Welcome to our new blog everyone!

We finally got our old posts back up from our old sight but because the old sight was formatted differently, it looks a little funny.  It's all good though! We're just happy to have our old posts back online. MUCH KUDOS TO IDTR for getting it all squared away!

In the meantime, spead the word...JOHN LAUREN has a new blog site and we're ready to blow this party out the water with more eyegasmic images!

So raise your glasses everyone and lets toast to the our new and sickified blogsite! =)

CHEERS!
John & Lauren

That's right VIDEO! =)  Loyd (Red 5 Studios)asked me if I'd like to help him shoot a wedding in Vegas and of course w/o hesitation I accepted =)  The only catch was instead of shooting photos, I'd be shooting video with our new 5d Mark II's which as you know capture both stills as well as 1080p quality videos. We definitely had a good time this past weekend (work and play) and with that I wanted to also share some of this weekends "firsts" (let us know if you can relate!)... first...time we've got to shoot video for a wedding... first...time we stayed at Lake Las Vegas (this place rocked!) first...time Haydn sat in her car seat for longer than 2 hours! (can't tell you how worried we were about this one!!) first...time Haydn wore her first bathing suit, which btw, Lauren bought even before she was born =))...which also means it was the first...time Haydn got in the kiddie pool =) and last but not least... first...time I drank a Red Bull and actually enjoyed it.  Of course, just my luck...this was before I hear Red Bull has traces of cocaine in it. Go Figure... Now for the video...for those of you NBA fans, you'll definitely enjoy this one =)  Thanks again Loyd!  We had a blast and can't wait to help you shoot the next one! =) Congratulations Bern+John!! =)

Just got back from Vegas this past weekend to help shoot a wedding with our friends at Red 5 Studios and we had a blast!  If you didn't know, Red 5 Studios does AMAZING cinematography work...yup VIDEO!  So yeah, you heard that right, we helped shoot video =)   I'm also trying to get the video posted up on our site for you everyone to check out but more on that tomorrow. There's a ton going on with us right now in terms of our brand and we can't wait to share it all with you.  There's also a wedding and an Engagement Session too!  But with that, I wanted to leave you with a little teaser from the Engagement Session I was just talking about. For those of you checking us out on Facebook...i wrote about this session about two saturdays ago using the word "eyegasm" =) haha This shot though has to be credited to where a lot of our inspiration comes from and those are the folks from the image is found.  You can also see them on our blogroll to the right.

When Lauren and I decided to shoot weddings we knew we'd be working long hours on weekends which of course, can be a daunting task for anyone starting out...but when we meet a couple like Karen+Joe, those thoughts always seem to go away. Remember this engagement shoot?? Karen+Joe don't know this but last year, after the first time we met about their wedding,  as Lauren and I got into our car, we were extra giddy because we knew, right from start, there was chemistry!  And in photography, especially for Weddings, chemistry is HUUGEE!!  We knew that not only were we going to shoot a super fun couple but even cooler, we thought we had just made some really cool friends =) It was really really really hard to pick some of our favorites because we loved all of them but here they are starting with the details... The first thing we saw when we walked in to Karen's room, well besides Karen's glowing face was this amazing beam of light that shined through the small window.  This and the pic at the top was two of the by products of that cool light =)

 We wanted to take advantage of the awesome light during the afternoon sunset so during the reception, we snuck out for more picture taking =)

We LOVE this shot.  This seriously was a close 2nd to our favorite photo of the day. BUT! this took cake!   Don't they just look so comfortable together??!!  If we LOVED the last photo, we LOOOVE this one...like a lot. =)

So without further ado... **********CLICK HERE FOR KAREN+JOE'S WEDDING DAY SLIDESHOW********** To Karen+Joe - we can't tell you enough how happy we are to have been a part of your big day.  You guys seriously brought the amazing that day and we hope you love what we captured as much as we loved capturing it for you.  There were so many awesome images that I seriously had to cut out like 20 images out or else your slideshow would've be blur! We love you guys and we can't wait to visit you at your new place!  Congratulations again! John & Lauren