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PETE irene

admin — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:46:33 +0000

Happy happy Monday to you all! I am going to be such a blog post writing slacker today and make this short. The reason being that I’m up to my neck in emails, some seriously hanging out in swamped land, and don’t want to keep my peeps waiting too long! I’m sure you understand…I will make it up to you with posting something pretty fabulous. I have Irene and Pete’s engagement session to share with you today! I seriously kind of have a crush on this couple, they are that ADORABLE. They drove down from LA for their engagement session a few weeks ago and spent a few hours running around San Diego with us. They have so much fun together and really enjoy each other’s presence (Marios Bros medley, nuf said). As we were wrapping up the shoot, Irene busted out her SWEET mint green dress for the final e-sesh outfit. I was in love, it’s true. All that tulle! Trust me, you’ll be in love too. Don’t believe me? Just see below. Irene and Pete, we adore you and can’t wait for your LA wedding in June! MUAH!

OOOOOH, and also. I can’t forget some of the best news. We did an e.MOTION video with this couple as well! So to view the video just scroll down and it’s at the end of the post. Remember to push play and then pause and let it load for optimal viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

DAVID jenny {e.MOTION}

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:04:54 +0000

Happy Thursday my fine friends! I’m going to make this short because I already gave you the low down on this adorable couple last week. However, with their wedding coming up this Sunday I couldn’t resist sharing their e.MOTION video with you…LOVE IT. So, I’ll leave you to the awesomeness that is Jenny and David while I count down the hours until their wedding (78 hours to go)!

Also, as always I’d like to thank Tom from AquaVivus for the video portion and for putting all this awesomeness together!!

CAREN jesse {Trash the Dress}

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:43:33 +0000

Happy Monday to you all my internet friends! I had a great weekend with three awesome engagement sessions, one of which was an e.MOTION with Mr. Tom from Aqua Vivus Productions and we all know that e.MOTION + Tom = good times. I seriously cannot wait to show it to you but we’ll have to hold off a bit so we can perfect it. HOWEVER, I have something just as good to show you! We recently did an e.MOTION version of a trash the dress so today not only do you get stills but you get some video as well! Who loves you?

So I know I’ve written about Caren and Jesse several times before and you feel like they are old friends, so I won’t go on and on about how great they are because that has already been established, but seriously they are amazing. We shot their adorable wedding at the Thursday Club in August and then scheduled a Trash the Dress afterwards. For the session we started in Mission Hills where we all live and had a some fun with the flower wall, then afterwards headed to a more natural setting at one of our favorite parks with the BEST WEEDS EVER….who’d of though that dried up weeds could be so photogenic! After we wrapped everything up we made a quick stop for some dinner at Lucha Libre in Mission Hills, because quite frankly, it is the best….and who doesn’t want to eat there in their wedding dress? Well, they were so kind to let us take some shots in their “winner’s booth” and then let us use their masks as props (Thank you Lucha Libre for flexibility and AWESOME burritos!). So all in all, this shoot was not only visually amazing with such a beautiful couple, it was an absolute blast complete with laying in the street, hanging with Tom, mexican food, and luchador masks.

So with that I’ll leave you with the pictures and the e.MOTION video at the end. Remember to hit play then pause and let the bar load all the way to the right for optimal viewing pleasure. Thanks friends! We love you all!

Ps. Comment if you want to make my day, because it’s Monday and everyone needs a little cheer on Monday right? (oh and warning, beware of Nacho Libre quotes…Best.Movie.Ever. Are you with me? Well, maybe not the best, but close!)

Check out the fabulous tall weeds! See what I was talking about?

my favorite!

And now for the winner’s booth!

“something good inside me helps me carry on, I ate some bugs, I ate some grass, I used my hand to wipe my tears, to kiss your mouth. I break my vows, no no no no no no way Jose.”

Rico, Jesse and Tom in all their luchador glory… “When you are a man, sometimes you wear stretchy pants in your room. It’s for fun.”

Ok, so now for some e.MOTION goodness and a little more Caren and Jesse love….again, special thanks to Tom and his video skills! Our love for you is so great Tom. Enjoy!

DOUG andie {e.MOTION}

admin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:43:39 +0000

What? Wednesday and I’m posting a blog? That’s right, I just COULDN’T WAIT until Monday to share this with you! We recently had the pleasure of spending some time with Andie and Doug to shoot their engagement session. This engagement session was extra special though because we did our first ever e.MOTION (remember I mentioned this a few weeks ago?) with Tom O’Hara from Aqua Vivus Productions. Seriously, SO MUCH FUN hanging out with Andie, Doug, and Tom as we ran around downtown in search of a fire-escape and then headed out towards Julian for that oh so glorious light and those trees (OMG, those trees). Tom, as always, you rock and we had so much fun working with you. Andie and Doug, you two are seriously SO HOT, I’m not kidding. Thank you for such an amazing time hanging out and for all your camera fierceness! I can’t wait for your Calamigos Ranch wedding in August!!!! xoxo

Ok internet, to watch the video you might want to let it load before you watch it all the way through. If you’re interested in teaming up with STUDIOcastillero & Aqua Vivus to make an e.MOTION video (it’s a fabulous thing to show on your wedding day, to your future children, to the WORLD!!!!!) just send me an email and I will gladly give you more info (rachel@studiocastillero.com). Thank so much for sharing in our excitement with this new service and enjoy the video which we so lovelingly refer to as our “Collaboration Station” (watch for some pretty sweet behind the scenes footage of Rico and I). Love you all!

BRIAN heidi {collaboration station}

admin — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:05:59 +0000

Don’t you just love Friday? I know I sure do! I have a special announcement for you all today too, so this Friday can be just a tiny bit better. We are joining with Aqua Vivus Productions to offer a new service to you! Yes, that’s right, a collaboration station (as Rico and Tom like to call it) will be happening and it will be pure awesome, I can promise you that. We will be offering our clients an optional add-on to their package called an “e.MOTION” (like engagement in motion…get it? GET IT????). It’s basically a short video vignette of their engagement session including pictures shot by us and video shot by Tom. Basically, it will be like our same-day-edit we did for Jeff & Melissa’s wedding (click HERE to view it). Instead of the wedding though, it will capture the excitement of the engagement that the couple can keep and show at their wedding, on Facebook, or to their kids, and friends all over the world even….you get the idea. It will even be available on BLUray if you want to play it at home in HIGH Def!! Yup 1080p!!

SO, I have included a “Love Story” below that Tom (from Aqua Vivus) offers his clients. Rico helped shoot this video too, and because it was so much fun we thought, “Why NOT offer something similar to our clients? But with a little STUDIOcastillero twist?!” So this isn’t an example per se, but will still give you an idea of what we’re thinking about (To get exactly what Brian & Heidi have here, you’ll have to go to Tom since it won’t be exactly what we’re offering).

The difference with an e.MOTION will be that we will include still photographs mixed in with the video and it will be set to music (so think sweet-survival-of-the-coolest-slideshow-mutation). We will have a real example soon…. so stay tuned. In the meantime check out Brian and Heidi’s “Love Story” below, their adorable rating is through the roof!

If you’re curious about this new e.MOTION service, what it is, how it works, the cost, just send me an email to rachel@studiocastillero.com

Happy weekending my friends!