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Jillian Zamora Photography – 2022 Year in Review
Y’all can just go ahead and thank my husband for narrowing down this post from 500+ images to sub 200. Welcome to my 2022 Year in Review blogpost – only three months later than I’d hoped haha. But I got all my editing done on time and cared for a houseful of three small children and a husband so I feel fairly accomplished with that.
For the first time on a year in review I wasn’t able to get every single shoot represented in the post because I switched my editing a bit and wanted to keep this post cohesive with the new edits — however it’s about three quarters of my year represented. If your face wasn’t in here and I took your photos last year just know I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, I just couldn’t find the RAW images from your session to re-edit a few to match these.
The year took me to Austin, Houston (more times than in any other year — it was THE YEAR of Houston for JZP), Dallas (my longtime JZP home base), Boston (my first time!), Bend, OR and to the great state of Hawaii (also my first time and, let me just say, BIG FAN).
Always and forever I am so thankful for all those who hired me to document a portion of their lives last year with my camera. I am truly honored to have been trusted with this privilege to capture the dear, honest and blissful moments of your lives in 2022.
I kicked off 2022 with Ankitha + Jose’s wedding in Austin, TX.
This next set was from my time in Boston, MA with Mounica + Joe. We got to take some of their day before portraits around Beacon Hill which was GLORIOUSLY FUN (as are M + J)! Also, quick story, Mounica originally reached out about their wedding slated for May 2020 . . . we all know many large weddings didn’t end up taking place that particular summer. I was SHOCKED and DELIGHTED when she reached back out at the start of 2022 and was like, “So . . . would you still like to shoot our wedding?” So I’m especially thankful to have been a part of their wedding day because it had been such a long time coming.
At this point in the post alone we’re to the SIXTH of my past wedding couples who hired me to photograph their growing families in 2022 (and many more to come later in the post). This particular family are longtime friends of mine, one of whom is also a wedding photographer! I got to visit with the Oehlers when we were in Bend, Oregon this summer and meet their precious son and do a family photo swap with Allison — WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE BETTER??
And now we’re at the point in the post where I get to pinch myself YET AGAIN that this beautiful job takes me to all the beautiful corners of the world and this year it took me, for the first time ever, to Hawaii for Dani + Dalton’s intimate 20-person wedding. I got to be the 21st person and document every single bit of the ocean waves crashing, tropical ferns as big as a full grown adult, sunsets over the water and all the friends and family who had travelled to celebrate Dani + Dalton’s marriage.
The following set are just a small sprinkling of the fall minis I got to take in October and I’m totally going to offer mini sessions again this year because it was SO MUCH FUN to see so many past clients (and new clients) all together in a single day — just warmth and delight all the livelong day.
INCOMING — more lovely past brides + grooms and their lovely offspring! HAVE I MENTIONED I ADORE MY JOB??? LOOK AT ALL THESE BABIESSSSS.
For real, I get to work with some of the kindest people in the world. Two of whom are named Pragnya + Kishan.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you to all the clients pictured (and the ones who didn’t make it into this post but you know who you are) and all the clients who have already booked again for 2023. Each and every one of you mean so much to me. I love photographing your first days as a family + your first days as your family grows + all the in between days too.
I’ll end this post with the same final words I say as I put my three kids to bed each night:
I love love love love love love love love love love love love love love LOVE you.
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Jillian Zamora Photography year in review 2021
Hello and happy 2022 to anyone who still visits blogs (lololol). I can’t help it . In this Instagram/Tik Tok world I can’t stop loving longer form photo sharing and I honestly don’t foresee that changing anytime soon.
Here is my compilation of all my JZP work from the past year. I do these posts for myself to be able to look back on all the stories and lives I am so incredibly honored to be invited to witness and document. I am thankful for each and every person in these photos. It just causes me to praise God for the gift of this work that I never could have dreamed of pursing on my own.
I also do these posts for future potential clients to see highlighted what I value in my storytelling — preserving your most dear, honest and blissful moments. I hope you can see that in this post.
Now for the photos. I started the year off in San Diego with the Sewell family at their favorite tide pool. I love them I love them I love them and hope to blog this entire session one day soon because every single bit of it makes me smile smile smile.
