Jeff Leard Photography

Awesome to work with! Great pictures. Very friendly.

Jeff was very professional and was exceptional to work with. We met with him numerous times before the wedding to discuss expectations, scheduling, and the photos we wanted. He was extremely receptive to our wishes and was flexible in accommodating our needs. One of Jeff’s strengths is his attention to detail. He always ensured the lighting was perfect and that everyone was in the ideal position for each photo. This was of importance to us during our large family photos. In addition, Jeff was more than willing to seek out a new location for our outdoor photos when our original location was under construction. We are very appreciative of the effort Jeff put into our special day. He even provided all of our photos to us quicker than we anticipated. Our wedding day will always be a special day and thanks to Jeff we have fantastic pictures to help us remember it forever.

I decided to reach out to Jeff based on other reviews here on Wedding Wire and after chatting with him, I decided he was perfect for what I wanted. While he is not a "traditional" wedding photographer, that is what drew me to him. Jeff is very laid back, but is open to any and all ideas. I essentially gave him an outline of the "must get" photos and then the rest was up to him. I really like that his is able to capture candids and the feeling of the day without you knowing that he is doing so. It was important to me that I didn't have to think about pictures and being "under the lens." Jeff did a great job of capturing our day and yet, I didn't notice him for most of the day. During the portrait session, we were able to move quickly in order to have some time to relax before the ceremony. He had all the photos up on his website soon after we returned from our honeymoon and as other have noted, you have the option to get high resolution copies of all the photos. This is really a great for those who want to have digital copies. In addition, the photos we ordered from his website were really well done. In sum, I think that Jeff did a great job and is a really good value.

Jeff photographed our wedding this past July in Central Oregon. He was able to wrangle our families together in a professional, polite and efficient manner, making our day that much more of a pleasure. He had a way of taking control of the group and ended up with some beautiful pictures. We all really just had fun taking pictures. He clearly was keeping his eyes open for all the little moments occurring throughout the day, that we wouldn't have seen otherwise. It felt good knowing we could trust him to just take care of things, giving us more time and peace of mind to enjoy our day. Thank you Jeff! Leah and Ben

Jeff was great to work with. It's also really nice that you get the rights to your pictures after the wedding. As other reviews have said, he is a really nice guy and feeling at ease with him definitely led to better pictures. Our candid photos turned out wonderfully - but I also really loved how he laid out the portraits. What was most important to me in a photographer was someone who could capture the feeling of the day and I think he did that beautifully.

From the beginning we had determined that our wedding photography was one of our priorities and we wanted the best. Having seen Jeff's work from a friend's wedding, we knew exactly who we wanted to capture the excitement from our own special day. Jeff was absolutely fantastic to work with, and the pictures turned out beautifully. Jeff was involved with us from the very beginning stages of our wedding, and he was a great resource in terms of figuring out other local vendors and helping to figure out the flow of our day. He is wonderfully flexible with his time and very quick to respond to all our emails. He was very quick and organized for all our posed pictures so we could get in and enjoy our reception! Jeff's greatest strength is his ability to make you feel comfortable; we hardly felt like he was there during the ceremony and reception but he was able to get wonderful candid pictures of just about everyone and everything. He was totally at ease with the chaos that can occur during the wedding day. After the wedding Jeff continued to be very helpful and supportive. We came home from our honeymoon and found that he had quickly developed all his pictures, and they were beautifully arranged in color and black and white albums. We also received all the pictures on DVD's that were quickly copied and sent to our relatives. We couldn't have been happier with our photographer, Jeff is highly recommended, he fantastic guy and is an absolute pleasure to work with.

Jeff was the photographer for our May 2010 wedding in Annapolis and he did a great job! He was a pleasure to work with and was able to capture all of the special moments of the day around downtown Annapolis and on the Naval Academy Grounds. I would highly recommend him to anyone looking for a quality photographer at a reasonable price.

Jeff was great, very professional, the photos turned out better than I could have hoped for and were delivered to us in only a couple of weeks!

Jeff was very nice and pleasant to work with. He has a great eye, and took lots of great shots, but was also receptive to our suggestions and input. Plus hes really nice guy too!