Leiter Side Photography

08/11/2026

Last year during Lady Vikings Volleyball season a few parents said to me "My daughter does the same pose every year, I wish she would do something new". We Timothy Koppenhaver, Tina Hoffman Reinoehl here are a few new ideas.

On a serious note, I did a test session with Kamri Koppenhaver last fall just using gels but I felt something was missing. Since now using smoke with the gels we setup another test session and tried different colors and some just plain. I cannot thank Kamri Koppenhaver enough for taking time out of her schedule along with Vera Fausnacht who was originally along with help with the smoke but ended up taking a lot of the photos. One of the big things I did learn is the smoke needs to be applied a certain way for the photos to turn out correctly.

08/09/2026

Leiter Side Photography is offering Smoke and Gel Sessions to Williams Valley Youth Football and Cheer along with Williams Valley High School Fall Sports on Sunday August 16th at our Tower City Studio. Booking time slots and information can be found on the link. Please note that the $10 fee is a print credit and the credit will be applied to your order.

08/08/2026

07/24/2026

This past week, Leiter Side Photography was taking Williams Valley High School Senior Yearbook photos our studio in Tower City. Doing them at the studio over the summer, allows the seniors to get them done before school starts and because they get an individual time slot, it allows them several poses to choose from. I will at the studio this coming Monday and Tuesday afternoon to finish up those that have scheduled appointments.

07/16/2026

Since returning from the ALL Creatives Workshop, I have been wanting to try a weight room/fitness center session. Yesterday I was finally able to make it happen. Thank you to Adrian Bressler for volunteering to be my test subject, Brent Becher and Bullpen Fitness & Rec Facility for use of your facility and Lucas Schwartz for helping with the smoke.

07/03/2026

On Day 4 of the workshop we went out and photographed some things that we learned the past few days. Some of the photos I went back to my old way self as far as lighting and exposure but some as you see are darker and pushing shadows. The day was cut short because of the heat but it was truly a beautiful place to photograph in Charolette as there was no traffic to worry about.

07/02/2026

If you had a dream senior photo shoot in the state of Pennsylvania, what would it be?

06/30/2026

It was Day-2 at the All Creative Workshop in Charlotte, North Carolina. The samples you will see are with some "Hard'Lighting and some "Soft" Lighting that we did at the end.
On a side note, I only did a few on the roof top and it was hot, crowed and I was sidetracked with an in-depth conversation with Missy Beeks-Cornell.

06/18/2026

Many times I will see something on social media and get the interest to try it. That was the case with these pool photos when I saw a post from Craig L. These photos were taken about 12:15 pm today under full sun. I would like to thank Jacey Readinger for volunteering her daughter Jayleena Readinger for this session..