So well into my 7th month, I think we kind of missed our window to travel last minute... minus a possible road trip, but I mean major travel at least to the other side of the country. I noticed I have been slightly attracted to colder weather in our travels, and I am sad we can't do any travelling to the other side of the country. I have always loved snow and rain and covering up and staying as pale as I can, but not this year... it'll just have to wait. Especially with my parents flying to Italy and hopping on a cruise for 2 weeks to tour the Holy Land and my mother-in-law going to NY for a week... I'm super jealous! My travelling itch will have to wait till next year... but I wanted to leave two pictures that totally showed me in how different the other side of the country really can be... I mean, eat at any time of the night, loved the transportation, and walking across the bridge to take a look at the city skyline... We went to NY last Christmas and I fell in love with the city! Oh man, you should hear my NY accent! haha.. I sound like I'm from Texas.. haha! I went there when I was younger with my family, but really, this trip (minus the fighting.. love you!) made me want to pick up and leave. So the memories John captured will have to dance in my mind till next year! Times Square... Brooklyn Bridge...

Last week we mentioned that we'd post about our recent Joshua Tree outing...sorry for the delay but here it is =)

 

Our good friend Joe planned this trip for us to go to Joshua Tree this past August, and I was hesitant being pregnant and all, but John insisted I would really like it, and I am so glad I decided to go. It was so freakin' awesome! Granted, I was only able to walk around and not do any of the fun climbing, I still had an amazing time! I was so glad I went. Oh, I had the worst leg cramp of my life, but other than that, slept so well! I was shocked. Much love to the air matress! Even though it was just a one night trip, it was awesome because it wasn't too far from us, but nice to get away at the same time!

Here are just a few pictures to wrap up our trip...

 

 

They did some climbing, and bouldering, and some other technical rock climbing stuff... but really, Christy was amazing!!! She really put her legs to work and I was so amazed! The hubbster...

 The teacher...

 Christy, the awesome climbers husband, Rob

JP who I think got the coolest picture of the trip.

 

 

 

Ending with some shutter speed fun... plan a trip to Joshua Tree... you won't regret it!

 On Friday we'll post more awesome NIGHT photos we took our first night there.  It's amazing what a tripod can do for you! =)

 Remember this shoot from a few weeks ago of our friends from Red5Studios?!  If not, click here for a little history.

 

I mentioned that it was for a speacial project that they were working on and well that project is now complete! =)  What was the project?! See for yourself!...

 

 The project was for a featured article on Red5studios in Event DV Magazine!  Not sure what to expect or what photos they would use or even how they would use them, we took Loyd, Hazel, his crazy gear and shot away.  And finally yesterday, I get word that the article is up and he's on the COVER!!!

 When you get a chance, read the article and be inspired.  Whether you're a photographer, a videographer, a musician...whatever it may be, it's always great to hear someone elses' success story.  Don't forget to check out their blog too and leave them some comment love!

So I was thinking...will this give us more recogonition? mmm, maybe.  Will more Brides be inclined to book us because of this?? mmm, probably not.  BUT are we super stoked that one of our images is on the cover of a magazine PERIOD?!  YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT!!! =)

 CONGRATS RED5STUDIOS & THANKS FOR LETTING US BE A PART OF IT!!

As many of you know, we hired Richelle Jean (she's RJ to us fyi..haha) to help us with our biz and so far she's been awesome!  We wouldn't know what we'd do without her! So what's she do exactly???!!!  First she helps keep us organized!, second, she helps with our post process and on occasion, more importantly than anything, I get to pull her away from all that stuff and have her do dumb things like this... =)

She's such a trooper!!  The only reason why she looks so serious in the picture is because I asked her to and for the split second that she was able to pull it off, that's what we ended up with =)  We like off camera lighting =) Just in case you're wondering, that shot was taking right outside of our house on the street.  We used two lights, one right behind her and one in a softbox about 4 ft to her left.  Besides bloching out a few specs of light from the background, this shot is straight from the camera.  If you'd to know more, just ask in the comments! There are more pics of our dear Studio Assistant RJ but we'll save those for another time ;) Happy Birthday RJ!! =)

October 1st is the deadline so just a quick reminder... Help with the baby name! We still don't have a name and your help would be so greatly appreciated! :) We can talk about it all day long and still walk away with our nameless wonder.... So email us at contest@johnlauren.com with your name and awesome picture for inspiration. I still can't believe we are going to have a baby!!! So exciting... so nervous... and a lil overwelming... I wonder who she is going to look like... me... or John... Hehe... I like this pic... its so NY Anyway... tomorrow is the deadline so dream of silly cute names...