frank - frankleonardphotography.com

Again, I welcome you to my site, my photography, my portfolios, and my writings. I grew up in Santa Cruz, California, and as I wrote earlier, fell in love with photography at the age of 11. As a teenager, I worked at Ken’s Photo Shop, Contreras Studio, and Webber’s Photo Shop, learning photography from Ken White, Trini Contreras, and George Lee. I graduated from Santa Cruz High School in 1964, left for college, family, and career, and have now returned following retirement to live in Ben Lomond, California, in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

It is a joy to now be able to pursue my life-long love of photography full-time. I specialize in landscape and nude figure photography, and when the two of those are put together, and I get to photograph a model in the natural environment of the outdoors, well, it just doesn't get better than that. I have published four books, one a memoir, and three photography portfolios.

I have constructed a saw shop, frame shop, gallery, and studio on our property here in the mountains. If you would like to visit my gallery, purchase any of my work, or schedule a photo session, you can contact me at: frank@frankleonardphotography.com or call me at 831-345-5496.