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

I’ve still been a bit behind on the ol’ blog, but I wanted to share some of my favorites from a few (ok…more than a few!) recent sessions.  Last Saturday I did a batch of mini-sessions at Lake Sacajawea here in Longview, the purpose of the mini-sessions (besides family photos) was to raise money for a missions trip that I’ll be going on this coming January.  Through my home church (Fathers House) I was able to promote a Christmas Card special with all of the profits going to pay for a trip I will be making with a wonderful friend of mine to Uganda.   The fundraiser was a great success!  I had 8 sessions booked that day, most bought Christmas cards or photos for their family and friends, and I am happy to say that the funds are helping to pay for a big portion of my trip.  I’m still completing orders, but overall I was thrilled with how giving people were and how excited everyone was to be a part of a fundraiser.   I can’t wait to travel to Africa – I’ll be doing a lot of photojournalism as well as working with an orphanage in Kampala doing a vacation bible school and hopefully traveling to the World Vision Children of War Center in Gulu as well.    I’ll be gone for just over two weeks but I’ve decided to go ahead and take the entire month of January off so that I have time to prepare as well as recover when I get back.    I’ll be sharing lots more about the trip as it gets closer, but in the meantime I wanted to say a HUGE thank you to all my wonderful friends at Father’s House for being a part of this fundraiser.  You guys have blessed me so much!!!  Thank you!!  :-)

So without further ado – the photos!

This is Elle – she babysits my kiddos a lot while I’m working.  We all love her!  Isn’t she gorgeous?!?

I love real smiles!!!!  

Mrs.  K is a good friend of mine AND a fellow photographer here in Longview.  I was thrilled to be asked to do her family session this last week.   Being a photographer herself she is very familiar with how to pick good clothing for portraits and her family was no exception!  I absolutely love the color combinations she came up with for her family.   They all were so bright and cheerful and their outfits went along great with the bright colors in downtown Longview.  

We had a blast on the session, there are all sorts of fun spots to do family photos down there.    Her kids were adorable, and though they did have  a slight case of photographers child syndrome (children that run and hide when cameras are pulled out!) they warmed up to me as we got going and I ended up getting some very cute expressions from them.

Thank you to the K family for having me as your photographer the rest of your portraits will be finished soon!  :-)