Loren has been a professional photographer for 26 years and is immediate past-president of American Society of Media Photographers New Jersey chapter. He worked for 18 years as a photographer, photo editor and graphics editor at newspapers in New Jersey, Ohio and Indiana and at USA Today.

Loren has published two photography books, "Pope John Paul II: An American Celebration" which documented the papal visit to New York, New Jersey and Baltimore. The other book is "Branson Backstage" which looks at the phenomenum of 35 live music theaters in Branson, Missouri.

In 1995, Loren founded Elf Multimedia to continue his freelance photography and create web sites, CD-ROMs, videos, DVDs and other multimedia and print presentations.

Loren lives in Somerville, N.J. with his wife Robin Gaby Fisher, two cats and Boomer the wonder pup.