{Longview Washington Photography} Jessica Lemmons Photography

I am a Longview Washington based, on-location, lifestyle photographer. If I were to describe myself in one sentence it would be "wife, mom, camera geek, business nerd, and coffee conosseuir." (My caffiene addiction is legendary!) I have a passion for my family, with a little (and sometimes LARGE) dose of photography on the side. I have two adorable children, and one hot and sexy husband who is my inspiration and encouragement through all of this. He keeps me going and will probably be the source of a lot of what I end up sharing on here - his name is Bryce, in case ya'll we're wondering and that's him with me in the photo.


I shoot with Canon equipment and currently have a 5d and 30d in my arsenal, along with various lens, flashes and other accessories. My website and blog are located here - www.jessicalemmonsphotography.com and here www.jessicalemmonsphotography.com/blog if you wanted to check out my latest goings on.

I'm looking forward to being a part of this blog and can't wait to start sharing some of what has inspired and encouraged me on my journey through the photography and business world, and I hope that in some way I can help inspire and encourage others!

{Southern MA/Northern RI Photographer} Life Stills Photography

My name is Tara. As a mother and a wife I know how precious a picture that truly captures the spirit of a child is. However, I have found that chain studios don’t always do an adequate job of catching a child’s spark, and not everyone is able to go out to a studio and have formal portraits taken. This has become even more apparent to me through my years as an occupational therapist working with infants and children with special needs. Having a passion for photography, I naturally began to think of ways I could combine these three aspects of my life, photography, motherhood and working with children of all capabilities into one business that would help me enable people to truly capture the precious moments in their life

I believe that every child is beautiful as they are and deserves to have pictures that reflect them as the unique individuals they are. I believe that the best way to achieve this is to bring the photographer to the child. And this is how Life Stills Photography began.

I currently work full time as a pediatric occupational therapist and split my time during the school system and early intervention. In April of 2008 I published Sensational Fun which is a set of sensory activity cards for parents to use with their children. They can be found at http://www.theraproducts.com/.

I have been getting very busy with my photography though. I shoot mainly on weekends and edit when my family is sleeping (which does not leave much time for me to sleep). But, I love every minute of it and have such a passion for what I do.

As of lately, I have begun to branch out to landscape, nature, and macro photography and have found this to be quite fulfilling as well and I am working on building that portion of my work.

You can check me out here http://www.lifestillsphotography.com/ but keep in mind my site is new and a work in progress!

{Rhode Island Photographer} My favorite thing from 2008...

What was your favorite 'thing' about 2008? A new camera? A new lens? A new house? A new vacation?

Whatever it was - take a picture and try as many different ways to bring out the best in it!

Personally, this was my favorite from 2008 :)

Daria, 4 months

Happy New Year!!!!!!!

{Rhode Island Photographer} Jennifer DeCesari Photography

Hello!

I'm Jennifer and that's my picture - something very rare indeed because I'm almost ALWAYS the one taking the picture. This one was taken by my hubby when I was testing lights in the studio for a session with some new clients - I actually like it!

I'm a new photographer but not new to the inspiration it can provide to my life. I've found since I've started my photography business that I look at nearly everything differently. Every single baby I see I look longingly at their eyes and wish I had my camera because I think babies have the most amazing glossy eyes of any age group and I love to freeze that for parents to savor for years to come. Infancy is so fleeting!

I'm a mom myself - I have 2 beautiful girls, Arianna, almost 3 and Daria, 4 months. They are my most photographed subjects (mostly unwillingly!) and the reason I got into photography. I actually started out scrapbooking 10 years ago and got into it earnestly when Arianna, my oldest, was born. Then I started wanting more out of my pages - I wanted the photographs to really stand out! I got my first dSLR - a Canon XTi - and the rest is history!

I'm always looking for new inspiration and ways to stretch my skill and creativity - looking forward to learning lots and inspiring many!

{Austin Photographer} Urban outfitters 25% off

So I just bought this
to use as a new backdrop, I think it looks very cool...let's hope anyway;) $17 bucks and change shipped. They have some other ones that would rock too.

All sale items are an extra 25% off once added to your cart.
<3 Heather

{Austin Photographer} Heather of Vanity Photography

That's me, Heather on my wedding day, May 2 2004. An old photo? Yes, but one I actually like of myself:) I like being behind the lens, not in front. I am a wife to my hubby David, we've been together since age 15 way back in 1996. We have 3 children. Taelyn will be 8 in January, I just cannot believe she is THAT old already. She loves Hannah Montana and her new DS Santa brought for her! Sebastian will be 4 in February, he was supposed to be a girl. Yes you read that right, he was not supposed to have a penis, but he does and for a boy I guess that is a necessary thing to have;)Our youngest and most likely our last is Aubrey, she's 19 months and loves to color on the walls (Thank God for the Magic Eraser!) She was a late walker and is a slow teether but she has a will (like me) to do what she wants when she puts her mind to it.

Dave and I grew up in Western New York, around the Buffalo/Niagara Falls area. We left NY in Sept 2005 for a short lived adventure in Omaha, NE. We currently live in a suburb of Austin, TX and have been here since 7/06. I am just starting out as a professional photographer, you can view my work at www.vanityphotography.net. I have always been the crazy girl with the camera;) I love it...wouldn't want it any other way;)

Well I guess that is long enough for now. I'm looking forward to being a contributor to this blog alongside some wonderful photographers!

Happy New Year ya'll!