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

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!  :-)

Mike and Kelly got married on Saturday.   It was a perfectly gorgeous day for a wedding, and I couldn’t have been more happy to be there.  They got married at the First Christian Church here in Longview, and the ceremony and reception were just lovely.    You could just tell these two are absolutely perfect for each other and so in love!  Mike surprised Kelly the morning of with a very sweet note and a gift of some beautiful pearls for her to wear with her dress.  It was so sweet that I had to take a photo of it.     She made an absolutely stunning bride, and Mikes expression was priceless when he saw her for the first time as she walked down the aisle.

My assistant Nate did a fabulous job helping me capture their day, and several of the images that I’m showing below are from his cameras.  It’s really been wonderful having him help me – I couldn’t ask for a better assistant!    Thank you Nate!  :-)

A huge thank you to Mike and Kelly as well, it has been wonderful getting to know you two and sharing in your special day.  I hope that you cherish these photographs for many, many years to come, and I pray for God’s richest blessings on you two as you begin your new life together!

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!)  :-)