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

This family was so adorable!  5 precious kids and 2 busy parents.  We started their session by photographing their latest addition Miss B in my studio.  She is two months old and just as cute as can be!

After some photos indoors we decided to take it outside and I am so glad we did!  It started snowing right before I started to shoot.   It was beautiful!

Miss C had fun catching the flakes on her tongue!

A few minutes later and the whole family joined in on the fun!

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

Miss “A” was so adorable!   She was super photogenic – great smile, precious personality and so cute.  :-)  Thank you so her parents for having me as her photographer and I hope you guys enjoy your preview.

They are such an adorable family –  I had fun taking their pictures and playing with their kids.   It was a freezing cold day, but those boys did amazing!  Thank you guys for having me as your photographer and I hope you enjoy your preview!

Angie (Mrs.H) is a wonderful friend of mine, I’m gotten to know her more closely over the last two years and I consider myself very blessed to have her as a friend.  :-)  She is an amazing inspiration of what a wife and mother should be AND she also runs a business – Miracle 1 Events.  I’ve worked with her on several events now and I am always amazed at what she is able to pull off….and on a budget too!   She recently coordinated my Mom’s 50th b-day party for me and did a WONDERFUL job.  It was seriously the most gorgeous birthday party I had ever been too and I couldn’t believe how amazing she made my Mom’s day.  I would highly recommend her for any wedding or event you might be planning…she’s wonderful to work with and I was blown away with how my “I want a fall theme” party ended up looking like. (guess I’m going to have to post some photos soon aren’t I!?)

Angie and her wonderful husband.  They are both amazing people!

No photo session with these boys would be complete without some funnies!

I had the pleasure of meeting the “L” kids this last week for a session with just the kids in the family.  The older two are super well-behaved  twins and the youngest totally won my heart with her adorable smile and precious looks.   I know their mom through a homeschooling group that I am a part of for mom’s of young kiddos, it was fun getting to meet the kids that I’ve gotten to hear all sorts of fun stories about.  :-)  They were precious and SOOOO well-behaved.   I throughly enjoyed the session and hope that they like their photos as much as I do!

Her smile totally won my heart!

Mrs. “C” and I have been friends for years…..I believe since birth!   I love her wonderful family to death and of course was more than happy to do some family photos for them this summer.   We did the session a few weeks ago while the weather was still gorgeous and I’ve just taken FOREVER to get these on my blog (I blame it on my computer crashing!)   Like I said, the weather was perfect out at Willow Grove where we did the session.   I was loving the bright golden backlight and beautiful blue water.   Perfect setting for a family photo session!

A big thank you to the “C” family and the rest will be ready for you soon!

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.  

At least I think so!

Saturdays off in the summertime are very rare for a photographer.  I happened to have blocked this one out months ago and we made sure to take full advantage of an entire day of “just family”.   It was really nice!

My husband (Bryce) got up early and took my son to the store to buy a new skateboard and helmet with his birthday money. Bryce spent the next couple hours at a school down the street from our house teaching Casey how to skateboard.  He called me a little later and asked me to come take some photos.  Of course I was more than happy to!  A few photos ended up turning into more of a mini-lifestyle photo shoot.  Capturing the kids time with their Dad today in photos reminded me again of why I fell in love with photography years ago.

They both worked with Olivia for a little bit too.

Last night while I was busy working Bryce and my son got a hold of some fake tattoos, which explains why my kids have body art all over them.  :-)

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!

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!)  :-)