Leigh Photo » Wedding & Portrait photography in Kansas City, MO

 

 

This month the contest theme at I Heart Faces is “black and white.”  I have always loved black and white photography, and only recently formed a relationship with color.  All through grad school I used different kind of black and white film (that’s right, I said film) because it has this “take-your-breath-away” quality that I find hard to match using color.  This has always been one of those photos for me.  A beautiful girl, yes.  But something about the hardness of her expression, and of the seams of the wood on the bench.  It was begging to be made black and white.  I hope you will take a look at more incredible entries at I Heart Faces!

 

Well it’s finally acting like Winter here in Kansas City!  Just when I thought we could sneak by with just a handful of mild-weather days (no super-cold, and no snow!)  nature had a different plan.  :) The cold weather means that I do most of my shooting inside.  It’s more of a challenge, technically, but I have to say, there are some perks to shooting on location in someone else’s home.   I have the rare pleasure of capturing families, (especially kids!) in their natural environment, where they are most cozy and comfortable.  I had such a great time with the Horns, and am honored to have captured so many milestones of  their years together, from their engagement to the first birthday of their second child, Lucas.  Here’s to many more years of Jackson and Lucas wondering why that crazy lady always has a camera in her face!  :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I can only blame myself (and Christmas) for taking this long to post this gallery, though it seems like just yesterday we were in beautiful Cancun, celebrating Jason & Jana’s big day!  Thanks to the both of you for choosing me.  I not only had a blast shooting and editing your photos, but got a pretty amazing vacation out of the deal as well!  Congrats to you and your new family!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy New Year!  I still have a LOT of work to do on my new blog, but I thought I would emerge from Holiday hibernation to play with some of my new Christmas toys.  :)  I am a big fan of standalone images, but sometimes collages can be a fun way to tell a story.  These new collage templates can be used for photo albums, mini books, and more.  I also have fun photo borders to make your images pop.  These I hope to be featuring soon!  Until then, here to show off a couple collages are Zoe and Julia!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well I certainly haven’t worked out all the kinks yet and BOY OH BOY is it a LOT of work to create a blog from scratch!  But I am very excited to be creating my first post on my new blog!

This is Faya (short for Faenna).  She is a spunky little thing so I got my exercise at our shoot!  Spirited children are so wonderful to shoot because they challenge me to stretch myself as a photographer.  And they are so much fun!  I am lucky to have so many in my life.

Thanks for following me on my journey from my bare bones beginnings in the portrait world, to jumping into this business full time.  I am loving every minute!