Danitza is not just an incredibly talented photographer, she is a wonderful human being! I had the pleasure of working with Danitza when I contacted her to cover the photography at my twins' 1st year birthday party. I was already pretty stressed because I was trying to organize the party remotely because the party was in Houston but I was out of the country. Danitza responded to my Yelp enquiry within minutes... to my amazement she did this for every single message I sent, she responds within minutes unless she is busy at a photoshoot! Danitza was always willing to work within our budget without any haggling because she expressed that she is more interested in building her brand and building relationships than anything else. Based on the wonderful experience I had contracting her for the party, I decided to hire her also for a 1st year photoshoot for my babies the day after the party.
On the day of the party, Danitza was wonderful. She showed up ahead of the start time and even offered to help with the party setup... that's why I said she is a wonderful person. She took the time to connect with my babies, to play with them so they would be comfortable with her taking pictures of them. My babies can be difficult with strangers but they were very comfortable with Danitza because she genuinely loves babies and it shows! She worked so hard taking pictures for the 4 hours the party lasted... on the next day when we had the photoshoot, it was to be at Hermann Park and the park was extremely full because it was Spring break. I was stressed about running late for the photoshoot because we couldn't find parking and again she reassured us that we shouldn't worry... the photoshoot started more than half an hour late due to the parking issues but Danitza was so pleasant... she wasn't mad at us nor did she insist the photoshoot still end at the same time etc. in fact, we the parents were exhausted and she wanted to keep going towards the end of the photoshoot. The photoshoot itself was challenging... imagine having to get two active 1 year old boys to sit still, smile, laugh on cue, etc. Impossible! You have to just have a sense of humor, a lot of patience and go with the flow... which is exactly what Danitza did. Add to that, the weather was warm that day... but none of this fazed Danitza, she was pleasant, patient and kind. She even took pictures with her iPhone of us and sent them to us immediately so we could see a preview of her work and even those pictures were beautiful so we were excited to see the professional ones she took with her camera at the party and at the photoshoot. Danitza had the pictures out within a day or two and they were absolutely stunning! She is very creative and captures the most innocuous things in an artistic way. Some pictures brought tears to my eyes because she captured the beauty of our babies and the joy they bring us! My husband and I were wishing we found her earlier and hired her for our wedding in Hawaii. I cannot rave enough about Danitza. We plan to use her as our family photographer for as long as she will have us. She was an absolute joy to work with! read more