More Openings~

Sunday 11/8 at 10AM - NOW BOOKED

Monday, Nov 9th at 3:45PM (4PM at the latest to start)

Wed, Nov 11th at 10AM

Sat, Nov 14th at 10AM - NOW BOOKED

Please email me at jenniferleaphotography@live.com to book your session.

Thanks so much!

Jennifer
This picture of my son, Mark, reminds me of a scene from the movie Saturday Night Fever (is that the name of it?) with John Travoltra. Remember when he is walking down the street, strutting with the BeeGee's song in the background. Gotta love it!

I LOVE this little boy of mine SOOOOO much! Big kisses!

Opening~

Tomorrow, November 4th~ 11:45 at the downtown Powell location. Please email me at jenniferleaphotography@live.com if you are interested. You would be following another appt. Weather looks fantastic tomorrow for lighting and temp- crisp and warm!!!!
Here is my son, Mark loving his pirate gear~

Mark's Cover~

My sweet little (well, BIG) boy made the cover for The Village Voice for October.....so excited!

This is a low res copy....sorry! But family wanted to see so here it is! :-)

Lil'Mark's Greatest Hits

Naturally, feelin' the music- jammin on the couch
About to throw his guitar into the 'crowd'

Lying on the floor here- just like rockers!

This was hilarious! He was going up and down strummin' his guitar. Again, not taught- just natural to this little rocker!

Love the Mohawk- he just woke up from nap. Had no idea he was going to do this show for us- or I would have put him in some 'Rocker' threads and really spiked his hair ;-)

Mark LOVES his guitar! He was not taught how to 'play' it- so this kid has got the gift of music and naturally feeling beats and rhythms! He is soooooo fun to watch. He gets his leg moving and goes up and down and makes these faces (shown in pics). Again, these are faces- not screams. In fact, if Craig or me start to sing he comes over to us and touches our mouths to stop. Well, I don't blame him- have you heard me sing? Ha! I need to video tape the next time he does 'Eric Clapton' and post it. Little Mark-Cool

FlashCards

Ready Mark- or as Mark say "eddie"...for "ready"...so precious! I say....'What sound does the S make'....and Mark says 'SSSSSSS" with a smile- see next picture So pleased, he said it right!
So...we started doing flashcards with Mark- letters, words, numbers, sentences and he LOVES it! He gets so excited and happy when he gets it right (or wrong-ha). I need to get out the video camera and tape his laugh. If I could bottle it up and give it away, I would. It is so infectious and brings tears to your eyes to hear a child laugh so freely. He is so smart, and I am not just saying that. Mark knows so many things now and we are so proud! We are blessed- truly blessed and I thank GOD for him and Craig everyday! Thank you!

Love this photo of Daddy and him doing the alphabet cards. Laughing.......
'Cheese'...
N now Mark..... So happy to learn new things.....
Love this little boy! Can you tell~ wink! 'L' Mark........he is concentrating so hard to say the right letter ;-) He looks like he is doing something in his diaper-ha!
And now SO excited and happy he guessed right ;-) His nose crinkles when he laughs REALLY hard (like now)......so cute! So infectious! OMG'sh- everytime I look at this picture, my hubby and I crack up- LOVE IT!

Laughing so freely!

Hi Mommy! I am learning my letters like you told me to! So proud of you Mark! We love you!

MIA

This is my favorite image to date- Mark in October 2008. Well, it was all for good reason. I have been getting my business together because Spring will be here before we know it. Although, judging by today- later rather than sooner. I have been pulling 2008 session images from my old computer, external hardrive and current computer and it has been a very LONG, tedious process. I now know how to better organize my pictures :-) I am about half done, but still have images to pull. Wanted to post some pictures here to say hello.

My website http://www.jenniferleaphotography.net/ is almost complete- still adding images to my portfolio tab. My pricing is up, all but for individual prints. I should have it complete in the following week or two. March 21st is when I begin with my first sessions- 34 more days, not that I am counting or anything :-) Also, April 1st is when I can unveil something- something that has been in the works for awhile and I am so excited to see it!!!!!

I hope you all have had a nice Winter! Yay- for Spring :-) Contact me anytime with questions and information or to schedule your creative session.

Cutie-pie Miss Kate- July 2008Ian- May 2008- my first images
Miss Tess- July 2008
One of my favorite images too- Miss Tess
Miss Kendall- August 2008 Miss Anna- October 2008 Max- June 2008 Spencer- October 2008Olivia- September 2008

Hands of Love

By far, these are my favorite photographs to date! As an artist, I love photographs that embark emotion and feeling for people and for me, these do all and then some! A loving moment between mother and son...and a funny one too???!?! Mark cracks up! He thinks it is so funny to 'hug' Mommy's hands! Mark loves to 'cuddle' with my hands and I am so happy I had my camera to capture this moment between us! I think these are such powerful pictures!

Here he is resting on my left hand, putting his hands on top of mine!'Ralphie' cracking up.... Say cheese handsome one! His chin is super ticklish!

Loving that Mommy is letting him 'cuddle' with him! He is soooo happy here!
Resting on my left palm- so relaxed and content! Resting on my hand.....while the other one takes the pictures....that yoga is helping my balance and coordination-ha!

Haircuts

Here we go...... This face is just darling to me! Hairdryer, but he keeped saying 'datum'- well, Mommy knew he was trying to say 'vacuum'...Hey, they sound alike, right!?!?!? And I love his face here! PO'd at Daddy for making him sit there. He did so good, other than the faces, he sat there and let Mrs. Gayle cut away!

So cute again- that face! And yes, that would be me in the background with my second child!

Checking things out!

And here, the both of us, with his new haircut and spaghetti sauce all over his face ;-)

Snapshots in a Flash!

So....as a photographer and a Mom to a toddler, I have learned to take pictures fast and today was no exception. On the way to go sledding with friend's, I literally rolled down my window at a stop sign and took some of these 'sites' I drive by almost everyday. It still is insane to me that I live in a family community with a golf course and club with swim and tennis and then right behind me are silos with cows and horses and real farmer's with their soybeans and cool farm equipment that I salivate over. Man, how life has changed (for the better) in the last 3 years or so. I thought I would share some photos from our day......

This is the steeple on top of one of my favorite churches...... The 'Barn Church' built by the Amish in the 1800's.......about 3 miles from me
Across the street- this lonely beauty!
Mr. Carter enjoying the snow (Mark's buddy)

And poor Mark- he was not having it today!