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Carla xo
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Personal Branding Photography: More Than a Headshot, It’s Your Story I BELIEVE THAT: Personal branding photography is not simply about looking polished and perfect.It’s about looking real. In a world flooded with filters, AI, and overly curated feeds, people are craving something different. They want connection and trust. They want to know the person behind […]
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Photography isn’t about perfection. It’s about presence. As an Alberta storytelling photographer, I create imagery rooted in connection, experience, and truth. My work spans personal branding, equine and pet photography, portraits, and weddings, but the heart of it is always the same: real moments, honest emotion, and photographs that continue to matter long after the […]
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Graduation Time Capsule – One of the Most Meaningful Graduation Gifts You Can Give If you ask me, graduation is one of the most emotional milestones we walk through as families. Exciting, yes.But tender.Bittersweet.Heavy in a way you don’t expect until you’re standing in it. One of the most meaningful gifts you can give your […]
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Making Space for Presence and Play This morning I realized something about presence and play. Not in a loud, resolution-filled way. Not with fireworks or declarations.But quietly—through breath, cold air, and the simple act of paying attention. When I think about what I want this year to be, and what I wish for you—the kind […]
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How to Create a Time Capsule for Your Child (And Why It Matters More Than You Think) Children forget more than we realize. Let’s face it. We forget more than we realize. Not because moments weren’t meaningful — but because time is relentless. A time capsule is an act of love that says: your story […]
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This year for Christmas, we chose Presence over Presents. Choosing Presence over Presents meant slowing down, honoring memory, and focusing on connection instead of things. Not because we don’t love giving.Not because we don’t appreciate beautiful things.But because this year asked something different of us. It was a year of firsts — beautiful and bittersweet […]
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A true labour of love, my Mom’s shortbread Some traditions are loud. Big tables. Full houses. Laughter that spills into the next room.And some traditions are quiet—careful, measured, held together by memory and love. Grandma Rachel’s shortbread cookies are one of those quiet Christmas traditions. That alone might not sound remarkable—until you know this: my […]
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“I want to wait until I lose 20 lbs.” I hear this more than you think. And I get it — because when it’s my turn in front of the camera, I’ve had the same thoughts. The quiet self-talk that sounds like, “I knew this was coming… why didn’t I do better?” The internal list […]
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Being photographed with loved ones helps us preserve our stories in deeply meaningful ways, yet it’s often something we delay, believing we have more time than we do. Time is fleeting. We often move through life believing there will always be another chance — another season, another gathering, another “someday” to capture the moments that […]
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Branding Photography Alberta should never feel staged, stiff, or fake—especially for rural and equine women entrepreneurs. If You Hate Having Your Photo Taken, You’re Exactly Who I Photograph Let’s be honest: most rural and equine business owners don’t dream of being in front of a camera. You’d rather be mucking out stalls in yesterday’s jeans, […]
Located just outside of Edmonton, Alberta and serving Camrose, Tofield, Sherwood Park, Red Deer, the Rockies and beyond, Carla Lehman Photography is a nationally accredited professional photographer providing full-service luxury photography for portraits, personal brands and entrepreneurs, equine and pet lovers.
Carla Lehman Photographer is a premiere provider of graduation and senior portraits and a top personal branding visual photographer in Alberta.
