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

I received an e-mail awhile back from a precious lady in Australia asking me if I would be there to photograph her wedding…and be a witness on her marriage certificate, as there would be no guests!  That was definitely a new one for me, but of course I said “Yes!”  I met up with Bernie and Kerri last Thursday, they are an absolutely ADORABLE couple from Queensland that came to Seattle for a holiday and cruise (gotta use the Aussie terms here!) and then after booking their holiday decided that they wanted to turn it into a honeymoon and so they decided to have a judge perform a wedding ceremony while they were in Seattle.   Kerri had searched for wedding photographer’s online, found me, and booked me (thank you Google!).    It was a great excuse to spend a day in Seattle – I took my friend Jenny (who is also my “nanny” for my kiddos in her spare time) and we headed up to Seattle Thursday morning and had an wonderful afternoon with Bernie and Kerri (Jenny was also a witness for their marriage), and then finished off our evening checking out the sites and eating some yummy Italian food.

Their wedding was very simple – he wore a grey suit, she wore a white dress, and had a simple rose bouquet.   No complications, no busyness, just two people celebrating their love together.   It was the most simple wedding I had ever been too, but yet their apparent love and affection for one another also made it one of the most beautiful weddings I have ever been too.

And the Ceremony:

That statement can take on a whole new meaning when your talking about the Lemmons family.  

Yesterday I had the honor of photographing my brother-in-law, Craig’s, wedding.  My other sister-in-law, Jenica Lemmons (Lemondrops photography) photographed the wedding with me.  I’m so excited to have Nicole join the Lemmons clan.  Crazy as we may be, we love her to death (and we hope she likes us too!!!!).   It’s been so fun to get to be a part of the journey these two have made together and I’m looking forward to many more years of fun times with these two.

As we were driving out to the photo location we happened upon a friend of Craig’s driving this car.   We flagged him down and asked if we could have a few photos with his car.     I have to say it’s the most unique car I’ve ever gotten to photograph!

The lighting was a bit tough to work with here, but I was loving the chiapet license.

The ceremony :

Normally when I turn to get the shot of the groom seeing the bride walk down the aisle I catch a guy in a big awestruck grin gazing at their soon-to-be wife.

Craig did this:

The reception:

My husband wore his redneck tux to the wedding…..I about died when I first saw it, but I love him.  :-)

A few fun ones:

And a few final favorites from the day…..