Darwin Newborn, baby and child photography | Danielle Stahl Photography Blog

Wow.. it has been an amazingly busy first half of 2010 for Danielle Stahl Photography!! I just wanted to take the time to share some recent news with my beautiful blog followers and clients.

Firstly, I mentioned on my blog a few weeks ago, that Jennifer Stocks was going to be doing our family photos. WELL.. can i just say she is AMAZING. It was such a thrill to be on the other end of the whole family portrait process. I was in tears when we got our gallery. It was perfect! If anyone is reading from near Bathurst.. book her NOW. You won’t regret it! Please check out her blog post featuring my little family: Danielle’s Family Photos by Jennifer Stocks

In other news, I am flying to beautiful Brisvegas next week to a photography workshop with a bunch of talented photographers that i am privileged to call my friends. One of those amazing girls is Fiona Anderson. She compiled a little list of our group, so if you would like to check it out.. please see her blog here: Fiona Anderson . I usually catch up with this group of girls once a year and spend many an hour on the phone late at night. Whilst in Darwin I am pretty isolated from the photography community. These girls are my support network, biggest cheerleaders and just all round fabulous people. Bring on next week!!

There is also a model call out for newborns under the age of two weeks for the workshop. The workshop is being held 15 minutes drive from Surfers Paradise so if anyone out there knows of someone in the area with a newborn, please see this blog post for more information. This is an amazing opportunity!!

Following my workshop, I am flying back to Darwin for a day or so, then back on a plane over to Broome to spend a week at Cable Beach Club for a close girlfriends wedding. This is the first Wedding i am not working at in a very long time. I will make sure i take a few photos, then put the camera down and celebrate.

So on that note, the studio will close on the 14th May and reopen 1st June. I will have limited phone and internet access over this period. For all urgent matters, I can be contacted on 0422 364 340.

Its about to get super busy for Danielle Stahl Photography. Wedding season is upon us in Darwin!! I have a few booked over the next two months, so please keep your eye out on the blog for the sneak peeks. Due to the success of my newborn/baby side of the business, i am no longer booking Weddings. I haven’t been taking bookings for the last few months as some people would be aware. I am still booking destination weddings and In a few years I will open the Wedding side back up For the moment though, i am needing to concentrate on my young family and the beautiful new people being born in Darwin.

I am hoping i have covered all of my news!! I may keep adding to this over the next few days.

Thanks to all my readers for your beautiful comments and continued support. 2010 is shaping up to be an amazing year!!

Love Danielle x

(My angel sleeping)

Well 2010 is in full swing. My Belly to Baby clients, gave me a lengthy break over Christmas and in the last week a fair few beautiful little bundles have blessed their parents. Keep an eye out on the blog over the next few weeks for some gorgeous, fresh lil’ babes!

A quick note to my 2009 Clients. As of COB Thursday 4th February 2010, all new and re-orders from 2009 will be charged at current 2010 pricing. I also have implemented a new policy, that all unordered images will be purged 30 days after order is placed. As the studio is rapidly growing, I am needing to streamline studio work flow so each and every client gets handled in an efficient manner. Thanks for your understanding!

Lastly, I wanted to share my beautiful children. Not often are they allowed to run amok in the studio!!!

We have just returned from a relaxing holiday in Cable Beach, WA. We stayed in a beautiful villa in the Bali Hai Resort and Spa . It was bliss. During our stay I spent three hours at the spa, and i don’t think i have ever been more relaxed in my entire life.

We went there with close friends of ours, who are getting married at Cable Beach club resort and spa mid 2010. I took a few photos of them which i have included in this post.

I have plenty of exciting things on the horizon including a trip to Western Australia to shoot a wedding on an outback station, where the movie Australia was filmed!! I am back in the office now and just about to take my holiday voicemail off my phone. Looking forward to an amazing 2010!!

Towards the end of 2009, I had big decisions to make. I had well and truly outgrown my my current set up, and was needing to either make big changes or get a retail studio shopfront. As I have two young children, I felt I am not ready to work full time just yet… So i came to the decision I would rearrange the current studio and buy some more furniture as the final step towards a shopfront when the kids are both at school. In 2010 I will be continuing the hours I currently work. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9am to 5pm. The studio will continue to be used for Newborns, Babies and Maternity, and toddlers will be on location. During the wet season, we may need to schedule toddlers in the studio also- due to the wet and hot conditions outside at the moment.

I have to give a HUGE Thanks to my friend and Brisbane/Gold Coast photographer Danielle Hamilton . In Darwin we are quite limited in variety and she sourced the Curtains and a few other things from Brisbane for me… Thanks again Danielle!!! The couch also had quite a long journey from Vic. A labour of love this studio!!

Here are a few quick shots of the new layout!! Looking forward to a fantastic 2010!!!

It is almost the end of 2009. How on earth it has come around so fast I do not know!! As Christmas is approaching work is winding down. I am officially on leave as of December 21st.

This first year in Darwin has been amazing for my family and my business. I know i often say this, but i have really been blessed with the beautiful clients I have met this year.

As 2009 comes to a close, to celebrate the gorgeousness of my Darwin clients, I thought i’d hold my first ever blog competition!!

Below is the beautiful faces of my clients of 2009. All you have to do is vote for your favourite photo in the field below the photos. The client with the most votes will be receiving a beautiful 16×20″ canvas of a photo of their choosing from their session (valued at $530). Each person that leaves a comment with their favourite will also go into a random drawer to receive a complimentary session with myself and a $250 product voucher!

Please feel free to share the link and spread the word!! Clients, if you are on facebook, just click the link below to add a link to your page.

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Competition closes on January 13th, so get voting. Good Luck!!

Merry Christmas and God Bless!
Danielle x

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Four weeks until Christmas. I can’t quite believe how quickly that happens every year! I have been diligently collecting my favourites from each session in a folder, and am looking forward to sharing the sideshow on my blog in a few weeks to celebrate a FABULOUS 2009 in Darwin.

Today i was getting caught up on my admin and filing and came across my testimonial folder of a few beautiful notes I have collected over the year. I can’t quite describe how amazing 2009 has been for both the business and my personal life. I feel quite blessed. My most recent bride sent me this gorgeous email… aren’t my clients awesome. She made me cry with these beautiful words!

“All we can say is THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! You are AMAZING! YOU ROCK!!!!
I am so overwhelmed by your photos – and seriously can not believe this is me! I LOVE THEM! Both Byron and I really wanted to say that your the Best photographer we have ever met. Not only is your work professional and the best…. You are such a caring and beautiful person! You went far and beyond our expectations! Even dealing with the chaos before the wedding – help dressing the bride- to keeping everyone focused. You made my day!”

I have decided to add a testimonial section in my portrait website, so more clients can share the love!!: Portrait Testimonials and my wedding website (under “information” tab): Wedding Testimonials

In other news, due to the wet season’s arrival and my love of natural light, all studio sessions will now be held in the morning.

I am taking a light schedule over the festive season, and will be interstate from January 1st for a few weeks and will give more details closer to the date.

I have some fabulous new things in store for 2010 and i cannot wait for the New Year to begin!

Thanks again to all of my clients, blog readers and photographer friends for your ongoing support, love and encouragement!!

Danielle xx