Lauren Ashley Photos

Lately...

2009-12-06T22:08:00.000-08:00

Um, so yeah... I've been a little busy. But, I wanted to share what I've been busy with. There is no doubt about it, I am the happiest I've ever been. I get to do what I love... every single day... with no question. It is absolutely amazing. But, I get into these obsessions... sun flares, shadows, and my latest obsession... Silhouettes. I LOVE them! But not everyone can get one, which makes me sad... so for those few that get to share that amazing time of day with me, I always throw a TON in. Sorry if it's an overload...but what can I say, I just adore them! Just look at this one with my friend Glory and her sweet little family...

You would never know from the above picture that their super cute son is really a crazy, super hyper, wants to be chased around, rambunctious little boy!! He was so fun! It's been a while since I've had to chase a kid around, but it was good! I had so much fun with them!

This is my amazing best friend. We've been known to get into some trouble, have some late nights, and some crazy early mornings, and some crazy times in an airport. She is my go to girl for a fun photo shoot. She's up for anything, and she doesn't mind acting a little crazy for me. We did a few other sessions this year... and this time we decided to go with an "emo" theme. Which, it's not really emo, but it gave her an excuse to wear her super cool Billa Bong hat! This girl is absolutely amazing... I LOVE her!

And finally for today, one of my sister's and her amazing little family needed some pictures for Christmas cards, so this morning we met in Terrell at a Christmas tree farm and took some cute, fun, super FREEZING pictures! Literally, it was 35 degrees outside, and it was drizzling the entire time! So, let's just say the session was the shortest in my photography history! But, with a little coaching on some fun stuff to wear, and letting my niece chase her crazy Aunt Lauren around, we got some amazing shots! I had so much fun, and I think my sister is GORGEOUS!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this family! If you ever need an example of the way an amazing husband and wife look like, please look to them! He has set the standard incredibly high!

Ok... blog overload... I just wanted to share though...

Also, if you haven't seen or heard yet, I am teaching "The Second Workshop" through Fairy Tale Photography! I am SUPER excited about it! It's going to be a great day, filled with some super helpful hints and tricks... followed by a great portfolio build! I am crazy anxious for this day! So, go to the Fairy Tale blog and check out all the info! Pass the word along too. The more the merrier! It's going to be a lot of fun, you really won't want to miss it!

Model Shoot-New Orleans

2009-11-13T20:38:00.000-08:00

I am absolutely awful at keeping up with my personal blog. So sorry friends! I miss it! I WILL do better! You may have to stay on my case to help bring me back to the blog world though... so I'm asking for your help! Keep me accountable blog world!

So, last week I had the amazing opportunity to go to New Orleans with the Pictage Photographers Conference! It was incredible! I learned a ton. Met a ton of amazing photographers. Discovered I LOVE hanging with photogs! We got to shoot some gorgeous models in the streets of New Orleans. And I had a blast! These are a few sneaks..

Remember... Keep me accountable!

Bridals

2009-09-16T21:42:00.001-07:00

Like I've said before... I have a weird relationship with bridal sessions! I ABSOLUTELY love them! But I am learning I'm not so patient! As soon as I shoot them, and start looking through them I desperately want to post them! UGH! It's like a little torture device waiting for the wedding day so I can show off a gorgeous beautiful bride!

Well, I couldn't resist this time... so I thought I'd give a little sneaky peek!

Leisha Beautiful Bride!

2009-09-08T21:15:00.000-07:00

I absolutely LOVE bridal sessions! But I have a very love/hate relationship with them! As soon as I'm done shooting them, I want to post them all over! But... can't. God is definitely working on my patience! So... since Chris and Leisha got married last weekend, I get to show off her gorgeous, old school, antique-y bridals!

M and M

2009-09-08T16:40:00.000-07:00

Sorry if you were expecting pictures of colorful candy when you saw the title to this one!

A few weeks ago, I got to have so much fun hanging out with these GORGEOUS girls! And you can tell from these pics, they have personality to share with everyone!

One day, she will HATE me for this... but for now... it's SO cute!

Not a day goes by, that I cannot believe this is what I get to spend my days doing! I am so extremely blessed! God has really been opening my eyes lately to just how much he loves each and every one of us! I can't even describe how much I love what my "job" is! I feel like I am living a dream each day! I think that I even have some motion sickness for just how fast my life is going, and how much of a whirl wind my life has been since I began working for Laura Parker!

Chris and Leisha

2009-09-08T16:19:00.001-07:00

I got to share in the wedding day of one of my greatest friends! We have been friends for SO long! In about a month Chris got home from a summer in Iraq, finally graduating from A&M, and got married to a gorgeous girl! They had such a fun day!

Oh, and not to mention I was so incredibly privileged to shoot with Alex Maldonado!! He was more than amazing!

I love seeing all the cute little text messages that couples send each other through out the day! And I just love this one... you can definitely see their love in this!

It always amazes me the things girls do the day of their wedding...

and the things boys do on their wedding day!

I LOVE rings!! This is a journal that Chris gave to Leisha. He had been writing this journal all summer while he was in Iraq!

