• Santa Barbara Birth Photographer

  • Santa Barbara Birth Photographer

  • Santa Barbara Birth Photographer

  • Santa Barbara Birth Photographer

  • Santa Barbara Birth Photographer

  • Santa Barbara Birth Photographer

Birth stories for families who want to remember not only how birth looked, but how it felt.

Explore the Birth Experience

The Sacredness of Becoming.

Birth is transformative, a threshold between who you were and who you are becoming.

No matter how a birth unfolds, every story deserves to be witnessed, remembered, and preserved with care.

My work is rooted in documenting not only what happened, but the strength, emotion, and sacredness woven throughout the experience of becoming a parent.

  • Kind Words

    "After hiring Aurielle for all three of my births, I can confidently say that no one has ever made me feel more beautiful and seen. She has a rare gift for capturing the raw power, emotion, and authenticity of pregnancy and birth. The images she has created for our family are among our most cherished possessions, and they become more meaningful with every passing year."

  • Kind Words

    "The moment I heard ‘Aurielle is here,’ I immediately felt calm. Our birth team finally felt complete."

  • Kind Words

    "Aurielle is more than a talented photographer, she is one of the most incredible humans I've ever met. Her calm, supportive presence throughout my pregnancy, birth, and postpartum journey made me feel deeply seen and cared for. She captured the beauty, emotion, and magic of bringing my son into the world in a way I'll treasure forever."

  • Kind Words

    "When our birth became an emergency C-section, Aurielle stayed by our side through every unexpected turn and captured moments I otherwise would have missed forever. Her photographs not only preserved my son's first moments, but also helped me heal and process a birth experience that didn't go as planned. Those images are priceless, and her support meant so much more than simply having a photographer present."

Choose the story you want held.

Birth

On-call documentary photography for families who want their birth witnessed with reverence, calm presence, and deep respect for the birth space.

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The Arrival

Newborn and postpartum storytelling for the tender first days at home. The feeding, resting, healing, holding and becoming that follow birth.

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Meet Aurielle

For over a decade, I’ve documented births throughout Santa Barbara and the Central Coast, working alongside midwives, doulas, OBs, nurses, and families across homes, hospitals, and birth centers.

After years immersed in the local birth community, I’ve become a trusted and familiar presence for families navigating one of the most transformative days of their lives.

More than anything, I want families to feel safe, informed, supported, and fully present while their story unfolds.

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Your story deserves to be preserved with intention.

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