About Me

I never leave home without a camera. It's part of me, and I love the portal it gives into capturing daily life, our ever changing environment, major public moments or telling the stories of businesses big and small. As a professional photographer and national photo editor for over twenty years, I've photographed Hollywood stars, politicians, industry leaders, businesses large and small, athletes and everyday people. My work has been and continues to be published in print and online.

Recent commissions include:

End of an Era, The Last of the Gippsland Fishermen book that told the story of the last of the Gippsland Lakes Fishing Community.

Warren & Brown, The First 100 Years book that tells the story of Warren & Brown Technologies.

Photography for 2022 Federal Election for the National Library of Australia, recording and preserving the historic moments of the campaign to be stored in the National archives.

FIFA Women's World Cup and the Matilda's in Melbourne for the National Library of Australia.

Portraits of citizens and daily life on Norfolk Island for the National Library of Australia.

Fijian Australians for the National Library of Australia.

ASEAN Special Summit for ASEAN.

Also the book  "Wonder 175 Years of The Royal Botanical Gardens Victoria." Some of the photos are on my website @ https://www.leighhenninghamphotography.com.au/wonder-175-years-of-royal-botanic-gardens

I am continually servicing various clients in allied health, book publishing, higher education and other industries on an ongoing basis, and am always open to do more work.

From the days of processing black and white film with hand printing in a darkroom to today’s fully digital colour web based media, I've experienced all the changes in how images are brought to the world.

It may all be quicker and instantaneous as we post to social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook, but the one thing that hasn't changed is the skill of the photographer and artist who can see what others don’t, see behind cliches to snap unique moments that can be kept and shared.

I post what I see through my camera on social media. You can have your own piece of a different Melbourne—framed or unframed prints—via the online store on this site.

Below is some of my published work from national magazines like Good Weekend and The Age newspaper to hard cover coffee table books.