A Longview Washington photographer, Longview WA photography for maternity, newborn, children, families, high school seniors, wedding and event photography.
I am a Longview Washington based, on-location, lifestyle photographer. I offer photography services in the areas of maternity, newborn, children, families, high-school seniors, births, weddings and events. I am on-location photographer, which means I come to you. I serve the greater Cowlitz County area including Longview and Kelso. I love capturing moments and turning them into memories that last a lifetime - that is why I call myself a "lifestyle" photographer. I strive to provide quality photography and customer service with a personal touch that you won't find at a chain studio.
Who I am on a personal level:
I am a wife, mom and camera geek. I have a passion for my family, with a little dose of photography on the side. I love to tell stories using only photos. I'm the kind of mom that sneaks into her kids rooms after they're asleep to take their picture because they look so cute snuggled up with their stuffed giraffe. My home has over 200 pictures on the walls, and I'm always adding more. I'm a total caffiene addict. My favorite candy is chocolate covered gummy bears. I love shoe shopping. On any given day my couch will be covered in a laundry mountain. I love to cook, but I would much rather eat out. I think Thai food is divine! I love to dance! I believe the smell of newborn babies is the most beautiful smell in the world. Movies never made me cry until I had children, now I bawl like a baby over the littlest thing. I get excited talking about photoshop techniques, shooting locations, and camera lenses. I love my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ with all my heart. Without Him, my life would be meaningless.So that's me in a nutshell.
Any questions? Feel free to ask!
I met up with Mr. D and his grandmother this last week for a session out at Willow Grove. I had so much fun with him! He had the most beautiful blue eyes and handsome smile – this one’s gonna be a heartbreaker when he gets to high school, watch out girls! ;-)
Thank you Sue and D for having me as your photographer! The rest will be finished shortly!
Today is my birthday – yes, June 24th 1985, early in the morning I’m told, I made my way into this world. Yesterday my family celebrated my birthday by going bowling at the Triangle bowl here in Longview. It was a great party, but the highlight of it, I would have to say, was getting my two cakes.
One of the the cakes had a new camera sitting on top. It was purple and had Disney princesses on it. I was pretty stoked…..I’ll definately be bringing that one along for my next wedding.
The other one was a Barbie cake. Yes, on my 24th birthday I got a Barbie. My wonderful mother-in-law and soon-to-be sister-in-law Nicole got it for me (Nicole is this one here……she makes AMAZING cakes and works at Market Place here in town) This probably would’nt have been as big a deal, except for the fact that in my 24 years I have NEVER owned a Barbie. Yes, you read that right. I live through the 80’s and 90’s without ever owning a Barbie. I was SO excited to finally have one.
I’m throughly enjoying her dress today. :-) Isn’t she beautiful?
Ok….so now for the special -
Mini-session dates are now set!
Over the past few weeks I’ve received some e-mails from past clients of mine asking if I was going to be offering the same mini-session special that I did last year. So, as requested I am announcing the dates and prices for my specials.
It’s going to be a bit different this time since it’s not right before Christmas and I’m doubting that anyone is quite ready for those Christmas cards yet…though I will be offering a card discount of 15% for all of the clients that choose to have a mini-session.
The dates for the sessions will be Saturday July 11th and Friday August 14th, with the ordering appointments on July 17th and August 21st respectively and at the same time’s as the session. I will be doing in person proofing on all of these sessions to avoid ordering confusion.
The sessions will last approximately 30 minutes, with up to 6 people per session and you will have 10-15 final proofs to choose from. Sessions will be held at Willow Grove in Longview. Ordering appointments will be held at a local coffee shop….have yet to decide which one! :-)
The July 11th time slots are
5:45 pm.
6:30 pm
7:15 pm
8:00 pm
The August 14th time slots are
5:15 pm
6:00 pm
6:45 pm
7:30 pm
Pricing for the sessions will be
$100 – 30 minute session ($50 in savings)
1 wall print (10×13 or 11 x 14)
4 gift prints. (5 x 7 and smaller)
$220 30 minute session ($75 in savings)
1 wall print (10 x 13 or 11 x 14)
1 10 image black leather mini-session album
6 gift prints (5 x 7 and smaller
$340 30 minute session ( over $225 in savings!!!)
2 wall prints (10 x 13 or 11 x 14)
1 10 image black leather mini-session album
10 gift prints (5 x 7 and smaller)
Session digital files with reproduction rights
I’ll let them speak for themselves this time…..
