Wedding and lifestyle photographer Adam Opris’ enchanting underwater maternity photographs take pregnant women and turn them into mermaids as they float and twirl about in the waters. Inside their bellies, lies the pearl of life and the photos capture the preciousness of this.

Mr. Opris, a photographer that grew up in South Florida, has lived beside the ocean most of his life. “With that great love for water, I am bringing mermaids out of my maternity clients,” he says. “By embracing buoyancy and enabling these pregnant women to be free, I am creating magic to capture pregnancy in all of its glory!”