Leland Gebhardt Photography

Earlier this year I got the great privilege to photograph the Arizona Capitol building’s dome! The state had just replaced the original copper plating so it was very shiny, like a new penny! For the Centennial festivities on our state’s birthday {February 14th} it was also requested to light the dome and the Nike statue. […]

If you’re a local in the Valley of the Sun, you likely already know about First Fridays and Artlink’s Art Detour. Another piece of the urban experience in downtown Phoenix is The Downtown Chamber Series. Members of the Phoenix Philharmonic Orchestra perform small chamber pieces in urban art spaces. Guests enter an atmosphere filled with art […]

Often when I’m doing headshots I take full body shots or 3/4 body shots. This adds a bit of a glossy magazine feel, but also gives clients something other than just a tight zoomed in headshot. When we started I plugged in the ol’ iPod, but after a few songs Darren saved us with his […]

Kylie Alexander stood in for a shoot in a library 8″x10.” It was a great space for playing with the light and remarkably plenty of room to catch her in mid-flight reciting some of her ballerina steps. The blue walls made a great reaction to all the different colored gels I put on the lights, […]

Chase, Elizabeth, and Chelsey were another brilliant team of young models who needed little direction and stayed in character during the shoot. They had fun attitudes while I adjusted lights and powered through my shoot with full energy despite having done another shoot together earlier that afternoon. Makeup by Sarah Fawbush (srfawbush@gmail.com) and hair by Jessica […]