k.ariel photography

28/05/2024

This session was a little bittersweet for me, as it was my last family session I have booked in Virginia! I'll surely miss doing these Yorktown Beach sessions but I had so much fun with Kori and her son that I didn't even think about that! Kori wanted sunset at the beach and we couldn't have had a prettier evening for these pictures! And I love that the sky perfectly matched her outfit, too! It was a wonderful evening with this adorably fun family! Enjoy these sneak peeks!

09/05/2024

The Heinz family was so much fun! I first met Darlene and Evan when I did his senior session so it was great to meet the rest of the family! Everyone was so joyful, even though Darlene warned me that to them, taking pictures would be like torture 😂 There was enough laughing going on between all of us, I don't even think they realized they were being tortured! 😉 Enjoy these sneak peeks!

19/04/2024

Last weekend I headed to the mountains to my favorite city in Virginia to have the most fun session with the best group of ladies! These soon-to-be UVA grads made my job so easy, too! Not only are they are so beautiful but they have the most beautiful friendship with each other as well. There was so much laughing going on, my own cheeks were hurting from smiling along with them. I can't decide what my favorite part of our time together was, but being the only group to snag a picture with UVA's mascot CavMan as he walked by us was pretty awesome! Congratulations on your graduation, Alicia, Catherine, Brea and Sarah! Enjoy these sneak peeks!

10/04/2024

HUGE thank you to my friend Savannah for allowing me to use her pony Pixie as a prop 🤪 My horse/unicorn loving three year old was so excited about this but her momma was even more so! 😍 Enjoy these sneak peeks of Amelia's unicorn experience!

01/04/2024

Antonella's first birthday shoot was so much fun! We started with matching mommy and baby dresses, authentic from Ornela's home country of Colombia. Then some family shots and then it was cake time! It took Antonella a while to understand the assignment, but once she got a taste of her blueberry cake and the music started bumping, she was having herself a good ol' time! We were blessed with a super warm winter day too, so it made this at-home outdoor session all the better!

21/03/2024

I love being able to be a part of something so special in someone's military career. Homecomings, advancement and retirement ceremonies are such a special and momentous occasion, it is such an honor for me to be asked to document this time for someone. It's even better when it's a friend! Congratulations to Chief Romero on your advancement! (which was about two months ago)

19/03/2024

Happy First Day of Spring! It may not feel like it anywhere in the country right now, but if the calendar says it's Spring, I'm gonna raise a hallelujah! So, in observance of what should be a warmer day, here are some beautiful spring shots from the daffodil bloom last week! Fun fact: the town we live in, Gloucester, is the daffodil capital of the country! The bulbs were brought over with colonists and this area is now bursting with the pretty yellow and white flowers!

07/03/2024

I've been watching the daffodils at this field in Gloucester and they are just about to be in full bloom! I think after the next few days from the rain and warmer weather next week, they'll be perfect! So between March 13-23, if you want family pictures or spring pictures of your kiddos, let me know and we'll pick a date!

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07/03/2024

The Moran family wins the award for the quickest photo session I've ever done! If I remember correctly, it was barely 40 degrees this day and breezy, so we all wanted to be in and out of the cold as quickly as possible. Luckily, everyone was super photogenic and I didn't have to take a gazillion pictures, and I still got some gorgeous shots!

02/03/2024

It made me so happy that we were able to squeeze in a family session for the Bakers while we were down for a visit back in December. It was a weird foggy, humid December day in the midst of rain, but the overcast sky and the ICW in the background gave the perfect backdrop for photos! I will always cherish my time spent with this sweet family that we're blessed to call friends. The images I get of them are always my favorite!

29/02/2024

The Hudgins family traveled up to VA from SC to visit their oldest daughter who is living up here and decided to have family pictures done while they were all together! Judy told me they were bringing their dogs (fist pump number one!) and the first thing I noticed when I met them was they have a charcoal Lab, just like my Bear! (fist pump number two!!) So, already this family was perfect in my eyes, but also, how beautiful are they!? I couldn't have asked for a more perfect afternoon at this park for this family!

