Professional Headshots
Our Approach, Pricing & Process
Santa Barbara Headshot Photographer
Recent Business Headshots
Headshot Photographer–Individuals & Teams
When searching for business photographers or a professional headshot photographer in your area, please keep Doug Ellis Photography in mind. We are one of the pre-eminent Santa Barbara photographers offering professional headshots and portraits on location or in studio for individuals, groups and teams. Based on our Thumbtack, Google and Yelp reviews of the best Santa Barbara headshot photographers we can assure you we make the process easy, joyful and dare we say fun?
Images that Work to Get You Work
We create bespoke business branding photos with photo studio backgrounds to match current company website or LinkedIN photos using a marketing firm or PR lighting and posing spec sheet, using green screen for compositing, and/or specific office or architectural backgrounds to match specific Pantone colors. We offer tiered volume headshot pricing for teams of three or more and discounts for military personnel, nonprofits, and students. All professional headshot sessions receive a style guide and posing videos and a branding discovery form to help you look and feel your best. For brand makeovers or image assets for a brand new website it is often helpful to consider a branding photographer or branding image collection to help you anticipate and solve your business needs.
How Much Do Professional Headshots Cost?
Business headshots and branding photos in Santa Barbara generally range from approximately $175 on the low-end at JC Penney portraits and other discount photo studios or craigslist photographers all the way up into five and six figures for high end commercial celebrity and fine art photographers. Actor headshot pricing and business headshot pricing is based on the time involved and the number of “looks” or outfits/scenarios you would like to depict. Junior level headshot photographers within Santa Barbara charge between $250-$350 for a session. Higher-end more experienced photographers charge more, both because their experience saves you time and the aggravation of being practiced on and unpleasantly surprised. But also because they generally have better equipment, assistants, stylists and other staff and more subtle retouching techniques.
My one look business headshot session starts at $395, including an online gallery of approximately 75 selects and retouching of your top three favorites. This is the professional headshot scheduling link to schedule your one look session and I also offer a free zoom consult link to chat things through. Additional looks/outfits are $100 and I also have a professional hair and makeup person available on set as well.
I also offer a $75 discount for bringing a friend, discounts for military personnel, students and nonprofits as well as volume discounts for teams and groups of three or more.
