{a storyteller on bellies & babies}

still offering..family, child & kids photography | des moines kids, children & family photographers | danielle fox

Even though pregnancy and newborn babies are my specialty, we still offer portrait sessions of babies, families, children and kids. There has been such a baby boom I have had so many sessions to blog about, sometimes other things get left behind..We just wanted to re-assure you, since I get asked all the time "do you photograph children & families?" and the answer is YES! we love to. I find it very rewarding all sorts of love and connections of your beloved..So, don't just think we are limited in offering you only appts if you are pregnant or a few days old, we gladly book the people in between, whether you are 6 months old, 3 years old, siblings or a family, I am here for you! just wanted to let you know we are in the business of the love & connection of many ages!

baby portraits..| des moines iowa child and family photography | colorado creative baby photography

for all the love in world, I think I could not love anything more than this child's lips... and his expressions. what a joy to have a happy baby and happy days with them..happy day!

baby portraits..| des moines iowa child and family photography | colorado creative baby photography

for all the love in world, I think I could not love anything more than this child's lips... and his expressions. what a joy to have a happy baby and happy days with them..happy day!

mother nature's specialities..| newborn and baby photography in des moines & denver | danielle fox photography

as I work on branding "me" in business form, I ponder as "who am I?" "who am I becoming?" I realize after having the honor of years documenting all the seeds, sprouts and flowers surrounding me and beyond; I have changed. I am constantly exploring & evolving. I chose three words for my new year of beginnings which are- EXPLORE. EVOLVE. NURTURE. I am really becoming the person I started to years ago. I just put me on hold while I was trying to figure out who I did not want to be or thought I wanted to be. I know now, I am a flower child. mother nature's gift. simple. lover of life. in love with people & connections. a light, details and texture explorer. adore documenting the purity of how flowers & newborns are quite the same. in love with the words raw, muse, beloved, beauty and purity.

you can try and be who you were created for or try to be someone who you are. I've come to terms, no one is like me. I am happy with that. I was created for a special gift and my calling. I finally have become "me." I have a gift of storytelling in a unique way. I am happy & healthy. have my all my beloved peeps surrounding me, what do I need more...absolutely NOTHING! so enjoy, and become the person you were meant to be, be simple. and just be you! happy day! xo

explore & evolve. | pregnancy & baby photography in des moines | colorado, california child & family photography

If you know me, I am up for a new adventure. anytime I can get my hands in something creative- I'm ready to explore and evolve with it. I have taken on a whole new me in the last year and getting back to who I really am. so, I as I was purchasing props for my business, I didn't want just props. I really am not a proppy person at all!! I adore all; things natural and handmade. I would purchase many things and after receiving them, I realized I could actually create this?! so, for the last several months not only have I been re-branding my business. It has been the best thing I could do to get me super duper inspired within my business and in my life. I thought about making things handmade, to add a personal touch and show the whole-hearted love I have for new life. I wanted to create things that would go along the lines of what I really am trying to achieve in my work, through another art. as some of you may know, I make floral wreaths for my maternity, newborn and children's sessions. I wanted to be a flower photographer before I started to people thing. I have been incorporating images of all things mother nature for quite some time. so, then I started to make twig wreaths. I have now taken it a couple steps forward..I am now creating unique beaded/fabric headbands, took up the fine art of knitting and I tell you what it has taken me to a whole new love of my work. and I hope you will be able to enjoy it as well, with you beloved..so please be patient as I am trying to blog often, but I am also re-branding everything...website.blog.packaging.logo.words.props etc. here is a little taste of some yummy things to come into your story.. a storyteller about exploring & evolving with mother nature.. happy day!! dani

DId you change or impact my life, this year? pregnancy & baby photography, des moines, denver. | Colorado & California maternity, newborn, child & family photographer, danielle fox

The older I get the more I greatly appreciate who is in my life and know there is a reason. I believe in divine intervention. I beleive everyone has a purpose or reason for crossing your path. I want to take the time in the next few weeks and let you know has changed, impacted or helped in some form change my life. I had been in a very painful creative block that brought many, many tears and thoughts of why is this happening to me. I simply adore my job and wanted so much more for myself and I could not get there, or anywhere for that fact. I know there are many of you out there that want to know me more, I am here to share these things with you. I am a pretty private person and I am happy to share this, as you never know something in these posts just might change you in some form. I have met and connected with some fabulous creative people that helped me without even knowing that they did or were at the time. so here it goes. it may simpy have been a word, words, a photo, a song, quote or saying, self help realization workbook or e-course..whatever it was, it changed me FOREVER!

this is not the order of who or how it changed it but this post is about THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE THAT DID THE MOST IMPACT..

Danielle LaPorte, The Spark Kit

danielle's e-book, e-course and worksheets shaped my life & work motto. It is a self-realization experience that can take you to a place you have always wanted to be. "because self-realization rocks!" danielle says!!

