life's morning pages-a journal to my soul

bambino casting call

we are on the second round of looking for brand new sprouts! we are working on a couple of books that danielle has been asked to create photography for a couple of books they would like to publish of her work.

things we are looking for...

1. newborns between the ages of 4-6 days old only. (unless they have been in the nicu and will be able to photographed by 12 days old.)

2. multiples..multiples..multiples.. twins triplets quads.. we are really needing more of those.(multiples are allowed to be up to 14 days old, if they were in the nicu.)

3. must sign a model release as these will be used for publication in books and so forth.

4. the artist's session is gifted to you for allowing us to photograph your sprouts. no print purchase 

required. if you would like to purchase the artwork, you may at regular rates.

5. have up to 3 to maybe 4 hours available to allow danielle to create what is needed.

so if you are having a bambino(s) please contact danielle soon. or if you know a friend having 

a bambino(s), please please be so kind to let us know when and we will take all that we can in consideration. contact danielle at danielle@daniellefoxphotography.com

happy weekend!! enjoy a few images of life's sprout's!

my inspirational photographer friend and my fav truly yummy soul giving singer....

ok, sorry I was supposed to get back to you friday. but here they are. I just adore this friend of mine. not only is she working into the commercial world such as I, but she is a dear friend who I confide in for many things. she is truly a soulful friend I needed during these last several month. not only for that but I think we were separated at birth. she is a super dear pal and a superb photographer. I am truly hoping to get together to play and inspire soon. she is in the state of washington. and with the photos she takes. I am so ready to be out there soon. if you are a photographer and would love to learn from here, she teaches all over. her website is....shannon sewell's website.. tell her I said hi, if you get on her blog. she has some pretty wonderful stories to share..and here is a super talented gal with such soul in her music.her name is amy seeley. I can feel all the feelings she sings of, she really not only sings of the heart, she is truly a incredible person to speak with.. she is dear darn dear in her emails and I really want to share her with everyone I know. she is such a great person inside and out. she needs to be known, not only for her music, but for her incredible talent among her soul. to carry on the tone of an angel- she gives the gift of her heart like an angel. really please listen to her and share her. my lovely shannon sewell photographed these images of her. and I truly see what amy is all about by the way shannon photographed her in a way to truly give you a taste of who she is.her website is ...amy seeley's website

her she is so enjoy. happy sunday day..

family+lifesavers+yummy kids+ballons= a so happy dani

sorry, had to share this family. it is a friend of mine who I graduated with. I so adore his wifey and kids. and I have a fun new secret spot. a very cool barn. and with happy fun kids and balloons. plus lifesavers that I got to have. what a treat!! here you go. enjoy! (oh, look at the rock star mama, she is really jumping that high to save the balloons, sorry matt. dad tried getting them as he was running and sprained his ankle. he got caught in a hole. I was so worried about the balloons flying away, I didn't get a photo of dad. sorry, wish I would have caught you getting some air. you really did. and I am not saying that to make you feel better.!

chocolate cake+ birthday girl+messy= happy storyteller

some of the faces you see, are ones from before but older. between new bebes and one year olds,  I get the best of having cake and holding new sweet smelling miracles. what a great life I have. being so tired of the heat. I have to say I just can not wait to photograph a bebe with a space heater. even though my new trend is sweating like a pig. I still adore dripping while I get the images I so go ocd (obsessive compulsive disorder) for. I have so many new things coming. working on the multiple train again. new babes and older. I am getting back to the book project I have been asked to do. working with the march of dimes on some new things. and working on the images from the ms walk. sorry miss a and miss b. still trucking. so enough of my mouth before the coffee kicks in and you will have a book to read. I am going to take another special day tomorrow and share with you a dear photographer friend that helps motivate me in not only my career, but my life as well. she is very dear to me and I am dearly sad she lives so far away from me. and her friend that I got to know through music. she is truly a doll as well. As I go through this journey to getting some answers on my health, I would like to focus on what is important to me in this world and where I like to go and read, who are my friends, what I really do outside of this. I really do have a life. even though most of you know I live to breathe the air of my children and give you a story to be told. I want you to know what it is like to be in this spot in life. being a working mom in fight of the symptoms that hold her tight. and the fight I have to give to be heard with what I feel in this temple of mine. I really can not thank dr brady enough for listening to me, maybe not for an answer but really listening to know who I feel. ok, the coffee is kicking in... you saw my kiddos this week, now you will start to see my soul through friends and what I love to do. so you will see lots of pics, go figure! I do have a habit of bringing my camera everywhere. so enjoy my baby cakes princess e... truly a doll. thanks miss h for letting me share her story and being my friend..more to come. happy hot as haiti's weekend. (it is hot there, my dear friends are from there..hi pascal!) and had to share this pic below, a girl after my own heart. if you know me I play with my hair constantly to gain creative ideas. and now my boys have to do it when I put them to bed. bad habit, I know. so here's to miss e for being like me! If only I could suck my thumb. better not!

