FOCUSING ON WHAT MATTERS

Leigh Ann graduated from the University of Alabama in 2004 and received a BA in studio art with a concentration in photography. While at the U.A., she studied under renown photographer, Gay Burke and the esteemed painter, Alvin Sella. She credits her background in the arts for the unique and wide variety of perspectives that have helped shape and enhance her creative eye in photography over the years.

After college, Leigh Ann interned with different publications, commercial photographers and journalists before working in a studio for a year. It wasn't long until she incorporated L.A. Photography, LLC in 2006 and ran a successful business as a wedding and family photographer for over twelve years. She retired this genre after she felt convicted to focus on shooting personal work and projects she put to the wayside over the many years.  She now books clients part-time with her business name, L.A. Photography, LLC  on top of promoting her personal work as LeighAnn Edmonds.

Leigh Ann returned to shooting black and white film in 2022 for her personal work and is currently focused on a documentary project of her hometown and the surrounding areas of the American South.  Her personal work has been, is and will be  exhibited in art galleries along the southeast, New Mexico and overseas in Barcelona.  Her work has been purchased among private collectors of fine art photography and she still continues to sell prints to individuals interested in fine art photography.

Since Leigh Ann's retirement from the wedding industry, she has been able to commit more of her free time to her personal work.  These personal projects have since been featured and awarded within the photography industry, including the Jurors Choice award at Praxis Gallery, Jurors Choice Award at the Gadsden Museum of Art, the Black and White Magazine  portfolio winner, Staff Choice Award at the SCAC, a finalist in the Documentary Family Awards and the River Regions Award at the Montgomery Museum of Art.

Over the years, Leigh Ann has built professional working relationships with longstanding clients of L.A. Photography, LLC and is proud to have worked with many industry leaders and creatives.  The following handful of clients include; Redmont Capital, Alabama Broadcasters Assoc., Provamed, Blue Cross Blue Shield, GoDaddy, The Redstone Club, Vestavia Country Club, Ross Bridge Resort, Hare Media Group, ABA Journal, Steel City Pops, American Farm Credit among many others.