Jesh De Rox, The Beloved Movement,

Jesh De Rox's Website

Jesh, oh Jesh! there are so many fabulous and wonderful inspiring words I could say, but I don't have enough time or room. A beautous person that has brought a movement to the world of portrait artists to re-connect you with the love of photography again. Not only are his words a muse of mine, but his images speak truth, love, divine connection and hope for this every so sad world we live in. he is truly a human that I could be mentored by for life. When he speaks, the world listens as he truly not only see what an image can be, but a feeling you should get when you photograph.

Ashley Skjaveland,  Ashley Skjaveland's Blog

Do you ever get the feeling that you meet someone that could be your soulmate friend? well, in this beautiful, loving person- I could see us being dear friends for life!! I am not only moved by her images, but incredibly so-her documents of life, love and pure unconditional connections. I purchased "Newborn" from her not too long after it came out, to gain some hope back while trying to break my creative block and she not only majorly impacted me with the book, she emotionally attached me back to who I was as an artist. I was searching for something "trendy" to adhere to, to feel like I was achieving artwork, but in reality I found my soul again while realizing I was not a trend follower, I am a trend setter. I like to create something that no one has done or thought of before, and I was cheating myself by doing the opposite. She made me realize that is not who I am or will become. She simply offered her heart in my time of need. It all came together after I read a few pages of "Newborn" and was finishing up "The Spark Kit." I had a light turn on, it has been dark and lonely where I was and she allowed my natural light to shine..A great daily read(her blog), a fabulous book to read about becoming who you want to be- not be someone's perfect and a friend to share ideas with. a must read, a must double read- both the blog and her book.

You thought you knew you, You Thought You Knew You-- website

a ultra-special place I often to go whenever I feel the need  to re-connect with myself, the artist in me. Not just being a photographer, but a real creative all around.v I am very big about only visiting websites that make me better, a place to think outside the box and a website that it outside of my specialty. I look and find so many things that inspire me that are either un-photography related or a place that makes me feel uncomfortable. Not in a bad way, but I need something to challenge me. As most of you know I am not a typical run of the mill photographer. I find the most museful things to be not in my niche or un-photography related. this is a place to challege your mind, heart and soul. to learn about what people thought they knew about themselves, but are challenged to think "outside" their box..

Jenay Baethke, no website sorry!

A beauty with a even more beautiful peronality. A girl that suddenly became a best friend of mine. I have a limited amount of true friends. I like to have friends, but value even more having only a few that are very dear to me. and she is one of them..I find out day by day how much love I have for her and her baby. She made me realize many things over the last several months we have been hanging out, on what a a good person I am. Who I am becoming and what I want to become. I just adore her so much, I could hug her daily- for just being her. When she is around she lights up my heart and soul. She has a fabulous baby that so reminds me of one of my boys when he was a baby. It is rare to connection with someone on so many levels, but it is even rarer to soulfully connect with a human being that you can care so much about, I miss her if I don't see her weekly:( we have a date together each week, lately both her and I have been so busy it has been hard. We are getting back on schedule this week though. I wish I could shar you with her, with a website or something..I can't though she has none. But she does fabulous hair Axis Salon, their website is Axis Hair Salon.

well, it is getting late and I have many more to share as the week goes by, so feel free to read and share the love to those that I love on here..check em out, they just might change your life!! good day! I can't leave a post though without any images--enjoy!

BEST OF 2011 | INSPIRE ME BABY | COLORADO NEWBORN PHOTOGRAPHY, DANIELLE FOX

One of my Internet muses of the year is having a "best of 2011" contest, so I thought I would share with you and inspire me baby. I choose this image as I was recovering from a long painful creative block and realized that it was resistance that held me back. This is one of the images that helped me get back to main focus, "connection." enjoy the new days ahead, and remember you are here to create beautiful things, give yourself permission to do so..

click this link to check out one of my few social muses..

This photo was included in the Inspire Me Baby Best of 2011

This Image is for Inspire Me Baby's Post..

Happy Kiss-Mas! | pregnancy & baby photography in des moines | newborn & maternity photography in colorado | danielle fox

tis your mother!

tis your lover!

tis anything you simply adore!

happy day, happy kiss-mas!

Kindred Connection | Family photography in des moines iowa | Celebrity Maternity, Newborn & baby photographer, danielle fox

"our life is composed greatly fron dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together." Anais Nin

"Wer get caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another- and ourselves." Jack Kornfield

Who am I? |newborn baby photographers in iowa, des moines maternity & pregnancy photography | danielle fox

I'm the texture in the bud.

I'm the light in the sky.

I'm the color in the sprout.

I'm the fabrication of mother earth.

I'm evolving.

I'm exploring,

just as mother nature intended for all the breathing.

*please be patient as we are exploring and evolving with our new branding, new labs and many whole new experiences that you are looking for! happy day!