In order to tell you why I love doing what I do, I have to make a confession. I have a horrible memory. I never know if I actually remember events or if I just remember them because I have seen photographs of them. Fortunately, I have always carried a camera everywhere, taking pictures of everything (much to the annoyance of many of my friends and family) so I can look back at the photographs and always remember!
Documenting every moment is the root of my style. I want you to be able to remember everything & everyone as they are at that time in their life. Even if it means a baby is constantly making spit bubbles, or holds his fingers in his mouth, it isn't an imperfection, it is a memory of that time in their life. If a five year old is as crazy as can be, let's not force him to sit up straight and tilt his head to the camera, let's remember who he is.
I love working inside the studio and with nature as the backdrop. I love new babies, kids of all ages, seniors, families & weddings. I take pride in keeping my work modern and fresh by going to photography workshops and seminars throughout the year.
I look forward to meeting you and creating photographs so you are able to always remember the special moments in your life.
LeAnne Johansen
This family is AMAZING! Just imagine… they put their house on the market, sold it in about a week, had a BEAUTIFUL BABY BOY & now living in temporary housing until they move to France! They are part of an organization called “Campus Crusade for Christ” - their mission is to help people grow in their relationship with God.
I wish you...
Wow!! I was really far behind on my blog… I have a maternity & the newborn photos to go along with it. Congratulations on your beautiful baby girl!!
Here is my favorite photo from the maternity session:
and some of my favorites from the newborn session:
I have been slacking with my blog, but what a better way to bring in the new year with an ADORABLE baby! She was almost 2 weeks old for the photo session & really showed us what she thought about it all! She was diaperless for quite a bit of the shoot and made quite a...
This blog is a little delayed – I’m sure these twins have grown a TON in the past couple weeks. If you are a follower of the blog, these are the twin girls that I recently photographed in the hospital (click here for the video http://blog.leannejohansen.com/?p=582) only now they are HOME! They are beautiful little girls –...
This little guy is just four days old! I have photographed his big brother a couple times. Dad thought he should bring a raincoat for this session after the stream that hit him in his other son’s newborn session! LOL! It turns out he SHOULD have… only this time he got #2 all over.. again… and...
When this couple came to the studio for their newborn session, I couldn’t believe that the Mom had actually given birth only 14 days earlier – she looked AMAZING!
Little Miss O was gorgeous as well & wide awake for her session. Thank you for bringing her in – I hope she slept good...
A couple of our close friends had an early suprise when their little girls decided to arrive 7 weeks early! Luckily they made it to the hospital because they had their babies within an hour of arriving to the hospital. I got to meet the girls when they were a week old. They are very...
This little baby came all the way from Rochester for her first photo shoot at about 3 weeks old. She really wanted nothing to do with taking photos… she just wanted to be held by her mommy and even when we thought she was sleeping, the second mommy set her down she was wide awake...
Look at the hair on this adorable little girl!!! She was such a good baby!! She was a 5 weeks old and did not want to curl up at all for us – in fact, you’ll see her BIG STRETCH below! Super cute! Thank you for bringing her in so we could photograph her while...
One of my friends from High School brought her SUPER ADORABLE baby boy down from the Cities for his newborn session. It was so great to catch up with her while we photographed her little sweetheart! I love when people have babies because I see them much more often (at least every few months!!) Hope to see...
