“I derive most of my creative peace from walking through the neighborhoods and hills of Los Angeles,” photographer Lauren Pelesky tells the Phoblographer of the city she so adores. “I am so blessed to live in such a beautiful place and it only feels right to document the beauty of it to share with others just as I started out documenting sunrises to show to my loved ones.” Lauren is a wedding and portrait photographer that feels like she’s still growing. Yet to many others, the fact that she’s able to photograph for a living is a dream. And at the heart of it, she’s found strength in community. Partiularly, she’s been giving a lot of credit to VSCO as of late.