Happy New Year! Hahah, ok ok, yeah kind of late we know but Haydn's been taking up a lot of our time and unfortunately, our blog has gotten the bitter end of the stick.  Can you believe she's now 5 weeks old?!?!  Just in case you wanted to follow our little Haydn and her crazy hair as she grows up, Lauren started a little blog called pinstripesnpolkadots just for her and her baby adventures =) Well 2008 came and went faster than we realized and what a year it was!  We got a chance to meet some awesome brides and grooms, shot at locations that we've never shot and overall, grew so much as professionals and as people, not just individually but together, as husband and wife.  So for those of you that have been with us since our days of Beauty for Ashes Photography, we just want to thank you for your support, love and encouragement.  Many if not all of you are part of the reason for our success this past year.  And for all the brides and grooms that believed in our work, trusted our creative thought process and allow our eyes to see your world from our perspective, THANK YOU! =)  Allowing us be be part of your special day is more special to us than you know. So with that in mind, starting tomorrow we wanted to kick off the year by sharing our favorite photos of 2008.  Each day will be broken down in categories so you'll just have to check in each day to find out what category is shown =) For today, I thought it'd be fun leaving you with a few images from a wedding back in 2006.  And hey, just like I tell everyone or anyone new to the photography world...you have to start somewhere and believe or not, this is the first ever wedding that kick started it all for us. Who says you need the most expensive camera to take a nice pictures?!  if someone tells you that, they're lying to you...it's all about the lens =)  All the following photos were shot on my first ever Canon Rebel XT that was given to me as a gift by the person who I now my wife along.  The lens was a Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L =) This is one of my favorite photos ever...and i'm not just saying to that to be all "Paula Abdul" nice to myself either, i promise =) Stay tuned the rest of the week for our favorite photos of 2008! ________________________________________ To inquire about availabilty, packaging/pricing, email us at Weddings@johnlauren.com For general questions/comments: John@johnlauren.com or Lauren@johnlauren.com