Mark Leonard Imaging | Redlands Photographer » portraiture

Robert Cardenas

admin — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:23:36 +0000

Mr. Cardenas also took the opportunity to get some professional headshots done before we started with our family shoot a few weeks ago. There are so many reasons for business professionals to get quality headshots taken. I’m often stunned to visit websites that probably cost close to $10,000 only to click the staff bio page and find junky-looking photographs of employees (and owners) sitting on a lawn chair with their cat at a 4th-of-July picnic. Come on, people! If you want great looking marketing materials make sure you have quality photographs!

Haley – A Dream Chaser

admin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 07:28:27 +0000

Haley stopped by our in-home studio to get a few headshots. She has long been involved in theatre productions in the community and is now preparing to launch into acting for the small screen. We can’t wait to see where her dream takes her.

Mallory

admin — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:20:58 +0000

Mallory is a professional dancer. She contacted us to get some new headshots for some upcoming interviews with ballet companies around the country and we were more than happy to oblige. We got to do some studio shots as well as some urban shots out in the rain. We had a lot of fun, and I hope I get to see Mallory on stage soon!

Just For Kids Denistry

admin — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 07:00:30 +0000

Last week I had the pleasure of photographing the staff from Just For Kids Pediatric Dentistry. These guys were a blast to hang out with. It’s obvious that these guys have a lot of fun working together. I walked into their office before the shoot and I was floored by how cool the place was. There were cartoons and smiling people everywhere. All I could think was, “Who wouldn’t want to go to the dentist when it’s this much fun?”

Rod Collins, Senior Pastor at Sanctuary Church

admin — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 23:28:44 +0000

I just started reading a book called Drive. It’s about what motivates us. For a long time, scientists thought that people were motivated by the need for survival and something the author calls self-economics. In other words, if doing something will benefit my economic situation, I’m likely to be motivated to do it. And for a lot of us, these two motivations remain the rule. But then there are people like Rod Collins.

Rod is a dentist in Redlands. He has a successful practice that provides for his family and allows him to do something that he loves and is good at. For most that would be enough. But a few years ago, Rod was driven by what the book calls the third motivation (read the book for an adequate explanation) to start a church. And he did. Today, Rod is not only a dentist with a successful practice in Redlands, he is also the lead pastor for Sanctuary Church in Beaumont. I had a great time photographing Rod in lots of different places, including on the side of Highway 10.

The Mantels

admin — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 06:00:41 +0000

According to Jill, Jake Mantel saved her life from what was undoubtedly an enormous, flesh eating rodent monster living under the kitchen sink when we rented Brenda Mantel’s house. And We owe the Mantels a lot. They took good care of us when we lived in Mentone. And now I’ve gotten to know the whole family. Meet the Mantels.

Cassidy

admin — Mon, 31 May 2010 17:55:30 +0000

Cassidy is graduating from Redlands Christian School. She’s headed to the big show – high school. I was pumped to get to photograph Cassidy for her 8th grade graduation. I got to do a shoot with Cassidy and her siblings last year at this time when her older sister was graduating from RCS. Cassidy is a natural in front of the camera. As you can see, she rocked this shoot.

Derrick | Headshots

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:48:09 +0000

I was in a musical once in college. I forgot the words to my solo, hummed through the rest of the song, and nearly wet my pants. That’s when I knew I was meant to be beneath the stage with the rest of the pit orchestra. Derrick, however, has been on the stage for several years (presumably without any accidents), and it was time to update his headshots. It’s fun to meet people who need to update their headshots. It’s very Southern California. Look for Derrick on the tube!

Solo Session with Sandi

admin — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:35:23 +0000

Sandi called me with a great idea for her husband’s upcoming birthday. Her hubby gave her this groovy bike that she adores and she thought it would be fun to take some portraits with it as a gift to him. I loved it! It was so fun to make these images with Sandi and a possession that meant so much to her. Sandi also found this location in Yucaipa that was beautiful. We had a great time and the images prove it.

Check out the rest of her session in her gallery.

Solo Session – Brenda

admin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:45:08 +0000

Lesotho, Africa is a little country that lies in the center of South Africa. 45% of the population is unemployed and 36% live on less than $1 a day. There are people in Lesotho who have devoted their lives to proving that God exists by caring for suffering people, especially children. Our church discovered some of those people several years ago and adopted their mission to glorify God by caring for orphans at the Beautiful Gate orphanage.

Brenda recently returned from Lesotho after spending a year at Beautiful Gate caring for children and using her administrative talents to help the leaders of the orphanage strengthen their organization and prepare for the future. Now that she’s back in the states, she’s working for a handful of mission oriented organizations and needed some portraits for publications, websites, and whatnot. We had a great time roaming around Redlands. If you’re ever in need of a Redlands historian and tour guide, you could do a lot worse than Brenda.