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Another birthday party? What should we give as a gift? You might be searching for toy stores in Ellicott City. If you have children with lots of birthday parties to attend, you may need some fresh ideas for gifts. Shopping for toys in person isn’t quite as easy as it once was in this area, […]

3 Tips for Taking your Own Family Photos Here are 3 tips for taking your own family photos. Every year I like to take family portraits of my own, and I love the flexibility of using my tripod and remote shutter release to do so. I use the same process for indoor studio photography with […]

How to Prepare Toddlers for a Photo Session How to Prepare Toddlers for a Photo Session? The answer is, you can’t. Just kidding. But you know how toddlers love to move? That is completely normal! They don’t want to sit still. Over my 15 years of photographing toddlers, I only recall one, 2 year old […]

When to Book a Newborn Photo Session -3 Reasons to book early 1. Babies arrive early, on time, or late A question photographers often hear is, “When should we book a newborn photo session?” Booking your newborn photo session during your second or third trimester is recommended. That way you aren’t adding more work for […]

Christmas Sessions Maryland 2024 Planning One Year in Advance Christmas Sessions Maryland. Every year, Rebecca Leigh Photography, begins the planning Christmas Sessions in Maryland for the following year. I keep a sketchbook of my ideas and they usually come to me during the holiday season. Each idea is written down and sketched in my planning […]

Heirloom Product Highlight: Matted Fine Art Prints Heirloom Product Highlight: Matted Fine Art Prints The Matted Fine Art Prints Box: a versatile option for the album or frame lover alike. It solves the problem of wanting an album but also wanting to display portraits on a wall, all rolled into one product. Clients can keep […]

Baby yawns and stretches are sometimes caught on camera. During a typical studio newborn session, we do a combination of posed and baby led posing. So while I love to use wrapping techniques to position babies in a particular pose, both myself and parents love a little newborn “do what you want” posing. My favorite […]

First Year Membership | Maryland Baby Photographer If you ever considered joining a Membership photography plan, you’re in the right place! First Year Membership | Maryland Baby Photographer, Rebecca Leigh Photography knows you may be wondering what the advantage is. Why not just schedule one photo session at a time? Well, you can. But when […]

Spring cleaning a house full of toys, books, housewares, papers, and just too many things always brings me back to one idea: photographs keep our memories. Most of us will eventually donate many baby toys or other items that we no longer use. But the photographs that we have of our own childhood and then […]

How to Organize your Travel Photos When I go on vacation I bring my DSLR camera and of course use my cell phone for photos here and there. When I get back from vacation, it can take me quite some time to start editing my photos, but that is because I am a professional photographer […]