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!

When Alex told me her vision for her session I couldn’t help but get excited – I LOVE anything vintage and it’s rare that I get a chance to photograph a session with a vintage twist.   Alex’s wardrobe (and her beauty!!!) is really what made this session perfect…..well, the setting was awesome too….but the wardrobe and Alex…I love it!  If I were rich, I would hire this girl to be my stylist.  :-) (Did I mention I LOVE vintagey things?).  So….being that her outfits were vintage, it was only proper that I give a few of these photos a vintage twist in the processing.

Thank you Alex for having me as your photographer!  I had a blast working with you.  :-)

“C” came to my studio last month for his 1 year old cake smash session – he was just too cute, and totally covered in blue icing by the end of the day.  It was freezing cold the day of his session and we decided we wanted outdoor photos too, so a week after his cake smash we went down to the Lake for some fun outdoor shots as well.

Miss. L was absolutely perfect!  Just 9 days old, and so gorgeous.   She was a gem for her session, slept amazingly and let me pose her no problem at all.  I so enjoy newborn sessions….there is just nothing as sweet as snuggling these precious little babies.  :-)

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!  :-)

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!

Meet Mr. and Mrs. McMullen, two of my all time favorite clients! You might remember them for their e-session post about 6 months ago where they totally won my heart by bringing me chocolate.   (It was good chocolate too!).   On Saturday these two sealed the deal and became Mr and Mrs. Ian and Tricia McMullen.   I throughly enjoyed my day with them and they had an absolutely gorgeous outdoor wedding in the Longview Civic Circle and then finished up their day with a rocking reception at the Monticello Hotel.

One of my favorite parts of the day was where Ian surprised Tricia with her ring – he had it upgraded and waited until the wedding day to show her.   Her reaction was PRICELESS…….

Nate captured an awesome ring photo yet again!

The ceremony:

The Reception:

I was loving the crazy lighting in these….so fun!

The “YMCA”

And a few final favorites from the day:

My assistant got this one -I loved the crazy angle here.

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!)  :-)

Just wanted to give a big thank you to all the men and women who have protected, served and sacrificed for our country over the years.   We owe our lives and our freedom to you.   We are so blessed to live in this amazing nation and I truly thank the Lord that I was born here in America!  We have so many freedoms that we take for granted, we seem to go about our lives and forget how many men and woman died just so that we could be free.    So a big thank you to our service people and veterans.  You are greatly appreciated and I feel blessed to have you protecting and serving our nation!

I met up with the “L” family this last Monday for some family photos at a park next to the Columbia River.   They have the most precious family,  3 beautiful daughters and one adorable son.    It was really windy out when we did the session because we were right next to the river, and so the poor kids were freezing, but despite the coldness they did amazing and I was so happy with how these turned out!

A big thank you to the “L” family for having me as your photographer and I hope you enjoy your preview!