dougellisphoto Photographer from Santa Barbara, CA

Doug Ellis specializes in heart-centered ceremonies and event photography and naturally transformative portrait photography for conscious businesses and lifestyles. With an approach that has been described as "sunlit bon vivant cashmere with a twist," Doug artfully reveals your personal best. Doug's unique ability to combine light, movement, and joy results in striking and authentic photographs that sparkle with an inner truth. His embodied portrait process and resulting images are designed to be aspirational, attracting circumstances, people, and events in service of his client's goals. Doug has been called the world's most connected spiritual photographer and has photographed such luminaries as the Dalai Lama, Marianne Williamson, Jack Canfield, John Gray, and Byron Katie. He also serves a variety of cause-driven organizations, including the Transformational Leadership Council, Esalen Institute, The Ojai Foundation, Evolving Wisdom, the National Park Service and Red Cross.