First time using studio 94. Not by choice. But bc that's who my kids high school contracted with. My kid just had freshman photos done and they took quite a few photos. Assuming we would be able to pick out of the photos taken. Wrong. Emails were sent and we have just one photo. One. Why even take more than one photo if we don't even get to choose from them? When my kids were in elementary and middle school, we always had a chance to pick through at least 4-5 diff options. Then that photo would be the one chosen for their yearbook. It's worked the last 9 years. I don't understand why it's any different for high school. Their order website is so sensitive and finicky too.Every time I click outside the photo it blanks out and you have to keep refreshing to "return to site". Another heads up, you have no choice but to pay for shipping. Other companies allow you to ship to the school then distribute. No, you have to pay $9 or $30 for next day shipping. At least give us the option to pick up at your local office or the high school office. You're a local business .... read more

Too expensive for terrible senior photos. We had to spend more money to hire our own photographer to take better pictures for less than half the price this studio charged. I recommend the school's in the surrounding area shop around. read more

We have a disabled and special needs high school senior, and Studio 94 is the company used for the yearbook photos for his school. They were absolutely amazing accommodating his needs, giving us extra time, and being so kind and welcoming in the process. We are also happy with the images we received for his yearbook, senior photos and of the graduation itself. I would absolutely recommend this studio for your photography needs, their setup is professional and they have everything you need for your photo shoot, including props. read more

I'm a performing musician with a need for some professional publicity photos. I had a great photo session at Studio 94 in Temecula. The photographer, owner Kyle Robinson, was very knowledgeable about lighting and the best poses, and was fun to work with. I came away with many excellent photos on a cute USB thumb drive that resembled a miniature camera. The price for the photos session was reasonable, and I couldn't be happier. read more

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I had a great experience with my nursing graduation photos here. Thank you Natalie! Also my boys had their high school graduation pictures here and I loved them. I would definitely recommend them. read more

Great customer service! Everyone here is very kind and they lead you through the process with ease. I have been to this location a few times for my Senior's portrait sittings. Each employee has been very professional and helpful when ordering. I got my items within a week, very fast service! I was impressed that the young men and women that work here are very mature and knowledgeable about what they are doing. I would definitely recommend coming here for your photographic needs. read more

As many of the other reviews state, I wish I had looked at the reviews prior to coming here. The TVUSD school district requires yearbook photos taken from Studio 94, so, being inexperienced, we went with it and bought their most popular packet which would be the yearbook headshot, the outfit of choice, and the cap and gown shoot. Yes, the staff is young and rude and inexperienced. From the start when my mother and I were looking at the backdrops, we were rushed. Were we taking more time than any other people? Yes, probably, which is a given when I also serve as my mother's translator. When we went in for the actual shoot, I will say the photographer was very friendly. However, he only took single shots. And what I mean by that is, that if there was glare in my glasses or my eyes were closed in a photo, it didn't matter. He kept each photo as a part of the total photos allotted. If a person is paying for say 12 photos, they should get 12 good photos. I'm not saying that the photographer doesn't know what he's doing, but I am saying that it was such a drive-thru experience. A 20 minute session to begin with, and the rushing from the very beginning even when we were early to our session. If we could do this again, I would 100% say, get the free headshot at school in the morning and if you want professional photos done, hire someone else independently (it is probably cheaper, your voice would be heard, you will look good in the photos, and you get to pick different locations.) Another note to add, absolutely get the editing on your photos. I don't understand why the staff was SO against it, do what you want, they are YOUR photos and YOUR memories, do not let them talk you out of anything like they did to us, the family before us, and the family after us. And yes, we did overhear the staff talking shit about a girl who did want alterations to her photos as they were called "unnecessary" and "unnatural" Studio 94 WILL judge you, they WILL talk you out of things you may want, they WILL rush you, they WILL be inconsiderate, and they WILL overcharge you. Please, please, please: hire someone else, another company, or just take photos with your own phone. I promise they will turn out beautiful without this company. And the plaques they offer? Go to HomeGoods, go thrifting, make it yourself, go to Walmart, they sell a much bigger variety than Studio 94 anyways. read more

