Rob and Lauren Blog

Well, our contest for the Best Wedding Image of 2009 ended at midnight last night, and I’ve spent the morning counting votes. It was certainly a thrilling race, with nearly 600 different people voting! And that’s all individuals, there was no tricky business allowed. Trust me, we sent those ninja cats out to a couple people. I hear they were terrified, but promised never to cheat in an online contest again….

Anywho, you don’t really care about that. What you care about is who won. And whether or not you got that sweet free portrait session!

Since I’m still missing the Olympics, I gave our top three contestants medals for their bravery and dedication to this contest.

Coming in third place, which was the most hotly contested spot….

April & Sheldon! They get a custom 11x14 print for their effforts! Hip hip hooray!

In second place, with an astounding number of votes, the very romantic Laurie & Joseph! They will also receive an 11x14 custom print! Huzzah!

And in first place, the big kahuna, the ones who swept the competition, with an INSANE number of votes…..

SONAL & RAJ!!! YAYYY!!!!111!!!1!111!!!!!

Now, what’s really cool about these two being the winners is that even if I took out all the votes made by friends, family, and obvious co-workers (I can figure that out when I get a million emails all from employees in the same company ;) they still would have won. The votes that I was most interested in were those made by our own friends, family, past clients, and colleagues. We are very honoured to have our blog frequented by other photographers from around the world, as well as stellar wedding professionals, and were so happy to see them getting in on the voting! Those votes, which were completely unbiased in terms of loyalty, were going most frequently to this image. It was the true winner. It’s romantic, exotic, adventurous and unique: everything you’d like your own wedding to be! Congrats you guys!!! They will receive a gorgeous 16x24 canvas, and I definitely think they should pick this shot ;)

Ok, now, the winner of the free portrait session and 8x10 print is…..

Chelsea Luft!!

I’ll be giving Chelsea a shout to see if she is able to claim her prize. We did get a lot of votes from all over the world, so I don’t know if she’ll ever be in Edmonton! So sit tight, and I’ll announce if the prize is indeed awarded, or if we need to draw again :)

Thanks to everyone for participating, it was super fun! We have a little thank you treat for everyone who played, so check your emails :) 

Lots of love!

Lauren & Rob

Just a reminder that our Best Wedding Image of 2009 Contest is ending tomorrow (March 9) at midnight!

You have one more day to enter yourself to win a free portrait session from Rob & Lauren, and help your favorite image win eternal glory!!!!

Just hit up this post, and vote away!

Remember, only one vote per person. We have our army of ninja cats waiting on standby…..

Lauren :) 

Over the past few years we’ve been so honored to be sought out as educators in our wonderful city! We’ve held quite a few Chill Sessions, and had such an amazing time connecting with the wonderful photographers who’ve attended! We also had the thrill of speaking to over 100 photographers at the PPOC Annual NAIT seminar. Though it was so nerve-racking, we were thrilled to hear that we inspired many who attended to kick their business up a notch! 

One of our favourite ways to teach, however, have been the one-on-one consults we’ve been holding for interested photographers. It becomes a much more personal experience, with all of our material directed at exactly what that photographer needs. The result is a complete overhaul of how they look at photography, their business, and their art, and they always leave with their mind spinning from new ideas. Thus far these have been held on a rather informal basis, just done when someone specifically asks. However, we’ve come to see these as a very powerful way to help other photographers, and are looking forward to making them a more regular part of our offerings. 

We see these consults as the perfect option for anyone interested in photography. We’ve taught people who just invested in their first DSLR and need some help learning how to use it, and people who have run a photography business for years and need some help adapting to the changing market!

There is no better time than right now to shake up your work or your business, as we wait for the spring to come and shooting to start! We personally use the winter to re-evalute everything we do, and it always lets us start the new season with a bang!

So, in honor of this new offering, we are having a couple awesome specials on our consults!! Check the graphic below for those offers!

If you’d like to check out all the details and pricing just hit up our Coaching site: http://www.robandlaurenphotographers.com/coaching/

These offers are good for any consult taking place in March. If you’re interested in booking a consult, drop us a line and we’ll set it up! 

We truly love teaching, and are excited to make it a bigger part of our lives as photographers!

Lots of love,

Lauren & Rob :)

Well friends, we have some cool news to share with you today! 

First up, we were recently honored with a neat award. It is the Bride’s Choice Award from WeddingWire. Here’s a blurb from them about the award:

 The WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards ™ recognizes the top local wedding professionals from the WeddingWire Network that demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness, and professionalism. Unlike other awards in which winners are selected by the organization, the Bride’s Choice Awards are determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds. This year’s winners represent the top five percent of WeddingWire’s vendor community, which consists of over 100,000 local wedding professionals nationwide.

We were super surprised to see this bad boy waiting for us when we returned home from Peru! Huge thanks to our super duper wonderful special amazing clients who took the time to leave us some wonderful reviews. Even though they always make me cry, in a good way :)

Now, for something way more exciting!! A CONTEST!!!

