About

Kelly as yacht captain @ Rue cover shoot
Photo by Jose Villa

Editor, Kelly Oshiro

Kelly wears many hats. Here at Santa Barbara Chic, she serves as editor and creative director, producing orginial content including cocktails (On the Rocks), flower inspiration (Flower Chic), collaborates with local chefs to feature farm to table recipes (In the Kitchen with) and highlights the best local Santa Barbara weddings and parties.

Kelly works as a prop stylist for editorial photo shoots and works freelance doing social media for event industry businesses.

Contributors

Associate Editors


  • Melissa Traub

    Melissa is a self-admitted cocktail aficionado who loves all aspects of design, décor, and of course…delicious drinks.


  • Cynthia Beard

    Cynthia Beard is the voice behind love-styled.com, and is obsessed with all things love & luxury. She is passionate about road trips and travel abroad, weddings, photography, and food; she resides in LA with her beloved Boston Terrier Frankie.


  • Mira

    Mira is the resident snuggle-buggle at Santa Barbara Chic. She’d be happy to accept pets and tuna in exchange for being patient in front of the camera… or for pretty much anything.

Photographers


  • Nancy Neil Photography

    Nancy has always had a passion for the arts, and at 14, she was determined to become a fine art photographer. Now, 20 years later, you can find her environmental portraits, weddings and editorial images on popular blogs and magazines around the world.


  • Patrick Moyer Photography

    Patrick Moyer is a professional photographer based in Santa Barbara, CA. Lifestyle, editorial, portrait, and wedding photography are his main focuses. His passion for travel, love, and life shines in his work; Pat’s photography takes him around the world to create art.


  • Michael + Anna Costa

    Santa Barbara based photographers Michael + Anna Costa record your wedding in an imaginative, journalistic style. Their images distill the color/ beauty/ fun/ love/ substance/ style of you and your wedding to delight in for as long as you both shall live.


  • Beaux Arts Photographie

    Kirsten Ellis is the main photographer of Beaux Arts Photographie. There’s nothing she enjoys more than photographing the intimacies of a good story, the real bits that make life so interesting. She’s a tea-a-holic, has neverending wanderlust, and loves people, especially the ones that are in love.