Mark Leonard Imaging | Redlands Photographer http://markleonardimaging.com/blog Quality, artistry, and service. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:35:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Alex and Lindsey – Engaged http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/alex-and-lindsey-%e2%80%93-engaged/ http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/alex-and-lindsey-%e2%80%93-engaged/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:35:08 +0000 admin http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/?p=895 Their story is so familiar: both music majors, they met in college while earning a degree in music at Cal State Long Beach. Lindsey and Alex will be married this spring. They are living the musician’s life – working a regular job during the day to pay the bills and gigging whenever they can to feed their hunger for music. Lindsey plays oboe. Alex plays the piano and loves Brahms. These guys were a lot of fun to hang out with. We did the shoot on Lindsey’s birthday, so had a special smiling guest with us during the shoot.

]]> http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/alex-and-lindsey-%e2%80%93-engaged/feed/ 8 Alyssa – ACA Class of 2011 http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/alyssa-%e2%80%93-aca-class-of-2011/ http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/alyssa-%e2%80%93-aca-class-of-2011/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:59:56 +0000 admin http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/?p=890 She has a passion for photography and a drive for volleyball. Alyssa couldn’t wait to show her dad her senior photos to see if he’d cry. His little girl is grown.

My wife had Alyssa in her music classes when she was in elementary and middle school. She even played trombone for a little while. Alyssa is planning to study photography in college. She’s into landscape photography and has dabbled with some portraits. We had a blast walking around Beaumont finding great light and goofing around. Alyssa’s sister served as her accomplice in goofing around. To see them together was a lot of fun. It made me think of my two toddler daughters. I’m sure I’ll cry when I see Madeline’s senior photos.

Working the “Next Top Model” pose!

]]> http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/alyssa-%e2%80%93-aca-class-of-2011/feed/ 15 The Crumbys in Fargo http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/the-crumbys-in-fargo/ http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/the-crumbys-in-fargo/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:40:37 +0000 admin http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/?p=886 Yes, Fargo! It was really fun to do a shoot in Fargo while we were visiting family in the Midwest. I was pumped to book another session with these kids after photographing them during our trip to Minnesota last year. This time, dad got to come along with their nephew to get in on the shoot. We had a lot of fun shooting in some great midwest light. Thanks for calling again this year, Kristen. I hope we get to do it again next summer!

]]> http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/the-crumbys-in-fargo/feed/ 10 The Diederichs Family http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/the-diederichs-family/ http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/the-diederichs-family/#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 23:09:08 +0000 admin http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/?p=880 I get nervous for some shoots more than others. I was especially nervous for the Diederichs shoot because they are good friends with The Youngrens down in San Diego, two photographers I have looked up to for a long time. But once we started shooting and they forgave me for dumping their newborn over in his basket, I relaxed a bit. Plus their three-year-old was awesome and reminded me of Maddie.

As I mentioned, they were recently blessed with a baby boy and needed to get some photos for his announcement. We had a great time together.

“How will I take over the world?”

Congratulations, guys!

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]]> http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/coming-up-3/feed/ 2 The Verhoeven Family http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/the-verhoeven-family/ http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/the-verhoeven-family/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:15:04 +0000 admin http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/?p=873 It was my great pleasure to photograph three generations of the Verhoeven family. It’s fun to hang out with a family with a great sense of humor. These guys were fun to be with. I love the photographs with the entire family; it’s a great testament to the marriage that the two stars of the shoot have created. Congratulations Verhoeven family.

]]> http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/the-verhoeven-family/feed/ 4 E. Mercer is back and bigger than ever http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/e-mercer-is-back-and-bigger-than-ever/ http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/e-mercer-is-back-and-bigger-than-ever/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:39:36 +0000 admin http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/?p=865 Wow! She has gotten big in just a few months. She’s got so many great expressions, she just kept giving us a new look every time I lifted the camera. Look deep into her eyes and you can see a very proud dad smiling back at you.

I love this look on her face!

So adorable!

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Yeah, you know what I’m talkin’ about.

]]> http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/the-debos/feed/ 15 The Nielson Family http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/the-nielson-family/ http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/the-nielson-family/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:39:18 +0000 admin http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/?p=853 They hadn’t taken professional photos since their wedding fourteen years ago! So I was honored to get the call to schedule a family shoot with the Nielsons. We had a great time walking around the park. I had no idea what a riot these guys are. Photo shoots tend to bring out the crazy in people, I think. Thanks Nielsons!

There was a fire in Riverside that night. The ash thrown into the air can make for a great sunset.

]]> http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/the-nielson-family/feed/ 7 Goodbye Penns http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/goodbye-penns/ http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/goodbye-penns/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:36:39 +0000 admin http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/?p=840 The months have gone by too fast. We loved having the Penns out in SoCal for the year. It was really great to have a piece of my family (and the childhood memories that come with family) here in California with us. To cap off their time here in the golden state, we went to the beach for a day of photography and fun. We’ll miss you guys!

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