Wilderness Training Course

So after work, the husband and I went to REI cause he joined this travel/training course on how to survive in the wild doing... I don't know, guy stuff... Anyway, My husband got a day pack and some hiking polls (that were in my opinion) way overpriced, but what could you do... Anyway, he keeps asking me when I'm going to hike with him and it brought me back to our honeymoon... So much fun! Anyways... these hiking polls were way cheaper, and probably not as reliable, but worked just fine for us... Maybe this jump started his desire to be more "outdoorsy" but who knows...

His best friend always makes fun of him cause when he visits him in Oregon, Albert thingsk Jp wants to try new food spots and Jp can't wait for Albert to take him on hikes...

Anyways, we are on our honeymoon here and I miss it so much. It was so much fun and so cheap!

This place is so beautful, and on top of that, we barely got an y bug bites...



Our honeymoon was full of adventures... first we went water rafting into our first stop...



Pacuare Lodge... we had some awesome candlelit gourmet meals here.





Hiked to see some awesome waterfalls.



Some crazy flying





Some fishing





Some ziplining...





Some tree planting dedicated to us honeymooners..



Some ATVing





Last but not least... some good eating... we ate here like everyday...

Our Friends Ele & Heather

Congratulaions!!!

We've known Ele and Heather for a long time and it was great seeing them finally getting to this day, a day that they've been waiting for for almost two years now.

Although we were not the official photographers, you can't help not taking pictures of this couple. They have this connection that really comes through in the pictures. They are such a beautiful couple! Their wedding took place in San Juan Capistrano and it was the perfect day. They were truly blessed with great weather for their big day.

If you know the bible bearer, I think he is more shy than anything. When he was walking down the aisle, the bible became his hat! He was adorable!

And the groom. He looked great. Oh Ele, you are married now!

And the beautiful bride. For their bacheor-bachelorette party, JP and I knew she would make a beautiful bride, and we were so right. She looked amazing!

You can tell they were so excited to finally start this new life together. We were so happy for them.

Not all couples choose to have communion at their wedding, but they did. They wanted to have communion at their wedding and they were towards the back of the alter. Looking at them and watching them together, they truly have this connection. With these two pictures John wanted to capture the color of the stained glass windows while still trying to create a silhouette shot. Don't you think these came out perfect?!! I love his eye for these things =) For those of you that have your own SLR camera, this is a great exercise for you to try. Maybe later this week, we'll post, as Me Ra puts it, the "recipe" for these photos.



Too many pictures to sort through, fastforward to the reception, their first dance. They are such a romatic couple. The way the hold each other screams love!






Cling, cling, cling...


Something else they did different I thought worked out really well. They had a grand exit. Their wedding ended at around 4 pm because they had a plane to catch. It was so cute. John's camera settings were perfect to where he was able to catch the still bubbles and have the couple not blurry at all... that's my husband...


To Ele and Heather.. congratulations! We have a bunch of pictures to give you. and please, give me your address! Again, congratulations... There is so much to learn from each other and about each other. But the journey is going to be so much fun!

2008...Full of New Beginnings!

Hey everyone...Happy New Year!

I know we've been really bad at updating our blog lately especially with all the great shots we've been wanting to share with you all (and yes that includes you too Earl & Cheryl!) but as we've mentioned in one of our past posts, we're going through a transition period. And with 2008 a new and fresh year, we too have new and fresh things to launch sooner than you know!

First we're going to have our new official website up where you'll be able to view full galleries of our photos and possibly even see whether or not we're booked on a certain day! It's going to be awesome and we can't wait for you all to see it! We're waiting for a few other things to fall in place before we go live but we'll be keeping you posted.

To go along with that, we're launching a new blog site as well. It'll be more customized to our style and hopefully, through the blog, you'll continue to be able to learn about us on a more personal level as well as us being able to know about you through your comments! We're big believers that good pictures don't just happen, they're created and a big part of that creation is the relationship we have with our clients. That's exactly why we only book 12+ weddings a year. It's important to us that we have a great relationship with our clients...when you're comfortable with us, the more comfortable you'll be in front of two cameras!

So for our first step in our transition phase we have a new EMAIL ADDRESS...
weddings@johnlauren.com
If you have any questions whatsoever about our photography style, availability or even what camera we use...shoot us an email! We'd love to hear from you.

Keep an eye out for more changes to come! We look forward to hearing from you!

John&Lauren