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Instagram + Meta update for Los Castro

Hello Everyone,

Every now and then life throws you a couple of roadblocks that really challenges the way you do business. Mine just happened yesterday. I was gaining traction and obtaining promising leads. I was getting to know my clients; getting to know beautiful people. Yesterday ALL of my meta accounts were disabled. One account I had was flagged, and then just like that, all of them were gone. I spent hours trying to read, research and understand what my options were. Honestly, It did not even let me create a new instagram account at first. Somehow I managed to create a new one. I am using this one also to report the issue. My appeal was denied and I was left with years of memories lost. Thankfully, they do send a recovery file; and it is my hope that I will be able to rebuild from that material. This is also a work in progress, as Iv’e heard that new accounts also get banned at some point. So here is truth- I may not be able to rely on socials like Instagram or Facebook to generate referrals. I need your help. I need your help spreading the word that socials is not the only way to get referrals. When you sit down and talk with a friend who just got engaged, think person first. Not socials. When you make a connection that requires a look at a profile - direct them to their website. Chances are, their work will speak for themselves. I am not sure now how I feel going forward with socials. It is unstable. I wish we knew what we were getting ourselves into when becoming addicted to such things. However, I see the light. I understand how business works. It’s not the first time I lose memories. This is why I do what I do. I take pictures; you print them. Help me get the word out that Los Castro takes family, wedding and lifestyle pictures. Let’s go back to simplicity. Let’s fight back with personal conversations. As long as Insta lets me- I will keep the account I created. You can follow me at the new page @michel.loscastro .

P.S I will be working on a facebook business page to replace my previous one. Thank you.

Hello...

Merry Christmas to all. I realize as I write this that It has been a year since my last post. A few days after my last posted session, I experienced a personal loss. Something that truly affected me; more than that I thought it would. Some may say it was minor, this is what I even told myself. Now I understand that I was not truly being honest with myself. I still did photography throughout the year and my clients remained faithful to me in the midst of a very slow year. If you are one of those- I want to tell you thank you. Thank you for sticking it out with me. Thank you for your support.

I don’t know what 2024 will look like. But I have hope.

If your year has also been somber, know that you are not alone. 2023 was beautiful to me, despite a personal identity crisis. It was beautiful to me because I finally understood more about my “why”. I will share more as the months come to pass. I remain a wedding photographer and a family lifestyle photographer. This is who I am in the end. I document YOU. Thanks for trusting in me.

Thank you 2023, for the many lessons. Here’s to a new year- here’s to hope.

Corners

I have been silent since the beginning of all of this for many reasons. One, due to our obvious circumstance, I have no future content to display. Two, I have been enjoying some well deserved time with my little one. Last, I simply do not have much to say. Recently, I have noticed pockets of light throughout my home. It inspired me to create a mini project called corners. As I was doubting this name, I began to journal, and to my surprise, the song I was listening to spoke of the “corners of the earth”.

These are the corners of my house that make me most happy when I take the time to enjoy. I see the light come through, near 7PM and I understand why night has to come. A new day will soon be here but meanwhile, we must all face the corners of this earth that so long to be found and dealt with. What have you been hiding from? I think it’s time to face the skeletons in our closet.

Find your corner.