Born and raised in New Zealand, Leanne grew up with a love of art history and practical art and could always be found in the art studio in High School. When she moved to Australia in 2000, she utilised her knowledge of art and design to help develop her aesthetic style as she perfected her skills in what would become her true artistic passion, photography.
In 2002, Leanne spent a year living and working in China, where she focused her lenses on travel & portrait photography. When she returned to Brisbane, she was determined to continue her photography passion and turned her focus to weddings.
Since then, Leanne spent the next two decades building her photography portfolio having photographed clients in Brisbane, The Gold Coast, Toowomba, NSW, Vanuatu and New Zealand. In 2012, she was awarded three Silver Awards from the Australian Institute of Professional Photography in their Travel and Portraiture categories.
Whilst photography has become a full time profession for Leanne, she also has Diplomas in Nursing and Business, and previously worked as an Oncology and Haematology Nurse.
Leanne is a mother to a fabulous little girl who constantly keeps Leanne challenged, grounded and busy.
Sean is an Australian-born photographer with a passion for the graininess of traditional film-based photography. Ever since he was handed his first Hanimex 110 film camera as a child, he has loved the mystery of waiting for developed and printed photos to see what’s been captured.
Over the following years Sean focused his love of photography on travel and adventure. Photographs taken during a wilderness trip to Alaska in 2009 would later be featured as part of a global Panasonic travel photography exhibition.
In 2020 Sean returned his focus to vintage professional film cameras and the beauty and grain of film. Since then he has built up a portfolio of street photography, portraiture and photojournalism with a strong focus on black & white film which he develops himself. In 2024 a selection of his work was featured in the UK's Ilford Magazine.
Since joining Leanne J Photography Sean has relished bringing his classic cameras to weddings to add that little vintage extra where couples appreciate it. Whether shooting high contrast black and whites or the rich warm colours of medium format colour film, his photos deliver that little extra analogue magic to Leanne’s superb digital photography.
Sean is also a published author, an ex-CEO and the father to two teenage daughters.