Ahh! I am so happy I got to document baby Maxwell ! He is already a year old! The last time I saw him he was just SIX days old! His stunning Mom and Dad are my colleagues and friends; I am always SO thrilled when I can shoot photos for my Alaska family !… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Children
the hoffpauir kids
I got together with my great friend Kim last weekend – the sun was shining in Tacoma and it was just the perfect day to shoot some black and white 35mm film! We had fun and I have to say, one of the things I love most about shooting film; the outtakes. Xo Dana Continue Reading
Baby Blaize Burchfiel is here !
Meet our newest nephew Blaize! I got to photograph him using my 35mm film cameras – in Hawaii – on his 11th day of life…… wow! He is so beautiful, so amazing, and such a NAPOLEON! look out! Welcome Blaize, we love you. Continue Reading
My Best of 2012 – Pure 35mm Film
Ahhh This was THE year of shooting 35mm film for me ! I decided in ’11 that ’12 would be IT – THE year I dust off my old gear, buy some new stuff and shoot every week, rain or shine, nothing will stop me. Proud to say, I DID IT! Someone once told me … Continue Reading
the haines family october 2012
I’m so proud to post this session! Here is my gorgeous cousin Katie and her family – some of you remember her from a couple years ago – she was my talented make-up artist assisting on some of my shoots. They relocated to Los Angeles over a year ago, I miss her so much and… Continue Reading
Vada turns one
I just LOVE shooting photos of friends, family and fellow stews – I am so blessed I tell you. I was lucky and got to see Vada, who just turned ONE! She was so adorable, happy, and so full of smiles I must have shot 400 images in one hour ! Crazy, I know !… Continue Reading
The Baby Badgers
Here is a shoot that I literally could not wait to do! You see, something magical happened to me about 4 months ago. I was connected with another amazing autism mom in my area, we met a few times for parent advocate meetings – we talked a few times about how hard it is for… Continue Reading
Mahina Napoleon turns 2 !
Awe! Our little niece Mahina {ma-hee-na} (Moon, in Hawaiian) turned 2 recently and while she was here for the big Napoleon/Badilla family reunion, I got to snap a few pics of her. Looking at her is like looking at a perfect fusion of her parents’, Amber and Jeff – she’s so smart and clever! I… Continue Reading
Carisa + Charlie
Here is my lovely stew friend Carisa and her 5 year old son Charlie We decided to wait for a nice, sunny day to shoot photos – we got so lucky, what a fun day we had at the Seattle Museum of Flight! Charlie loves going to the museum – he knows so much about… Continue Reading
The Leusner Family
I really am so proud to share these photos – this is my friend Sue and her beautiful family. I met Sue through our daughters’ – they are the same age and were in Kindergarten together. What I didn’t know is that her family is also affected by autism, and thus, our incredible friendship began.… Continue Reading