santa barbara portrait photographer

Capturing your beauty. Telling your story.

01 - ballet portraits

02 - headshots & branding

03 - family portraits

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Creating beautiful, intuitive photos that capture life in motion and delight the soul.

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Based in Santa Barbara, California, Janelle loves capturing movement, glory hour light, and beauty in the little details. Janelle Stephanie's photography features a candid, photojournalistic style which creates photographs that not only preserve cherished memories, they tell a story.—your story. Janelle uses her photography skill as a blessing to empower women and families to treasure each moment and share their story.

Light, heart-warming portrait photography that uplifts the soul.

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Janelle Stephanie's soft focus style is ideal for capturing the beauty in candid moments—perfect for those who share her love of blurred out backgrounds, hints of sun flare and dreamy, golden light.

cheerful, intuitive photos that capture life in motion

for women

and uplifts

Portrait photography that empowers

kind words

- chloé

"Thank you so much Janelle! I downloaded the unedited and edited photos, they are all really so beautiful and I am so glad I got this keepsake to show River when he's older."

"Thank you for making me feel beautiful as a mother and loving my image in pictures."

- mandy

 And you just jumped right in to taking photos (no time for us to get nervous).  You also gave great direction, which we found really helpful because we are a bit uncomfortable and awkward taking photos.  You were calm and great with our kids!  They loved prancing around and getting their photos taken by you!  You were super aware of the light and put us in different spots accordingly.

"You put us at ease immediately! "

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Please fill out my contact form to book your session! Or feel free to email me directly with any questions. I look forward to hearing from you and I'll get back to you as soon as I can!

janelle@janellestephaniephotography.com

805-551-4556