This dataset contains photographs of the plots where field vegetation sampling was conducted during the 2022 NASA Surface Biology Geology (SBG) High Frequency Time series (SHIFT) campaign. Sampling occurred at the Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve, Sedgwick Reserve, and Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, which are located in Santa Barbara County, California, USA. Photographs were taken from 2022-02-23 to 2022-09-18. This project collected field data contemporaneously with weekly flights of Airborne Visible-Infrared Imaging Spectrometer-Next Generation (AVIRIS-NG) over the study areas. Related SHIFT data packages contain additional biogeochemical, reflectance, and foliar data.