Busy with a special birthday :)

I've been busy planning and celebrating this little Rapunzel's 6th birthday!! 

 Pictures to come soon :) 

And if you haven't saw it yet, I'm throwing my very first hands on workshop....check out my blog post below!  A few spots left!!!

Moms With Cameras Workshop

I’m often asked questions by other moms about their DSLR cameras and how to use them. While I would love to answer each question they ask, I simply don’t have the time during my normal work day. So I thought I’d schedule and host a workshop for moms that have that nice DSLR camera and leave it on Auto (YIKES) or the Mom who wants that nice camera to get those precious shots of your kids!

Chances are you bought your DSLR camera thinking it would dramatically improve your images just because it cost a pretty penny. You probably got frustrated reading the manual and just resorted to using the automatic setting, right?

Well, this workshop is for you! It’s time to get yourself relaxed with that big clunk of metal and take the photos you have always wanted of your babies and children. Get your money’s worth from spending so much on that camera and use it to its full potential! Those gorgeous straight out of camera shots are right at your finger tips, I promise!!

There are only 10 attendee spots available to get together and help you nail those perfect shots with your own children. I will teach you how to use your camera on other settings besides Auto! We will go over Manual and Aperture Priority settings, composition, focal points, shutter speed, and what to look for in order to nail that picture right from your camera (no editing needed) and make it an art piece.

When: 2-day workshop, Friday, July 13th 6-8:30pm & Saturday, July 14th 9am -1pm

Where: TBA - Montgomery/Washington Area

What: Moms with Cameras workshop

How much: $175 - includes workshop, lunch, snacks, info packet for you to take home of all my secrets on where I purchase my items

Payment: Full Payment is due at the booking your spot! First come first served, only 10 spots available!  I accept major credit cards via paypal or over the phone.  Cash or money orders in person and local checks (must be cleared by bank).

What you will learn:

*How to properly use your camera in a manual setting.

* Aperture (f-stop), shutter speed, ISO, and how they all work together

*What equipment will work best for your DSLR camera

*Why light affects your images

*How to photograph indoors

*Tips and tricks during shooting such as composition

*What location spots will work best

*Hands on experience during a real photo shoot with Leah and a child model

 *Critique of your images and a detailed discussion about how to improve them

Things you will NOT learn:

This is not a business workshop. We will not be discussing how to start a business.

We won’t go over advanced editing techniques with Photoshop.

It is important to get it right in the camera first. We will not discuss flash, strobe, or backdrop setups.

It is not overwhelming. There is SO much info out there, and many workshops cover 100 different things to learn in half a day’s time. By first learning the basics, you can then move on to more advanced techniques.

What you need: A DSLR camera (camera that can change lenses, but it doesn’t matter if it is a Canon or Nikon)

What you will take home:
• Mini book with 3 basic steps to keep in your camera bag
• New friendships with other local photography enthusiasts
• Open email policy if you have questions after the workshop
• Invitation to facebook forum with past workshop attendee’s

Grab your girlfriends, and don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity! Take this time and make it about you. Get ready for an empowering day and to blow your family members away with the pictures you will take!! Please email me at leah@leahrobinsonphoto.com for more info and to sign up.

Simply Beautiful

As photographers, we long for those photos that as soon as you click the shutter button....you know you got the shot! This was it for me during this session. One of my favorite photos I've ever taken! Simply beautiful!  I got to capture mom with her daughters towards the end of our session, just having fun....you can just hear the giggles can't you?? 

Mobile Uploads

Here are a few photo uploads from my phone the last couple months...it's pretty much how I remember what has happend and when LOL  My life is a whirlwind I tell you....in case you wonder why I haven't been blogging ;)

Alli Jo played softball this year...here they are getting their team photo

 

Little pint carrying her bag :)

 

While we were on vacation, our two bunnies made babies LOL Here is one of them with my baby!

 

The girls are working hard at their All Star Cheer facility, here is my Hunter doing some wall stretches in the splits (She is the one with her foot the highest, not bragging or anything LOL)

 

Alli Jo after gymnastics, she got a blue Popsicle LOL 

Jammin in the car...that's my Stells

 

 I think this was my first time being able to chaperone a field trip, woo hoo!  5th grade field trip to Spring Mill Park

My goofy girls entertaining mommy while she edits photos :)

The entertainer of the family, no joke!

A visit from our buddy Kason and his mommy Shaya:)  Of course the girls were attached at his hip ha ha

My two beauty queens, competed once again in a natural pageant :) Love them!

Stella and her bestie Belle watching their sisters play ball

As you see these next two, if you are a mother you are laughing with me now that it's all over, but I know your hearts sank just the same as mine did as my two year old comes running to me and says, "mommy, me do nail powish" with the biggest grin on her face!!  BLACK NAIL POLISH mind you

Chaperoned the band trip to Holiday World, not sure I will do that again LOL

Mother's day, ate at Mi Pueblo Mexican restaraunt

Hunter fell asleep at Wal-Mart waiting for me to pick flowers hee hee

My Million Minute Readers

My little cheerleaders

Went brunette again, lets see how long this lasts HA HA

 Random picture Stella took

My poor girl was sick with some bug last Thursday, she threw up from 4pm Thursday until around noon on Saturday, it was horrible!! 

Memorial Day the girls went swimmin in Gma Cheryls baby pool

 Went for a ride on the Ranger

 Fun times!

 Wore out...and knocked out!!  lol 

My little graduate :)

It's hard to believe what one year can do!! WOW My middle baby is growing up {insert sad face here}

 

I know everyone says it's so easy to overlook the 2nd or middle child, and I do see that!  So I try to take extra time and make the effort to be there for Alli, just like I was for Hunter!  

I am BEYOND blessed that I am now working from home running my photography business and making my own hours, so that I CAN finally attend fun things like Kindergarten graduation!  

Alli had an abolutely AMAZING teacher this year, Mrs. Kavanaugh.  I cannot say enough good things about her, there's not enough blog space, honestly!  I prayed and prayed that AJ would have the teacher she would need to succeed this year and boy did those prayers come true!  Mrs. Kavanaugh treated my daughter as her own.  She was there to hug them, to help tie their shoes, whatever they needed to make that big leap into real school, she was there!  I thank God that there are still teachers like her.  

Here are a few pictures from AJ's Kindergarten ggraduation, that's right....she's now a 1st grader!

  Alli with one of her besties Lexi

 Alli with another bestie Emma

Florida 2012

So yes, I've been busy LOL But it's a good thing, the business is booming and blogging has been put on the back burner for a bit, but I'll try to upload some recent pics at least ;) Here are some from Florida over spring break :)

School V-day Party

Have I mentioned that I LOVE my photography career and the fact I can now attend events my children have at school?!?!?!  Well I do!!!!  I surprised both my school girls....I took Hunter out for lunch =) And then I got to attend AJ's V-day party, and it was a BLAST!  She has one of the sweetest teachers around!