Today we’d like to introduce you to Heaven Manuel.
Heaven, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far.
It all started when my mother (founder of Romance And Dance Pole Aerobics) was creating a promotional video to promote her dance classes. She finished the project and showed me the results. I then proceeded to ask “I mean it is cool, but why did you have to film from those angles?” And she claps back with, “well you can’t do ANY BETTER!” I accepted her challenge and when she posted my version it got over 3,000 views!
The promo videos then led to capturing all of my HighSchool events. Pep rallies, spirit weeks, football games, school dances… you name it! I captured it! Which led me to begin capturing moments that families would cherish the most.
That was the birth of an empire that has now touched over 700 families since the year 2014. We are a photography/videography company that helps promote business through professional visual content and also takes pride in capturing the sentimental moments that we experience in our lives. Birthdays, Maternity Photoshoots, you name it we capture it!
We opened our first studio July of 2020, and now November 2020 we are expanding to an even bigger space! 8 Rooms! All different set designs! MORE PHOTOGRAPHERS! MORE EDITORS! An entire LEVEL UP!
Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
It definitely has been an interesting journey. For the first four years, we would average about ten shoots a month.
However, this September we averaged 30 shoots in a month and October (2020) we had a grand total of 55 shoots!
There was never a time where I wanted to stop, but there were times where I was not as motivated, but still managed to push through because capturing memorable moments is my passion.
Please tell us about From Heavens View Production.
We are From Heavens View and we are a photography/videography business that takes pride in capturing the moments our clients will cherish the most!
What we are most proud of is our ability to be sure our clients are 100% comfortable and having an amazing time during our shoot. We love to hype up our clients and keep reminding them of how amazing and beautiful they are. We literally become your biggest cheerleader.
Do you look back particularly fondly on any memories from childhood?
My favorite memory from my childhood would have to be filming all of the activities my high school put together.
I am an extrovert and a memory hoarder and have always loved to reminisce on the highlights of my life. And one day, I just thought “wouldn’t it be cool to actually capture some of these events to look back on in about 10-15 years?” Being in softball, cheer, and theatre definitely helped me gain access to multiple friend groups. Therefore when the school events came around, I always had a diverse group of people to include in the video.
Then one day my vice principal had approached me and asked me to send her over a couple of the videos that I had filmed. She instantly became OBSESSED with my work and told me, “These just HAVE TO go on the school’s website!” That same day she displayed my videos and photos on the home page of the school website for the entire district to see and that will forever be the moment I refer to as the day I decided that this would be my career.
Pricing:
- • $110 – 1 Hour Traditional Photoshoot
- • $199 – 1 Hour 360 GLAMCAM VideoBooth
Contact Info:
- Address: 1001 W. Carson St. Suite F, Carson, CA, 90502
- Website: ShopFHV.com
- Email: [email protected]
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fromheavensview/?hl=en
Image Credit:
@fromheavensview
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