Ariel Lobdell Photography

07/02/2024

"There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human, are created, strengthened and maintained." - Winston Churchill

06/12/2024

Want to help me give my portfolio a little jumpstart for local photos in Colorado Springs / get you some frameworthy photos of your lovely family orrrr you and your honey orrrr your wonderful self? 30 minutes, 15+ photos, $125! 🥰 We'll talk a lot about what makes your family unique so we can best capture that in all its beauty, and I'll use the photos for my online marketing. My rates will go back up to their usual in July. 😊 Message me!

06/11/2024

"The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it." —William James

06/09/2024

Hello! If we haven't met, I'm Ariel. It's pronounced “arrrgh” like a pirate 🦜 but I will not be offended by the mermaid route of pronunciation.

I've been married to Dallas for almost 7 years now. We are both from Colorado Springs, but have lived in southern Arizona and Tacoma, WA through his work with the Army before we returned to our community here a couple years ago. My idea of a good time includes neighborhood walks, tinkering with words in my journal, peeping open one of the seven books I'm forever in the middle of, and sitting on floors cracking open things of the heart and soul with you. I'm a big fan of black licorice, personality tests, and the topic of birth. Speaking of which, the most exciting thing in our lives is that we welcomed our first beloved child into them this spring. Her name is Evangeline, and we are obsessed. She is absurdly adorable. Swipe for proof.

These photos display some of the true places of my life in past months as I intend for the occasional black and white photo around here… gazing at aforementioned cherub, our first outing as a family to our favorite place in Manitou, exploring a little creativity with some thank you cards (we have sooo many generous people to thank in this wild season - I'll *never* catch up), and capturing the prayerful Confirmation ceremony at our wonderful church.

The uniqueness of our identities is my endless fascination, and that is much of what I explore in my sessions. What makes your family tick? What has formed your being? I'm still learning who I am in the midst of my newfound motherhood, forming a family spiritually and intentionally and healthfully, and pursuing this craft with authenticity - I truly hope to get the honor of seeing and capturing the truth of who you are becoming. 📸

06/08/2024

Went with playful, Winnie-the-Pooh woodland vibes here, and it suited this cute couple so well! Sweet, young love is fun to capture. 😊 More to come from Kat + John!

06/05/2024

Does not have to be Mother's Day to celebrate motherhood with portraits. 💕 All we need is a flowery field!

06/03/2024

05/29/2024

For the month of June only I am offering $125 30-minute photo sessions, and all I'm asking in exchange is timely participation in the legacy survey I send out beforehand and your permission for me to use the photos in my online marketing! 😊 this deal applies for shoots for families, couples and individuals - the sessions that go with my brand of digging into your uniquely designed DNA and expressing it the best we can in 15 frame worthy photos. 💖 (My regular rates will apply for other types of sessions - short professional headshot sessions, newborn, events etc.)

Will have more to share and say of this sweet family shoot with the Buckles at their homestead soon. 💖

05/10/2022

I am very open to trading photos for what YOU provide, not just 💵! Let me know what you do or what you make and if we can find an equivalence it might be so fun to do a trade. ☺️

In other news, I was very delighted to find this blossom tree on our shoot at Red Rocks, but even more delighted to get to capture the sweet love of and 💕

04/01/2022

Tuesday 2/22/22, 2:00, 2°... True story.

01/28/2022

This mini fam shoot was so precious, I almost did not make it out alive. 💀🥺💕