Welcome and thank you for taking the time to reading all about me.
For starters, I'm a mother of four beautiful, growing children, and a wife to a wonderful husband, Dunstan Wood. I was born and raised in Peace River and I am from a long line of Georges who have lived here. Should my children decide to raise their own kids locally, that will make six generations of us living in the beautiful town of Peace River that I am proud to call home.
I was born to Wendell and Yvonne George and I have one brother, Matthew, and 1 nieces and 2 nephews. I have plenty of aunts, uncles and cousins (I think I'm related to half the town).
As some of you may or may not know, the George family helped found the small hamlet that grew into the town you now know. They helped build hospitals, ran businesses and just plain old lived here and raised up their own children.
My passion for photography all started back when I was a young girl when I received a camera as a gift from my parents. I loved that point and shoot; I took many pictures and filled many photo albums.
Fast forward years later when the birth of my first son re-sparked my interest into the world of photography. There were no real portrait studios where I could take my child, so I made do with what I had – my husband’s SLR film camera. I shot hundreds of photographs, and, well, the rest is history! Here you are today looking through my portfolio and reading about me.
I look forward to meeting with clients, new and old alike! I hope that we can connect and I can help you capture your family’s memories.
xoxo Leah Wood
Fun Facts about ME
I'm tall for a girl...like 6' 1"
I have crazy curly hair that is hard to manage so I often wear a hat
I have a dog named Gracie
My favourite color is blue
I love sappy movies and a good romance novel
I love to cook
I love to organize, yet I'm unorganized. HA! Figure that one out!
Eating and food noises drive me batty
Clients tell me all the time that I make them comfortable...thank you wonderful clients
Dream of Mine: To one day live off the grid and be self-sufficient
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Chelsey R - Leah, these are amazing! I’ve been to Peace River once, and I fell in love with it. I keep asking Scott to take me back. Hopefully soon he will!
admin - Show him the pictures and see if he gets home sick. lol It’s so pretty here in the summer. I love it and this winter is nothing to complain about especially with how warm it’s been.
Carrie Hokanson - My husband and most of his siblings grew up in Peace River and we lived there after we were married. I always thought that the Valley was one of the most amazing that I had ever seen.
Thank you for the beautiful photos.
Maureen Manysiak - Hey Leah: What timing!!! I just started unit on Familiar Landmarks in Social. Would love some of these as larger postcards to show the class.
Maureen M.
William Vavrek - Those are freaken amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Northern Lights and the First one are my absolute favorites!
Lawrence Kolybabi - Dear Mr. Wood,
I lived in Peace River from 1943 to the summer of 1948. Your
pictures are beautiful and they make me homesick for P.R.
When I lived there Pat’s Creek ran through the centre of town and
we lived on the one and only street east of the creek, which backed right up against the hill and the railway track. There was a railway tressel a few hundred feet away at the north end of our street. We had to cross a foot bridge in front of our house to get to main street and do our shopping. My dad was the projectionist at the Valley Theatre. Do you think you can find a photo of the Town of Peace River during the late 1940’s and post it for me to see.
Google Earth’s photos do not include steet views where our house
used to be and and the Hill to the east seems to have changed. I no longer see the sand cave above the railway tracks where we used to play.
Kindest regards,
Lawrence Kolybabi
admin - Thank You Lawrence,
I was born and raised here and I love Peace River. I come from a family of 4 generations my maiden name is George not sure if you new any. Pat Creek still runs through town but it has been covered up and paved over. I don’t have access to old photo’s of the town durning that time. Your best bet would be to call the Museum in Peace River. There is this very cool site on Facebook called Peace River,Ab Remembers here is the link http://www.facebook.com/groups/61230027189/.
Thank You for your nice comments Leah