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

I met up with Meg last week for her senior portraits in Kelso. She had some wonderful ideas for her photos and I was so happy with how these turned out – her request – glamorous, indie, rock n’ roll.  I’m hoping that I captured  what makes Meg “Meg”.  It truly was impossible to take a bad photo of this girl and I really enjoyed her session.  Thank you for having me as your photographer Meg and I hope you like your preview.

Keela is an absolute sweetheart – she goes to the youth group at our church and I’ve learned that she is just as beautiful of a girl inside as she is on the outside.  She had some really great ideas for her senior photos and I have to say I am SOOOOO happy with how they turned out. My favorite senior sessions are usually the ones where the seniors come up with a few of their own ideas – not that I can’t come up with ideas, but my ideas don’t always mesh with who “you” are as a senior.  Bringing your personality to a session is KEY in expressing who you are through your photos.    I loved that Keela wanted shots on the beach with an antique chair and with her car.   My favorite one is the last one of this set…I had way to much fun processing it.  :-)

Thank you again Keela!  I had a blast with you!  :-)

This was an extra special session for me…Nicole is a good friend of my younger sisters and has become a good friend to my husband and I over the last little bit.   We love her to death and it almost felt like I was photographing my little sis.  :-)   I really enjoyed myself on the session and having a gorgeous subject was just one more added bonus to an already great session!

Thank you Nicole – I love you to death and had a blast with you, Car, and my crazy husband.

I met up with Lane this last Friday for her senior photos – We did a mini-session at the lake and we’ll be doing another session later on in the spring so that she can get the best of both worlds.   Mini-sessions are becoming a popular choice this year for a lot of my seniors who can’t decide whether or not they want fall or spring photos.  I really like being able to offer lots of options to my clients so I’m thinking it’s going to be a great win/win situation for us all this year.   Lane really wanted to have fall colors in her photos and what better place to do a session than at the lake with all of it’s beautiful trees.

Thank you Lane for having me as your photographer!  I enjoyed meeting you and I’m looking forward to our spring session!  :-)

I met up with Samantha this last weekend for her senior session here in town.  The weather was absolutely beautiful!  Blue skies and sunshine, what a nice break from that nasty rain we had last week!

Samantha looked gorgeous, and did amazing during her session.  She plays soccer for Mark Morris, so we did a few sports-themed photos in the Longview soccer fields and then headed over to Kelso for some more urban-ish photos.

I really enjoyed her session and was so happy with how these turned out, of course having a pretty model made my job super easy!  

Thank you Samantha for having me as your photographer and I hope you enjoy your preview!

This gal was just adorable – super sporty, yet totally girly at the same time!  She brought some great ideas with her, one of my favorites (you’ll see it) was with her catchers gear.  We walked around the school campus and sports fields and found some great little areas there to shoot at, when we were finished at the high school we went down to the Columbia River to a little park and finished up the session there.

We lucked out and got a BEAUTIFUL day yesterday, I was able to wear a tank top and flip-flops to the shoot – haven’t been able to do that since September and it felt great!  Hopefully more beautiful weather is on it’s way!

Thanks again Kaylie!  I really enjoyed meeting you and I hope you enjoy your preview!

Kaylie is a catcher for the R.A.Long softball team, I LOVE how these two turned out!

Lisa is graduating from Kelso High School this year, I met up with her yesterday to do her photos.  I have to say I was super excited to do her session!    She had some great ideas going into the session, and I was more than willing to accomdate.

I always love the sessions where the seniors show up with their personality – the ones that have ideas and know what they want.  As a photographer, I definately have my own ideas of how a session should go, but it’s all me and my art, and I can’t necessarily drag my clients personality out of them (though I sure try sometimes!) So when a client shows up and says “Hey, I want to wear a dress and jump in the river!” or ” I want to wear my converse and sit on a dumpster.”  I’m super excited because not only am I taking a photo of them, I am taking a photo of who they are! I get an oppurtunity to capture something that embodies them.  Those are the photos I love, those are the photos my clients love, and more than likely those are the ones I can’t wait to stick in my portfolio because they are just flat-out cool!

So if you’re booking a session with me and have ideas, share away!  I can’t wait to hear them!!!!

Thank you Lisa!  I hope you enjoy your preview!

I met up with Preston this last weekend for his senior session here in Longview. He did amazing for the session – he was one of those guys with a wonderfully natural smile that made my job as the photographer so easy. I really enjoyed getting to meet him and his Mom and thought the session went great! I’m so glad that the weather decided to hold up for us!

Thank you Brenda and Preston for having me as your photographer and I hope you enjoy your preview!

I had a lot of fun processing this one! The sky was just so dramatic behind him and the clouds were in just the right spot….I LOVE it when that happens!

I met up with William and Nate on Sunday, William is a high school senior this year and Nate is going to be shooting weddings with me this summer (more on him to come in a future post!).   We went to a new location my husband had actually found and I fell in love with it!  It’s an old abandoned building with all sorts of tagging all over it.  I seriously loved it!   Though not for every senior, it worked great for these photos and I am really happy with how the session turned out.  For the last half of the session William actually got permission to use a rooftop in the downtown area and it was great not to mention unique!   I had fun processing these, and due to the feel of the locations we were shooting at I got to use some different techniques that what I normally use.

Enjoy! 

I just finished up with Brian a few hours ago and I had an awesome time!  We hit up some great urban locations around Longview and Kelso and then finished out at Willow Grove right around sunset.      The lighting was just perfect as we were finishing up and I was loving it – I’m slightly obsessed with getting that perfect evening time light, and try to always make it a point to schedule my outdoor sessions so that we finish up right as the sun is setting.  It totally worked out perfectly this time, and the last shot of this set is my absolute favorite that I’ve taken in awhile! 

Thanks again Brian and family for having me as your photographer and I hope you enjoy your preview!