This place wasn't as bad as I was expecting it to be reading through past reviews and hearing complaints from other parents. Booking was easy, email correspondence is quick, they also send you multiple reminders until the day of your session. One issue I did have was that they do not specify the color that they are supposed to wear for their portraits, we decided to just do black because that was what majority of seniors were wearing in last year's yearbook. They had a lot of seating in their waiting area, Raven was super sweet getting us checked in and answered as many questions as she could or went back to ask if she didn't know the answer. Natalie (photographer) was easy going, poses were generic and I had to suggest different ones for each take. Had I known this, we would have researched and arrived more prepared with set poses. At the end when it was time to view the pictures, we noticed her hair was a mess which easily could have been avoided had she just been told during the pictures. We were offered a touch up to fix it for an additional $10 or we could redo the sitting which we opted to pay because we had already been there over an hour and half for our 20 minute session. Kurt ended up waiving the $10 touch up fee for us, but when they emailed our proofs, nothing had been fixed. I worked with Rebecca via email on this who was able to get the touch up done and add it back to my student's viewing gallery, thanks so much for all your help! Even though it did not strike me as a true professional studio and there were just a few kids running it, they all tried their best and had great attitudes. read more

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Just get the yearbook photo and leave. The picture quality is terrible. They are so over priced and they rush you to purchase a package. I used to get my kids pictures done at Sears and Jc Penney and it's better quality. I spent over $400 and feel super ripped off. Just get the necessary picture and hire a professional to make the memories of your beautiful senior read more

My daughter had her senior photos taken here. The staff were all so friendly, patient and professional. From checking us in to ordering our photo packages. It was such a pleasant and fun experience for us. I love the discount they offered for month of July. Shout out to our photographer (such a sweetheart) and Kurt, who helped us decide on our packages. Looking forward to the Photos Thank you ! read more

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This company should NOT be in charge of school pictures they somehow get to extort students and parents for their money via the school administration for subpar work. They obviously don't have the personnel to handle the school districts numbers and the photographers don't take the time to get a professional pic for a yearbook. The administration at Studio 94 is less than accommodating and the staff very untrained for this job. Apparently they believe that cameras and lights take the place of good service, and their attitudes are as fake as their backdrops. The photographer kept instructing my son to smile bigger making each picture worse than the last. Afterwards having no pictures worth spending money on the asked me to pick one nonetheless because it's easier for them, and if I was going to retake the shoot they would charge more money. As if this was the only choice. I just saw the school still has a picture day for the yearbook. Don't be fooled into being charged for something that should be free. The people at this studio are talking advantage of loving parents and gullible kids. read more

Horrible service. The employees are rude. My son's pictures turned out super dark the lighting is terrible.

