This last Saturday, June 21 2008, I photographed the wedding for the Dunlaps in Longview at the brand new First Baptist Church. My Sister-in-law Natalie Schneibel also photographed with me. She and I do weddings and events together. She is a very experienced and skilled photographer. We’ve been working together for the last year.

This was the very first wedding that took place in the church so it was a very special day for many reasons. I used to attend Longview First Baptist when I was in Junior High and High School. Seeing Pastor Kevin White brought back so many memories. It’s so nice to see them grow as a church family. Even though I now attend Grace Bible Fellowship in Kelso, I still miss a lot of the folks I used to go to church with there. Jennilee and Aaron have decided to make Longview First Baptist their home church.

I’ve been friends with Jennilee since we were little kids so it was natural for Jennilee to pick Lemon Drops Photography as her wedding photographer. We played softball together for years. I remember having slumber parties with the team. Two of my other good friends were bridesmaids. I felt like I was at a reunion. I think I had as much fun as they did, if not more.

The Kelso senior high school classmates now reside in longview with their two dogs. I personally am hoping they decide to expand their family soon with kids, but that’s purely for selfish reasons. I can’t wait until we get baby Dunlaps!!!

They are such a wonderful couple. I was honored to photograph their special day.

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This little beauty made me want to have another little girl!

If her parents didn’t love her so much, I’d have taken her home with me 😉

She was full of so much personality. I think we got at least thirty different faces out of her. She made my job really easy. I could have photographed her all day. She was a complete doll!!

So here’s a quick preview for her mom and dad….

Announcing my June 2008 Fresh Faces Contest!!!

I am now accepting entries for this year’s contest. This contest is all about finding my new cover model!!!

The winner of this contest will receive a free session, a free 11X14 print, and a $40 gift card to Old Navy to pick out a new outfit for the shoot.

To enter, please email a photo of your child to lemondropsphoto@gmail.com

Children entered can be any age from 1 day old to 14 years old. Photos entered must be from the last two months. Please only black and white or colored images.

All entries must be received by June 30th. Voting will start on July 1st and will run for one week. The voting will be public.

So email all your friends and family with cute kids and get them to enter the contest!!!!

The “fine” print:

Children who are entered must not have been photographed by Lemondrops Photography in the last six calendar months. You can enter one photo per child for each child in your family. Only non-professional photos will be accepted. By entering, you are agreeing that you have permission to use the photograph. Lemondrops Photography takes no responsibility for copyrighted images submitted to the contest. Lemondrops Photography reserves the right to disqualify or deny an entry at their discretion. The child entered can be from anywhere, but must be willing to travel within a thirty mile radius of Longview, WA. A signed model release will be required to receive prize. The purpose of this contest is to find a “fresh face” for use in promotional and marketing materials.

My baby girl had her first ballet recital a few weeks back. She’s quite the little ballerina already. She has lessons in Longview, WA at Evergreen Ballet studio. They are extremely good and in a short year she learned quite a bit. They had a photographer come to do their pictures, but being the photographer mommy I am, I had to do my own. I also took some snaps of her while they had their dress rehearsal. They performed Alice in Wonderland. Shortly after the show, Miss K took it upon herself to read the entire chapter book of Alice in Wonderland. I am constantly amazed at how well that little girl reads. She takes after her extremely smart daddy. He was reading really well at a young age.

Here’s the “formal” pics I took…

So I borrowed Miss K’s flowers for a little photo op yesterday. She got these for her kindergarten graduation (no, I surprised myself and didn’t cry like I thought I would). I love to play around with different styles of photography every once in awhile. These were inspired by a friend of mine on flickr. She took pics of flowers in front of different every day objects but made it look like it was all staged and set up. It was really cool!!

Here’s my attempt at flower pics done in my kitchen….

This one was done in front of a polka dotted birthday bag.

This one was done in front of a blue bin I keep all of my household cleaning supplies in..

This one was done in front of a white paper towel (hehe creative, huh!)

This last one is just Miss K holding the flower in front of the window…