This is a post I’m really proud of. Earlier this year, I was contacted by the “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society on Florida’s Sanibel Island about the possibility of one of my images being used for an installation at the J. N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge. Even though I now live in the opposite corner of the country, The […]
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Last week I was writing a piece about a very difficult late 1800’s photo restoration project with some sample images, and decided that I should also post it here. Photo restorations are a small but still significant part of what I do, and it’s a great way to keep productive, especially here on these cold, rainy winters […]
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Beer. There is nothing else quite like it. To quote Frank Zappa, “You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.” I’ve been sporadically hired to […]
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It’s that time of year again, and Seattle’s biggest holiday season attraction, The Nutcracker, is once again being performed the the premier Pacific Northwest Ballet at McCaw Hall, near the Space Needle. In a series of limited-attendance parties before the show and during intermission, Leighton Photography & Imaging will be onsite photographing families, couples, sweethearts and children in a full […]
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I rarely (if ever) do these kinds of posts here, but this time this is for something special, and there’s a first time for everything… I’ll skip the cheesy sales pitch (I don’t like them either and they make me feel dirty, irritated and bitter inside) and tell you what I have to say: With my new gallery system […]
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After years of talking about it, planning it, traveling around the state of Florida shooting for it – I am please to announce that my first book, “Native Orchids of Florida” by Rich Leighton is now published and available.
Read More...I realize this post is VERY late in getting out, but due to our oldest son starting preschool this year and bringing home the plague, I’ve been suffering for most of the winter with a whole host of kiddie germs and hadn’t had the time to post this until right now. Then I wanted to […]
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