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

A month ago I travelled to the Gold Coast to spend a week with a group of my fabulous friends (who also happen to be super talented photographers from all around the country- and New Zealand). We stayed in a beautiful house on the water and had our days filled with inspiration in the form of amazing photographers from the USA and Canada.

Day one was spent with Ashley Skjaveland and two gorgeous newborns. Day two was Brianna Graham and teens/urban and day three was Raye Law and watching her form connections with families to bring out the best memories for them to keep.

The final day was spent photographing tonnes of gorgeous models that had kindly given their time to us.

Here is just a small preview of our week. It was amazing.

A huge thanks to the wonderful teachers for coming over to Australia and teaching us to shoot from the heart. Thank you!!! xx

Ashley Skjaveland “baby whispering”

Lana Bell from Little Posers‘ gorgeous family

Nicole Ramsay’s family

My beautiful babies. How on earth are they looking so grown up?

Grandpa was up in Darwin visiting from Sydney, so we took the opportunity to take the kids out for some photos in the late afternoon light.

I am slowly catching up on my blog posts. Just a few more to come.

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)

It’s rare that my children will let me take photos of them these days. Caleb moreso than Madison. Madison is starting to pose, which is really sweet. Caleb HATES it. Usually i have to tell him i love him 24098 times and then i am allowed to take just a few! So sweet.

This morning we tested out the new studio!! Enjoy!

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!!!