Jessica Lemmons Photography Blog, Longview Washington (Wa.) photographer.

I met up with Maggie again this week so we could get some photos with her husband included – he wasn’t able to make it to our last session.   I had lots of fun just hanging out with her, she was in the middle of moving into a new house (which is absolutely GORGEOUS!), so things were super busy, but  I thrive on busyness and so this was right up my alley.  Maggie was up for all sorts of creative stuff (but some it I won’t be sharing because it’s a bit more personal….)  So creative stuff + busyness + hanging out with a friend + her husbands awesome espressos (he’s a starbucks guy!)  =  a session that’s right up my alley!

Thanks Maggie!  Love ya, and I can’t wait to meet your beautiful new baby girl!

I am currently taking applications for my class of 2010 senior representatives.  I will only be accepting a few per local school,  so hurry up and apply!

As a rep you will have the opportunity to earn free prints, cash and prizes based on the number of referrals you bring in.

To apply, please click on the contact tab above, fill in the contact info and request an application.  I will get back to you within 24 hours with an e-application and the full details of my rep program.  Simply fill  out the application and e-mail it back to me and I’ll let you know within a week if you are picked to be a representative.  

I had a moment yesterday.  I was playing out in the backyard with my kids, and had my camera around my neck just in case they did something cute.   Olivia was singing a song about something……I couldn’t tell what it was, but it was cute.   And that’s when I had my moment, I realized while she was singing and swinging on the swing, that she’s not a baby anymore.    Over the last couple months, something has changed in her.  Maybe it’s that she can communicate verbally with me, maybe it’s that she goes down the slide head first, maybe its that she loves horses and tells me all the time how she wants a “horsey”.  I don’t know, but she’s not a baby anymore.  It hit me inside -  “She’s a kid.”  After taking a few shots of her, I came inside, put my kiddos down for a nap and uploaded the photos.  My husband was peeking over my shoulder while I was processing the shots and he noticed it too  “she’s a girl!”  he said, ” what happened to my baby? I don’t know if I like this”.  I don’t know if I like it either.  I don’t know how, as parents, we forget sometimes that they are only little for awhile.  I’m doing my best to  live in the moment with these precious little lives I’ve been entrusted  with.   I’m not ready for them to grow up, but it’s happening and much more fast than I had anticipated.

I spend a lot of time editing – basically for every 10 minutes I shoot I spend at least an hour in my digital darkroom.  Now don’t get me wrong, I love every aspect of my job,  but sometimes skin smoothing and zit removal gets a bit mundane, so what do I do?

I open up Pandora.   For those of you that haven’t discovered it’s amazingness, it’s a free (and totally legal) music site.  You simply name an artist, song or music style that you like and Pandora creates you a (mostly) ad-free music station.   Some of my current favorite stations are  Jack Johnson, “80′s stuff”,  Lynard Skynard,  Bob Marley,  and Jars of Clay (my music taste is all over these days!).

So check em out, they aren’t paying me and I don’t get anything for sharing this, it’s just such a cool thing I couldn’t help but share with everyone. 

I’m getting towards the tail-end of the National Charity Model Search that I am participating in for the Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep foundation.  Mr “E” is my second to last session before my deadline  and I couldn’t have asked for a better session!  I seriously have never had a more cooperative 4 year old – he did amazing, and had a very natural little smile that photographed perfectly!

Good job Mr “E” and best of luck to you in the contest!