That's me behind my boy Baxter. I have eighteen years of experience as a Santa Barbara elopement, proposal, and wedding photographer and my office is three blocks away from the courthouse. You've made a solid and timelessly elegant decision to choose to get married or elope at the Santa Barbara Courthouse. The mediterranean climate and the Spanish grandeur of structure and the gardens ensures that your venue choice is no compromise and gives us room to swing out creatively too. I see every wedding photography project as a chance to celebrate what's unique about your lifelong love and connection and to find ways to amplify and magnify that with what friends and family (both two and four legged) bring to the occasion. The group energy, the history and power of this beautiful space, your vows, and my own desire to keep fresh eyes and surprise and amuse myself after all these years, create a perfect alchemical storm for beauty.
I have literally bent over backwards and slid on the ground like a reptile to get the best angle. I am fluent in Woo and am seasoned enough to be unshockable. Go ahead and try!
just ask
I have literally thousands more to show you but thought I would share a few favorites here and there are more on the venues page.
Non fussy and inclusive documentary-style wedding photography at the Santa Barbara Courthouse.
Copyright 2026 Santa Barbara Courthouse Weddings | Also see Doug Ellis Photography