Daniela Berkhout | Niagara newborn, child, family, teen, maternity and wedding photographer | Niagara Photographers » welland photographers

Happy Holidays! | niagara photographers

Daniela — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:50:36 +0000

Well….I’m finally coming up for air. My busy season has come to an end .I have photographed so many amazing families and beautiful children. To all who have made the trip to my studio…thank-you from the bottom of my heart.

The studio is officially closed until January 16th.

I’m looking forward to Christmas with my family and our traditions. On Christmas Eve we feast on everything fish…..no meat. My favourite part are the appetizers…shrimp, seafood salad and stuffed mushrooms. Yum. The rest of my family look forward to the calamari (I still can’t get myself to eat it). Something we have always done every year is have a sleepover! My family, my parents and my sister’s family all sleepover at either our house or my sisters….depending on who’s hosting. We open our gifts at midnight and then we usually stay up to watch a movie. We all love this tradition and I hope it continues. On Christmas Day…we go to church and then feast again. Ahhh….it’s great to be italian especially during the holidays!

I would love to know what your Christmas traditions are….please post them!

Have a wonderful Holiday Season and God Bless.

Goodbye Summer | niagara photographer

Daniela — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:51:11 +0000

Wow….that went by quick! I had such an INCREDIBLE summer filled with family, friends, food and fun. I tried to spend as much time as possible at our cottage up north. I would spend two weeks up north and then come home for a week where I would jam pack in ordering and photo sessions. It was the best of both worlds….how I wish our summers weren’t so short I am going to miss the northern fresh air, the sunsets, the boat trips, kayaking, watching the kids wakeboard and most of all the laughter with family and friends. I feel truly blessed.

I haven’t blogged much this summer – have I? I’m going to try to post some of my favourite sessions over the next few weeks. For those of you looking for fall sessions – please contact me soon as I only have a few openings left!

And what’s a blog post with photos! Here are a few from this summer:

One Month Old Abigail | niagara newborn photographers

Daniela — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:30:50 +0000

I normally photograph newborns when they’re less than two weeks old. Why? They’re so sleepy at this point and love to curl up. A one month old can be a challenge to photograph. At this point, they are very aware of their surroundings and are constantly moving with flailing arms.

Once we took some awake shots and family shots, I was on a mission to get Abigail asleep. She gave me a bit of a hard time but I now consider myself the baby whisperer ! Abigail did fall asleep….and we captured these precious photos of her. Isn’t she gorgeous?

Dance Recital | Niagara Dance Photographer

Daniela — Tue, 19 May 2009 03:53:54 +0000

It was Alex’s 12th dance recital with Miss Dar’s School of Dance this past weekend. I can’t believe she’s been dancing for 12 years and she’s not even 15 yet! Every year I look forward to recital time – the anticipation, the excitement, the costumes, the dances, the smiles. I can’t imagine Alex not dancing – it’s such a big part of who she is.

Alex takes tap, jazz, ballet and pointe. Her favourites are definitely jazz and tap but most of my photos are always of her ballets – they’re just so beautiful to photograph! Here are a few photos from dress rehearsal:

jazz:

tap:

Once again, it was an incredible recital. Miss Dar sure knows how to put on a show and all of the dancers were incredible. Lucky for me – I get to photograph all of the dancers in their costumes this week and next week. I’ll see you soon girls!

Julia | Niagara Child Photographer

Daniela — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:52:25 +0000

Meet Julia….a beautiful little two year old with a terrible disease.

Julia was diagnosed with leukemia last October. She is considered very high risk and has to go through very intense chemotherapy and radiation. Her treatment plan is projected to be about two years assuming she has no setbacks. In the first three months of Julia’s treatment plan, she was hospitalized and spent a total of seven days at home. Julia’s mom has been caring for her and running back and forth between Welland and McMaster Hospital. Her employer has been very generous, granting her a paid leave but, unfortunately, that has run out.

Due to the financial stress the family is going through on top of the stress of what Julia is going through, their family and friends organized a fundraiser for Julia. A silent auction gala is being held on April 4th and I’ve received word that it is SOLD OUT!!!

So this is where I come in. I received an email with Julia’s story. I immediately donated a photo session with prints to the silent auction along with a photo session for Julia and her brothers. This is the beauty of being a photographer. I have a gift that I can give – the gift of photographs and capturing time and it was my absolute pleasure capturing Julia and her brothers!

If you would like to make a donation, a paypal account has been set up: Julia’s Journey

Julia singing to her froggie

I love this one: