Mercedes Lenz

Forever the pregnancy secret keeper 🥹 I was always great at keeping my own pregnancies a secret. 🥲🤣 so I love being the one that gets to know first when all of you have such amazing news to share.

I’ve been taking pictures for two years now. When I met them the first thing I asked was “so when you having another? 🥹😂” and here we are! I’ve gotten to capture their beautiful family, Zia grow, and now their family grow. So sweet, and so rewarding. 🩷

Wow wow wow wowwww. Always reminded how much I love maternity sessions when a beautiful glowing pregnant mama walks in. How stunning are these?! Thank you for trusting me to capture these 💙 so in love!

I still have sommmeeee availability for August & September guys, don’t wait till the last minute to book. 🤌🏼

Embracing the divine artistry of the female form 🌹

I haven’t posted my spicy stuff on here in a little bit, this one is spicy but elegant spicy 🤌🏼

https://www.instagram.com/mercedeslenzbo***ir?igsh=bm93ZmRqajQ4MXBq

One of my favorites muses ♥️

Kay Walker
MUA - Abi Ashley

These two love birds will be celebrating their 28th anniversary next month and I couldn’t wait to share some of my favorites from their family session their daughter booked for all of them.

As soon as I started taking their pictures I was just meltingggg. Their love was so infectious! I said “they look soooo in love” I capture so many beautiful couples but not many that share that many years together. So it was beautiful to not only witness, but to also freeze time for them.

I asked them what does it take to stay married for so long.
They both replied “paciencia y amor” 🤍 which means patience and love. They both were heavy on the PACIENCIA 😂🫶🏻

Standin’ on business since 1994 🖤✨

Babyyyy u the 1 🌞

Tomarah is an actual pregnant GODDESS! ✨

Mama 🧸 -

Loyalty client special part 2! 🤩

I appreciate my loyal clients soooo much. And because it was highly requested to run this special back, here it is! 🤍

This is ONLY for clients who have booked with me two times or more.

Let’s get those 2024 family pictures updated.

Bo***ir minis at the new studio 47 collective!

August 3rd, Saturday.

$150

Payment is due in full at the time of booking

🤍

Cause I’m too impatient…. 😆🥲 here’s a second post in one day, I hope you guys enjoy it. Because literally this is one of my favorite sessions to dateeee. Wow wow wow. In love!

Bri is such an amazing mommy and I can’t wait to continue capturing her and her beautiful family as they grow over the years.

Mama -
MUA -

Just something so beautiful about pregnant women 😍 the fact that they’re literally growing humans. It’s so incredible! Obsessed is an understatementttttt ✨
collective was the perfect studio for our concept for .vialpando maternity session. 😍 this mama is GLOWING!

I’ve been soooo excited to post these from Friday 🥹 we only got to shoot for 30 minutes before the rain started POURING on us. We were running back to the car! Cause uhhhuhhhh, lol. While running back we saw a double rainbow though, and it was so beautiful. 🌈

These are first family pictures and I hope I didn’t disappoint 🥹🫶🏻

Raen Renee turns ONE! 🖤

“You are today and all my tomorrows” 🌹

Heyyyyy future wifeyyyyy .1n1.queee_ 💍

Planning by -
Flowers by -

Big steppa, never tiptoeing 💎

Lovingggg these paparazzi style photos

These were so much fun, is UNREAL.

That girl since ‘92 🖤

Love a good birthday shoot concept 😍

MUA 💄 -
Studio - .snm
Cake - 🍰

Cause life is too boring alone 🌼

I thought this was my first pictures of twins but remembered it’s my second! I was so excited for these. Literally stunning!
I love seeing sisters in their element. It always reminds me of mine. They can be such a pain, but I don’t know what I’d do without mine.

A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost 🤍

This song came on while getting this first shot. Dree was feeding Arana strawberries and I said this is the perfect song for this vibe 🥹 I love capturing love. I capture it and it stays in a photo forever. No matter what changes in life. Those emotions, those people, that feeling, that love, is captured forever. It’s beautiful.

