Charles Lauren Films: The Blog

We had a great time at the Association of Bridal Consultants (ABC-GLA) workshop called “Crash Course for your Website.” It was taught by David Ephraim and Josh Goodman from ATAK Interactive Web Design. It was organized by Alexandra Rembac from Sterling Engagements. There was a Sweets Buffet by Little Spoon Desserts. The interactive workshop took place at Wolfgang’s Steakhouse in Beverly Hills. Really good food, by the way! Here are some pictures of the location, attendees and the speakers on our Facebook Page!

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Kelsey and I had such a swank time with Melissa and Steve as we tromped all over Downtown Fullerton, visited the church to be used in their upcoming wedding and reception site. They are going for a Roaring 20s/Speakeasy theme for their wedding – and we think they are really going to pull it off! Just look at Melissa, she is absolutely gorgeous, and Steve looks like a Brooks Brothers model! I know there are a lot of pictures, but the sun was just right, they were totally into each other and there was such a variety of buildings to shoot! We can’t wait for their wedding April 3rd!

We love Gina and Patrick!!

These are pictures from Gina + Patrick’s engagement shoot! We will be photographing their wedding on New Year’s Eve at the Summit House in Fullerton. It will be an awesome night since it is the countdown to a new year and our bride and groom will be ringing it in with us their guests! Their engagement was taken in San Clemente, a favorite haunt of Patrick’s for surfing. He goes everywhere on the planet to surf, but San Clemente is where he pretty much grew up surfing.  Gina looks stellar and so beautiful!

They both make a superlative coupe and didn’t mind getting their feet and pants wet! You will see! They rock and we will keep everyone posted! photos!

For the University Art Museum at CSULB, we were able to photograph a great party with Brian Eno! He was here for a new visual art installation at the museum. We love his song “The Big Ship”, which was used in a great BMW commercial in 2006. Here are some pictures of him hanging out with Chris Scoates, the museum director!

We had an absolutely fabulous time photographing Tera and Tim’s engagement shoot! They had picked to do their engagement shoot in Old Town Orange because Tim had bought her ring there- so it fit perfectly! They are an amazing couple together.

Click on the picture to watch a slideshow of their engagement photos!

I just finished editing the pictures from the CSULB University Art Museum’s Wide Angle Event that happened last weekend. The Wide Angle series started in 2006, and in that year the keynote speaker was Anthony Minghella. As everyone knows, he directed Cold Mountain, The English Patient and The Talented Mr. Ripley. He died last year in March, which was a very sad time for us. When you add in the untimely deaths of Michael Crichton and Sydney Pollack, 2008 was not a good year for the great creative minds of our time. Here are some pictures that we took of him, to help remember Anthony.