Full. Up.

What is good news for me is bad news for you, if you are looking for a photo session with me for this year. I am completely booked up until the end of the year. You gotta be fast, you gotta be quick - those of you who planned waaaaay ahead have managed to get yourself a session. Good on ya. For the rest of you, I am taking names for a cancellation list but there is not a lot of wiggle room for dates, so you would have to be ready to be flexible. I hate turning people down but I am mastering the balance of work and life - a very difficult task but a very important one to me.

I will start booking for 2011 later this fall, so if you are looking for a session for next year, please drop me a line via my contact section on my web page or at leahmcintyre@hotmail.com.

Cheers,

Leah

Overwhelmed...in a good way

Summer is finally here after Fake Spring (I knew it!) and things are crazy busy. Joshua is a whirlwind of running, climbing, talking and throwing and I am just trying to keep up. Really, how does anyone have two kids at the same time?

The good news is that life is great and full. The bad news is that I am booked up for sessions until October - and I only have one or two sessions left for October and maybe one for November. Yikes! Thank you to all of my stalkerish repeat clients who have sought me out waaaay in advance to ensure themselves a session this year. I appreciate your loyalty and all new clients looking for sessions are probably a little miffed at you. If you are the hopeful kind, please send me a message as I might have a cancellation or maybe I will have created the 30 hour day and can take some more clients...

Have a fantastic summer! Throw lots of rocks.

Leah

Walks like Spring, Talks like Spring...

I detest Fake Spring. This had better be the real deal. I get used to wearing a light jacket, leaving my gloves at home, not having to scrape anything and then Winter goes, "Oh, haha, you thought I was DONE? Silly."

This is especially frustrating for photographers such as myself who use natural light only, as we LOVE to shoot outside and look forward to the return of tolerable weather, followed by the green of Spring. I have lived in Alberta most of my life, so I am completely aware that True Spring never occurs before June. So, just in case you were also getting the itch to request an outdoor family session now because it seems like the weather will hold out, don't do it! All you will be doing is ensuring that we get 3 feet of snow right before your session. If you would like a family session this Summer, please let me know now though, as I have a waiting list already and will be going down it to book people in very soon.

I have been busy with little babies this winter - my own and some newbie baby clients. I am completely booked up until the end of May for newborns but there might be room for one more depending on a few factors so give me a shout just in case. My little guy isn't so babyish anymore - he is a whirling tornado chatterbox who keeps me on my toes. But those baby blues get me every time...

Ho Ho Holy Cow!

What the ???? I blinked and it is December and my baby turns one in two days. There really is no way to describe the bipolar nature of being a parent - I certainly feel like it has been a year since I slept in (I mean, really slept in!) but it seems like just yesterday that we brought Joshua home. He is a sweet, busy little guy who loves to point and talk and who will likely start walking by the end of the year. Crazy.

Back to business though. I am only doing newborn sessions this winter, as I prefer to do all other types of sessions outdoors and I am not set up to shoot in Calgary winter weather. If you want to fly me to Mexico to do a session, I am most certainly game. So, if you are expecting please contact me ASAP to secure a spot because I am only taking a few due dates per month and am already booked until mid-February. If you would like a family session in the late Spring or Summer, please drop me a line and I will add you to the list to contact when I start booking those sessions.

From my family to yours, have a wonderful Holiday Season!

Leah

winterfall

I feel like I just missed a few months of my life - this early snow has me all confused. It makes for funny looking 'fall' photos as well. Here's hoping for some sun to melt it all and for the return of some tolerable weather for shooting outdoors.

If you follow (or even look at) the blogs of other photographers out there, you will often see that they post sneak peeks from their client galleries on their blogs pretty frequently - almost daily, in some cases. You will notice that I do not. It's not that I don't want to, you see. I can't even begin to understand how they come up with the time to do it - I can barely get my processing done in a timely fashion with everything else that has to happen in my little corner of the world. And really, I am not THAT busy of a person. Sure, a 10-month-old is a handful but some of these other gals (they are mostly gals) have multiple children and they still manage to do it. I am in awe of their time-management abilities or maybe I should be jealous of their lack of need to sleep? Maybe some day when my kidlets (hoping to have one more) are in school I will have enough time to do more blog entries. Until then, you will have to settle for random updates!

Here is a shot of the little man with his winter head gear...

you complete me

Wow - so I am overwhelmed by the response to my new site and the interest in sessions for the fall. Thank you all for your kind words about the new look! And an even bigger thanks to all of my loyal clients who have gotten on the horn and booked me up until the end of the year. Yep, unfortunately I am completely full for 2009. I do have a cancellation list (which is already getting long) if you want to add your name, so fire me a quick email if that is the case. Here is where I would usually say, "Sorry that I'm full...", so Canadian and all, so I am not going to say that because I am happy, happy, happy to be back doing what I love with clients that I love (and hopefully love me!).

Little J turned 8 months old on Aug 11th and is soaking up life like a little sponge. He is just getting brave enough to try crawling but hasn't become mobile quite yet. He is a happy fella and he just learned to give kisses which I love! The requisite photos are posted below.

We are headed out for vacation for the next two weeks (back Sept 8th) so if you contact me and I don't get back to you right away, that is why. Enjoy the rest of your summer!

Cheers,

Leah

presto - change-o!

It's amazing how accomplishing something seems even more satisfying now that I have a little almost-8-month-old busy boy who would much rather play with mommy than let her work (I appreciate his concern for the work/life balance...). If you arrived here via my web site then you already know that something has changed. I have finally launched the new site that I have been working on for a while and I am sooooo happy! Creating a web site is like going shoe shopping - trying on all sorts of looks, colours, styles until you are happy with how it appears. This is also my downfall because I have to see what every colour and style look like before deciding. This has saved us a lot of money on shoes...

Schedule-wise, I am currently booked through the end of September. I am taking limited sessions per month so please contact me in advance so I can be sure to fit you in. If you are looking for Holiday photos, the latest date for a session that will have guaranteed delivery is November 15th. Sounds far away but it really isn't!

Sorry - no photo this time! Gotta spend some time with the little man...