Welcome

Hello, welcome to my photo blog! Thanks for stopping by! My name is Daniel, I'm an international wedding and portrait photographer based in Switzerland. I travel worldwide for my clients to capture the real emotions of life. But that's not just my work. It's my passion I follow with all my heart!

This blog is the place to know more about me, my personal life and my passion. Feel free to leave a comment and share your thoughts with me.

If your are looking for images from a wedding or portrait session I recently photographed, visit the client proofs section of my website.

Please also visit my main website on www.danielzihlmann.com and use the contact page to get in touch with me. I look forward to getting to know you! Thanks for visiting!

Nicola Tristan (Baby)

Daniel Zihlmann Photographer - Fotograf Hochzeit Baby Portrait, Zürich Bern Schweiz

Today I’d like to introduce Nicola Tristan to you! He was born just before Christmas and is the younger brother of Fiorello, I photographed about one year ago (see this blog post). It was a special pleasure for me to meet the parents again and especially Fiorello who has grown a lot in the meantime. I’m very thankful for their trust to call me again to also photograph their youngest son. It’s a sad story that shortly after the baby session with Fiorello last year it was found that he suffers from a serious disease. I was thinking a lot about this since his mum told me back then. I was really amazed to see now how everything has grown, their family, their love and Fiorello. I wish them all the strengh they need in difficult times, and a lot of love and wonderful moments with their family.

Daniel Zihlmann Photographer - Fotograf Hochzeit Baby Portrait, Zürich Bern Schweiz

Daniel Zihlmann Photographer - Fotograf Hochzeit Baby Portrait, Zürich Bern Schweiz

Daniel Zihlmann Photographer - Fotograf Hochzeit Baby Portrait, Zürich Bern Schweiz

Daniel Zihlmann Photographer - Fotograf Hochzeit Baby Portrait, Zürich Bern Schweiz

Daniel Zihlmann Photographer - Fotograf Hochzeit Baby Portrait, Zürich Bern Schweiz

Let’s Get This Party Started!

Daniel Zihlmann Photographer - Fotograf Hochzeit Baby Portrait, Zürich Bern Schweiz

I hope everyone spent a great time with their families and friends over Christmas and New Year. Now the new year has begun and is moving on fast to become another exciting year! After last year’s huge worldwide economic problems the future can just look brighter. However, if you’re going to get married this year it will become one of the most exciting years of your life! For the rest of your life you will look back and remember the blue sky on the wedding day, how the sunlight hit the windows of the church and let the smiling bride glow in this terrific white wedding dress, the little girl that was singing in a church that seemd to hold its breath and how the smiling couple left the church with a whoop of joy of their family and friends.

The beginning of the year is also the time of all the wedding fairs here in Switzerland. This market was exploding in the last years, culminating in 2 different wedding fairs taking place in Zurich on the same day last year. Crazy. I guess everybody is happy now that we are back to normal and this weekend everybody, the couples and the vendors, can concentrate on just one wedding fair in Zurich. I will visit it myself tomorrow, not just to see what’s going on in the industry, but mainly to meet good friends, wedding photographers, coordinators, graphic artists. A great opportunity to connect! Hope to see you there!

Hochzeitsmesse Zürich

End of the Year Recommendation: Follow Keith Ferrazzi

It’s getting close to the end of the year and everybody is thinking about New Year’s resolutions and what to change next year. Let me recommend you something. If you are looking for something to have a real impact on your personal or business life, read the books of Keith Ferrazzi and his blog. You might already know “Never Eat Alone” so go ahead and give his new book “Who’s Got Your Back?” a go. Let Keith explain what it’s all about:

And if you are still thinking about if all this social media stuff like Facebook and Twitter is worth it, read this amazing story of Keith how Twitter let him connect with people he didn’t know in Guatemala and how they became friends.

So, my recommendation for 2010: Get you a Twitter account and follow Keith Ferrazzi @keithferrazzi

Have a great 2010!

The WCS Xmas Splash ‘09

To start a tradition I organized this year a little Xmas dinner and invited all my friends working in the wedding industry to the first WCS (Wedding Crashers Switzerland) Xmas Splash ‘09. It was awesome to see how many wedding photographers, designers, second shooters & assistants showed up, coming from all over Switzerland. The perfect occasion to start some networking!

Daniel Zihlmann Photographer - Fotograf Hochzeit Baby Portrait, Zürich Bern Schweiz

We spent a great time chatting, eating & drinking, with David’s photo booth and Jeanine’s Xmas cookies :-) Thanks for the help to make this lil’ GTG a success! It was definitely not the last WCS event. Stay tuned!

In the picture: Beat Mumenthaler, Steffi Greter, Daniel Zihlmann, Jeanine Linder, Richard Overtoom, Philippe Wiget, Andreas Feusi, Katja, Nadia, Daniel Knecht, David Dolder, Adrian Giger and Peter Sturn

Elin (Baby Session)

Wow, that was an amazing afternoon I spent photographing 6 month old Elin! I couldn’t believe how much energy she had. I was really exhausted after 2 hours of rolling around on the floor and taking photographs. She was moving a lot and changing her face’s expression so fast that I even had to set my camera on ‘continuous mode’ shooting. And as it can happen sometimes after an exhausting shooting I was waking up with aching muscles the next day :-)

You’re a great model, Elin! Keep it rockin’!

Daniel Zihlmann Photographer - Hochzeit Fotograf Baby Portrait, Zürich Bern Schweiz

Daniel Zihlmann Photographer - Hochzeit Fotograf Baby Portrait, Zürich Bern Schweiz

Daniel Zihlmann Photographer - Hochzeit Fotograf Baby Portrait, Zürich Bern Schweiz

Daniel Zihlmann Photographer - Hochzeit Fotograf Baby Portrait, Zürich Bern Schweiz

Daniel Zihlmann Photographer - Hochzeit Fotograf Baby Portrait, Zürich Bern Schweiz

Daniel Zihlmann Photographer - Hochzeit Fotograf Baby Portrait, Zürich Bern Schweiz

Daniel Zihlmann Photographer - Hochzeit Fotograf Baby Portrait, Zürich Bern Schweiz

Daniel Zihlmann Photographer - Hochzeit Fotograf Baby Portrait, Zürich Bern Schweiz