Dia Kiss
Maternity and Newborn Photography
My photography journey started when I got my hands on my dad’s camera at the age of 5, which quickly became my favorite toy as I often spend time alone due my brother’s frequent hospital visits and my parents separation.
As a young adult I moved from Hungary, where I am originally from, to Paris, then Spain, California, and now Illinois. Throughout the moves I developed photography skills to document and capture architecture and places I would visit, study and worked.
I always dreamt of having a family and building memories with them. Needless to say, carrying my own child and give birth has been the most life changing experience for me.
I learned that the journey of becoming a mother has lots of highs and lows, filled with moments of joy, excitement, anxiety, tired and sleepless nights, numerous changes in your face and body, that once gone were too precious.
It was through these bitter sweet moments when I noticed the small changes were worth to document and cherish, this inspired me to start taking more photos.
Soon friends and families that started encouraging me to do it for more people.
So, D’anina Photography opened its doors in 2021, in Pingree Grove, Illinois, as a home based studio.
From there, I focused on intimate maternity photo sessions, newborn and family photography.
As a mother myself, every part of the journey has always been at the forefront of my passion.
Since I grew up with very little photographs taken, I feel joy and healing when I am able to document emotions, phases and memories other women have as I almost feel they replace the ones I do not have.
Because of this, capturing emotions is definitely where my heart and passion lays.
I am on a mission in creating this connection with your present you and the beautiful changes you went through in your motherhood journey.
With your help we will create precious heirlooms that will connect your family’s most beautiful emotions and memories into something that won’t be forgotten.
Let me help you write your journey.
