll feel like yourselves, which is exactly why the photos look like you.
Light is everything
I plan your whole timeline around the sun so your portraits land in that impossible golden-hour glow. It costs nothing and changes everything.
Then I disappear again
Edited galleries in six weeks, a print release in every collection, and zero pressure to upsell. You own your memories.
Think we'd get along?
I'd love to hear about your day. Let's see if your date is open.