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day trip to leura | blue mountains, nsw

March 29, 2012

My absolute favourite place in the whole wide world is Leura. I love the cooler weather, the mountain air, the older buildings, the atmosphere, the gorgeous boutiques, the endless choice of warm and welcoming cafes serving good coffee and the soup of the day. Every so often I just drive up there and take a few hours to walk around and refresh my spirit. On my most recent trip, with Autumn in the air and my littlest love at my side we strolled the streets and captured it for you so we could share this important piece of us with all of you. It is my dream to one day own a little studio here so that all my amazing couples can experience this great love of mine every time they come to visit and have their own spirits refreshed in the process. I’ve heard that dreams can come true so i’ll keep on dreaming this dream for as long as it takes.

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chris + mana | chinese tea ceremony

March 27, 2012

My awesome brother in law and his sweet girlfriend were married in a simple ceremony on Valentine’s Day. The following weekend we got together for a relaxed, family chinese tea ceremony and I couldn’t help but sneak them off for a few portraits as well. It was so amazing to be shooting something that was so meaningful for my own family and as I do when I’m shooting just for me I shot solely using medium format film. What you see below were all shot on the Contax 645 with a mix of Fuji 400H and Kodak Portra 800.

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March 27, 2012 - 10:33 pm Annette - Ohhhhh Leah! So much delicacy and awesomeness and softness and filmness, you have captured everything that I imagine this day was! xxxx

March 27, 2012 - 10:40 pm Toni Raper - wow you are made to be shooting with the Contax, you are smashing it! I love your work, love love love these!

March 28, 2012 - 12:10 am Natalie Champa Jennings - Leah these are lovely. I am most drawn to your use of light and how it makes your photographs feel so bright and cheerful, especially the first section during the tea ceremony. Great shots!

March 28, 2012 - 12:19 am Mercedes - Leah these are so sweet! Your work is so, so pretty!

March 28, 2012 - 2:12 am Amber Wilkie - Wow, so cool. Super digging the portraits in the woods.

March 28, 2012 - 2:57 am Stacey - Love these! Such a beautiful collection of love and colors!

March 28, 2012 - 3:02 am Heather - Wow these are adorable! I love the woods shots :)

March 28, 2012 - 8:37 am /mariahedengren - Wonderful images, beautiful, pastel colors.. so romantic..

March 28, 2012 - 9:28 am AdonyeJaja - So so good! I love that pool reflection image. It feels so great! awesome work

March 28, 2012 - 11:27 am Bellem - Girlllll, you killed it! So fantastic. You have a new fan in me. <3

March 28, 2012 - 11:59 am Gavin Farrington - Light, airy colors. So awesome! Great work, Leah, and beautiful couple, too!

March 28, 2012 - 4:10 pm Bunn Salarzon - I'm sure they are so happy to have a professional photographer in the family who knows how to take beautiful photos! :)

March 29, 2012 - 7:43 pm Sonia Jansson - This is GORGEOUS!!!! love, love this! I want to be this good with film!

featured | polka dot weddings

March 27, 2012

Very excited to see Olivera & Michael’s sweet vintage wedding over on Polka Dot Weddings. I’ll be sharing this full wedding here on my own blog next week and I can’t wait! Oli has been sharing her experiences of wedding planning and wedded bliss as a writer over on Polka Dot Bride for almost a year. You can check out their beloved engagement session, relive their wedding or turn green with envy viewing their gorgeous Fiji honeymoon. I’m so blessed to know them.

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