Santa Barbara Photographer for Headshots, Branding & Portraits
Revelatory + Aligned Visuals for Business Luminaries, Cultural Evolutionaries & Modern Mystics.
Santa Barbara's Photographer for Brands, Families & Senior Portraits
Doug Ellis is one of the top commercial and corporate branding photographers in Santa Barbara, CA, with 20 years of experience working with cause-driven organizations, entrepreneurs, conscious brands and spiritual luminaries. His editorial work has appeared in National Geographic, Spirituality & Health, Success Magazine, Yoga Journal, Travel + Leisure, and the Today Show. With a Master’s degree in Marketing and PR and 316 five-star reviews, Doug brings a strategic, editorial approach to nonverbal brand storytelling and amplifying the magnificence of business and individual clients.
See the branding case studies or headshot page for more examples of corporate photography or the family photos or couples engagement and proposal photos pages for individual portraits.
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Santa Barbara Headshot & Event Photography
Co-create your professional business headshots or corporate event photos with a Santa Barbara photographer with a Master’s degree and 20 years of working experience in branding, marketing and public relations.
For truly aligned and authentic portrait photography and business headshots that advance your business mission and serve your branding objectives, consider our creative team your personal and professional Glam Squad. See our small business brand and influencer brand case studies here. We incorporate detailed coaching and discovery work (including mood boards, mockups, palettes and style guides) on the front end of your branding collection so that the actual day of creating photos becomes a celebration of all you want to bring to the marketplace and beyond.
Doug Ellis Photography has been photographing in Santa Barbara full-time since 2012 and specializes in headshots and couples engagement/proposal, family photos and senior pictures.
Doug’s commercial and editorial photography has appeared in numerous publications including Spirituality & Health, Success, National Geographic, Yoga Journal, and the Today Show among tothers.
To learn more about the collaborative branding photography process, see our branding photo process page or the branding client case studies page.
Our Branding & Editorial Photography & Headshot Services
- ~ Brand Audit, Storyboarding and Creative Direction
- ~ Fashion, Location and Prop Styling
- ~ Hair/Makeup
- ~ In Studio or On Location
- ~ Aligned and True stills and motion.
- ~ Tailored Licensing
- ~ Integration and Optimization Services
- Branding Stills + Motion
- Headshots (Individual or Teams)
- Commercial Photography
- Editorial Photography
- Integration + Optimization