This "studio" needs to be shut down like right now! I honestly think the only reason this studio remains open is due to the contracts it makes with local high schools. What a shame as it's such an important milestone and the people running this business are complete money hungry jerks! Not to mention I'm sure the high schools save money hiring such an unprofessional business to take senior pictures. I'd much rather pay more money to have my kids take good pictures at an actual studio. Long story incoming so everyone understands how this business works. First off, the "photographer's" are a bunch of kids themselves! Are you kidding me?! When I went with my son to take his pictures, it must have taken no more than ten minutes for all the pictures and he had three outfit changes. They don't bother with lighting, making sure the kids are smiling and comfortable, fixing their hair, nothing! It's snap, snap, snap, and okay, done, get out. Second, the background that was on our portfolio to buy pictures looked nothing, I mean nothing, like the one we chose at the studio. Rebecca tried her best to change the background to how we wanted to no avail. Third, the quality of the picture paper is complete trash! I paid $200 for a wall portrait and when I received it, all the corners were already coming off and it had scratches all over the picture. I'm in shock as to how they could possibly send me such an expensive portrait in that condition. The worst part is that it's mounted on cheap cardboard that you buy at Dollar Tree making the peeling worse. I've never had such a bad experience at any business. Finally, when I called the studio and explained my dismay at all this, they could care less. Emma explained supposedly that's how they ship the pictures, argued that it wasn't their fault, but the lab they're contracted with, and said that if I wanted to return the picture I would have to pay for shipping MYSELF or personally take it to the studio (I'm over an hour away) in order for them to "try and fix" the issue and reprint it. When I mentioned that it's a far drive given I work sixty hour weeks and that I shouldn't have to pay for shipping since it wasn't my error, she again argued that it wasn't their error either, but the labs so that they shouldn't be held responsible for any additional charges! Are you kidding me?! It's your lab that messed up! Wow!!! My solution was fine, I'll keep all the other packages you messed up on as well, but I refuse to keep the 16x20 scratched, peeling off picture, and asked for a refund, which she straight up denied. She went ahead and argued that it costs them so much money to print and ship pictures and how it's not their fault, therefore, not their responsibility to pay any extra money. It is absolutely their responsibility since they're the ones that hired the lab, not the customer's who pay good money for these once in a lifetime portraits. I should mention, that their website says they have a 100% satisfaction guarantee as well as Rebecca who said if I'm unsatisfied they would make it right or offer my money back. What a shady business! I spent over $630 of my hard earned money on these so called last over 200 years portraits and this is how they treat their customer's. I'm so upset at their rude employees, lying and deceiving owners and business practice, wasted money, and the fact that they ruined such a huge milestone for my son. I begged my son to take grad pictures with an individual photographer which he refused so my advice is to go anywhere but here! Do not give these people any of your money because they'll take it and run! I complained to my son's high school, which I'm sure more parents did as well because they are no longer associated with this studio. Good riddance! I wish it would have happened a year sooner so we didn't have to deal with these conniving individuals!!! Shame on you Studio 94 for ruining one of the best and most memorable moments in a families life! read more

We had THE BEST EXPERIENCE at Studio 94! Every person we interacted with was kind, professional and so knowledgeable! Our daughters Senior pictures came out PERFECT!!! So thankful!!!! read more

I ordered many portraits for my twins boys earlier in the year. I could not order online because of the twins separate packages and discounts , complicated situation. It was very inconvenient. The studio also took pictures at graduation. I ordered those as well, but I was able to order online. The pictures came completely bent in half. I called and Natalie the manager called me back and said they would need me to go drop off the photos to get new ones. That defeated what I paid in shipping and I explained I don't live close to the studio. She left a voicemail stating it's not like I live all the way in San Diego. She did nothing for me to replace the pictures because policy is policy. She never called back to follow through. Horrible customer service. read more

Today was my daughter's senior photos. My daughter was pretty moody and didn't really want her photos taken. Giovanni, the photographer was great and made her laugh. Photos were good! I took one star off because the price was soooo expensive but the kids that work here were great. read more

Zero stars really should be a yelp option. Very unprofessional. I have to agree with the other posts, there is no attempt at making the shoot comfortable or personable, and the end result was awkward and uncomfortable looking photos. No adults in staff around, anywhere, all teens, including the photographer. Their big presentation of these milestone photos was tiny printed icons on a few sheets of printer paper, as you sit in the waiting room, along with a small paper pamphlet to pick out packages. The prices for the quality, experience, and drive thru mentality was unreal. $600-$800 packages, $75 for a single digital image. They want that kind of cash but didn't hire presentable and friendly professionals or review the images on a computer with a professional staff member. We would have happily spent that kind of money on great and professional photos that brought out real personality. For such a milestone, it really was an über crappy experience. Despite what they ( Studio 94 and the District) tell you, you CAN absolutely take the yearbook photo at school. Its just not taken during check in like the 9-11 students or ID photos. Studio 94 shows up to campus before the deadline to take photos of students whom have not paid or cannot pay for and attend a sitting at the actual studio. If taken at school, its the same yearbook/background photo as the one you pay the $30 for at the studio, but its free on campus. TRUE - they will not use a photo for the YB not taken by Studio 94, BUT you don't have to buy the actual image, or a sitting, or the packages. The photo can be done at school, and you should get an email notification of when - ours was October. They like to threaten that if you don't buy a sitting, you don't appear in the yearbook, which the school system (TVUSD) should be ashamed of promoting. You don't get to pick out your favorite image, background, outfit, etc for the actual YB. The school has already designated the background to appear in the yearbook, so all students backgrounds will be the same. Per the school - its "cohesive". The extra poses and backgrounds are a sales pitch. Which is fabulous, but with a real photographer. Get a real one for your kiddos experience, and milestone, and take the yearbook picture at school. read more

