It's been a while

With the start of our destination weddings in May, wedding season has kicked into high gear and sadly, our blog has been neglected. So much has been going on. Full disclosure is coming soon but here is a glimpse at some of the exciting things happening in the world of Bliss*:

New Toys! The Sony XD Camera for our HD clients. Now we can offer weddings in a variety of formats including 24p, 16x9 and 1080i in addition to Standard 4x3 and our 16mm and Super 8mm packages.


Marriage? Yes! That's right... in a matter of weeks Miss Bliss* herself will be getting hitched and sharing her journey through the good, bad and crazy as an industry bride trying to plan 'the wedding of her dreams' in just 6 months.

Tapeless Format. Goodbye tapes, hello tiny memory cards! Greener, cleaner and more efficient. (a little scary to adjust to... but no different than photographers who shoot digital). Now raw footage will be digital from the moment it's first captured. Exciting!


New Crew! In June we welcomed a new studio manager to the Bliss* team. Galen is an organization wizard whose passion for fashion has him getting his degree at the Academy of Art University, our Alma Mater. So happy to have him onboard.


Travel. Lots and lots. This weekend takes us to Santa Barbara and in a few weeks we will be heading to Colorado. We are looking forward to the season chilling out so we can hunker down and edit and showcase some of the amazing events we've been privileged to capture this year.

More info and clips coming soon!

Today is the Day!

Hey Gang K* here. So excited for today. Got my tickets for Sex and the City and got them at matinee price! YaY! (movies are overpriced - both in production and in sales... but that's another blog entry for a slow rainy day).

Taking the fiance with me..... yes, my guy *LOVES* Sex and the City. I got him hooked a few years back from the DVD's which I would watch on repeat. I have to admit, I'm a little nervous to see it, I am afraid that it will be sad or tragic with all the death rumors and the idea of losing one of the characters (like Mr. Big whose been rumored most) just makes me sad in my heart. Okay, it's official. I'm a junkie!

Go jump on Fandango people and get yourself a ticket! I promise no spoilers.

We are back...

and moving slowly. Z was incredible. Unlike any other destination we've been to. The food, the people, the location. We are hard at work on getting back to edit deadlines and returning calls so for now we will just leave you with a few photos from our journey which we shared working alongside the wonderful photographer Suzy Clement and Jeff Brown from Brown Hot Events.

Promo: Hello! Lucky

We couldn't leave for the week without sharing some sort of {CINEMA} with you. Earlier this year we had the privilege of creating some promotional materials for the super swell gals Sabrina and Eunice over at Hello! Lucky.

For those of you living in a cave, Hello! Lucky is a super fun, hip and sassy letterpress and custom stationary company run by the most stylish sisters ever. Just check out their ::Blog::

This is one of two films that we created for them. We fell in love with the letterpress process while filming Eunice and Sabrina and have such a deeper respect and love for this printing technique. For us, it's very similar to the care and expertise that goes into shooting Super 8 & 16mm film. Like film, letterpress is a dying craft, but one that is being brought back to life by artists that choose to express their voice through hand crafted work rather than mass production. Though many jump on the bandwagon now, I'm sure you'll see that with Hello! Lucky, the difference is in the details and their couture approach.

{{hmmm... sounds like another company we know of ;) }}

Destination: Zihuatanejo

It's almost comical how much traveling has been going on around here...

We have spent more time on planes, buses, taxi's and tuk-tuks than we have in our own home's for the months of April and May. So with that said, we head back down to our neighbors of the South, this time to the beautiful fishing village of Zihuatanejo, Mexico.

Lots of Super 8 and 16mm film goodness will be had as well as inhalation of guacamole ala poolside when we get a chance to rest.

Our office will be closed until we return on May 27th.

Hasta Luego!

the inside scoop

{The Red Carpet Paparazzi-Fest / Modern Bride's Executive Editor: Kara Corridan & Kristen*}

Hey! Kristen* here. Wanted to share some of the photos from the Trendsetter Awards. This year was a blast as always but what made it extra special was that I was able to spend it with my good friend and 2008 Trendsetter Elizabeth Messina. So without further ado....

{Modern Bride Editor-in-Chief : Antonia van der Meer / The Swag Bags! so freakin cool}

{Table Decor: Photo 1 - Michelle Rago / Photo 2 - Antony Todd / Photo 3 - Jane Packer}

{Kristen* & NY based Event Designer Michelle Rago / Cake guru Ron-Ben Israel inhaling Michelle's table herbs}

{Daisy Fuentes presenting an award to Spanx Creator Sarah Blakely /photographer Elizabeth Messina}

{Gossip Girl actress Leighton Meester / 2008 Trendsetter and make-up icon Bobbi Brown / Dancing with the Stars Maksim Chmerkovskiy and first dance choreographer to our 2006 clients Martha and Fernando Vargas}

Congratulations 2008 Trendsetters!

As promised, {drum roll please...} here is the video we produced for the 2008 Modern Bride Awards to open up the show. It features profiles of our friends at Fifty Foot Films, Back To Earth Organic, I Dream of Cake, Mark's Garden & Sasha Souza Events. 

Thanks again you guys for allowing us to follow you around for the day and make this 'behind the scenes' of your creative process. Totally inspiring!