Sneak Peek | Ms. K and Mr. A

C O U S I N S

          This handsome fellow right here is my Aiden.  

          He's my most favorite nephew in the whole wide world.

          His little cousin Ms. K is just as adorable.

          I am so lucky the cutest kids in the world happen to be a part of my family.  <3

Thanks to NBA & K for the fun stroll in the park.  I already miss them!

Big Hugs and Much Love!

A Glorious Giveaway | Tina Steinberg Designs & Didi Danielle Photography CLOSED

Back in June I received an email from Tina Steinberg of Temecula, California.  Her family was joining her on a trip to the PNW and she wanted to book a session with me to get updated portraits of her kids while in town.  Since living in California, all of their portraits featured the typical SoCal backgrounds and Tina was ready for a change.  We shot their session on the Willamette River, using the fabulous Portland city skyline as the backdrop.  You can see their session sneak peek here.  

After learning that Tina is a fellow 'mama-preneur', I jumped on her website and found children's fingerprints embedded in sterling silver charms...  genius!  Since discovering her unique and 'unordinary' jewelry designs, we decided to join forces and treat our friends and clients, followers and fans with a glorious giveaway too perfect to pass up.  

When I met with Tina to discuss the design, it happened to be a bit of a pivotal time in my life.  I was about to celebrate my 10th Anniversary with my husband, weeks away from our daughter starting first grade, enjoying my career and learning to let all sources of negativity in my life just fall by the wayside.  It was Tina's idea to create a necklace that focused on the greatest loves of my life; my husband, my daughter, and my passion for photography.  She created this piece just for me, and it's called the Love Tags Necklace.

THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED

GIVEAWAY DETAILS:

One winner will receive a $100 Tina Steinberg Designs Gift Certificate

One winner will receive a $100 Didi Danielle Photography Mini-Session Package

This giveaway ends on October 26th, 2011 at 11:59PM PST. 

The winner will have 48 hours to respond via e-mail or Facebook, or a new winner will be chosen. 

All entries will be verified and you must complete all three parts of the entry to qualify.

Open to US & Canada only.  Gift Certificates expire on June 26th, 2011.

HOW TO ENTER:

There are only three steps you must take to enter to win, 

but first you MUST go to Facebook and LIKE 

Tina Steinberg Designs and Didi Danielle Photography.

1.     Visit Tina Steinberg Designs website, browse around and post what YOUR favorite piece is on the TSD Facebook page.

2.     Click below on the big, blue ‘F’ and SHARE the glorious giveaway!  (Don't be stingy!)

3.  Finally, post a comment below letting me know you completed the steps above, and how to contact you if you should win (comments will be deleted after winners are chosen).   

That’s it!  You’re done!

Thank You & Good luck!

More Unordinary Personalized Jewelry, 

including the Love Touch Collection, from Tina Steinberg Designs:

Tina will be in Portland the weekend of Nov 4 for client appointments.  This is the perfect opportunity for you to get yourself or someone you love an unordinary holiday gift.  But you need to RSVP by contacting Tina at tina@tinasteinberg.com, or visit here for more information.  HURRY!  Space is limited!

This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. You are providing your information to Didi Danielle Photography and Tina Steinberg Designs and not to Facebook. 

Graduating Senior Sneak Peek

When someone feels uncomfortable in front of a camera, it is quite difficult to change that.  Trust me, I understand the feeling, it's usually the uncomfortable ones who choose a career of being behind a camera.   ;-)  But given that Alyssa really had to step out of her comfort zone with me, I think she gave it her all.  Her Aunt Jen tells me she might have even enjoyed it a little.  :-)

Alyssa and her Aunt took me to Cook Park in Tigard, Oregon for my first time.  It's a huge 79-acre park, right along the Tualatin River.  I really liked it, i'm glad they took me there, and I will definitely have to come back for the Festival of Balloons.  How lucky are they that they live right next door and get to watch the hot air balloons from home every year!?

  

Alyssa and Jennifer,

Much Love and Appreciation,

Didi

Sneak Peek | Baby Love

This little beauty turned the big O-N-E this month, and there is no better way to capture such a milestone than to book a mini-session.  Thank you to her sweet parents for choosing me to catch some precious moments with your lovely little doll.  She is so special!

sneak peek | the joys of boys

I LOVE these boys.  They are amazing.  They're parents are double (oops, TRIPLE) amazing! Sometimes I try to imagine what it was like for them to discover they were going to be parents of triplets (and boys nonetheless!).  I wonder how long it took for the immediate fear to evolve into excitement.  I wonder how long these parents had to wait for a full-night of sleep again.  I wonder what it must feel like for their parents to have three beautiful faces to wash, six dirty hands to clean, three boys to kiss good-night, or to have six arms wrapped around them in love.  Must be an incredibly unique and rewarding feeling... perhaps with just a touch of exhaustion.  ;-)

There's three to wash, three to dry;

There's three who argue, three who cry....

There's three to kiss, three to hug;

And best of all, there's three to love!

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Looking forward to more fun and silly play-dates with Elijah, Noah and Jonah... 

and that crazy Emmalee!

Many thanks to the incredible G Family.

Affectionately,

Didi

Sneak Peek: Michelle

Michelle is a loving big sister, an amazing great-niece, a beautiful family friend, and an avid artist, among so many other endearing roles and qualities.  She was the ideal senior subject, bringing along with her a few things that strongly represented her interests, personality, and her heritage.  One of which; a gorgeous Nepalese dress given to her by her Grandmother.  I had so much fun incorporating that special dress into her session, and think the images turned out extraordinary.  

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We may have come near-death in the heat, and my foot still itches like crazy from the bee sting, 

but one thing is for sure; Michelle rocked this session!

Big hugs and heart-felt thanks to Michelle and the Prinslow family.

Sneak Peek: Kristin & David

I'm so excited to share this sneak peek with you!  Kristin and David gave me my first chance to shoot wedding formals in front of the Portland skyline.  I think it turned out beautifully, thanks guys!

Like true soul mates meant to be, Kristin and David took every obstacle that came their way with an adventurous and loving composure.  Whether it be a 50-pound bouquet or an 80-degree ballroom, together, they rose above it all.  And let me tell you; the party did not suffer.  I could post an entire blog on the dancing.  These people don't let a little air-conditioning malfunction get in their way of a good time.

Is that not the most gorgeous bride you've ever seen?  Wow..

CONGRATULATIONS

Kristin and David.

May all of your dreams come true.

Much love and appreciation,

Didi