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Counseling focused on reproductive trauma, including infertility, perinatal mood and anxiety disorde

17/08/2025

A smattering of good vibes in Scotland at the retreat.
Excellent bonus vibe- the way the Scottish treated the orange Cheeto 🍊 when he came a week after we left.

11/08/2025

Xavi and his sweet family 💕
Special guest appearance for ice cream 🍦 with buddies.
(Fun fact, family sessions are actually my fave photography).

09/08/2025

Tamar + baby 💕

01/08/2025

Swipe 👈🏼.
Title: A random smattering of photos I took of speakers in Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
I love meandering and finding good spots in new cities with you cutie pies. Even when it’s almost constantly raining 😅

Ps - I don’t know why I picked this song. There’s just not a wrong moment to pick Whitney. Convince me otherwise.

31/07/2025

Swipe for a fun dichotomy👈🏼
One of the things I love about being hired as the photographer for retreats with .casale and , is the opportunity to spend quality time with some of the folks who regularly speak and/or attend.
is one of those peeps, and she has become a close friend, despite the fact that she abandoned Asheville for Indiana 😉

Sure, I’ve gotten some great practice to hone some of my skills, like how to photograph in some of the WORST lighting ever (I’m looking at you red and orange tinted dark 1800s theater in a medieval village in rural Italy). 🇮🇹

But I’ve also gotten to laugh with, dream with, and cry with some amazing folks, who are brilliant entrepreneurs and visionaries, looking to live a different kind of life.

So, when Cindi dreamed of a warrior photo shoot while in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, in addition to the traditional speaker/business portraits, I didn’t hesitate. DUH

Fun facts from this shoot:

* It was around 10pm (it stays light AF in the summer in Scotland)

* We didn’t totally understand our uber driver, and we went the wrong way. Meaning, up a mountain, for an hour, through brambles, in skirts and, for me, sandals. I may or may not have fallen twice. Cindi may or may not have photos of that. WORTH IT

* turns out the ruins we were looking for were very close to our start. Whatever.

* I put her makeup on as we were driving. Our uber driver was not impressed.

* This was after a full day of speakers and attending a fun drag karaoke event.

Given all of the above, felt this gal needed her own post as I share some of my Scottish faves ♥️♥️♥️

26/07/2025

I know it feels hopeless. Many of us have been feeling this deep pain for almost 2 years now (or, of course, much longer).
But there are still things that can and must be done.
Scroll through for some action items.
Protest (if you’re able)
Call your reps
Donate, especially directly to families and aid on the ground
Boycott
Do NOT stay silent.

24/06/2025

Sometimes a debut album photo shoot is also a family affair. 💕♥️💕♥️
Check out yall, she’s exploding 🎆

21/06/2025

Reminder! We have a great system in place here in our montañas 🏔️💕

18/06/2025

So much love to our trans community and especially our trans youth today 🏳️‍⚧️. No law or court gets to tell you who you are. We will keep fighting for you. 💕

07/05/2025

“If you haven’t hung with , then you don’t know who you are”- direct quote from Vivi Hill, #1 fan. 🎶
Swipe 👈🏼 through to see being an excellent sport, and my chicken 🐔 being an absolute dream babe. Per the usual. 🔥

24/04/2025

Capturing play is my favorite. 😍
My absolute happy place, with some of my happy place people.

22/04/2025

Still out here making pictures 📸
Been thinking about how us WNC photographers experience the grief of Helene in a different way. We have our paths and our backdrops and our favorite little corners of these mountains, we’ve traveled these trails a thousand times. And so many of our spots are changed… forever.
The light doesn’t come through the same way. The trees are snapped and rotting, their roots so exposed. The views aren’t the same. Everything is different.
But there’s beauty in that too. Lately, I’ve been obsessed with roots. 🌳
And our beautiful families that we get to document, they still play and twirl and find spots to splash. 💦
Such an honor to witness all of this change. 💕

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44 Merrimon Avenue Suite K
NC
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+13368134626

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http://arielshumakerphotography.com/

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