This studio is AWEFUL!! I Agree 100% they should Not be in charge of school pictures. They do nothing to try and get a decent picture. I accidentally purchased two of the exact same downloaded photo and they are REFUSING to acknowledge the first to refund the second. The staff is Rude! I mean, $30 for a terrible downloaded picture in itself is robbery, but what are you going to do, you have to have a school photo. Such A Disappointment. Wow, the reviews are very bad, and very accurate, unfortunately we did not have a choice in the matter. read more

This place is very bad. They have teenagers working as professional photographers with no experience in photography at all. All the poses come out awkward and unnaturally. Then they charge so much, but the end products are of very bad quality. Printed papers are thin and the pictures are dark. Do they know how to edit to make it brighter? Then when you contact them, all they can say is "sorry." I wish the schools would stop sending our kids here for pictures. Waste of money. read more

At the end of last year I purchased a package for my daughter's senior pictures. I purposely bought a certain package for what it was advertised to include, one of these things being a included family sitting with photo. My son is in the military and coming home after years away and was looking forward to the photos. I asked about the sitting that was included in my package and all of a sudden I didnt spend enough money to have that included because I got a discount for doing my photos early. I have the brochure from when I was sold the package and nowhere does it state you need to spend a certain amount. This is false advertising considering even in the brochure it shows the prices with possible discounts. If I was told when I was ordering that I would have been excluded from things I in the package I was ordering I could have spent literally $2 more. This photo is off their website. Beware read more

Studio 94 Photography - Session Photography Near Me - Temecula, California

They changed their name because they are so bad. This was a required studio from our school for yearbook photos. They look horrible. All the senior pictures are awful! I ordered one in cap and gown and they changed the color so bad my son looks like a zombie. We just got his yearbook photo, it is awful! The coloring is all off. They did nothing to make the student comfortable so everything is forced. They have a checklist in their head of shots and are robots checking them off. No creativity. I would give them negative stars, but that wasn't an option. read more

My daughter had her picture taken on her assigned enrollment day for high school at TVUSD. Only one photo was taken so when I finally got an email from studio94 there was only one choice. My daughter doesn't have perfect skin because she is a teen after all, so I paid for retouching to cover some acne. I ordered the digital download picture. There was absolutely no retouching on her photo when I received it. I emailed studio94 to complain. I eventually received a second photo that I was told had the $75 "senior" retouching done to it at no extra charge. The second version of my daughter's picture was so touched up that her face was just basically orange (she's brown) and looks like a photo on social media that had many filters applied to it and is so fake! Studio 94 retrained itself from using bunny ears, puppy tongue, or flower wreaths but it wasn't much better than that. This company is a joke and The district must be getting some kind of kickback from studio94 because they are not professional at all. TVUSD needs to go back to gerardy or lifetouch. I know when she's a senior she'll get the free yearbook session and we'll pay a real photographer for senior photos. I'm waiting for a refund! These people are unreal! read more

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My daughters school district changed to this studio after many years with Lifetouch. Worse mistake ever!!! We arrived at their new location in Riverside and the place was locked up! Confused I double checked the address and even doubled check the confirming email to ensure our appointment was in fact today. I then see another parent in the parking lot who was upset and on the phone. She asked if I was here to take pictures as well. She said she has been waiting for an hour and no one showed up. She said she is going to reschedule. Duh!! Meantime, I was calling the customer service number and was on hold for about 15 minutes before I got to speak to someone. They said the photographer had an emergency but that they were sending another photographer and they would be their in about 45 minutes! What??!!! Terrible customer service! I asked why no one contacted us to let us know before we headed over. A day totally wasted!!! I can't believe this company has only one person working in the entire studio for this location! read more

