The Photographer insider

As a young girl, I had always been creative. I didn't know the talent I had until I found a piece of paper and started drawing one day in middle school. My passion has always been with horses so naturally I taught myself how to draw horses starting from pencil sketches to charcoal then paint. Here's a sketch I've dug up from those days and I have many more to show for it, but this was the first masterpiece I had made.

I had lived behind a house who had a paint gelding named King that was very calm and well mannered but fat and neglected. He was sweet and seemed to know I was coming from a distance and would wait for me at the gait as I walked up. I spend countless hours as a teenager grooming him, being around him, loving on him, and letting him follow me around the pin as I dodged chickens, kittens, peacocks, dogs, a potbelly pig, and amazingly... 2 young aggressive bison. It was my second home and the start to a relationship that would set me on the road to understanding horses and blending my artsy ideas with it.

In 2007, my grandmother who we called, Nanny, died of Ovarian Cancer. She was very in tune with her 1980 Canon and took so many pictures when she took trips to Hawaii or simply taking her dogs to the lake. I inherited her camera and learned the ways of the film camera. I had so many things to use, from a 18mm lens to a 500mm lens, I could take an extreme close up of the moon. Everything turned into my subject, my best friend, banana spiders, my sister, even Balboa Park in San Diego. Mind you, older film cameras don't have the automatic settings that the new DSLR cameras have today so I had to learn how to use a manual camera, I studied on my own and taught myself everything I know.

 

Then I bought my first DSLR and started my photography business, Rebecca Leigh Photography! These lovely people were my first clients and helped start my portfolio

 

Now I've bettered myself even further and use all sorts of photo editing techniques to enhance my images.

My husband, 2 kids, Scarlett (horse), and Hemi (dog)

 

 

 My family is the most important asset I have great appreciation for their patience and understanding through my journey to being a great photographer. Now, I take a wide range of photos from weddings, babies, couples, to nature and animals. This is my first entry to a wonderful blog/gallery for all those sneak peeks and fine detailed events and adventures. Please stay tuned :) Here's a few pictures I have had the privilege of taking, just a few from my portfolio. If you'd like to see the rest please visit http://www.facebook.com/rebecca.leigh.photography

 

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