I finally broke down and made a photography blog. I want to keep my personal life personal and my business life, well business like. So here I plan to chronicle my photography adventures.
My name is Danielle, as if that wasn't obvious enough. I was born and raised in NOLA and after the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina and experiencing life post-hurricane down here, I'm ready to move on. My boyfriend Robert and I plan to relocate in the summer of 2008 to the Denver metro area in Colorado. This is a big move for me, but I am welcoming the change and opportunity to grow and expand my photography to new scenes.
My talents and passions have varied over the years. I have always been creative and expressive of my ideas. I danced for eight years and found that to be one of the best outlets for emotions. I put that hobby on hold to attend college and never got back into the swing of it. I graduated from the University of New Orleans this past May and have a Bachelor of Arts majoring in the Spanish language. Once in Denver, I plan to use my degree and knowledge of Spanish to educate young children.
I bought a Sony Cybershot DSC-W7 in 2005 just to play around as I have always loved to take pictures. My mother can tell you how annoying I was in school, always borrowing her 35mm and begging her to develop the silly pictures of my friends and I at school. Pictures have provided me with the chance to see things I normally cannot, thus they have always been so important to me. Anyway, I mainly just played with my camera but in 2006 after a session at Glamour Shots I discovered I really wanted to take pictures as a serious hobby.
I began a small portfolio and submitted it to Glamour Shots. I was called back for several interviews but was not offered a position. This didn't kill my spirit. A year later while having my senior pictures done, I asked a friend of mine if she'd mind me photographing her. I was impressed with the turnout and began photographing family and friends in what I referred to as mini-shoots. This was the birth of Digital Danielle Photography. This past September I began meeting models and doing shoots with them in hopes to enhance both of our portfolios. Now in December, I have noticed an improvement in my work and my clients are more and more satisfied with each shoot.
I began a small portfolio and submitted it to Glamour Shots. I was called back for several interviews but was not offered a position. This didn't kill my spirit. A year later while having my senior pictures done, I asked a friend of mine if she'd mind me photographing her. I was impressed with the turnout and began photographing family and friends in what I referred to as mini-shoots. This was the birth of Digital Danielle Photography. This past September I began meeting models and doing shoots with them in hopes to enhance both of our portfolios. Now in December, I have noticed an improvement in my work and my clients are more and more satisfied with each shoot.
Currently, I try to manage at least one shoot per weekend. Robert is my biggest fan and attends every shoot. At this time I am concentrating on Christmas shoots as well as portraiture to build my portfolio. I am still shooting with the DSC-W7 and occasionally my mom's DSC-H2. I am stuck on the Sony Cybershots. I am hoping to buy a DSC-H9 in the near future and eventually the Sony Alpha DSLR once I have a studio and way more experience. My goal in creating this blog is to document my favorites from each shoot and get my name and photography "out there" to attract clients. Thanks for reading this, have a pleasant day!
