Rae Leytham Photo Phase II

Dear friends,
Rae and I would like to announce the launch of our new website at www.raeleytham.com. We want to personally thank all of you for your support and friendships during the past year which has given us the ability to achieve our goals. We never thought 15 months ago that our success would grow to the point it has today. Rae thought this business was going to be her 5 year plan to self employment, but instead she officially retired from law enforcement two weeks ago. We credit all of you for allowing us to use you for the portrait sittings and being our “subjects” while we found our artistic style and learned our equipment thoroughly. Some of you may notice that you are already “pictured” in one of the galleries J We will be tweaking this new website over the coming weeks by adding new logos, interactive slideshows, organizing photos, changing colors, music etc., so keep checking in to see what’s new. We are having an incredible amount of fun on this journey and hope that you have been as satisfied with your photos as we have. We are now going to start what I consider Phase 2 of Rae Leytham Photography beginning with this new website and lots more to come soon. Rae and I both have a lot of late nights behind us getting this ball rolling and we are so appreciative that you, our friends, have helped push it along.

See you soon!
Wesley

Filardi Family

We had the great opportunity to photograph the cutest family with the sweetest boy over the weekend. The shoot was set up by the mom's twin sister who is a client of ours. So, if you see a woman on my website with 2 different men....it is actually 2 different women! They are beautiful ladies too!!

Renee & Pierre at Bay Beach Inn

We were so lucky to be involved with such a fun group. I mean...these people know how to party!! Renee was stunning and Pierre was handsome and the whole wedding party was made up of pretty people...especially my good friend Nadia!! We stole Renee & Pierre for a few minutes at sunset to get some amazing photos of the beautiful Gulf Coast sunset...perfect!

Andrew & Abby

I had the pleasure of photographing the cutest red-headed kids I know. Well, I might be a little biased since they are my sister's kids! I visited my family (in Mobile) on Monday since I was traveling on Easter. I just had to test out the new camera I ordered while in Vegas. LOVE IT! These kids are so silly and I am happy that I was able to snap a few good ones of them (they are quite wiggly). They love when Aunt Rae comes to visit, but they would rather see Baxter (my dog baby)...

We're Back

Hello Everyone! We are back after a week of traveling from Las Vegas to Tampa. What a fantastic week it was. We bought a lot of new high quality equipment and toys while learning a few things from some of the best photographers in the country. There are some other more noticable changes coming too, so keep an eye on the website. Rae is now in her office during the day so do not hesitate to call her if you have any questions about your event. We look foward to seeing everyone soon!

It's Vegas baby!

Hello everyone and greetings from beautiful Las Vegas, NV. For those of you you who don't know, Rae and I are here for the WPPI (Wedding Portrait Photographers International) conference. We came out a day early to enjoy the Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam. The link at the bottom will take you to some more pictures we made on our Arizona trip to the GC yesterday which may take a minute or two to load if you are on dial-up.
We are attending the wedding album competitions today to see some of the latest trends with albums and we begin the trade show and photography seminars tomorrow. We're already learning some new cool stuff! I will post more pictures as they come along! Check back soon......
PS - The pictures of Vegas were made from our hotel window...we have a grand view of the Eiffel Tower!
For more pictures, copy and paste this link to your web broswer:
www.photosbyrae.com/vegasflash/index.htm

Suzanne & Lee

We spent a lot of time with Lee & Suzanne today! They saw each other before the wedding which gave us time to shoot these beautiful photos.... We feel like they are old friends and their wedding was very special for us to photograph. They are going to have a wonderful life!