I had the honor of meeting + photographing my cousin’s newborn photos in January. Spoiler alert: if you make it to the end of this post you’ll see what he looks like as a big one-year-old too.
Beth + Zack’s wedding was my first of the year. As I looked back at their gallery with a year’s distance from it one of the things that stood out to me most were how all the masks in the photos marked the time in which their wedding took place.
I’m going to do all DFW people a favor and tell you to order you some Heimat pretzels after you finish looking through this post. You will not regret it. For the record the rosemary-garlic and cinnamon sugar ones are my favorites!
Below is the first of two Poe family sessions in 2021. Not long after this session Abi texted me that apparently those would be their last photos as a family of three (keep going in the post to see the second little Poe boy shortly after his arrival right before the end of the year).
Joni + Jeremy’s intimate Broken Bow, OK cabin wedding was full of intentionality and personal touches and sweetness.
There were so many favorite things about Hillary + Regan’s lovely Fort Worth wedding with KC Cloud Events — the light streaming through the stained glass windows of the church during their ceremony, their stunning florals, and both of Hillary + Regan’s fathers being a part of their wedding ceremony. But I gotta tell you, every time I think about their wedding I can’t help but think about the PUPPIESSSSS at cocktail hour.
Every time I think of Alyssa + Blake’s wedding I start singing Julie Andrew’s “Raindrops on Roses.” The rain fell off an on all morning, even up to the ceremony itself, but that didn’t dampen even a bit of the joy of the day.
I also want to give a special shout out to my second-shooter and JZP associate shooter, Jacob. He shot all but three of my 2021 weddings with me LIKE A CHAMP and several of the photos I selected from the following wedding are ones he took. He does such amazing work and I’m proud to have him work with me and represent JZP.
HOW COOL IS IT being invited into the Vanderpool home for my third newborn session for this dear family? I’ll tell you: PRETTY DANG COOL.
Then I had the joy joy joy to document a slew of past JZP brides and grooms growing their families this year – so sweet to be a part of documenting a family from their first day married and some of their first days as parents.
In May I flew out to Taos, NM for Bethany + Josh’s wedding in the mountains but the forecast disagreed with their outdoor ceremony plans. The rain and hail may have pushed us indoors at the last minute for a ceremony in their airbnb but Bethany, Josh and all their people rallied and made it happen. That airbnb was filled top to bottom with so much delight that it was palpable.
Sophy + Jason’s was my last wedding that I photographed pregnant with my third child. It’s funny how I mark even my own life by y’all’s special events I get invited in to be a part of.
While that was my last wedding before maternity leave there were still plenty of shoots (and a mountain of editing) to come before it officially started.
I LOVED meeting back up with the Tipton’s while they were on sabbatical from serving overseas as missionaries. I photographed their wedding back in the earliest days of JZP and getting to reunite with them in Tyler, Texas and meet their three children was a joy in and of itself. Another thing I loved was how storytelling focused this session was from their family’s porch swing to s’mores to a family water gun + hose fight and ending with bubbles. I definitely intend to do a separate blog of this session to share more in depth, but here are a few of my stand alone favorite images.
On that same trip to Tyler for the Tipton session we celebrated my birthday by staying at an airbnb and hitting up the local coffee + restaurant scene. These photos were taken when I was 32 weeks pregnant.
My last two shoots before maternity leave were with repeat JZP clients and their precious babies – just what I needed to make me allllllll the more excited to welcome our own baby so soon.
Jesse Cypress Zamora was born in August. We are so thankful for him and he’s pretty well snuggled as you can see in the below photos with his big sister and brother. Also in September my oldest, Juniper, turned six-years-old.
I took two glorious months to give my full focus to welcoming our newest family member and then in October I photographed a quick maternity session for a dear friend, followed by Brittany + Akash’s two-day McGovern Centennial Gardens in Houston, TX.
