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

I met up with the “T” family about a week ago for an extended family shoot at the Grandparents home. They lived in a absolutely beautiful log home overlooking a big country valley – the setting couldn’t have been more perfect! All the grandkids were an absolute joy to photograph….would you believe all of them sat there smiling for the group photo for several minutes? Usually I get my exercise with large groups by having to chase kiddos and round up adults, but these guys were AMAZING! I’m going to go ahead and share a few of my favorites from the kids too….I didn’t have time to get them all up here as I’m still playing catch up from having my computer in the shop for most of the week (at least I got caught up on housework while it was in the shop though! )

Oh and by the way, you might notice a new watermark on these, no particular reason for that other than I’m an artist and get bored with things sometimes so I decided to try something new.  

Doesn’t she just have the most beautiful eyes?   I was seriously mesmerized when I was processing this photo…..

My poor blog has been a bit neglected this last week.   My computer had some issues on Friday and had to spend the weekend in the Mac shop getting fixed.  Fortunately he’s fine now, but I had to spend a few days getting all my programs reinstalled before I could start back into work again.  So needless to say my blog has been neglected in order for me to make editing deadlines and get all my print orders sent in.  

Here’s just one from Susan and Chris’s wedding on Saturday….Lots more coming soon!

It was so fun meeting this adorable family.    Their two boys were absolute hams and kept the session entertaining for me to say the least.   This was the first time I had gotten to photograph them and it was really a pleasure meeting them all!  A big thank you to the “S” family for having me as your photographer.  I hope you enjoy your sneak peek!

These two boys were so funny!   I was loving some of the funny faces they made for me!  :-)

Their parents were pretty adorable too!

And one of the whole fam -

Last year I had the opportunity to do Jared’s senior photos, this year I got a chance to photograph him with his little sister Hannah.   They  took advantage of my mini-session special that I had last Friday at Willow Grove.   It was fun getting to meet Hannah and catch up with their mom Lisa.   Thank you guys for having me as your photographer!  Enjoy your sneak peek!  :-)

Just a quick sneak peek from one of my mini-sessions out at Willow Grove last Friday.   These kids were adorable and I had a blast photographing them.  

EARLY-BIRD SPECIAL

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I have a confession to make.

I’m a geek.

I twitter and facebook all the time, I have a myspace, two blogs, 8 e-mail addresses, and a flickr account.  I’m on digg, linkdin, hulu, and prop.   You can google me and find out all sorts of crazy things….well……not to crazy, but you can certainly find me and probably a few funny photos if you search hard enough.   I’m on lots of forums, and some of my closest friends I met online.   I love social networking and how it has helped my business, but until I saw this video I thought of myself as a bit of a nerd…..it’s only us twenty-somethings and teens that use facebook right?  Not anymore……

I thought this was a fascinating clip and wanted to share it with you – fan my facebook page and follow me on twitter if you want to get in on some of my upcoming specials!

Meet Mr. and Mrs. McMullen, two of my all time favorite clients! You might remember them for their e-session post about 6 months ago where they totally won my heart by bringing me chocolate.   (It was good chocolate too!).   On Saturday these two sealed the deal and became Mr and Mrs. Ian and Tricia McMullen.   I throughly enjoyed my day with them and they had an absolutely gorgeous outdoor wedding in the Longview Civic Circle and then finished up their day with a rocking reception at the Monticello Hotel.

One of my favorite parts of the day was where Ian surprised Tricia with her ring – he had it upgraded and waited until the wedding day to show her.   Her reaction was PRICELESS…….

Nate captured an awesome ring photo yet again!

The ceremony:

The Reception:

I was loving the crazy lighting in these….so fun!

The “YMCA”

And a few final favorites from the day:

My assistant got this one -I loved the crazy angle here.

Last Friday  DeWayne and Melissa got married at the Grant House in Vancouver Washington.   This was the first wedding I had photographed at that location and I have to say I fell in love with it.  The old house is absolutely beautiful and the grounds around it were perfectly photogenic.    Having a beautiful couple to work with just made my job way to easy!  ;-)  Their love for each was so fun to capture on film,  I truly enjoyed every minute of their day.   The wedding party was a fun-loving group to work with, and I enjoyed getting to do some fun group shots with them as well.    My assistant Nate did a fabulous job (as always!!!) helping me with their day.   He captured the ring photo below and I think he did an excellent job! (have I mentioned that his day job is photographing jewelry?  Yeah…..he’s pretty good at it.)

Thank you DeWayne and Melissa for having me be a part of your special day!   May God richly bless you in the  years to come!

The details:

I know they look really serious in this picture but believe me these girls were fun!

Isn’t she just stunning?  DeWayne – you are one blessed husband!  :-)

DeWayne and Melissa got married at the Grant house in Vancouver last night, I’m off to photograph another wedding today, but I wanted to stick a few quick ones up here for them before I leave this morning. Lots more to come!!!!