Thank you Jeff and Melissa. I enjoyed hanging out with you two last night! You two are going to make AMAZING parents and I absolutely cannot WAIT to meet little baby “J”. :-)
I met up with this lovely family at their home in Rose Valley for their session. Their kid’s were absolutely adorable! Mr J and Miss S both did awesome for the entire session. Miss S. was so full of smiles the entire time, we did a few photos of her in her little tutu as well and I have to say she is going to make one adorable ballerina when she get’s older!
Thank you to the “B” family for having me as your photographer and the rest of your photos will be finished soon!
My kids and I were in a wedding several months ago and I fell in love with their outfits, but being that I was a bridesmaid for the wedding, the camera got left in the bag that day and almost no shots were taken of my kids all dressed up. I wanted to do something cute and artsy with them, I just needed the right opportunity and two very wonderful assistants to help me finally get the pictures that “I’ve” always wanted of my kids. It’s hard when you’re a photographer to get images of your kids. I only have so many creative tricks I can pull out of my hat, and I’ve already used them all on these guys. This time it took me promising candy, ice cream, rides on the lawn mower, and doing a goofy dance. When it was all done I was so happy that I had taken the time to do this. I think that they are the most beautiful and precious little lives that exist, I may be biased, but you can’t deny that they are precious!
This was the reward for being good! He didn’t mind posing for me here at all!
This is what they did when I pulled out the camera the first time……
….and this is where they realized “if we just suck it up and give her a smile she’s gonna stop and give us candy”. (yeah…they were totally done at this point!) :-)
Mrs. M has been a friend of mine for many years, our kids are close to the same age -in fact my youngest and her youngest were born 3 weeks a part, and it’s been super fun getting to watch them grow up and hit milestones together. Her boys are absolutely precious, they are some of the best mannered kids I’ve ever been around. (seriously, I need to have mine hang out with them more!)
I really enjoyed the session – the weather and lighting were just perfect, and my subjects were adorable. I’m loving willow grove for sessions right now, the summer evening light that we’ve been getting is just to die for. :-)
Thank you to the M family for having me as your photographer – the rest of your photos will be finished soon.
I met up with Miss “E” and her mommy on Friday for her one year old photos. This little one was such a doll! Her little personality was just so precious and she had me laughing at her cute expressions the entire time that I was shooting. We finished up her photos with a cake smash. She has so much fun digging into her own little cake and smearing frosting everywhere. It was adorable!
It was Saturday. I was supposed to be in my house processing photos and working hard to get caught up on the crazy amount of work I’ve had lately. But the sunshine and cool water was calling my name. So I did the unthinkable and took the day off. It was wonderful!
My husband, kids and I headed up to Silver Lake near Castle Rock for a fun day of sunshine, swimming, wakeboarding, and boating with my parents and my younger sisters. I got a tan and some seriously sore arms from wakeboarding – still hurting and its Thursday! Can you say “out of shape?” 
Here’s some of the shots I took – I am SO excited for summer!
My husband rocks the wakeboard – that’s Mt. Rainier in the background.
I met up with Mike and Kelly yesterday for their engagement session out at Willow Grove. I’m scheduled to photograph their wedding on July 18th and I’m looking forward to it! I love it when couples choose to do an engagment session prior to thier wedding – it’s such a great time for us all to get familiar with each other, the bride and groom get a chance to see how I work and and I get a feel for how the couple is going to interact on thier wedding day. When the wedding day comes, the photography seems to flow that much smoother because we are all already familiar with each other. It makes my job a piece of cake!
I really enjoyed getting to know these two a little better – it was fun getting them to laugh and I *hope* they enjoyed themselves as much as I did! Thank you Mike and Kelly and I look forward to seeing you two again here soon!
Yep…that’s how old he’s going to be. My sweet little guy is having is birthday next week and I can’t believe it!
Last week the kids and I were driving, my son saw some railroad tracks and he said “Mom…I think you should take pictures on train tracks, that would be really cool.” I asked him if he would let me take his pictures on train tracks, he thought about it for a second and said “Sure.” Now keep in mind this kid has HORRIBLE photographers child syndrome. He really hates having his picture taken and gets mad at me when I pull it out to take snapshots of him and his sister, so I was really, REALLY excited to hear that he was even thinking about letting me take his picture. Last Saturday we all headed out to some inactive tracks with a few boxcar’s parked on them to take his photos. I was so happy with how these turned out, it’s been quite awhile since I’ve been able to get cute shots of him since he is so uncooperative when it comes to his mom and cameras.
Isn’t he sweet?
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