27/02/2024

By the time this is posted, this handsome young man will have graduated from boot camp and should be a couple months in to his new career in the US Coast Guard! I did Riley's session as a mixed senior/photoshoot with his little sister and they were a blast! They seriously have the best brother/sister relationship!
I love doing senior sessions and getting to talk with kids about what they're into and what their future looks like to them. I'm always in awe at the ambitions these kids possess. And for Riley to say that he was excited to join our country's military with the Coast Guard made me feel so proud, and I'm not even his mom! It was such a gorgeous evening at the farm and pair that with two gorgeous kids; I was left with way too many perfect shots! Enjoy these sneak peeks!

27/02/2024

‼️📣‼️ I'VE GOT BIG NEWS TO SHARE!
I hate to make this announcement, but our plan to stay in Virginia until 2025 has been cancelled. If there even was a plan. The one thing I've learned about life as a military spouse, is to always plan on your plans not happening. And so it goes; the Coast Guard is sending my family to Michigan this summer! So now it's time for y'all to make plans: to have your last photo session (😭) done with me! At this time we do not have a moving date, but I do know we need to be in Michigan by the end of July. That being said, until I do have a specific date, I will not be booking any sessions passed June 8. I know the majority of my families book sessions in the fall, but if your heart just breaks at the thought of finding a new photographer this year 😩, consider booking a spring or early summer session! My availability is limited, especially on weekends! I would love the opportunity to see everyone one last time!

16/01/2024

The Hunt family *may* have been my favorite session of the day for my minis at Colonial Williamsburg. Not only are they all just gorgeous humans, but they brought the most gorgeous four-legged baby and my heart could not handle it! She was the most well-behaved puppy I have ever met! (besides my Bear, of course 🤪) Out of all the families that I've done pictures of with their fur babies, I'm pretty sure the Hunts are the first to take their pup off its leash for the pictures; but she was so well trained, she didn't move a muscle when she posed for pictures! They were such a dream family to take pictures of! Not to mention pros at pretending it was 65 degrees and not the actual 50 degrees that it was!

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12/01/2024

I love the Padula family! They are so cute and so sweet! And I love that I've been able to watch Ace and Sailor grow so much over the last few years! This is my third session with them and each time is so much fun and we get the best pictures! Sailor is a total momma's girl and you can tell she makes the rules in their house! Ace could only stand near her or momma when *she* allowed it 🤣

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11/01/2024

There's nothing more exciting than watching families grow before your eyes and as a photographer, that happens prettyyy frequently. But with me, because I tend to move every few years, the families that I get to see grow is pretty limited. So when Madeline reached out to book a session and told me their new *BABY* would be there, I was SO thrilled! I did Chris and Madeline's engagement session and their wedding back in 2022 and I was just so giddy to see them again just over a year later and meet their sweet baby boy Jonah. They are such a beautiful family!

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11/01/2024

It was so wonderful to see the Walker family again! I met them last year when they did their Christmas pictures with me when Nora was just a couple months old! She was just a chill little blob of a baby then and this year, still very chill, but was sitting up and standing on her own! Also, I couldn't believe that they even did these pictures on this date after I saw Andrea with an arm brace on; she had just had shoulder surgery! She took the brace off for the pictures so we could get some "normal" family pictures, but I was very impressed that she did it!

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11/11/2023

I always say if you have a dog (or any pet) and you're on the fence about bringing them along to your session, my answer will ALWAYS be yes!! I love all animals! So far I've photographed dozens of doggies and a handful of horses. When Shaylyn asked if I'd be on board to letting them bring a couple chickens.... in Santa hats....(yes, let that sink in 🤣) I didn't even hesitate to say YES, PLEASE!! The Reedy family was all around a super fun and laid back family, and then add these hens with legit chicken Santa hats, and it was just the best Christmas session ever! Take a peek at their Country Christmas Chickens 😄🐔