The awesome-ness that is Alex Maldonado!

Chris and Leisha did corporate worship during their ceremony, and it was so special! Each of Chris' groomsmen were in the band, so Alex made the boys feel like rock stars for a day!

Alex had the amazing idea to sneak out the red couch to do some super fun pictures with the happy/newly married couple!

This is SUPER special because for their engagement session we had some fun with a red chair out in a field.

I also LOVE bubbles! They had maybe the most bubbles I've ever seen in a bubble leave! Props to all the guest there, they were awesome bubble machines!

Babies!

2009-08-08T12:55:00.001-07:00

I have so fallen behind on my blog updates! I am so sorry! I will do better!

I have had the chance to do two handsome baby sessions in the past week, and immediately remember how much I love doing children sessions! They are so much fun, and so random! Tip for any moms out there, don't go into the shoot expecting a certain "pose" unless your baby is sleeping! That's why I love baby sessions, you never know what you are getting!!

Enjoy!

Baby Reed:

Baby Kai:

Love!

Amber and Matt

2009-07-13T20:05:00.000-07:00

Amber and Matt originally wanted to have their engagement session at the Dallas Arboretum. Don't get me wrong, I think the Arboretum is gorgeous.... buuuuut after Amber told me their story it was clear it was not the place for them! Their first date was a Super Bowl party, their second date was 4-Wheeling, and I think they even went hunting together! So... where else should we do their session, other than on a tractor!! Haha... it was so fun!!

Ashlee and Jason

2009-07-12T15:47:00.000-07:00

Dear Blog World, Please forgive me. I am not going to win the award for the best blogger this year. I am quite terrible at it actually! I haven't forgotten about the blog world I promise!

Don't hate me!

Now, Ashlee and Jason... one word... LOVE!! These two beautiful people loved each other so much it shined through in each and every image! I adored them! Absolutely amazing! They were having so much fun, and they were AGGIES! Love it! They exchanged gifts... and Ashlee had gifts planned for Jason pretty much all day long! So fun! Ok.. enjoy!

Oh... and Jason played her a song he wrote during the ceremony! AMAZING!

Whitney and Dave

2009-07-12T15:41:00.000-07:00

Whitney and Dave were a gorgeous couple! Absolutely stunning!!

They had so much fun, and were so laid back! They even let us follow them to their hotel room as they enjoyed finally being married!

Ashley and Jaime

2009-07-12T15:33:00.000-07:00

Ashley and Jaime were such a FUN couple!

They had fun from the very beginning and continued the fun all night long! They had such a great sense of humor... note the first picture! We had such a great day with them!

Show off!!

2009-07-07T20:14:00.000-07:00

So, last post I talked about how I couldn't have done the Wright Wedding without the fabulous Lane Davis! But, I realized I never showed off any of his work! Silly me! So, today, I want to show off some of Lane's work! He is one amazing photographer and without him that day I would have missed out on SO much!

So, thank you Lane Davis. You are my Hero!

The Wright Stuff!

2009-06-25T21:48:00.000-07:00

Austin and Liz were married about two weeks ago! Their wedding was the most fun! All throughout formals I could not stop laughing! We had fun all day! And, I have to thank the absolutely incredible Lane Davis... he was OUTSTANDING!! I could not have survived this day without him!

Love you guys! It was amazing!

Beautiful Bride!

2009-06-22T21:22:00.000-07:00

Austin and Liz's wedding was last week, so you know what that means.... I can FINALLY post her bridals!! SHE IS GORGEOUS!! And she kept saying, I don't know what to do, but as you can see she is clearly a natural! The wedding was wonderful and I will be posting some fabulous photos from it soon!! Hope this tides you over for a bit!

Memorial Day!

2009-06-01T21:41:00.000-07:00

So all the grandkids got together for Memorial Day, and it was super fun! So, we had a spur of the moment photo shoot! SUPER FUN! I love these kids!

Mike and Christi

2009-05-20T17:20:00.000-07:00

The next few posts will be from the weddings I have been doing lately with

Fairy Tale Photography.

I have been a second shooter with her since February, and LOVING every minute of it! These are just a few of my images from some of the weddings we've had the privilege to do! I am definitely blessed to be working with such an amazing mentor!

Now... Christi and Mike, they were SO much fun! If you look at my bosses website (www.fairytalephotography.com) you will see this gorgeous bride and her PURPLE shoes! Fabulous!!

Greg and Kat

2009-05-20T17:17:00.000-07:00

GORGEOUS!!

Kat was such a gorgeous bride, and so super laid back! Such a joy to work with!!

And... she LOVED to dance it up!!

Calvin and Nikki

2009-05-20T17:11:00.000-07:00

Calvin and Nikki were our first couple at the Fairy Tale Manor! And they could not have been more excited!! They had so much fun on their day, and they made it amazing for everyone else!! I've never seen a couple have so much fun on the dance floor!

