Happy Halloween!

So this is by far my least favorite holiday. People dressing up, not knowing who's who. Complete strangers coming to the door begging for candy, and seriously if your not going to dress up, then why bother. My favorite costume of the night was a little girl at most the age of three, with mom, came to my house in a costume I can best describe as bloody bride, I mean seriously, three. What did they tell her she was dressed up as. We always have a big shindig, at our house on Halloween. Everyone brings chili and we mix into one big pot and it's the best chili you've ever eaten, and then you can't replace it. It's awsome, we had a really big turnout this year, loads of people showed up. I don't even know that I knew everyone. I'm sure my husband was in heaven, and don't get me wrong, I love having people over, or should I say I love the idea of having people over. Then everyone gets here, and I'm not really a people person, often times at some point in the evening I break out in hives. Damned anxiety disorder, why I am this way is beyond me, but I just keep having folks over in the hopes that one day I'll feel like joining in the fun, instead of sitting in a corner by myself.

A couple of different ones from me...

I played a little bit with my family session this weekend and got some great stuff. The location was awsome!

My "Beautiful Man"

Sometimes my son cooperates, most of the time he runs from the camera.

Sunrise

This is what I woke up to this morning.

walking the katy trail

with some friends.........

moody

sometimes it just works

Butterfly

Caught this butterfly on a walk. I couldn't get him to open up before he flew away.

If you're a mom read this

I found this link today and wow it was like reading my thoughts. Too many times as a mother I don't feel valued and like maybe there is something else I should be doing in my life. This brings it all into perspective.
http://theartfulflower.blogspot.com/2007/09/2-sentences-you-need-to-know-to-feel.html

A picture of the capitol

I was playing around one day last week and grabbed this one.

Website name change...

You can now get to my website just by typing in www.leighlearphotography.com isn't that exciting! Anyway thought I'd pass along that news for anyone interested.

Taking pics of my son in the garage...

Got some great pics in my garage yesterday morning! Just as a FYI for you photo junkies out there I did nothing to his eyes, that's just how much light was in there!

Tour of Missouri

I caught this yesterday at the race, pretty amazing huh?

Tour of Missouri

We spent the weekend watching the Tour of Missouri, it was and amazing exerience. Here is Ben looking down the street to see the riders coming.

Got my Canon 430ex speedlite !!

I got my external flash yesterday and really loving the results.

Here's one from a today's photo shoot.

Aren't these a couple of cuties!

It's been a while since I've posted...

I thought I'd put a pic of my kids. I took this in the bahamas and just played around with it today.

Another from last nights session.

Here is one of them together, aren't they sweet.

He's gonna break some hearts someday!

I had a session last night with this little cutie and his sister, they were lots of fun. It took a while to get him to warm up to the camera, but once he did, as you can see I got great results.

Kiss

I hardly ever put pics of me & my honey on here so I thought I'd share this one. Aren't we sweet!

A pic from last nights session...

I had a photosession last night with this cute little boy. He was a blast to take pictures of and was busy, busy, busy.