Belly: Danny & Renee

Danny & Renee Zayas are two of my favorite people.  Dave and I are just head-over-heels in love with them and excited about the upcoming birth of their first little guy, Elijah David.

I could go on for an hour about how blessed baby Eli is to be joining such an amazingly loving, talented and joyful family, but because you may already know that, I will just say that I know this kid is going to be cherished and seriously brilliant.

We found some fun spots in Palm Beach for our shoot yesterday and Renee and Danny totally worked it for my camera.  Just one more reason to love these two.

Here are just a few of the lovely couple…

and the belly.

You two are just beautiful- thanks for letting me capture that!

Mamma Hood

On Wednesday, I had the honor of doing a special shoot for my friend Rebekah Hood. She and her hubby Ben are getting ready to welcome little Josiah this summer so we decided it was time for a belly shoot. We had an awesome time shooting at some new locations I have been dying to use and she totally worked them! Let me tell you, this chick is just as fab in front of the camera as she is behind it.

Here are just a few since I said my posts this week would be brief.

Bekah dear- I just love you and I can’t wait to meet your little dude!

Belly: Jeff & Claudia

Don’t you just love it when things turn out just the way you want them to! I do.

Today was one of those occasions.  I woke up not feeling my best and slightly concerned about how windy it was for my morning belly shoot at the beach. So I said a little prayer that things would go well and headed down to meet Jeff & Claudia.

This is where it gets good…they arrived right on time and were totally flexible about relocating the shoot to Bethesda by the Sea. So we headed over there  and the next thing I knew we’d spent two hours together and I had over 600 shots logged on my camera!

This couple seriously blew me away with their incredibly laidback personalities and willingness to try anything! On top of that, Claudia has this captivating kind of beauty that makes it impossible to stop snapping. SO yeah, I got a little carried away.

All that to say that this post is a little longer than usual but hope you enjoy.

They were so sweet together…

gorgeous…

Can’t you just see the joy beaming from her?!

I just love her look!

This was the last shot of the morning and definitely my favorite!

Jeff. Claudia. You guys made my day,  I cannot wait to meet your new little arrival in a few weeks!

To see the rest of the shots from our morning, click here. View as a slide-show to get the full experience!

New Website

This is a big day for me.

Jessica Lorren Photography now has a website to call her own.  It has been a long time coming but now it’s here and I am just giddy.

I owe a huge thanks to all of the amazing people I have had the opportunity to work with over the past year.  I love each of you.

So turn on your speakers, take a look, let me know what you think!

Here’s where you click -> www.JessicaLorren.com

Oh and here is a recent fave shot from my adventures…

First Care:Walk for Life

One of the causes I am most passionate about is preserving innocent life. To me, every life is precious. So needless to say, I am in support of any organization that seeks to further that cause.

First Care is one of those organizations. Their mission statement goes something like this:

To uphold the sanctity of human life by providing practical assistance, education and loving encouragement to women, men and youth concerning abstinence, pregnancy and post-abortion issues.

They host an annual fund raising walk and this year I had the privilege to photograph the event. Here are a few of my fave shots from the morning.

After all, “A person’s a person no matter how small.” -Horton Hears a Who

Leslie’s Baby Shower

I was blessed this weekend by being invited to photograph a very precious occasion. Leslie Plum  is expecting a baby boy in February and her shower was on Saturday. Leslie is the extremely sweet and beautiful best friend of Lindsey Jordan who you may remember from a recent post. (Birds of a feather…) Although I was just there to take pictures, I felt an incredible amount of warmth the minute I walked through the door. Leslie’s family and friends were so welcoming that I felt like I had known them for years! It was such a privilege to be in the presence of that kind of love.

The stunning mommy-to-be:

Sweet little shower scenes:

A special gift for Grandma:

The super adorable BFFs:

More sweet shower scenes (the middle is a special quilt from Grandma):

And a special prayer of blessing and thanks for a precious little boy:

Congratulations on your new little bundle Leslie. Drew is very fortunate to be joining such a wonderful family.

Kelly B’s Belly

I have been waiting for this shoot for a long time. I am thrilled to finally be able to share with you a glimpse of the joy that my friend Kelly and her husband Brad share for the upcoming arrival of their son Rylen. You may remember I posted pics from her baby shower last month. She is an incredible blessing to me and I know God has amazing things in store for the Baker family as they welcome their new little bundle into the world. 

 

Braddy’s gonna be a Daddy.

Rylen is going to be a b-ball player like his daddy for sure.

B & K really are such a perfect match.

So Baby Rylen, I look forward to seeing you soon little guy! But for now… Here’s lookin at you kid!