Tony and Ashley

2009-05-20T17:02:00.000-07:00

This wedding was absolutely amazing!! Tony and Ashley were having fun from the get go, and weren't going to let a little rain get in their way! She was a gorgeous bride... from the inside out!

Erin and Jay!

2009-05-20T16:46:00.000-07:00

Erin and Jay were ROCKERS!! Their wedding was a ton of fun! And SO full of emotion!

Love them!!

I was SUPER lucky to have this image featured on theKnot.com!!

My favorite family!!!

2009-05-19T16:17:00.000-07:00

Caleb son is 2 years old already!! I can't believe it!

I got to hang out with this wonderful family Saturday afternoon and even though it was SUPER hot outside, they hung in there with me!

Chris and Leisha (E-Session!!!)

2009-05-17T20:35:00.000-07:00

I got really lucky last weekend... the weather cleared up... I got to hang out with a pretty cool couple... and had TONS of fun! We were super worried it was going to be raining and gross all day! But it turned out fabulously! They were super fun... and they have a surprise coming when they get their images because they made some amazing faces all day! So... I had to include those! :)

Anyway... here is their wonderful E Session... Bridals, and super fun wedding to come!

Bumble Bee!

2009-05-09T12:47:00.000-07:00

This BEAUTIFUL family was a lot of fun! And they were troopers, because it was hot and windy and super sunny! They did a great job! And little Brooklyn was absolutely gorgeous and full of wonderful faces! It was a TON of fun!

Baby Eli!

2009-04-26T19:48:00.000-07:00

I love this little family! Baby Eli is only two weeks old, and is already such a strong, beautiful little man! He is absolutely perfect! And they made my job so easy! The love in this family is so amazing, all I had to do was sit back and let it happen!

2009-04-13T21:49:00.000-07:00

Beautiful Baby Bump!!

2009-04-07T19:41:00.000-07:00

I love getting to do maternity shoots! The mommy's to be are so full of love, and excitement, and it is just so beautiful! They don't even have to "do" anything, the beauty just radiates from them! I always tell my clients that I am vicariously living through them... because I get to experience the joy of new babies or the beautiful love and excitement of just getting engaged, or getting to put on a beautiful dress and be a model for the day or having a whole day to show everyone how much love can be between two people... all that to say, I am constantly reminded how much I absolutely LOVE my job! It brings such a joy to my life...

Now, I want to introduce you to Katy and Bobby Boykin. They are getting ready to have their first child, and I mean really ready, little Reed Cameron will be here any day! So, we decided to squeeze in a photo shoot to remember this beautiful time!

Enjoy!

Secret Post!

2009-04-06T22:08:00.001-07:00

I absolutely LOVED doing this photo shoot!

Janine was a beautiful bride and was up for anything! I had so much fun hanging out with her this weekend! We got to drive around Tyler and Jacksonville! She kept me laughing all day!

I hope y'all enjoy these as much as I enjoyed taking them!

Avery Claire!

2009-04-06T21:49:00.000-07:00

Quite possibly the CUTEST 1 year old ever!

Of course, I'm not at all partial even if she is my niece! Avery got to have a model shoot this weekend to show off her beautiful Easter dress that my wonderful sister, Aunt Maebeth made for her! SUPER cute! And she wears it so well! Katie and Joey are so much fun! I love that little family!

Oh Baby Baby!

2009-03-29T21:00:00.000-07:00

I absolutely LOVE babies!

I got to spend this morning with a beautiful family so full of love and life and happiness!

Baby Ivy is so gorgeous!! And her big brother Austin loves her so much already!

Thank you guys so much for a wonderful Sunday Morning!!

I'm ADDICTED!!!

2009-03-22T23:45:00.000-07:00

Today I got to do my first senior shoot... and it's official...

I'm ADDICTED!

Miss Emily is so natural and SO fun to work with! We had so much fun walking around town today! Modeling just came so easy for this beautiful girl!!

I hope y'all enjoy these as much as I do!!!

It's official...

2009-03-17T22:40:00.001-07:00

I am officially obsessed with photography!!

I had an amazing afternoon with a beautiful mommy to be!! And let me tell you... I couldn't WAIT to get home to edit these! Siovhan and baby Rory were SO much fun to shoot! Mom's to be are possibly my new favorite...the joy and happiness in their eyes is impossible to ignore!

So, all this to say... I LOVE what I do!!

Meet the BUTley's!!

2009-03-11T19:51:00.000-07:00

This family was ABSOLUTELY amazing!! We had a lot of fun even though the crazy wind just wouldn't stop! I hope y'all had as much fun as I had!

Can you tell these three are siblings?!?!

The Beginning of Craziness!

2009-03-02T18:11:00.000-08:00

So here we go!

I am finally breaking into the world of blogging...it's about time!

This is just a way for me to share one of my greatest joys with you!

Photography is definitely a HUGE joy of mine! I absolutely love being able to share in some of the sweetest and most treasured moments in someone elses life!

My favorite part is being able to capture the most rare, true, real, happy, loving, random, raw, awkward, crazy, moments and seeing that reflected in the final pictures.

I hope you see the same things, and enjoy sharing with me!