Certified California Microbusiness · Cert. No. 2053136
Kanyon Studio is a San Diego photography, video, and design studio and a certified California Small Business (Cert. No. 2053136) available to state departments, CSU and UC campuses, counties, cities, and special districts. Photography is flat by the day — $395 for a half day, $795 for a full day — video projects start from $700, and every quote is returned within 24 hours. Updated September 2026.
State departments may solicit certified small businesses directly for goods and services between $5,001 and $249,999.99 — no formal competitive bid required.
Certified small business status carries a five percent preference on competitive state solicitations, counts toward your agency's 25% small business participation goal, and our microbusiness level qualifies for microbusiness-specific opportunities.
Active on Cal eProcure for State of California solicitations and on RAMP for City of Los Angeles and LA28-related opportunities.
Sole proprietor, single point of contact. No account layers, no subcontracting surprises — the person you hire is the person on site.
Under Government Code 14838.5, a California state agency can award directly to a certified small business or microbusiness between $5,001 and $249,999.99 — no formal bid, two quotes.
Architecture, campus life, labs and facilities, staff and faculty portraits — imagery for recruitment materials, annual reports, and websites.
Ceremonies, ribbon cuttings, public meetings, community programs, and outreach events, delivered fast for press and social use.
Public service announcements, recruitment and orientation videos, program documentation, and short-form social cuts from the same shoot day.
Proofs within 48 hours and finished files inside a week, so program deadlines, press releases, and publication dates hold.
Brochures, signage, reports, and campaign assets — designed to existing brand standards and accessibility requirements.
Webflow, Shopify, Wix, and Squarespace builds, plus structured-data and AI-search optimization so public information is actually findable.
Agencies get the same production standard we bring to commercial brands — lighting, composition, and editing that hold up in print, on campus signage, and in recruitment materials.
Yes — Kanyon Studio holds an active California Small Business certification at the Microbusiness level, SB(Micro), through the Department of General Services, Office of Small Business and DVBE Services. Certification No. 2053136, valid through July 31, 2028.
In many cases yes. Under the SB/DVBE Option, state departments may solicit certified small businesses directly for goods and services between $5,001 and $249,999.99, typically requiring two quotes from certified small businesses.
State departments, CSU and UC campuses, community college districts, city and county entities, and public programs across San Diego County and greater Los Angeles, including LA28-related opportunities through RAMP.
Yes — certificates of insurance, W-9, and required vendor forms are provided on request, and standard agency terms are welcome. Send your requirements with the RFQ and everything comes back completed.
Within 24 hours of receiving a scope. Rush quotes for time-sensitive solicitations are accommodated; email kanyonstudio@gmail.com with the due date in the subject line.
Send your scope, timeline, and any required forms — quote returned within 24 hours.
Kanyon Studio holds an FAA Remote Pilot Certificate under 14 CFR Part 107, which is required for any commercial small unmanned aircraft operation in the United States. Agency work involving aerial imagery can be performed in-house rather than subcontracted.
Much of San Diego County sits inside controlled airspace around San Diego International, MCAS Miramar, North Island, Montgomery Field, and Gillespie. Flights in those areas require FAA authorization, which is obtained in advance of the scheduled date and documented.
Typical agency applications include capital project progress documentation, facility and campus records, public works and infrastructure condition surveys, and imagery for public communications.