Arana & Dree have such an intense love for each other. This is my second time being able to witness it and create these memories for them.

Cause you know once you go with Cedes as your photographer we are locked in for liiiifeeee. 🔒 I’ll treat it like a bad break up, lmao. Arana has already booked FOURRRR sessions with me since meeting. That’s love 🥹




MUA - my right hand ladyyyy 💄
Beautiful flowers - 🌸 snm - studio 🤍

My first session with Sydney was a newborn session for her son, gifted by her sweet friend. And from then on she has trusted me to capture sweet moments documenting her motherhood throughout the years. For our first show stoppers event she brought Daniel along, and I got to photograph their chemistry. They just gravitated towards each other so beautifully. She’s truly glowing. During their maternity session Daniel was her best hype man. Telling her how beautiful she is and how he can’t believe she’s carrying his daughter. It was so beautiful to witness. Sydney deserves this love, this soft sweet love. I’m so thankful to be here for all these milestones and joys in your life.

Now we wait on the arrival of your sweet baby girl. ✨

Also, yall knooowwwww I was so happy to be back outside. 🌿 first outdoor maternity session of the year and I’m in lovvvveee.

Est 1999 ✨

TA**US SEASON 🖤

My spoiledddtttt little sister, one of my favorite people in this world. Happy Happy Birthday! 🥂

Birthday gal 💐 - Kennedy Bivins
MUA - 💄
Hair - itsbriebby

Yall don’t be coming to playyyyy with these birthday sessions, and I’m here for it 😍🌹

The Headquarters by Sunday Night Meets

Feeling sexy and empowered in her pregnancy journey 🖤 she looks absolutely STUNNING, and to top it off she is pregnant with TWINS! ✨growing two little people and she is literally slaying every second of it.

I’m in lovveeeee with maternity bo***ir sessions. Such a beautiful way to really embrace the beauty in pregnancy and still feeling sexy.

Will I ever get tired of maternity sessions? No, neverrrrr. 🥹 I’m so in love with the strength and beauty in pregnancy. Did you know I’m also a doula? Aside from photography, another passion of mine is supporting women throughout their pregnancy and labor.

I’ll never get tired of photographing those beautiful bellies, bring me allll the mamas. 🧡

BIG GRAD 🎓✨

did one of the best champagne pops I have ever shot. 🍾 takes a different kind of coordination to pop the champagne, shake it, smile looking at the camera and still looking cute without looking like fighting for your life. 🤣 if you know, you know. Ain’t nothing easy about getting that shot, lmao. But they’re so much fun, it’s a celebration so it should be included in your grad session.

I’ve been waiting so patiently to post these beautiful engagement photos. Eugenia played no games when it came to outfit planning. I love when my clients show up and show OUT 👏👏👏

You guys give me the inspo, and help execute the look and we create magic. 🪄

Their big day is right around the corner, and I know Eugenia is going to be the most beautiful bride.

Regine & Tyrone pt. 2 🤍

This love is that infectious love. That love that you can’t stop smiling when you see them interact 🥹 grateful to capture it. Grateful to capture another one of their pregnancies.

Regine Cotton

The Headquarters by Sunday Night Meets

All these grad sessions, all this black excellence 🤩 I love being apart of it. I love taking these pictures for your generations to come to look back on and be motivated, mesmerized, and PROUD. Pop your s**t friends!!!! 👏👏👏👏

I’m currently booked for May and the rest of this month. Very limited availability for June and July, get in where you fit innnn and book neowwww. 🤍✨

What’s my favorite kind of sessions guys? Can you guess? 😍

Now yall know I love some black & whites 🖤 🤍

Black & white pictures removes all the distractions, really allowing you to focus on the subject in the photo. Really drawing the eye in and capturing emotion! And they also are just so fricken TIMELESS! They’re so nostalgic, I loveeee em. 🥹

I always include a b&w version of the photos in my galleries cause I can’t refrain myself. I know they’re not everyone’s fav, and if they’re not, I hope you learn to appreciate them. 🙃