Jessi LeMay Photography

Spring Mini Sessions | Reno Tahoe Portrait Photography

Jessi — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:48:50 +0000

Call me at 775.830.0752 or email me at jessi@jessilemayphotography.com to book your session today. Mornings and afternoons fill up the fastest (best light), but I will be shooting all day throughout Rancho. And no matter the time of day, that park is stunning. There are so many photo opportunities.

Personalized Websites for your Photo Session | Reno Tahoe Wedding & Portrait Photography

Jessi — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:09:01 +0000

We are so excited to announce a new service that is going to revolutionize your photography experience. Each client of Jessi LeMay Photography, (no matter if you are booking a wedding, portrait session, first year package, etc), will receive a customized website including those images. Every. Single. Customer. And these aren’t just any websites. We are aware that there are a variety of places to create your wedding website or baby website, but we humbly think that our websites are, well, better. Large photos, gorgeous designs, and totally customizable.

Here is our sample: www.boylovesgirl.jessilemayphotography.com

First, you and your guests will land on this page, except that yours will include a combination of your names.

Click on the title, and you are brought to your home page with two scrolling galleries that will feature the amazing photos from your engagement session. Notice the tabs at the bottom of the page (all customizable), the “share on Facebook” button that allows you to get the word out about your site immediately (and for your friends to share it too), and the countdown to your big day in the bottom right corner. This also features an easy to use RSVP option, so you can get a more accurate count of who is attending before you receive all the proper rsvp’s in the mail, or you can always use the RSVP option in lieu of paper mail if you are feeling super green

This particular template also features:

Page devoted to The Proposal, including gallery of images from that special day
Page dedicated to your Bridal Party, and can include names, photos, and links to their Facebook pages. Again, totally customizable.
Detailed page for wedding events, including Bachelor and Bachelorette Parties, Bridal Shower, Rehearsal, Groom’s Dinner, and of course all Wedding Day Events

Here is an example of this same template customized for a baby website The Sugar Pie (and in full disclosure, I used my own daughter Ruby Quinn, to complete the design).

This same design features the two scrolling galleries on the home page. www.sugarpie.jessilemayphotography.com

Our sites also easily integrate video, an incredible way to share these huge, important moments in your life with your friends and family.

And, here is another example of how to customize this site. This is the home page for the baby site www.genoawinterpeel.jessilemayphotography.com

This year, we are really striving for a complete, all inclusive, photo experience. We want our customers to share their amazing milestones as easily as possible, in a genuinely beautiful way. We want your family and friends to participate, even if they live thousands of miles away. After a photo session, you walk away with a collection of beautiful images, and now you have an incredible interface to display and share them in. We are looking forward to working with all of you, and sharing your images with your own world of friends and family.

Big LOVE to you all,

Jessi LeMay

Pin It To Win It!

Jessi — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:45:54 +0000

Are you a bride OBSESSED with Pinterest? Are you whittling away the work day pinning dress, hair, and flower ideas to your “Dream Wedding” board? We relate!!

Why not pin away and win something fabulous while doing it?

We have dreamed up an amazing Contest & Giveaway and think you should benefit from your time well spent! Here’s the skinny:

Rules are as follows -

A. First, follow me on Pinterest, Facebook & Twitter, but most importantly on Pinterest.

www.pinterest.com/jessilemayphoto

Twitter – @jessilemay

B. Create 2 Boards:

1. Our Story

2. Kiss the Girl

C. Message me on Facebook, to let me know your boards have been created.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jessi-LeMay-Photography/49976883636

BAM! You are automatically entered into our weekly giveaway of fabulous, great, stupendous prizes. Ah, ah, ah, you will just have to wait to see what they are.

Now the fun part.

You need to get your creative juices flowing (the more juice the better) and fill up these boards according to the following rules. Do it right, and you could win an incredible Day After Session.

