{Marriage/ Couples Portrait Session} ~ John + Lauren

I'm stumped! For once, I have no rhyme or reason as to where to begin with this post. I've been anticipating this shoot for a while now because of obvious reasons (my models are perfecto!) and the excitement of finally posting up the final selections were getting to me. I was going to bed early tonight considering tomorrow is the dreaded Monday and my function button is normally out of order on Mondays. But I wouldn't be able to sleep a wink if this isn't posted... TONIGHT! I even scarffed down a hefty piece of toffee crunch cake from Red Ribbon to get my blood (sugars) pumping.

Without further adieu, here's John and Lauren and their magnificency of stunningness! They were thee best sports when it all got down to the nitty gritty... which was for the most part of the shoot. I cannot thank you guys enough for putting up with my requests and the perils of twisted ankles and splinter laden bum bums. You guys rocked the whole way through!! Lauren, you are unbelievably stunning in all your images and you worked it out like no one's business!! John, you have it in you man! We didn't doubt your abilities one bit! Thanks for making this so much fun you guys! Until next time... oh yes... there will be a next time!

This next one is my fave of faves!! The mood and feel of this is just.... well, see for yourselves:

Shoes and accessories almost, always deserve a spot of their own... especially when you look like these:

Lauren... gorgeous!!

This next one on the right makes me happy! =)

These darn rocks, well, cement blocks really, were T.O.U.G.H. Next time we'll wear comfy shoes and a helmet and knee and elbow pads...

I love these next 3 images. So much so, I couldn't decided on which one out of the three to post, so I just did them all. Everything about it makes me smile!

Cheers!!

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{Sneak Peek} ~ John + Lauren

I am so tempted to post the entire blog entry for this shoot, but I must refrain and hold myself back, otherwise, shut-eye won't exist for me tonight. Until tomorrow peeps, until tomorrow.

For now, here's a teaser of John and Lauren's excursion with Jorge and I. Time together went by so quickly... we may have a part II to this shoot and continue on another day. Here are a few of my faves of these two incredibly stunning people friends.

Good night my lovlies!

Loving Hearts Captured Photography

Orange vs. Atomic Tangerine

I must have aged 10 more years to my actual age by peering into Aly's 96 count box of Crayola Crayons. However, it also took me back more than twenty years as the sweet smell of waxy, colorful tools of art waifed my way. I took out the box and handed her 3 crayons, pink, purple, and orange. As she quietly sat on top of her oversized craft paper, those three crayons were no longer useful for her. She wanted more. More colors. More crayons! Good thing we had 93 more to go!

As Aly explored with the array of vibrant crayons, spread out around her, I couldn't help but to join in on her coloring party. There we sat, experimenting with each crayon to see if in fact, this tangerine color is indeed "atomic".

Our coloring party was abruptly interupted as our 90 pound, beast came trotting in. Aly's buddy and guardian, wanted in on the fun. With a plop of a tennis ball unto her lap, the crayons were quickly abandoned, only to be visited once every 15 to 20 minutes until dinner was ready. I'm glad no crayons were harmed, well, I take that back. There was one casualty. The beheading of burnt orange took place when it was haphazardly placed in the path of destruction - between toddler and her best friend.

Cheers!

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The Grove & The Getty

This weekend was BEE-U-T-FULL!!!

I love rain. I truly adore and am madly in love with rain. I love the sound of it hitting our roof, the smell it makes mixed with the outside air, the way it washes everything in it's path. And thunder and lightning? Forget about it! LOVE IT too!!! So one can imagine my delight and thankfulness to the Creator Himself when we were showered (literally) with His blessings this past week. We had quite the dry spell and even though many say that the rain came in full force for a week straight and that it was too much, I beg to differ. Maybe it's because we are super fortunate to not have any flooding or, my goodness(!), tornadoes touch down in our area. But I've just ALWAYS loved rain! I do have a bestie who lives in an area where the floods came and trees were knocked down and their pool was overflowing like the Great Flood. This is not thrilling! Again, it's just a personal, hmmm... I guess favorite of mine to have rain beating on my windshield.

But I gotta hand to my God. After our storms, boy did He bring out the sunshine!! We wasted no time on Saturday. Once breakfast was over, we got ready and headed out to the westside. L.A. isn't a norm for us because of the traffic we normally need to endure to get there, but we decided to brave it out yesterday. We trekked down to The Grove and Farmer's Market where we ate at Pampas Grill. Awesome Brazilian eats!!! In order to determine the price of your plate, they weigh it and go from there. Needless to say, Jorge and I tipped the richter scale and ate without caution to the wind! To make ourselves feel better, we walked it off while window shopping at The Grove. We let Aly wander about while one of us followed closely behind her and the other in front. Here she is, working her strut:

While we sludged around (feeling so full and all), Jorge spots a celeb! Who comes gracing by with her hubby and two older daughters, working their way to American Girl?

That's right! Baby Phat herself. Kimora Lee Simmons. With only my 50mm fastened unto my camera, I was only able to get this shot. Hey... paparazzi I am NOT!

Then we said farewell to Farmer's Market and headed off to another destination.

Off to The Getty Center in L.A.

We got there at around 5:20 p.m. and when we pulled up to the gate to pay for our parking fee, we were wonderfully surpirsed by the news that admission/parking is free on Saturdays after 5 p.m. PERFECT!

Here's the view when we arrived:

And here are few images from the South Pavillion, our fave from the others.

The backrounds used for the few following images were actually from the wallpaper used in a couple of the exhibits.

Then, it was Aly's turn for some fun.

And our view when we left:

Cheers!

Loving Hearts Captured Photography