Photo & video locations in Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA has a handful of spots that make a photo sing, and plenty that don't. Pick the moment you're planning and see which ones suit it.
Pick the moment you're shooting
Each milestone has its own guide to Santa Barbara: the venues that suit it, the light to book, and the photographers who shoot it.
Bumps in gardens, on the water, and in golden-hour light.
First-week, lifestyle, and at-home newborn sessions.
Extended families, kids, and yearly milestone portraits.
Senior portraits and graduation-year sessions.
Cap-and-gown and campus graduation portraits.
Surprise proposals captured discreetly from a distance.
Proposals, save-the-dates, and city-backdrop couple sessions.
Anniversaries, date-night, and lifestyle couple shoots.
Personal-branding, dating, and lifestyle portraits.
Top locations, ready when you are
Our Santa Barbara guides start from real shoots in the city, so you are choosing between spots that photograph well. Open a milestone for the list that suits it.
- 01Santa Barbara County Courthouse & Sunken GardensDowntown Santa Barbara · Outdoor
- 02Old Mission Santa BarbaraMission Canyon · Outdoor
- 03Santa Barbara Botanic GardenMission Canyon · Outdoor
- 04Butterfly BeachMontecito · Outdoor
- 05Stearns WharfWaterfront · Outdoor
- 06Shoreline ParkMesa · Outdoor
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