Love Your Mother!

Last week I volunteered to take portraits of mothers and their children who attend the Emily K Center at the edge of my neighborhood. These photos are going to be used in their Mother's Day Ball which is a fundraiser for the center. I had so much fun photographing these families as they were so loving... there was a lot of laughter coming out of our room. I hope these moms treasure these photos with their children and remember this time in their lives!















If you'd like to arrange a photography session with your mother and gift this to her on Mother's Day, please give me a call today at 336-972-0097 or email me at jessica.lobdell@gmail.com. I can send you a gift certificate to present to her, and even better, I'm offering a 15% discount on my session fees if you contact me today! Happy Mother's Day!

Pretty Kate

I just wanted to post one more image to show how cute Kate looked in her dress!

Kate & Jacob ~ Wedding at Holden Beach

Kate and Jacob joked with me during their engagement session about how they were afraid it was going to snow on their wedding day and ruin everything. It did not snow, but their day was on the Saturday that all of the tornadoes ripped through North Carolina. The wind was crazy, and I started shaking in my boots when I heard the storm approaching during the ceremony. We somehow got very lucky and the storm passed around our tip of the island and we were spared being in the center of the storm, leaving us with a windy but beautiful day.



Her beautiful Justin Alexander dress had a playful 50s silhouette.





Lovely Kate!









I love Jacob's natural smile!















Sharing a sweet laugh after their first kiss.









The cupcakes by Coastal Cupcakes... so cute!









Everyone danced the night away as the storm headed out to sea.





Thank you everyone for having me, and thank you Wendy for photographing this wedding with me! Kate and Jacob, I wish you a wonderful marriage and may you always stay as kind and happy as you were on your wedding day.

Happy Birthday Benjamin!

My little nephew just turned one year old! You may remember his birth story that I posted, check it out here: Birth Story Ben has become the cutest little boy. I love my little buddy!

"Happy Easter!" says Ben.



You steal my heart Ben...





I love this laugh!







Hey Buddy!



If you ever wondered how you knew when a photo session was over....



I love you Ben! Thanks for having me over on your birthday!

Lorelei's 1st Birthday Party!

My friends from college asked me to come over to photograph their daughter, Lorelei's first birthday party. It was fun seeing other old college friends and celebrate Lorelei at this perfect backyard party!

Zach + Rhiannon = Lorelei!



I love this face...



and these bloomers!





Time to eat cake!



Hmmm... not so sure about this...



Actually, it's pretty good!



Here Daddy, try!



This is the best birthday ever!



Yea!