Mark Leonard Imaging | Redlands Photographer » children’s photography http://markleonardimaging.com/blog Quality, artistry, and service. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:39:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Little Josie http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/little-josie/ http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/little-josie/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:36:46 +0000 admin http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/?p=825 She’s Back! And this time she plays soccer and pees on the floor (not shown on this family-friendly blog).

Her fauxhawk rocked, courtesy of her father

What? You wanna piece ‘a me?

]]> http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/little-josie/feed/ 2 The Lapka Boys http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/the-lapka-boys/ http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/the-lapka-boys/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 06:19:16 +0000 admin http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/?p=819 I’m still playing catchup after a busy graduation season and a little vacation to Las Vegas and the deep woods of Arizona. We celebrated a birthday with these guys over Memorial Day weekend and then we went out and shot some photos.

Dead Sexy.

]]> http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/the-lapka-boys/feed/ 27 Toddler and One on The Way http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/toddler-and-one-on-the-way/ http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/toddler-and-one-on-the-way/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:03:57 +0000 admin http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/?p=812 After a little family vacation, I’ve got some serious catching up to do. First up, the Treurs. We’ve done several sessions with these guys from maternity to baby and each one gets better. These guys aren’t usually interested in the usual locations, so we found some unusual ones.

Seriously cute.

We found a perfect spot where there was just a small shaft of sunlight poking through the darkness. I love this series.

You never know what you’re going to be lugging to a photography session. See you next time, guys!

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Aretha Franklin would love this pose. “You betta’ THINK! Think about what you’re tryin’ to do me.”

]]> http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/little-elise/feed/ 18 K. Penn http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/k-penn/ http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/k-penn/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 05:52:57 +0000 admin http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/?p=762 I never thought I’d ever say this, but summer is coming too quickly. I wish things would just slow down. Yeah, I’m looking forward to my summer break from grad school. I’m looking forward to a trip back to Minnesota. And I’m really looking forward to having a couple major date nights/weekends with Jill. (We’ve each been planning.) But I’m really not looking forward to our year with my cousin and his family coming to a close. They will be heading back to the Midwest in July. We have had a great time with them here in Redlands. I really loved having a piece of my family – my childhood – here in California with me. I think the golden state will be a little lonelier when they leave. I think all of my friends (and especially Paul and Danae) are going to have to invite me over for some pity pizza this summer. If you don’t invite me, I’ll likely show up on my own, so don’t be surprised.

Remember this little thing? Well she’s getting bigger, fast. I really enjoyed using the black backdrop for this shoot to create more of a studio feel for these images.

Happy little girl with her dad.

And the best shot, of course, is taken as the backdrop falls down.

“Get me outta here!”

Special thanks to the big sister for helping her baby sister to smile and laugh!

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She’ll be very popular with the boys with this kind of behavior.

]]> http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/josie-sooo-cute/feed/ 24 Jeff and Carmen – Expecting http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/jeff-and-carmen-expecting/ http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/jeff-and-carmen-expecting/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 14:30:13 +0000 admin http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/?p=750 We scheduled this maternity session just in time. Five days after the shoot, their little girl arrived. I’m so glad we got some photos of Carmen and Jeff before the baby came. It’s fun to look back at that cool pregnancy time.

We’ve known Jeff and Carmen ever since we arrived in Southern California from the snowy north. We’ve been in bible studies together, gone to church together, and most importantly we’ve rocked out together. These guys are great. I had the awesome opportunity to go take some photos of their new arrival in the hospital (photos coming soon), and no one could be happier to be a dad than Jeff. Their little girl is very lucky to have these two as parents.

Some photo setups fail, and its best to just laugh.

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Here he is at 3-months.

And 9 months.

And one year!

]]> http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/isaac-turns-one/feed/ 21 Josie at 2 Months http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/josie-at-2-months/ http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/josie-at-2-months/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:07:53 +0000 admin http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/?p=704 It’s always an honor to photograph our friends and their kids. I’m especially excited to be doing a First Year Series with Josie. Matt and Cheryl are two of our closest friends. Maddie and Mackenzie love them, and I think our dog prefers them to us.

I’m looking forward to watching Josie change from one session to the next.

]]> http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/josie-at-2-months/feed/ 4 Madelyn and Makeup http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/madelyn-and-makeup/ http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/madelyn-and-makeup/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:41:16 +0000 admin http://markleonardimaging.com/blog/?p=700 If Madelyn ever walks up to you and asks you to please give her makeup back, it’s because we threw it away and told her that you stole it… Just play along. Thanks.

It’s been a while since the last post. Things have gotten a little busy.

And one shot of Mackenzie.

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