Santa Barbara Portrait & Event photography

Photographing children, babies, graduations and every milestone celebration with warmth,
intuition and over 25 years of experience

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“Emily is fantastic to work with.
We’ve had her photograph our two children when they were born, and then their birthday parties for several years, now.
We always have amazing family photo sessions with her. Our little ones, 2 and 5, have lots of energy and she always keeps up with them,
and makes them feel super comfortable in front of her camera. No stress, just genuine smiles and laughs.
Our photos always turn out gorgeous and so natural.
Highly recommend for families with young kids!” ~Sarai A.

A young girl with pigtails, sitting on a beige and brown striped couch, smiling and holding her face with her hands, wearing a burgundy dress and brown boots.

A group of six women and girls jumping together outdoors on a sunny day against a clear blue sky.

Young woman in traditional flamenco dress dancing with arms raised and serious face at the El Paseo Restaurant stage, Santa Barbara, California.

A young boy smiling happily while holding his new baby brother, a newborn baby wrapped in a white blanket against a dark background.

A young woman in a black graduation gown, hat and blue & yellow stole jumping in the air at the beach at campus point, UCSB, Santa Barbara with waves and mountains in the background.

A young mischievous child peeking out from under a pink tablecloth decorated with a 'happy birthday' banner, with balloons and birthday decorations on the table in the background.

A young woman performing a traditional flamenco dance outdoors, twirling her turquoise blue shawl with power and grace, wearing a blue dress with polka dots.

A young girl peeking out from between two legs wearing light blue torn jeans, with a curious facial expression and large brown eyes.

Two young girls with floral headbands sharing a secret under a white parasol outdoors, with blurred greenery in the background.

A smiling woman holding up strings of folded paper origami whales.

A couple sitting next to each other, kissing, at the wall at Butterfly beach, Montecito, as seen through the stone wall opening.

Close-up of a young child's face with blue eyes, light skin, and light hair, sucking on fingers and wearing a denim overalls jacket.

A baby with blue eyes and light brown hair lying on a brown blanket, looking at the camera.

A woman kneeling outdoors, lifting a laughing baby girl into the air against a background of trees and sky.

Three women, a mother and her two grown daughters who are sitting on either side of the chair in which she sits, smiling at one of her daughters. They are in front of a weathered wooden barn.

Black and white photo of a woman holding a newborn baby close to her face, both smiling and touching noses.

Two young men in graduation caps and gowns shaking hands on a football field at Dos Pueblos High School, Goleta, California, with blue smoke in the background

A young child with curly blonde hair and blue eyes looks directly at the camera against a neutral gray background.

An elderly man with wrinkles, laughing joyfully with eyes closed, wearing a large white cowboy hat, a white shirt, a multicolored plaid vest, and jeans. He is standing indoors with blurred warm lighting in the background.

A toddler girl in a white dress holding hands with her parents, standing on grass near a pond, with a brown dog on a leash beside her.

A baby lying on a bed with two pairs of adult feet positioned behind her, all in black and white.

A young man on one knee proposing to a young woman outdoors under a large tree with a wooden bench nearby, in Montecito, California. The woman is smiling and laughing, wearing a white top and colorful striped skirt. The man is wearing a light blue sh

A baby crawling on dark wood floor with both parents standing behind, in blue jeans, visible only from the knees down.

Young woman in a black graduation cap and gown outdoors at the Santa Barbara courthouse, smiling, with greenery in the background.

A woman and a young child with their foreheads touching, lying on grass near the pond at Alice Keck Park, Santa Barbara enjoying a moment together on a sunny day.

A man lifting a baby girl in the air outdoors with a large palm tree and blue sky in the background, at Chase Palm Park, Santa Barbara.

A shirtless father holding a baby dressed in a purple tutu. Her little bare feet snuggling against his bare tummy.

Three sisters laughing and lying on the grass outdoors at Haskell's beach, Santa Barbara.

A young woman in a graduation gown and cap celebrating on the beach at campus point, UCSB with arms raised, seen through a tilted black frame in the foreground.

A young child in a white dress is holding hands with two adults, one of whom is holding a leash attached to a sitting yellow Labrador Retriever dog, in a garden setting.

A baby lying on their stomach on a soft, white blanket, dressed in a light purple-colored tutu with ruffled, sheer fabric.

Three young brothers sitting on the sand in jeans, white T-shirts and bare feet at Goleta beach near the water, smiling and looking at the camera.

Two young sisters, sharing a tender moment at the Goleta pier beach at sunset, touching foreheads with closed eyes.

A smiling young girl in a pink sweater is being embraced by her mother and father, with their faces close together outdoors on a sunny day.

A young boy with freckles smiling and showing a missing front tooth, holding a fluffy black and gray dog with curly fur and a pink tongue, outdoors on grass.

A black and white photo of a baby sitting by a window, looking outside.

Three children lying on grass, enjoying a playful moment whispering to each other outdoors on a sunny day.

A portrait of a woman in a deep blue top and turquoise scarf, sitting on a stone dolphin bench at the Santa Barbara breakwall, the Santa Barbara pier and ocean in the background.

Three young girls holding hands and running in the ocean waves at the beach in Santa Barbara, smiling and laughing.

A young woman , her senior portrait, with long blonde hair lying on her stomach on a fallen log in a grassy field, smiling at the camera at Ellwood preserve.

A sleeping baby lying on a white blanket with an embroidered pillow in the background that says 'Sweet Dreams'.

Silhouette of a child holding hands with an older adult, standing in a doorway at the Santa Barbara courthouse, with a bright outdoor background.

A woman lying in bed holding her young baby boy with blue eyes, both smiling and looking at the camera.

Two young sisters sitting on a wooden bench outdoors, hugging each other, with a large tree and greenery in the background.

A young woman, during her senior portrait session, under the Goleta pier with long brown hair, wearing a navy blue sleeveless top and jeans with rolled-up cuffs, barefoot, and squinting slightly at the camera.

A black and white photo of a woman kissing her husband,and holding a baby in between them.

A young blonde-haired child in striped overalls and a white shirt crawling up the back steps of the Stow House, Goleta.

A toddler in denim overalls holding hands with two adults on either side, standing on grass near the pond at Alice Keck Park.

Two young sister standing on the wooden railing on the Goleta Pier against a blue sky.

A girl spinning on the beach near the Goleta pier with the ocean in the background, during sunset.

A family of three lying on the grass, smiling and playing together, with the mother and father looking at their baby, who is laughing.

A young woman in a UCSB graduation gown and cap smiling outdoors, holding the rim of her cap with her right hand, with rocky terrain in the background at campus point.

A young boy with curly brown hair smiling while lying on a large tree trunk at Wilcox property/Douglas Family Preserve, Santa Barbara.

Portrait of a young woman with red hair and green eyes, resting her chin on her hands, outdoors with a blurred green background of the Stow House, Goleta.