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The Firefly Letters

Long-form weekly newsletter on simple joys, creativity, business, and motherhood by photographer Leah O'Connell

The latest letter

Count on me.

I am a criminal. Guilty of crimes such as forgetting to get the right kind of peanut butter from the grocery store and not switching the laundry over to the dryer for 12 hours. If these are deal…

leah o'connell lifestyle family photographer in charlottesville, virginia
leah o'connell, charlottesville family photographer

Meet the photographer

I’m one of the first to meet your newborn baby, the one who won't judge your clothes baskets and unmade beds, and the one who can preserve the way your husband looks at you with a twinkle in his eye after 12 years of marriage. My life's work is about honoring people and telling stories.

I believe art has the power to light up the world in dark places, starting at home.

I'm a mom of 3 who loves mornings and words. I rely heavily on black coffee and a sense of humor.

Leah

the heart of it all

Photographs that celebrate the people we know best and choose to love anyway.

in and around Charlottesville, Virginia