November 11, 2009 by Gemma Leak

Come and say hello at the brilliant Crafts for Christmas fair, Harrogate
Today I have been busy setting up my stand at the Crafts for Christmas Show, at the Yorkshire Event Centre, on the Great Yorkshire Show Ground, Harrogate. Click here to see more details.
The show will be on from Thursday 12th November until Sunday 15th November.
I am selling special promotion gift vouchers at this show, packaged beautifully with chocolates.
Vouchers are £45 (instead of £75) …
The Crafts for Christmas Fair is an extremely popular christmas shopping event, full of gorgeous things to buy. If you do come along, please come and say hello! I will be under the ‘Made In Yorkshire’ purple and green umbrellas.
Hope to see you there!
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November 11, 2009 by Gemma Leak

Catherine and William
On the 29th October I travelled to Ikley, to photograph William, Catherine and their fabulous mum Janet. We even got the guinea pigs in a few shots! It was a chilly but beautiful day, and we made the most of the gorgeous autumnal colours and backdrops. We started the shoot with a few shots on studio backdrops, then we ventured outside. I had a lovely day with this family, they were up for a laugh, and I am so happy with the images we captured. I will show only a few of my favourites here, so that the family have plenty of surprises for the private viewing in a few weeks.
“Thanks Catherine for booking this shoot, and for making me feel so welcome in your home, see you soon!”

The 3 gorgeous guinea pigs

Beautiful Catherine

William

A family hug on the black back drop

The nearby bridge

Catherine & William's last photo's of the day.
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November 9, 2009 by Gemma Leak

Zara and their gorgeous dog.
On October the 28th I travelled to Wakefield to photograph Jill, Paul, Zara, Jordan. I had a lovely day with this family, Zara and Jordan are such sweet children, and were brilliant fun to photograph. We captured a huge variety of images inside and outside at their family home, we even included their rabbit, dog, and horse in a few shots! The family were up for trying all sorts of different ideas, and I am so happy with the photographs we captured. I only want to show a few of my favourites on here, so that the family have loads of surprises in store for the viewing in a few weeks.
“Thanks Jill, Paul, Zara and Jordan for being fabulous! see you soon ….”

Jedi training .....

Jordan, Paul, Jill & Zara

Fun times on the trampoline

Beautiful mummy Jill

A few black & Whites including the rabbit!

Zara's last photo of the day! chilling with her soft toys.

Jordan's favourite hobbie .. he's great at it too, and has trophies to prove it!
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November 6, 2009 by Gemma Leak

William, Emily & Thomas have a quiet moment....
To see more images captured in clients homes please visit my portrait gallery, click here
On Tuesday the 27th October, I travelled to Malton to photograph William, Emily and Thomas. We also got their gorgeous mummy Sarah in a few photographs.
It was a drizzly, grim day outside, but we didn’t let this stop us capturing some fab images inside, using studio backdrops and the rooms as natural settings. The children were brilliant and great fun to photograph. I am sure Thomas is going to be some kind of actor/performer when he’s older! he constantly had me giggling, whilst he danced and jumped around. We captured some beautiful images of Emily, and some more serious grown up images of William.
I only want to show a few images on here, to keep plenty of surprises for the family, for their viewing in a few weeks.
“Thanks Sarah, William, Emily and Thomas for making me so welcome in your home, I hope you like the sneak preview, see you soon.”

Fun with a duvet!

Thomas, Emily & William

Snuggles with Thomas

Pile on William (not my idea.. and sorry William!)

Mummy's boy

Squuueeeeeeeeze
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November 3, 2009 by Gemma Leak

Georgia in training!
On the 17th October I visited Gerard, Vanessa and the gorgeous little Georgia at their home in Leeds. I had such a lovely day with this family, and captured many images that I can’t wait to show them!
We started by capturing some images in the living room, with studio back drops and natural settings, then ventured in to the garden to capture some images of Georgia with Gerards many Cricket bats … I’m not sure that Georgia loves cricket quite as much as her daddy but she does look very cute in the hat!
Vanessa had some beautiful photographs taken too … but these are top secret and for Gerard’s eyes only. We then finished off the day by going for a walk in the beautiful local woods, surrounded by the wonderful autumn leaves.
” Thanks Vanessa for booking this shoot as a gift for Gerard … and for looking after me with lovely food! I look forward to seeing you all again soon for the reveal of all of the photographs.”

Crazy cuddles in the lounge

Georgia making a run for it!

"Please play Vanessa!"

Gerard teaching Georgia the ropes
To see more portraits taken in clients home click here to visit the gallery
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October 30, 2009 by Gemma Leak

Whilst enjoying a short holiday in Ibiza last week, I captured some portrait shots of my beautiful friend Katy.

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October 29, 2009 by Gemma Leak

On Thursday 15th October, I visited the gorgeous Carly in Leeds for a boudoir shoot. We had such a great time, Carly was brilliant fun to photograph, and really enjoyed the experience! I am only showing a few of my favourites on here for Carly to peek at before she sees the rest…
“Thanks Carly for being such a star!, see you soon”


To find out more about my boudoir photography service please email me on info@gemmaleak.co.uk
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October 27, 2009 by Gemma Leak

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On monday the 12th October, I travelled to Harrogate to photograph Jo, Nick and little Edward, (and not forgetting their gorgeous and very shy dog!) We had a lovely day, shooting a huge variety of images in and around the home. Finishing off the day with a walk through the beautiful autumn leaves in the nearby park.
Jo and Nick are absolutely lovely and made me feel so welcome in their home, Edward was also a little star, really patient , cute and cuddly.
I can’t wait to show the Nick & Jo the images, I have so many that I am thrilled with. Here are just a few of my favourites ….
“Thanks again Jo, Nick and Edward, hope you like this sneak preview… see you soon”

Playing peekaboo at lunch

Edible little Edward

The quietist dog in the world looking beautiful amongst the leaves.

Mummy & Daddy grab a few cuddles

Falling leaves (with the help of Nick & Jo!!)

Playing in the park
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October 25, 2009 by Gemma Leak

Hello! …. I got back from a wonderful holiday in Ibiza yesterday. Feeling refreshed and ready for the next few very busy months ahead of me. I’ll be posting stories from my most recent photo-shoots soon ….
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Tags: photography, ibiza, holiday, shoots
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October 17, 2009 by Gemma Leak

The beautiful girls
On the 26th September, I ventured to Cheshire to photograph Lucy, Jon, Ella, Amelia and Sophia.
We had a lovely day, the girls were all brilliant, so well behaved and gorgeous to photograph. We captured a huge variety of images, ranging from studio back drops, to the bedrooms, and finished off in the garden.
I had a great time with this family, they all made me feel so welcome and I can’t wait to show Jon & Lucy the photographs in a few weeks. Here are just a few from the selection of photographs………

Scrumptious Sophia

A family squeeze

Playtime

Mummy and Sophia

The gorgeous girls
Thanks Lucy for booking me to photograph your beautiful family, I hope you like the images shown here, and I’ll see you soon with the rest! …….
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