Before founding his own business, Leutwiler held a variety of sales positions at the Fuller Brush Company, and Allied Electronics.
He operated Leutwiler Photography from home, and members of the family often appeared in the quarterly Shooting the Breeze newsletter and assisted in running the business.
Leutwiler quickly realized that 35 mm would not produce sufficient images for professional enlargements, and soon made the permanent transition to Hasselblad cameras.
[citation needed] It appeared as the cover of Yacht Racing Magazine in April 1976, and played a critical role in the building the recognition of the Leutwiler brand name.
Wham Bam, Sunset, Tweety, Lonely Sea, and Condor were also published around this time and all became cornerstones of Leutwiler Photography.
But after nearly twenty years of hard work and devotion, Leutwiler lost his passion and drive for sailboat photography and closed down the business in the 1990, selling off his negatives and camera equipment.
He moved to Salt Lake City, Utah in the early 1990s and pursued a variety of other interests including real estate ventures.