the lives we cater to while we are awake..

just thought since I was photographing the boys for a modeling gig, I would share them. since I am terrible about showing photographs of them. I know, I know. I am way better at showing others children than mine. oh what a life. besides working and breathing baseball with all of them. we are just hanging. my babies are on their way to preschool this year and then kindergarten. I am so not ready as these are my last. I am having a hard time and smother them terribly. I am sure they will tell you that about their mama. even though they are getting big, I have the little naught one being so small still. he may be 4.5 years old and only 29 pounds, but he is so strong willed and a true replica of his mother. (not sure who that is) but anyway. just thought I would update them and share the reason why I spend 24/7 with them. look at them. I know I am the mama, but of course I think they are the cutest ever. and that is all that matters. but the hardest thing is, I have many children blessing me that are the cutest. and those are your children I have got the blessing to grow and photograph with for years. so I have wonderful children all over that I did not even have to bear..thanks for that. ok, will share some fun stuff this week. and I am going on the mayo journey soon. so you are aware of the newest news without and answer. and a shout out to my dear doctor... dr.john brady. he wondered if I blogged about him. and now I am, I know he is watching for me to say something about him. since I know he is reading this. thank you so much for listening to my hyper mouth, being my girlfriend in time of need, listening to me about all these darn symptoms and trying to help me as much as you can. really, I am so thrilled to have you as a doctor to really believe in me, and try and find out why. you are the one that can know if I need just to talk or a certain blood test. so if you are in need of a great doctor- you really need to go to him. he is at mercy johnston. for a man( take no offense) he is very compassionate and giving of his time and cares about your needs. he rocks. and his pure nurse, deb! you rock too. with going through breast cancer and all the things going with it, so quickly from the time she found out till the last chemo recently, I admire how strong she is and not knocking me out while I complain all the time via phone and at visits. thank you. and really as soon as I get off the phone, I feel like junk complaining to you. so kuddos for helping me find the way to this nasty health issue and being a true listener. thank you both of you. anyway, I am done blahing you.enjoy!happy daddy's day to all you dads!!

a day in the life of...

a life less complicated. of what a joy.. some swinging & eating cake(you saw this lil firl yesterday) sweet and salty today.....enjoy your hot summer days..xo-d

so many babies, so little time...

I am so amazed at the amount of babies coming up all over the place. many from here and everywhere. and what a better thing for a girl that loves babies, but is done with having them. I have some great pics to show you. and we will be on better time with these post now that I am going a different route and going to mayo. I won't be stuck on a scan bed or in a docs office every day of the week. what a relief. I am ready for some answers. it is amazing the more I research my symptoms, the more I feel I know what I have. I have a great family doc and the hematologist is very good to me. I tell you what, especially you women. you know your kids bodies, your bodies and what you have an idea about. If you feel it, do something about it. my thyroid has had problems for years going from an abnormal sign to a "normal," well, I don't feel normal and with me harassing them enough they did the right test and of course it was not normal. that was 12 years ago this happened and I know many of the same issues relate to my thyroid, but remember your thyroid controls of your systems in your body and can make other health matters- worse. so take good care of yourself and write a journal if your feeling a bit under. I did 12 years ago and that was the main item that diagnosed me to have grave's disease. the symptoms. anyway, enough talk about that. I know many of you are wondering. I am tired of talking with no answer. but great news. we have a great new project lined. we are super excited to tell you with full details soon. I have cut back a bit this summer to spend time with my babies as they are going to be in preschool this fall. but still rolling the valleys and roads taking  some fun stuff.enjoy this summer and be safe.the first 4 are of princess m. her parents are from hawaii and are the sweetest parents ever and you would not believe the love they have when they look at her.I could just hang with them all day. so loving and relaxed.. and of course princess a, she was blessed in my life as a whittle baby..is she the cutest ever. and I will be kidnapping her from her mama and daddy. she is so yummy. but I really a getting to be good friends with her mama so I think she might know I will take her..xo- df and family

