Pro Team: Leanne Cole

Leanne is a Melbourne-based fine art photographer who has a love for long exposures. Along with capturing architectural images in the city or photographing the local coast and countryside, Leanne is also well known for mentoring other photographers both in-person and online. Leanne has also created a giant game of “Where’s the watermark?” for those who follow her work closely… Good luck finding them!

What is your earliest memory of handling a camera?

 “My earliest memory of a camera was one my mother had. It was a weird thing that had a big flash attached that you had to change the bulbs in. However, when I was ten my grandmother gave me a plastic camera that looked like an SLR and you took the photo by pressing a lever on the side of the lens. I have tried to find images of it, but the only thing I can find is the Diana camera. I know it wasn’t one of those, but it was similar. I wasn’t really allowed to take too many photos as it was expensive.”