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

Last week was my precious daughter’s 4th birthday – I seriously can’t believe it!  SHE’S 4!!!!!   For her birthday she was given an adorable little Tinkerbell costume, straight from Disneyland.  My family and I got to go to Disneyworld last year, and ever since then my kids have wanted to go back (either there or to Disneyland).  Just last week at the breakfast table we were all talking about geography (I’m kind of a nerd and have giant maps next to my dining room table….geography fascinates me!) when my daughter out of nowhere says “I’m just TIRED of living here….I think our family should live in Disneyworld from now on!!!”  Yeah….they love it, but what kid doesn’t?    Being that about 3 weeks ago she decided to chop off her hair (big brother helped) I thought a Tinkerbell shoot would work out just fine for her – she’s got the pixie cut and the pixie costume and is completely obsessed with everything Disney and especially Tinkerbell so why not?

I had fun putting together this collage – I always love to show the out-takes, and being that she was born with her father’s sense of humor, there were plenty!

This family was great!  We met up last month in Kalama for their photo session. Our original plan had been to take photos of them on the Columbia River, but unfortunately we got to the beach and realized it was flooded from all the recent rain. (big oops on my part for not checking before the session!!!!) so we ended up moving the session over to a nearby park in Kalama.   I have to say the little girls in this session totally stole my heart – I LOVED the tutus they wore for the session, and add their sunglasses to that mix and its just too darn adorable!

Thank you for having me as your photographer guys!

The Green family has to be one of my favorite families out there to photograph.   Their little guy is absolutely precious and has one of the most amazing smiles I have ever seen.   We did their family session in downtown Kalama last Sunday and I was just loving some of the locations that we used down there.  There is so much color and vibrance to that cute little town – I definitely plan on photographing there more often!

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

And a few just for fun!  

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!

I met up with Miss “E” and her mommy on Friday for her one year old photos.   This little one was such a doll!  Her little personality was just so precious and she had me laughing at her cute expressions the entire time that I was shooting.   We finished up her photos with a cake smash.  She has so much fun digging into her own little cake and smearing frosting everywhere.  It was adorable!   

I met up with the “H” boys and their mom at Lake Sacajawea here in Longview earlier this week.  These two were all boy and full of energy (as all young boys should be!)  They were both super cooperative for their photos, but also had lots of fun making some great silly faces for me and had me cracking up the whole session.

And a few of my favorite outtakes……