Next up out was Melissa + Nik’s New Orleans, LA wedding — my first time to New Orleans and my first time to witness the fun that is a second line band at a wedding reception. Melissa + Nik are so down to earth and about their people. They had actually waited a year longer than originally intended to have their wedding due to the pandemic. The hidden gift of the wait was that instead of their wedding being the day after daylight savings time, it was now the day OF daylight savings time which meant we were gifted the most glorious hour of sunlight after their wedding ceremony that we were not anticipating having and boy, oh, boy did we bask in it!
As promised, we’ve arrived at the second Poe session of 2021 starring their newest member, Luke.
And do you remember my cousin’s teeny baby at the beginning of this post? It sure was fun to get to document these updated family photos of their sweet one-year-old at the end of the year.
My last wedding of the year was Thao + Chris’ and it was SUCH a fun one to close out 2021 with. The photos I chose to share in this post barely scratches the surface of Thao + Chris’ THREE ceremonies in one day but I have high hopes of blogging the whole thing on its own later this year.
We celebrated Christmas with family and I ended the year with two more past JZP couples who are expecting sweet babies along with one engagement session for a 2022 JZP bride + groom.
What a year, what a year.
Thank you, Lord, for an eleventh year getting to tell so many sweet stories for such lovely humans. What a gift it is.
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2018 in review // wedding + family photojournalism
I’m going to share with you some of my favorite images from the course of 2018. I am so unbelievably thankful thankful thankful to all the people who trusted me to document their lives this year. I know these moments are precious, I feel it in my bones, and I never take that responsibility lightly. I witnessed the very first day of many families, the additions of new life into the world and homes. I captured the momentous and also quite a bit of the everyday. With my camera I documented stories of love, hope, growth, waiting, beauty and joy. So much joy. What a beautiful year spent photographing some of the most beautiful souls. Thank you all.
It started off with Jessica + Ryan’s Hall of State wedding
Included a whole lot of families photographed in their homes (my favorite place to photograph families)
Shai + Brent made Dallas look real good for their engagement session.
My first ever round of mini sessions at The Lumen Room were so much fun that I planned a second round of mini’s just five months later. Here are some from the first round:
More state park weddings in 2019, please. I so enjoyed Adi + Julian’s relaxed and intimate Huntsville state park wedding.
I got the honor and privilege of photographing several previous brides’ and grooms’ welcoming new babies into their families!
I documented Jacob + Liz in their first home before they jumped into a brand new adventure together.
In April I flew to South Carolina for Emmaline + Nikita’s engagement session on Duke University campus.
Aanchal + Nick had two full days of wedding celebration complete with mariachi + barat!
Esther +Â Trevor’s SMU Perkins Chapel + Filter Building wedding day was a dream dream dream.
I so enjoyed shooting at The Darkroom studio for the first time for Taylor’s bridal portraits.
I don’t always get to do birth photography with my wedding schedule but it just so worked out for me to be at little Ella’s birth and I wouldn’t have had it any other way.
Taylor + Johnny’s Brik wedding with Cloud Creative Events + Everly Alaine Florals was dreamy as all get out.
Annnnnd then came the second round of mini sessions at The Lumen Room (shot while I was 32 weeks pregnant).
Emmaline + Nikita’s wedding was my first Russian Orthodox wedding ceremony to photography, which was so fun. I so enjoyed their portraits + reception at Hotel Crescent Court.
Jessica + Kolby’s Cliff House morning wedding was such an absolute delight.
And I wrapped up 2018 with Katie + Kyle’s Oklahoma wedding at Southwind Hills.
If you’re still reading, GOOD JOB! It’s a longgggg post, a whole year’s worth, in fact!
 To end, I could think of no better way to further illustrate how much I value documentation and preserving memories than by showing that I do the same for my family. This year we were so blessed by the addition of baby boy Jones Cedar to our family. Here are a few of my favorite images I’ve captured in my own home over the past couple months since his arrival.
Maybe it’s because I’m a little bit of a homebody myself, but documenting people in their own spaces never gets old to me. My goal is simple — I want to capture the most genuine and authentic versions of the people and the relationships that I’m photographing. What better place to do that than your home?
Desiree and Tommy are expecting their baby boy this summer. Here are a few of my favorite photos of them, in their home, eagerly awaiting his arrival.
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