...if we actually WON!

We have a few pictures in mind that we want to submit but if you've been following our work, what images have stood out to you the most?!  Please tell!! Oh and if you're a Wedding Photographer, I'm calling you out to enter as well!  Just click on the image for more info!

Crazy week and our poor blog and our blog readers have been the ones thing affected the most!! So yesterday, I looked out the window and noticed that the sky was once again, 1 million and one colors.  So what do I do?  I grab my camera, one flash that's already mounted on a stand, my cybersyncs of course, and my lovely, still in her work clothes, eating grapes out of a bowl, wife...Lauren =) Picture this... a man lying in the middle of the street with this huge camera pointed at his pregnant wife, who by the way is also standing in the middle of the street with a tripod looking thing about 5-8 feet away, that keeps flashing every 10-15 secs...yeah that was us.

  Right around sunset you're always going to battle time because the sun sets so quickly.  So I had to make my adjustments super fast.  Unfortunately, we got out there a little too late and were only able to shoot for a few moments.  Here's crazy Lauren letting me know how she feels about always being my model...haha

 As you can tell, Lauren is starting to show and with only less than 4 months to go she's loving every minute of it...well, minus the fact that her belly is growing. With that said, we're still accepting entries for our Photo/name our baby contest! It's easy, just submit a name along with a picture of something that inspired you for the name to contest@johnlauren.com and if we pick you're name for our baby girl, you get a $100 GC to a restaurant! Worried about the picture?! Don't be!  If you came up with the name in your head just out of the blue...take a picture of yourself! =) No biggie at all...we're hoping for some creative names to name our baby and I know our readers have creative minds! If you have any questions about our contest, feel free to shoot us an email anytime! btw - Part 2 of this post will be after the 18th...our next doctors visit! =) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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We'll be posting our latest Engagement Session real soon so keep an eye out for it this week.  Now on to today's HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT/POST... Last Monday we went to our 21 Week doctors appointment and got a chance to see our baby once again =)  Remember our last post?  Well that was only about five weeks in and now we're 18 weeks in!!  Remember this same shot in the first post?!  Notice how her belly is more of a "belly" now than before... So the baby is definitely bigger, no longer our little Gummy Bear...even big enough to where Lauren, as she puts it, feels it "punch her belly" =)  If you're ever around her enough you might catch her saying "Aw, come on dude, chill out!".  That's her telling our baby to relax =) hahah Can you distinguish the shape of the baby on the monitor?  That's its head to the right... So to the heart of the matter.  As I assumed from the start, with all "signs" pointed to this happening, here's the answer to our family's "gender battle" as well as our new family photo! =) WE'RE HAVING A BABY GIRL! =D  And if you look closely, I'm a little taller than Lauren in the image hahah. So now that you know what we're having...Time for our first ever John Lauren Photography Contest! woohoo! Ever since we found out we were having a baby we have shot blanks when it comes to baby names.  That's where you come in! From now until December 1st, we'll be accepting entries for our "Great Names Derive from Great Inspiration" contest.  Our only rule is in order to submit a name, you need to also submit a photo of what inspired you to come up with that name along with a brief explanation.  Easy enough right?!  We're so excited to hear what you come up with! Because this is such a big deal for us, if your entry gets picked, you, as the winner, will receive a GC of $100 to a restaurant later TBD. Submit your entries to contest@johnlauren.com and remember, you have all the way till Dec 1st! We can't wait to hear what everyone comes up with!  Oh and feel free to use our blog posts as inspiration too...hopefully by now there's enough about us in here that it'll trigger some ideas! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you're curious to see what type of photography we do, click here! or If you have any questions you'd like to ask, you can email us at weddings@johnlauren.com