Tomorrow. This will begin. Put it in your daytimer (do people still use those?) or your iCal. Set your alarms. Clear your schedule. 

The images will go up tomorrow, and then the vicious competition will begin. This will be WAY more interesting than the Olympics, so get ready. Ok, so it won’t be way more interesting than the Olympics, but it will be fun!

Plus, the rewards won’t only go to the wedding couples, but you. Yes, you! You will have a chance to win a free portrait session and 8x10 custom print from Rob & Lauren just by voting! WOW! No, I’m not joking. This is legit. There’s a banner and everything for it. 

See you tomorrow!!

Hello!!!

Well, I’m sure most of you knew that we were off in Peru for a month shooting for our travel blog, www.theadventuresofrobandlauren.com. We just returned home on Tuesday and are already fully back into work mode!

We definitely missed getting to blog for all you lovely readers, and have a lot planned for the next couple weeks! Just wanted to let y’all know that this blog is going to start up again, so start checking! 

If you didn’t already, do check out our adventure blog. We had such a spectacular time in Peru, and were very lucky to be able to take some incredible images. 

And here’s a quick shot of us that our friend Drew Sinclair took at the end of our trip in Iquitos, the largest city in the world that isn’t accesible by road! It’s deep in the Amazon, and was really a fascinating place with tons of great colours!

By this point we were sweaty, our clothes were dirty, and we were exhausted from a full month of high-paced shooting. But as you can hopefully tell, we were very very happy to be there. 

Hope you all had a wonderful month! 

Lauren :)

Well, I’m sure you’ve noticed that we’ve been awfully quiet lately. The reason is we’ve been working like mad on a new project…

The Adventures of Rob & Lauren!

In two days we leave to spend a month in Peru. We created a blog, and will be updating it frequently during our trip with all sorts of neat stuff. It’s a return to our deep passion for travel photography. We are just unbelievably excited about this, and would LOVE if all you wonderful readers would check it out! 

You’ll get to follow us as we journey through Peru, visiting such breathtaking sites as Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca, and trek through the Amazon to visit indigenous tribes. And of course there will be a TON of super cool photos. It’s going to be an amazing adventure, and we hope to share as much as we can with you!

To check it out, visit this site: www.theadventuresofrobandlauren.com

And here’s our super cool logo! Yay!

We would be forever grateful and love you long time if you all would share this site with anyone and everyone who might find it interesting! We promise to make it as fun and entertaining as possible! This is our dream, and we are just so pumped to leave in two days and start this really fantastic adventure!

Love you guys, and hope to see you over at The Adventures of Rob & Lauren!

P.S. I think it goes without saying that this blog will not be updated while we’re in Peru :) So if you’re bored, you’re going to have to check out the new blog!

Well, I’ve been working away at these for a long time now. As I’m sure all photographers know, revamping your portfolio is always way more work than you expect it to be. But it’s always worth it. For us, we have a renewed energy and drive after seeing all that we’ve done in the past year!

It’s not completely finished yet, as I still have to put together a couple more categories, and hopefully get them all linked together, but I wanted to share what I’ve done with you lovely blog readers! For those wondering, I made these portfolios myself! Big thanks to my friend Kyle Fox for his help with some of the CSS stuff!!

First up, our Wedding Portfolio: http://www.robandlaurenphotographers.com/weddingportfolio/

And a couple teaser shots:

And secondly, as many of you know, we took up shooting film this year. Our Film Portfolio is less extensive, but hopefully still interesting! There is a lot of new stuff in there, since we just finished scanning it all!

Here’s the link: http://www.robandlaurenphotographers.com/filmportfolio/

And the teaser shots:

Note: You will need to scroll sideways to view our portfolio. I know it’s a bit of a hassle, but we find it’s the best way to display both horizontal, vertical, and irregularly sized images! 

We’d love to hear your feedback! Hope you enjoy, we’re really excited about where our work is going :)

Lauren :)

This upcoming Saturday photographers from all over the world will be participating in an event called Help Portrait. Quite simply, the purpose is to find people in need, take their portrait, and print it. It’s going to be an amazing way to give back, and show people that they are beautiful. 

Here in Edmonton there is a large group participating, with 4 locations around the city. The reason I’m posting about this event is to ask our lovely blog readers to spread the word to people in need. You might know someone who runs a shelter, works with the underprivileged, or could benefit from this themselves. Examples of the people this event was created for are veterans, the elderly, the homeless, single mothers, etc. 

If you’d like to see what it’s all about, view this video. I watched it this morning and nearly bawled. I’m really excited to get to participate in such an awesome cause.

Here is a poster with details for the Edmonton event. Please think if you know someone we can help, and spread the word! If you have any questions, feel free to send me an email and I’ll answer them as best I can!

And finally, if you are a photographer, make-up artist, or even just someone who wants to help, I’m sure there is still space for volunteers. This is the link for the Edmonton group where you can offer your help, and get in touch with the organizers: http://community.help-portrait.com/group/edmonton

Thanks in advance for your help! We really hope we can put a smile on a lot of faces this Saturday!

Lauren :)