Board 1 – Our Story

Use images to tell your own unique love story; a narrative of images that lets me know who the two of you are, and how you came to be. This is Pinterest, so I am not expecting you to pin your own, personal photos. I want to see how creatively you can use this medium to tell your story. Rules are:

Sequential - (from the day you met till now, or maybe backwards, but must be a story from one end to the other)
Creative – I love someone that “thinks out of the box” (I can’t believe I just typed that, but I did), so make this contest your own.
YOU – really, truly, make this your unique story. What about your board is going to set you two apart from other couples?
Please do not Pin other Photographer’s images of couples.

Board 2 – Kiss The Girl

Pin a minimum of 10 images from jessilemayphotographyblog.com that are inspiration for your own wedding wedding and photos.
Pin décor, fashion, DIY, and unique inspiration for your own wedding style; this is NOT limited my images. Find the best of the best on Pinterest (and all over the internet).
Please, do not pin other photographer’s portraits of couples on their wedding day.

Most creative board will win an incredible, stylized, Day After Session. We are going to go to town on this shoot!!!

Get to Pinning and start Winning!!!!

Destination Wedding Photography | Republish: Natasha & Gareth

Jessi — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 04:36:02 +0000

I had to repost this photo session from New Zealand. This couple just embodies young love. And let’s not even get into my deep, crazy love for New Zealand. Amazing!

Tahoe Truckee Engagement Session | Tara & Kyle

Jessi — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:59:45 +0000

Tara told me she wanted to try and shoot in a diner for her and Kyle’s engagement session, and thanks to Donna from Forget Me Not Events we were remind of the best little diner possible, Jax on the Tracks in Truckee, CA. The diner, built in 1948 and shipped from the east coast, is quite possibly, the most adorable, vintage diner I ever been in. You know what else is adorable? Tara and Kyle. They were a breeze to work with! All of that charisma in from of the camera was sincere (a dream for a photographer). After the diner shots, we walked around Truckee for a bit. All in all, I think the day was a giant success

There fabulous wedding will take place in Glenbrook, overlooking Tahoe. I am so excited to shoot it!

Reno Wedding Photographer | Nina and James

Jessi — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:25:42 +0000

This is a little love story about a very funny couple that met while working at a camp on the East Coast. There story moves from America to Australia and ended in Reno, and lucky me, I was able to capture their story through my lens. I absolutely adored working with them!

Why I am so horrible at blogging…

Jessi — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:29:48 +0000

About a year ago, my daughter Ruby entered our life, and like anyone will tell you, life will never be the same! Unfortunately, blogging is really getting the short end of the stick, and has for, well, about a year. My goal this year, is to keep up with it! As a visual, so you can properly understand what has been keeping my attention, here are some recent and not so recent photos of Miss Ruby and her cousins Rian and Payton (the naked ones were done in October, the others in early December). I can hear the oohs and aaahs through the wireless Year one as a new parent has really changed me, especially as a business owner. This year, I will be making huge changes, challenging myself to ask for more help (yikes) and being present as a photographer. I think becoming a mother has made me a better photographer, but I am happy that I am learning the art of time management with a little one. Stay tuned for updated posts and great stuff for the new year ahead!

Naked Tahoe

Jessi — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:43:41 +0000

These young, brave men, decided to jump into Tahoe on what was, relatively, a not so cold, January day. I just happened to be there shooting an engagement shoot with Darren and Danielle. Ah, to be young!

Paul & Michelle | Lake Tahoe Wedding Photographer

Jessi — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 03:20:47 +0000

Sara & Morgan | Graeagle Wedding Photographer

Jessi — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:24:31 +0000

When I photographed Sara & Morgan last summer for their engagement shoot, I was preparing myself for a well crafted wedding (Sara’s design sensibilities are insane). Not until I arrived at the Twenty Mile House, just outside Graeagle, CA did understand how well their concept (rustic, vintage, and farm) would come together. The weather was gorgeous, the venue is GORGEOUS, and the bride was, well, stunning. It was an absolute pleasure shooting their day, and I hope to work many more weddings at the fabulous Twenty Mile House.