Very dissatisfied with this place. My son is a Senior at Fullerton High School. This was the "photographers" that we had to use. Immediately after take Pictures, you need to select yearbook picture and pkg. They pressure you by telling you, if you don't buy same day, "the special " goes away. DONT GIVE IN!!! They feed you this crap about they only sell the matted frame picture, minus the frame. Their excuse is "we don't know what your decor is, so we do not include the frame. Who in the H$&ll uses identical frames for all their pictures. Ridiculous!!! I only purchased USB for almost 400.00. You have to pay to have the download and printed else where. I bought a 16 x 20 matted, and a collage of 3- 5x 7 matted. Whole order was 622.00. Received pictures. None included matting. They use a solid colored border that is part of the picture to make it look like it was matted. Very poor quality paper. I went to Walmart and had a 16 x 20 picture made for 2.38. Bought. Frame with a matt. Total Cost 10.00 read more

I wish I would've have read the reviews before our session. Went for senior photos and the experience was horrible. They claim each session is tailored to meet the clients need but when we went, they told us that all senior photos are done exactly the same. When i asked for a slight modification because my son looked stiff, i was given an attitude and was told thats not how they do it. When i looked at the proofs, i could see my son looked uncomfortable in the photos, so i called and asked for a reshoot with another photographer. They agreed, but when we showed up, the owner was the photographer and immediately started by telling me how much i am inconveniencing him on his day off. When i tried to explain why i wanted a reshoot, i was told i would need to pay more as my reason was ridiculous, and i didn't know anything about photography. He went on to say how his photographer is a professional and knows what they are doing, and i could always go to JcPenneys. He berated me in front of my son to the point of tears. We did not do the reshoot and left as he was completely unprofessional and told me to get out because i didnt agree with him about my photo session experience. We unfortunately have to use this business for yearbook photos, but i actually did go to JcPenneys instead. I had an amazing experience with photographers who took the time to listen to what the customer wants and the photos looked better because my son was comfortable, and you could see it in his smile. This business needs a lesson in customer service! Maybe they should take notes from JcPenneys. read more

Reading through the one star reviews, I was nervous about my son's senior photo shoot. But everything went smoothly--we even received our printed pictures a week earlier than promised! They look great. We booked a session in July, on the second day they were doing senior pics. I think it helped that we went before they started to get busier. Both my husband and I went to the shoot so we could look at the proofs together and place the order on the spot to take advantage of the 20% early bird discount. My older kid was able to use a different studio in 2016 for her senior photos, and that studio offered a more personal experience, and their packages were better. But overall we were satisfied with our recent experience at Studio 94. read more

I really would like to order my daughter's senior portraits, however I have yet to receive the proofs. It's been 3 weeks since my daughter's sitting. After 3 weeks of no phone call or email, I finally got proofs in the mail, however they were not my daughter's proofs. They were another student's pictures?!? How does that happen? I called the studio today to find out what happened with my daughter's proofs, but it was impossible to get a hold of a person at the studio. I am so disappointed. Studio 94 has terrible customer service. Please be aware that all of the "photographers" at Studio 94 are very young. They look like high schoolers. If they aren't, they are probably not much older. That may explain the lousy customer service. I recommend only using Studio 94 for the yearbook photo. Please give your business, money, and time to an actual photographer who cares about you and the service they provide. You have choices. Don't use Studio 94. They don't deserve your business and you deserve so much better! read more

Here is an excerpt from the email I received after my son's appointment: "Give us a 4 or 5 star Yelp review and receive a FREE 8x10 print or a digital file from your session for FREE! Go to Yelp and choose the studio that you were photographed in, and yelp for us. If you were photographed on location please choose the Murrieta Studio. Once your review is posted send an email to Info@Studio-94.com letting us know that you yelped. Please include your name, school, grad year, and Image that you want. We will send you the digital file by email or the print by mail as soon as we get confirmation." Ummm, I would call that cheating! Not ethical at all. And it stinks that in order to have your yearbook photo retouched you have to pay the $30 sitting fee. Yearbook mug shots are supposed to be free, but for the free one, you cannot pick the pose or get retouching. Not cool. We would never go here if we weren't forced to by the school to be included in the yearbook. read more

