artisan wedding videos by studio msv: Four Seasons, Westlake Village

A few weeks ago I realized I was gaining weight. Not enough sleep, a lack of exercise, and too much soda catches up with anyone. Even those with a historically fast metabolism like myself. Couple the weight gain with an unfortunate haircut and suddenly my face looked like a Marie Calendar's apple pie. Not cool.

So I started running and trying to eat better which has helped tremendously. The cool thing is this:

Last week, my friend, Julie from Elysium Productions - a wedding videography company in Orange County sent me a direct message on Twitter (follow me on Twitter here!) that asked if I was free to help her shoot that Saturday. But, unfortunately, I replied I was already shooting a wedding (at the beautiful Ritz Carlton SF, in fact.) But she clarified that it was the NEXT weekend that she needed me.

So after some text messaging, some emails, and a few phone calls, I found myself staying at Four Seasons, Westlake Village (nestled between California's Simi Valley and Malibu Hills) for a corporate job that Julie and the Elysium team didn't want to pass up.

I shot there for three days total and culminated the weekend with a Same Day Edit. Well, I guess, technically, a three-day edit that consisted of footage from all three days' events. I won't be able to show the video here just yet - Julie gets to blog about it first, of course - but after she blogs it, I will be able to show it.

I shot the first two days with my friend, James Burkart of Burkart Video Productions and the final day with one of Julie's trusted second-shooters from the LA area named, Chris Aguilar (of Soul Surf Media.)

And the cool thing that I was alluding to is that the event was unique because it was held at the Westlake Village Four Seasons which has a world-class wellness center built into the facilities. It's one of only a few of its kind in the world.

I got to sit in on some talks led by industry leaders on health, nutrition, aging, and wellness. Listening to them talk about these topics from the stand point of being world leaders in their field really gave me a great perspective on how I should treat my body. So I continue the journey - like many of us - to try to do better in taking care of ourselves. I'm on this journey with you so let's encourage each other to do our best!

(And, since we all know blog posts are better with photos, here are some pictures I took while in LA for this shoot.)