Rob and Lauren Blog

A few months after Lauren and I started dating we took off for a month and backpacked around Europe. We spent a lot of our time on a few Greek islands. The above photo was taken on a gorgeous little island called Naxos. Lauren and I rented a scooter (not of the cat variety) and spent our days riding from one beach to another. Deserted sandy beaches, the most breathtaking winding mountain roads, and olives you could eat off the tree (even if they weren’t ripe yet). When I look at this photo it makes me realize how far we’ve come in the past 4 years personally and professionally. It also makes me realize that we’re really just getting started!

This year marks a big turning point for us. We’re going to be providing an even higher level of service for our lovely clients, our range of fantastic products will be expanding significantly, and we’ll also be taking on a wider variety of awesome photography projects. I can’t wait to share with you the exciting new things we’ve got planned! Stay tuned for updates!

Lauren and I have also made the decision that we would like to move to Vancouver within the next couple of years. For 2010 we’ll be offering the same rate on wedding collections whether your wedding is in Vancouver or Edmonton. If you’re interested in having us shoot your 2010 Vancouver or Edmonton wedding then please feel free to get in touch with us!

We still have a limited number of spots open for 2009 weddings so get in touch with us as soon as possible if you’re interested!

Finally, if you’ve just started following us, now is a great time to bookmark / subscribe to this blog! This year is going to be filled with more posts, more videos, more weddings, and more awesome portraits than you could shake a stick at. It’s going to be mind blowing. Trust me.

Today a package arrived at our door, full of all the film we shot in Greece. What a fun moment! Now begins the process of scanning it all. But here’s one frame I wanted to share.

 This little guy just wouldn’t leave Rob alone, and snuggled his way right into Rob’s lap.

Happy Monday everyone! I’ll share more soon!

Lauren :)

Before taking on a task like shooting your own wedding photos, it’s always a good idea to practice. We shot two engagement sessions of ourselves while on Santorini. Here’s an image from the second one :)

 Lauren :)

This was our first practice session of ourselves while in Greece. I learned a lot of things that day. The most important was probably regarding the importance of hairspray when driving around in a quad…Needless to say I was totally hairsprayed to the max on the wedding day.

 Lauren :)

Hey guys!

Well, our new film scanner finally arrived. For all those curious, it’s a Microtek M1 Pro. Rob has been going through all our 4x5 and polaroid film and scanning it in, exciting! Today I have some really sweet polaroids to share with you that we took in Greece!

(Apologies for the slightly crooked scans, we’re still learning :)

 Now, these next shots on are on a type of film called TZ Artistic. If you start mucking around with a pointy object on it, the emulsion will start to move, and you’ll be able to manipulate the way it looks. Very time consuming (each one takes almost an hour to do fully) but very cool results. 

 This is a super close up of the detail. Very very painterly!

 Hope you enjoyed those! We had a ton of fun taking them. They were all taken with an SX-70 Polaroid camera, 600 film with an ND filter, and TZ Artistic film. 

Lauren :)

P.S. Rob has been “secretly” blogging for a couple weeks now! He’s never really blogged on here, but has so much knowledge, and amazing photos to share! Today he posted a couple scans from our 4x5 camera. So now you’re going to have to go over to his blog (www.roblim.com) and check it out! Make sure to leave him some nice comments! 

Since you guys asked so nicely :)

 It’s some cacti, in case you were trying to figure it out. This one took a looooong time to do :)

Lauren :)

Everyone seems to want to see photos of us. You guys are weird ;)

Here’s another from an e-session in Greece!

And make sure to email me your address if you want to get on our holiday card list! 

Lauren :)

Looking for a unique and memorable Christmas/Holiday gift this year? Well, look no further. We’ve figured it out. It’s perfect. You are going to be a hero! ;)

Silliness aside, we have carefully selected 14 of our favourite images from our travels to sell as fine art prints. These are images from Singapore, Vietnam, Greece, and India, taken by us over the past 2 years. You can purchase the prints from this gallery:

http://www.robandlaurenphotographers.com/pickpic/gallery/splash.php?gallery_id=229.

And you can securely use your credit card, for extra easiness.

The details of the print:

These are fine art images printed on archival lustre paper, and presented in a white conservation mat. They come in one size: 6”x9”. Why 6”x9”? We don’t like to crop our work, and 4x6 is too small, and 8x12 is too big. So we’re offering a custom print size. It is matted to 11x14, so it will still be very easy to frame. Wonderful! The mat will be signed by both of us, and we’ll write the location where the image was created, as well as the year.

Here’s a shot of one of the prints. (Note: frame not included, just to show you how pretty it can look). As mentioned, the print is 6”x9” and the mat is 11”x14”. Simply pick up an 11x14 frame and you’re dancin’!

 Price:

Donation:

Furthermore, for every print sold we will donate $5 to XDRTB.org, James Nachtwey’s foundation. 

From their website: “XDRTB.org is an extraordinary effort to tell the story of extremely drug-resistance tuberculosis (XDR-TB) and TB through powerful photographs taken by James Nachtwey.”

We wanted to choose a foundation that resonated with us. James Nachtwey has been a huge inspiration for us as photographers, and as people. Supporting his work definitely is a worthwile cause. The Canadian affiliate of XDRTB.org is called RESULTS Canada, and is how Canadians can support XDRTB.org. This is where we’ll be sending our donation. For more information on how you can help in Canada visit: http://www.results-resultats.ca/

Contest:

We’re super excited to finally start working on the fine art side of our business. And to get the ball rolling we’re having a little contest to give away the framed print you saw at the beginning of this post! It’s simple. If you purchase a fine art travel print, you’ll be entered to win the framed one! We’ll randomly select from all the names some time in December, not sure yet when :) But fun!

The images:

Here are the images we are offering. If you’ve seen one of our images in the past that you’d really like, but isn’t in this gallery, drop us a line and we might be able to swing something for you :)

Hope you guys enjoy these :) Here is that link again:

http://www.robandlaurenphotographers.com/pickpic/gallery/splash.php?gallery_id=229

Lots of love,

Rob & Lauren

UPDATE: Thanks for all who purchased prints. The print has been won, and money has been donated to Results Canada.