photo credit: Jose Villa

6.23 hearts ben + laura harrison big time!! so we wanted you to meet them. we first got to know them by stalking their amazing photography at HARRISON STUDIO. and we also know them because of their tremendous resources for creative professionals through H2O CREATIVE. but we’re most proud to know them as incredible friends. heck, our kids even ask when we’re going to see uncle ben and aunt laura again!!

we’ve been using tools from H2O creative now for a couple years and specifically their indesign album templates. they literally transformed they way we designed our wedding albums. [appreciative tear welling up in eye] and on that note, we’ll be sharing more in the coming weeks about their sets of designer albums that we’re crazy honored to be a part of. but more on that later…

also, back in february, H2O creative also came out with a resource to help creative professionals with their SEO strategies. in other words, they help artsy folk get some loving on google. for us, SEO had been like speaking a foreign language while riding a roller coaster. one day we were on the first page, the next we were on the fourth. meanwhile, we could hardly understand SEO speak so we were always just nodding our head saying, “oh, absolutely,” and “for sure…” whenever SEO came up. H2O has helped us a ton with that, so we wanted to let you know about them in case you’re on that roller coaster too.

if you didn’t already click on one of the links above, you can check them out by clicking… right here.

photo credit: Jose Villa

so now that you know the professional ben + laura, here’s a little “get to know me” fodder that will make bring out more of the ben + laura that we love:

* favorite movies….. top 3?
Laura- The entire Bourne Series, Elf, The Notebook
Ben- Ditto with the Bourne Series, anything with Miley Cyrus (wink) and/or Will Ferrell or Steve Carrell

* if you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be? what place have you already traveled to that is your favorite so far?
L- Definitely New Zealand … I almost got to spend a semester there in college and I still wish that would have worked out for me … so yes, New Zealand. As for places I’ve been that I absolutely loved … Israel was AMAZING as well as my time spent in Thailand and China. I could basically become a professional world traveler and love it … learning about other cultures and places might be one of my favorite things. I love maps.
B-Wah Wah … Laura keeps stealing mine … I would say New Zealand as well, as I would love to be bff with Frodo … and while I’m in that region of the world I would probably hit up the Great Barrier Reef as well!

* you are a crayola crayon…. what color are you and why?
L- Purple b/c it’s AMAZING and is the best color out there
B- Gray b/c I love gray and every shade of gray.

* if you both went on survivor, which one of you would last longer?
L- I would b/c I would dominate all the challenges and I would be the “sneaky” kid on camp
B- I would because I am a people pleaser … actually, come to think of it … I would probably get blind-sided and end up on the Heroes side of the Heroes vs Villans.

* who is a better dancer, your super hot friend, mindy or her husband, ben?
L- Mindy hands down … sorry Ben … love ya, but Mindy can move those hips like nobody’s biz
B- Mindy no question … anyone with a three drink minimum has a hard time letting loose … mindy on the other hand

* describe a setting or venue for a wedding that you would love to shoot.
L- a wedding held in a giant open field with beautiful trees surrounding during sunset … ahhh snap.
B- I would second laura’s … but maybe just one “BIg FIsh” -esque tree in a rolling field.

* why is indesign totally the way when designing albums?
L- It really is THE ONLY option out there that photographer’s should be using … InDesign in my book is the only option.
B- What, there are other design options out there??? I would rather just stick with Adobe

* name a band or group that you sooooo want to see in concert.
L- U2 … oh wait … we are going in just a few short months with you two crazy cats!!! woohoo!!!!!
B- owl city!

* what do you LOVE about each other…. name one of your favorite things about your spouse?
L- I love Ben’s humor … he makes me laugh all the time and laughter is the best.
B- I would say laughter as well … we have a blast together … and … not gonna lie, her organization skills definitely compliment my space-cadet tendencies.

photo credit: Jose Villa

photo credit: Jose Villa

photo credit: Jose Villa

most of you probably know by now, but just in case… we’re letting the cat out of the bag. 6.23 = our anniversary and in light of our 10 year anniversary this june 23, we hired justin + amelia lyon to take some pictures of us lovebirds.

we originally asked amelia if she could do a session for us when we were shooting a wedding in la jolla, california last november. as they were in hawaii, that wasn’t going to work out so well. so we scheduled the session for march when we were both going to be in vegas for WPPI.

now…the only thing that could be more fun hanging with justin + amelia for the afternoon is to hang with them in one of liberace’s vegas homes!!! booyah! we were driving around looking for one last colorful place to take a shot when we saw a cool mid-century modern home with pinkish brick. who could pass that up?! amelia hung out the window to ask the homeowner if we could shoot in front of their home. “sure,” she replied, “but wouldn’t you rather shoot in liberace’s house across the street?” as soon as we could muster up a “yes please,” justin was across the street knocking on the door. we were soooo game! we shot in front of some mirrors (not too hard to find in that house!!) and then in front of the king of bling’s bathtub and even in his bed. scary

we’re so excited to have some new pics of us!! thank you thank you justin and amelia. best..anniversary…present…ever!! here’s a few over our faves!!

now step inside liberace’s home with us….

and here’s a little pic we took of justin + amelia!!

our sweet, sweet keegan just turned 8!!!!! i know that seems almost impossible, since i just turned 29, but math is irrelevant here. he is such a joy to us, so we wanted to share him with the world!!!!!

MEET KEEGAN:

fun-loving……… kind……. HAPPY…… organized……. easy going……….. SUPER social……… future architect……… friendly……… timely…….. thoughtful…….. funny……….. sweet……… loves star wars……. is amazing at building and constructing ANYTHING……… doodle jump champion of the family……… adventurous, yet cautious………. and altogether AMAAAAAAAZZZZZZING!!!!! we have been so extremely blessed by him and are so proud and honored to be called keegan’s parents. watching him grow has been such a fantastic journey and we look forward to every day we have with him!!

we love you buddy…… bigger than the WHOLE world!!!! HAPPIEST 8th BIRTHDAY, KEEGAN!!!