the second round

as many of you may know I am going through a world of testing. truly many tests I never heard of. I have something, don't know yet, but it is there.. I am starting the second phase with the oncology and hematologist, endocrinologist some more kind of ologists..xrays cat scans and many more. I really want to thank you for your thoughts and prayers through this. it is hard living with something that makes you feel like your dying but yet living with the unknown. it has a good spring so far. I did something very exciting on mother's day.I went down to mercy hospital to the new mommies floor and gave all the new mommies gerber daisies. I was a surprise. I did not get to see their faces, but more of less wanted to give something to someone that deserves it without knowing who. another wonderful thing happened. anther wonderful thing, one of my favorite little gals on tv won an award. brooke Bouma won the very, well known and very honored award - "The Edward Murrow Award." It was of the documentary of our studio and now I lay me down to sleep organization we work with. It is big honor to get it and is all of the tv stations around the U.S. can enter and she won. so if you get a chance congratulate her. we are so honored it was a story of giving back. she is such a great person with the sweetest soul, we are so happy for her. she even received a gerber daisy and free session on mothers day for her hard work as a mommy and a caring part of des moines' newscast. and I will share more fun stuff. I am going to go see a dear friend a photographer of course in the state of washington soon for a couple of days of breathing and inspiration with shannon on a project we are working on. I will share about her this week, also if we get the ok, someone else I truly adore that is friends with shannon will be featured on her. at this time, I am going through and giving all the things I love in life to you. as you should never take anything for granted, because you never know when it is gone. so I have been on the bebe collection road, a lot of babes get older and her are some of them. so sad. but I think they wil be df photography lifers..so before of many really cool things, including my super sweet and so cute (you can't stand her for being so cute) saviour in my biz. she is doing most of the back end work so I can save my energy for what I love to do on the seen. she will be posted on her. if she would just let me take her darn pic you could see her.ok here are some pretty sweet princesses! so back this week with more bebes and tons of things that are important in my life...muah to you happy mama's day and be good to those you cherish..and thanks for the prayers and prayer chains you have created all over the world for me, what an honor. I will pay it forward to you all someday!

I am getting there,

promise. hope you all had a great easter. I have some great pics from those days. some wonderful news of df photography and we are finally giving you some of the great news.. please welcome ashley and toni to out group. I will be photographing them soon. they are wonderful to this family. ashley is taking on helping you out and making sure I am on the right road and toni will be helping me run the show. I can not wait to show you..toni is having her second baby and can not wait to get my hands on it. not sure I can tell what it is yet? and any last guess for the egg nog challenge.  can't have a bad answer, it is worth it- a free session. that rocks! ok, back to the grind. miss you all will be posting more fun pics of new bebes and all this last few months.. best.df photography and family

I'm baaaacccckkk!

be aware I will be blogging on what has been happening with the health, I know many want to know. I have some new girls coming into the danielle fox photography family. I have pics from the ms foundation charity event. some of the sessions I did over the last couple of months. I am starting a new project called project star( some of you may know from my facebook page) hey, add me if you are on there and I will tag some images to you of your child. I will share more of that later. I started the artist's way again to regain my mind and health. I am running, journaling and dating myself. does that sound weird. I have a creative date with self every friday. to make me make good time for me to regenerate and breathe again.come on mommies and daddies you need time to regenerate!! even though away from you, I have taken a lot of webinars (photography classes online) while being stuck in the gloom of winter and sickness. I took 19 classes, I wanted some inspiration and needed a re-boost of creativity. well, I got it! working on some great storybooks of some of my year old bebes:( so sad they are 1 year old and older already. I am hoping to get some great new products introduced over the next couple of weeks to you all. we have brought on some wonderful yet simply divine products our way, while creating the logo I had to come up with some fresh ideas to go green and be simply stated.I am so excited to have a wonderful year and thank all of you for the wonderful years you have given me. I truly adore watching your children grow and treasure the relationships I have with all you momma's.  I will be taking a vacation this year. will let you know when I book it, and I will travel a bit to take on some adventures commercially and photographing some extra special people (celebrities children.) But do not worry, I am a home body and get homesick. SO! I will not be gone long each time and not much. I need to get back in gear here and then slowly get to there. I am cutting back and taking more time with each of you throughout the whole process, I miss that. and just chillin with my babies. really simple, trying to keep us healthy and happy around here. and so ready for spring, I got a big boost of sessions booked for spring and summer when the weather became warm. so I would book soon as we are filling up fast. and one more thing. f you are a current client and you refer a friend, after the completion of their session you receive a complimentary session. what a treat! well, I was excited to write you with a few things, but need to get back to babies. miss you all and can not wait to talk, get coffee or do lunch with you soon. have a great peaceful spring! muah!! to all your bebes from me! xo- danielle fox photography and family