In 2025, I wrapped a 7-year chapter as a staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times. You can currently find me freelancing in and around Los Angeles. I’ve also had the opportunity to work as a staff photographer at the Naples Daily News and a 3-year stint freelancing in South America.
Family sessions typically run about an hour where I provide direction with a documentary eye, stepping in when it feels natural and stepping back when the essence of your family is coming alive on its own. I like capture tender portraits and the beautifully unplanned moments in between. You’ll receive about 60 high-resolution, hand-edited images within two weeks, delivered in a beautiful, downloadable gallery. Pricing starts at $750
Please inquire about wedding pricing.
Don’t be a stranger. I’m on instagram and my email is dania@daniamaxwell.com
My fam, before baby number 3. Photo/James Bernal
Awards
Best of Photojournalism, A Kindred Birth wins an honorable mention in the Feature category • January 2022
Best of the West, A Kindred Birth wins second place for a feature slideshow • 2022
California Journalism Awards, Trona wins third prize • 2019
Suncoast Emmy, Little Man video wins in the Human Reporting category • December 2015
Edward R. Murrow, Little Man video wins feature reporting in online news organization for multimedia effort. • June 2015
Sigma Delta Chi, Little Man wins feature photography category for circulation 1-100,000. • April 2015
Best of Photojournalism, Little Man wins first prize in feature multimedia and an honorable mention in the feature story category. • March 2015
Photographer of the Year International, Little Man wins third prize in feature multimedia category • January 2015
Souther Newspaper Association, Little Man story the Grand Prize in annual photo and video contest • October 2014
Sprout Film Festival, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, A gallery of images and a multimedia “Distinctively” shown at the film festival • Summer 2010