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Film Friday // Part 1

Alright lovers. I am starting yet another series on the blog today and this one is titled “Film Fridays.” I have numerous film cameras that I love to carry around with me to document every day life. Which is a super fun change from carrying my DSLR around everywhere…that thing is huge :) So on Fridays, I will be sharing some of those film photos with you. It would be sweet if I could every Friday…new goal? I like that goal! Wow…I am random today. Anywho….enjoy the photos.

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Zach and Aspen // Engagement

Smiles are so contagious. Laughter is even more contagious. I think the world needs more smiles…more laughter…and more of these two because well…they are the definition of happiness. I don’t think I’ve ever smiled and laughed so much on a photoshoot, and that is why I love these two so much. They know what is important in life – loving each other unconditionally, making each other laugh as much as possible, and they know how precious every moment of life is and to spend each of those moments living fully.

Isn’t it crazy how much I can learn about two people from just taking their pictures for 2 hours? So crazy…yet so amazing and so beautiful. How did I get so lucky again? Zach and Aspen…I feel so lucky to have had the privilege of photographing such an important part of your lives and I’m so sad that our paths didn’t cross sooner at Goshen College because…well you two rock and I secretly want to be best friends :)

And please…never stop smiling!

For the second half of the shoot, we went to the exact place they got engaged…under the stars. Love it.

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Emily Trapp - AHHHHHHHHH!!! I love them! Way to go Ashley Dru and Zachspen. These are perfect and wonderfully done.

Kristyn Bakel Sleeseman - Oh. My. Word. These are precious pictures. Great job! I am crying and laughing all at once. Beautiful.

Lizzy Diaz - I have been waiting to see these! Kinda creeping but you two are just soooo cute! Congrats once again! :D

Sheri Schmidt - Beautiful. So are the pictures.

Levi Smucker - yehaw! love’s the best!

Kristine Thimm - Love it! These pictures are fantastic!

Liv Anne - I got tears in my eyes. I am so excited for you two. You will have a beautiful family together I just know it.

Brenda Toews - Love these pictures!

Mandy Mun-Yin Yip - Aspen I’m so happy for you!! You look beautiful and your smile from these pictures made me smile as well!! I miss you so much!! I wish the best for you always! :)

Janeen Bertsche Johnson - Wonderful pictures! I recognized most of the places, too. Congratulations on your engagement!

abbey - ashley! these are killer. those corn field ones are out of this world amazing. like, editorial beautifulness. i’m making up words thats how much i love them. this is SO your style.

Getting to know the girl behind the lens // A New Series

(Photos by Studio Castillero)

Well good morning friends! I hope your week is starting out super stellar! But today I am going to introduce a new little series here on the blog. I post all the time about my clients, their awesomeness, and their love. And then a little bit about myself every once in a while but I want all of you to get to know me as much as possible! Especially for those people getting married who are wanting to know a little more about me as a person for hiring purposes! So this first post is just going to be some random facts. Enjoy folks!

* I used to be a hard core athlete (not so much anymore unfortunately). I was a swimmer for 10 years and played volleyball for 14 years. Yeah I was that girl that swam 6 hours a day and didn’t shave her legs for 6 months. That’s hard core right there :)

* Both of my parents are entrepreneurs and run their own businesses. It must run in the family :)

* My dad used to feed me pickles when I was little so I would make the sour face, now it’s my favorite food!

* Speaking of food, tomatoes are my second favorite food and I can eat them as snacks…like an apple…with a little bit of salt. Heavenly.

* I married a gamer…but I secretly love to play video games as well…and have played probably 8 hours of Minecraft this weekend.

* I love singing really loudly to every song whether I know the lyrics or not :)

* I was in 4-H for 10 years and probably my 4th year or so I did the Photography project to test it out and hated it :) haha I’ve clearly changed

* It’s very common for me to eat 2 bowls of ice cream a day (preferably moosetracks)…it’s my favorite guilty pleasure and I have no intentions of stopping.

* I am huge sucker for chick flicks and a good romance story….actually that’s probably no surprise considering my job! But I’m an even bigger sucker for true, amazing, and the real life love stories of my clients!

* I do really weird happy dances at photoshoots when I get a good shot…yeah I am really weird.

* In college I was known for my dance moves and my ability to win dance offs against my friends. Maybe that’s why I dance at photoshoots :)

* I loooooove to cook and am thinking about blogging some recipes for all of you, along with pictures of course.

* I also looooove wine and love drinking it out of a mug…I’m not sure why so don’t ask.

Well, I think that is enough about me for the day :) And feel free to make fun of me in the comment section, I love it! Love to you all!

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Katie - Love these random facts, Ash. And you!!

Rachel Kovas - I second that to the ice cream addiction and love for eating pickles! ;) Haha! I should so bring some for our shoot next week!

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