Baby Girl Gabi | Lifestyle

This tiny cutie pie gave us so many smiles it was unbelievable. Posing with her cute smiles, she was such a joy to photograph. 

Modern Day Goddess | Creative

Our modern day goddess. We get a sense of power emerging from this woman. 

Hair: Serena Williams 
Makeup:  Mookie Salinas
Model:  Victoria Shevchenko 

Summer Breeze | Creative

Anyone else missing & dreaming of the summer breeze lately?

Model: Angelyn Shultz @NUMA

Hair & Makeup: Makeba Lindsay

Javita Coffee Diva | Corporate

We love doing corporate shoots! At the end of this corporate shoot, once we got the shots she needed for her business, Vanessa let us have some fun with a concept we dreamt up. Surrounding her with nothing but coffee cups, all the coffee cups we could find. It was really fitting for this Javita Coffee Diva! (ps. don't you worry no coffee was wasted in the making) 

Mexico | Destination Fun

It's something isn't it, to be photographing a corporate client one day and hours later to be in a tropical place photographing something completely different. The whole idea of flying to me is terrifying, but I appreciate it none-the-less. We come from a time where humans use to travel across sea for months and months to get to a destination, or travel in a horse carriage for weeks at a time. We are so lucky, to be able to be in one place, and only 6 hours later to be in a completely different country. 

I wanted to quickly share a funny little experience at take off on our way to our destination. My husband and I couldn't get seats together, so I sat alone. Being the nervous flyer that I am, sitting there a little more stiff and nervous than need be. I hear someone behind me singing. For those of you who watch the TV series LOST will know what I am talking about.  He was singing DriveShaft - "You All Everybody", as we were taking off. I had to quickly calm my mind after that. What a funny thing to look back on!

Blanche Studios is looking anxiously to get more into Destination Weddings and Destination Photography work, this was a great start for us. I got to document our trip to Mexico from start to finish. Photographing the beautiful blue sky, ocean, sunsets, small character towns, and of course our two travel buddies. Helena and Jason. They were great models, when needed. Mexico was as hot as expected, we all ate too much as expected,  and took a lot of photos as expected.

Heres a break down of our Mexico | Destination Fun. 

We stayed in the area of Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico. We spent a lot of time by the pool and the ocean. Enjoyed our down time with many yummy caesars, a good book, and catching some Vitamin D. One one of the days, for a change up, we rented a convertible Jeep and went into a small character town LaSereneta, that had a private dog friendly beach. We saw a lot of furry friends, it was amazing to watch! At one point one little guy decided to come hang with us, he got into a couple of our shots. He was a cutie. 

We walked the small town, the buildings and character of this place was amazing. The amount of trust that they have is beautiful. They had a "walk-up" library that was completely out in the open, no supervision. It was just there for your reading pleasure. We came across some school children, they were running along the school fence following us with huge smiles. 

One thing that mexico does not lack, is the VW old school beetles. They were everywhere, it was pretty neat to see. On our way out, we came across a small truck cab FULL of tomatoes, he was delivering them fresh to the local beach restaurant, which we had just ate at. Pretty amazing! Talk about eating fresh & local! 

We went into Puerto Vallarta couple of times, we went to a recommended restaurant called Cafe De Artistes. It was probably one of the most beautiful restaurants I've ever been to. Built on a hill, within a forest, surrounded by trees and amazing soft lighting as you have your exquisite meal. Incredible experience. 

On our last few days, I decided to have a siesta by the beach and stick around for the sunset. It was well worth it. Great way to end the trip.  

Life is good.

Blog Post Written by

Nadia Aldea 

Partner of Blanche Studios

Blanche Weekly Meetings | Nadia & Isabela

As photographers, we don't just photograph. There is a lot of different behind the scenes work, along with photo editing. One of our favourite behind the scenes tasks is our weekly team meetings. We meet once a week to get organized, plan our marketing, discuss upcoming sessions, get creative ideas going, well more so organize all the creative ideas we have and how to best implement them! Sometimes we spend hours in one cafe, starting with our favourite latte and a croissant, then having their soup or sandwiches for lunch, and continue to a second latte in the afternoon. 

We try to go to local cafes that have a lot of character, yummy food, free wi-fi and a nice atmosphere so we can get the creative juices flowing. We always make sure there is plenty of good coffee and chai lattes around. One of our favourite spots are Da Capo Cafe, Transcend Coffee, and New York Bagel Cafe, this also is where Blanche Studios very first official meeting went down, and where we were officially launched. 

These cafe shops have amazing cultural backgrounds and such amazing character. Coincidentally, coming across european styled foods and brazilian treats makes us feel like we are exactly where we are meant to be. Our team meetings are not all work, and no play. We always seem to take a small break in-between to get some friendly therapy in, when its needed. It's a wonderful thing running a business with not just a partner but also a friend. 

Here is a look into our weekly team meetings. Enjoy!