Destiny and Michael | Couple Maternity Photos Grand Junction Remember our gorgeous couple from our previous post? Guess what? We decided to take advantage of last of the gorgeous blossoms at the Palisade Orchards and hopped on over for some couple maternity photos. We finally found a day when the weather was nice and […]

Destiny and Michael | Maternity photos Grand Junction This session was just perfection when it comes to maternity photos. After much planning and obstructions by weather, travel schedule and cancelled flights, we finally got around to record this exciting time for Destiny, Michael and of course, Rudi! : ) This gorgeous 4-year-old German Shepard was […]

  Baby Sawyer | Professional Newborn Photographer Grand Junction As a professional newborn photographer this photo session just makes my heart sing. It really does. This Gorgeous Mom, Keli reached out to me while still pregnant with the latest addition to the family. The baby’s gender was a surprise BUT they already had a name […]

Baby Brooklyn | Cake Smash Photo Shoot Grand Junction After much anticipation and preparation, I had the pleasure to welcome Baby Brooklyn and her loving parents at the studio. Her Mom, Meagan reached out to me a while ago and asked me to capture some precious moments of her family of three. While you don’t […]

Mother’s Day Mini Photo Session | Grand Junction Baby Photographer !!!  EXTENDED !!! Due to overwhelming interest we experienced, we are extending the Mother’s day Special for another 2 weeks !!! It’s time for one of our favorite kind of mini sessions at Csilla Leonard Fine Art Portraits Studio. As a baby photographer, we ALWAYS […]

‘Music at First’ presents The Seven Last words of Christ | Photographed by Csilla Leonard Grand Junction Photographer Friday, March 30,2018 5:00 &7.00 PM What a fabulous concert the First Presbyterian Church put on for Good Friday! Music Director Dr. John Howard and his team did such a great job bringing the best of classical […]

Lifestyle Photography Grand Junction | Prepping Your Family to ‘Act Natural’ Lifestyle photography is very popular these days. As a portrait artist our favorite part of our job is to capture REAL connection between the family members. A lifestyle photography session helps us to do just that. When investing a lot in pictures, the last […]

Beauty of Black and White | Baby Portraits Grand Junction Photography (especially newborn photography) is an art in which style changes quickly. Trends come and go, and styles change frequently. It seems like the one constant in baby portraits is black and white. It is certainly a way to remove the style and leave the […]

Negative Space is definitely positive when it comes to newborn photography  If you have any experience in the field of art, you might be familiar with the term negative space.  Negative space is all the space that surrounds the subject (the positive space), and when taking newborn pictures you can use it to help bring […]

  Tips for better family portraits from a professional photographer in Grand Junction There are definitely many tricks to composing good family portraits. We put together a short list on how You can improve when trying to capture some memories. 🙂 1 – Trees Trees are a great addition to family portraits, depending where they […]