Hello I’m Arielle!

I am a Minnesota and California based photographer! I currently spend my summers at my home just north of St. Paul, MN and the rest of the year exploring my new “home-base” of San Diego, CA. I love to travel, meet new people, and you can almost always find me at the lake or the beach in my spare time.

Inspired by both the work of my mom and grandpa, I have been behind the camera for as long as I can remember. I got my first point and shoot camera in early elementary school and haven’t stopped shooting since. I spent a lot of my free time as a kid taking photos and making home-made “movies” with my sisters and cousins. The summer after my junior year of high school I started taking senior portraits — and that is how it all began!

As passionate as I am about creating, my real passion is PEOPLE! Photography for me is a tool to learn someone’s story and document it authentically for years to come. I am here to celebrate life with you — the big moments, the little moments, and everything in between. I can’t wait to get to know your story!

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  • fun fact #1

    I currently attend Point Loma Nazarene University where I am studying Media Communications with a minor in marketing.

  • fun fact #2

    I don’t like coffee… my go-to “coffee” order is an iced vanilla chai tea latte with oat milk!

  • fun fact #3

    I LOVE CONCERTS!!!

    some of my favs have been Surfaces, Coin, Taylor Swift, Sunroom, & Rex Orange County.

  • fun fact #4

    One of my favorite things to do is watch the sunset and sunrise! — if you ever need a buddy I’m so down.

  • fun fact #5

    I have a goal to travel to all 50 states! (I have currently been to 36/50)

  • fun fact #6

    I was born in Atlanta, GA and moved to Minnesota before my fourth grade year.

  • fun fact #7

    I LOVE MEETING NEW PEOPLE!
    Growing up I use to beg my parents to let me sit in the middle seat of the plane so I could make two new friends.

  • fun fact #8

    I have three siblings! Two sisters and an older brother.

  • fun fact #9

    I am an enneagram 7 (The enthusiast)

  • fun fact #10

    I love shooting film as a hobby! (the camera in my photo is my trusty dusty Nikon One-Touch Zoom 70AF film camera)

I can’t wait to meet you!