In honor of Mothers Day (or two days after Mothers Day to be exact) we thought we’d post a few pictures of some of our parents (Some of Rico’s to be exact, in case you’re wondering who passed down those good looks)! We did a shoot with them a while ago in Little Italy to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary and they rocked it. Yes, yes you did Motheresh, it’s true. Rico’s dad also blew me away with his cool serious look….like father, like son, I must say. Thanks you two for being such great parents and for spending a few hours with us and our cameras in your face. Congrats on 20 years! We love you!

I love these next two pictures…like father, like son indeed!  Those Castillero men!

Rico…pre-haircut, and oh so cool

This one is my favorite, so happy.

Check out Dan is this picture!!! He belongs in a magazine! 

The Cumbras are so much fun and a joy to shoot!!! We decided to keep the editing style the same for these pictures, why? Because we liked it and thought we’d make this shoot a little more uniform. Enjoy the pics….very charming family these Cumbras! Thanks for being so awesome!

So its been a week since our last post and today I was thinking “ WE NEED TO POST SOMETHING!” I am an avid blog reader, and when my favorite bloggers frequently post, it makes my day! What’s the point of having a blog if you don’t post often???? (yes yes, guilty of this…but I’m working on it, and I ask you to help keep me accountable….if the posts become less frequent, feel free to yell at me or gently prod at rachel@studiocastillero.com…sometimes we just need a little help from our friends). ANYWAYS, back to posting. So yes, it has been far too long and this blog is getting lonely. Unfortunately I don’t have any shoots to show you quite yet, although they are coming. We are just about ready to post the pictures from John and Kalida’s wedding, then Jenny and Ian’s wedding (so fab..you must check back) and then we had an engagement shoot with our new friends Marissa and Mike this last weekend that will be coming soon as well. Stay tuned my friends…..

Now since every blog post NEEDS a picture or two (or seven), I thought I’d share some from a family shoot we did recently (so I guess I DO have a shoot to show you). The Hellars are my dear friends from San Luis Obispo, and we’ve had the honor of documenting Aubrey’s first year (you can see her earlier pictures on our website if you’re interested). It has been so much fun to watch her change and grow so quickly….it amazes me how fast we grow up. So for your enjoyment, here are a few pictures to make your day brighter (yes, she is that cute…you can’t look at her and not be happy, impossible). And like I said, stay tuned because I have some more AWESOME shoots to show you…thank you for your patience my friends!!