Jessica Nelms of Seneca is a photographer for the Daily Journal/Messenger and its related publications. Not liking to sit still or doing the same thing every day, she stays active and works outside. She loves capturing a moment and freezing it forever. She keeps company with her strays, which, at the moment, include three black labs, a few cats, and some rabbits. Outside of work she enjoys hiking, dancing, reading, swimming, and visiting beaches and lakes.

Recent Stories

• Purple Heart veterans honored
  Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
  Purple Heart veterans AJ Smith, left, and George Doyle chat during a breakfast Friday to honor Purple Heart Veterans in Walhalla hosted by the Oconee County Veterans Affairs Office. | Read more

• When you grow up, what do you want to be?
  Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
  Deputy Chris Lyle tests out his siren for a group of kindergartners during the Westminster Elementary School Career and Fine Art Day.
  
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• Getting a little crafty for Christmas this year
  Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009
  The Crafty Ladies, standing from left, are: Elizabeth Summerfeld, Lauren Benoit and Roberta Frangipane, assist a group of seniors in decorating a wreath at Senior Solutions in Seneca on Wednesday afternoon. | Read more

• Going Solid Green
  Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
  Clemson University freshman Tim Isgett picks up trash in Clemson on Wednesday morning during the Solid Green fourth-annual trash pick-up day. | Read more

• Tag, you're it!
  Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
  Three-year-olds Madison Price, left, and Riley Mathas play a game of freeze tag at the Shaver Playground in Seneca on Tuesday afternoon. | Read more

• Fashionable fundraiser
  Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009
  Dianne Russom struts her stuff during Dee’s Turn Ghoul Into Glamour Fashion Show and Luncheon to benefit breast cancer awareness at the Tiki Hut, recently. | Read more

• Leader Ford raising awareness
  Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009
  Leader Ford in Seneca has decorated its sales lot with pink balloons to raise awareness for Breast Cancer. | Read more

• Already decorating for Christmas
  Monday, Nov. 2, 2009
  Halloween may have ended Saturday, but Seneca employees were already hard at work on Monday morning decorating downtown for the Christmas season. | Read more

• Hand amputated after incident at saw mill
  Monday, Nov. 2, 2009
  Salem Rescue, Station 21 and EMS were on scene Monday on Sawmill Road, where an employee at a local mill suffered a “significant hand injury from a saw.” | Read more

• Like a day in India
  Monday, Nov. 2, 2009
  At top, Clemson student Ashley Hamrick gets a henna tattoo from Anahene Kayyar during The Association for India’s Development Day with India on Friday afternoon in Clemson. | Read more