Such wonderful customer service and my sons Photogrophy session was excellent! Prices are reasonable and over all this company is very professional! and honest. read more

I am very disappointed. They first told me the best bet for your money is Digital photos. So I ordered my sons digital photos. Well, then after 3 weeks, I never received the flash drive. They sent me an email link to use and have my pictures printed. When I ordered my pictures they came out horrible!!!! Now I can't even access my sons pictures through the link any longer or get on the site again to download them again. AND I still have not received my flash drive . I need my pictures and unable to send out to family members and graduation announcements. I want some type of refund or just have you print my pictures at no extra costs. This is very upsetting for me!!!!! Crystal R read more

We went here for my sister's senior pictures and they were so unorganized. We came a little early for her appointment and we waited 20 more mins for a simple yearbook photo. If someone told us we needed to wait that would have been fine but 5 different people came out to ask if we've been helped already.. Werid.. dont the employees talk to each other? read more

Worst place ever! They can't even get the mascot right on the panoramic class photo. I have been leaving messages and trying to get someone to help me with when I will get a re-print. And lets also mention, the picture came rolled up in a tube! read more

Our school district sent us to the photography studio, for senior pictures. Customer service was mediocre at best. Handed me terrible looking proofs and a price sheet and walked away. I really miss the old studio the district used when my son was a senior. My pictures came today rolled up in a tube, gloss finish and not that great. Very disappointed, if I could give a 0 Star I would. read more

This is a terrible company and if you are thinking about having your yearbook done through them please stop and select someone else. They are condescending, horrible to work with for scheduling, and they have absolutely no incentive to work with parents. Everything is at their convenience not yours. They refuse to make any exceptions no matter the situation. Such an utter disappointment. This company took something that should be positive- a senior portrait for heaven sakes - and turned it into drama. Completely unacceptable. If at all possible, take your business elsewhere. If not possible, plan for disappointment. read more

We were very disappointed in the graduation pictures taken by Studio 94. They look more like a regular school pictures and were not the quality we expected for what was charged. They have beautiful photos posted on-line and in their studio, but that is not near the product you will receive. If you are looking for a passport photo this is the place, but if you have a memorable event you would like to have captured in a photo, stay clear of Studio 94. read more

My daughter's school changed their senior photos to Studio 94 for the first time this year and I am SO disappointed!! The session was rushed, she snapped only a handful of photos, and the end result is so disappointing. We reluctantly chose one yearbook photo and will now have to find and hire an outside photographer to take some proper senior photos. read more

This is for the Vista location. We took pictures back in August to be ahead of the game for my son's senior year. We received the disc in the mail that we ordered for quite a bit of cash and it was BLANK! We tried it on 3 computers. After waiting for a human and being on hold for days I finally got thru. They said they would send it on a flash drive. It's been 2 weeks and we haven't received it. I called 4 times today and can't get thru! Very disappointed. read more

They don't answer their phones. We had a session weeks ago and still have not been sent the email link to buy pictures. We leave a message and never hear back. Extremely underwhelmed..... read more

This review is for the Vista location. We feel the photographer and the salesperson (Ally) were excellent. We love the results and although it's a bit pricy, I think it's not outrageous. We came on time and the shoot was done in less than 20 min. Efficient and friendly. read more

I paid $30 for a professional sitting, 2 changes of clothes, figured that paying extra the photographer would take his time right? NOPE! He took 4 very awkward photos. No client interaction, no making the person comfortable. Then they said we had to come back for the second sitting! Never mentioned this on the phone when I made the appointment. The school contracts with them for the yearbook. Big mistake. Save your money, friends. I had two other sons get graduation photos done and this company was terrible. San Diego Location. read more