Creativity has its Benefits! :)

I was readying through my daily blog list when I came across a post on my Friend Bobbie's Blog that had my name in it! :)

Bobbie has awarded me with the creative blogger award!! I was totally honored!

So whats this award all about you say? Well, the creative blogger award is for.............

For those who bring unique and creative elements to their blogs. For those who incorporate art, music, creative writing, photo's, and other beautiful visual effects into their website. For those who put a unique spin on things and come up with new ideas. This award is for the artsy, the funky, the inventor, and even the rebel. This award is for those creative individuals who stand out from the crowd.

So There! LOL I just love sweet Bobbie! I had the wonderful opportunity to meet her in Salt Lake City on a girls getaway, and she is just a huge sweetie, not to mention RIDICULOUSLY talented!

So now its my turn to award some people I think are uber creative!

My first award is to Jennifer Adams! What an amazing photographer! I met Jennifer on a photography site and I totally admire her work!

My next award is going to Angela Crutcher! I cant help by peak in on Angela's blog every day! Her work is totally inspirational!

My third award is for my friend Summer! I just love reading about Summer's life with her kids! And her graphics are sooooo cute and fun! Keep on doing what you do best Summer!

Keep the Blog Love going! Pick three people for your creative blogger award and leave some comments for everyone! We love to know people are actually reading these things that we spend so much time on! hehe

SPC Elements Week : An Airy Disposition

Not to imply that I'm and airhead or anything! lol And I know I missed a week! SORRY!!

This week's SPC challenge is a focus on AIR. In my previous post I mentioned the rainbow I saw the other day and all the rain we have been "receiving" (lol) in Texas lately.

Well this was one break in the weather that allowed me to take pictures. And I thought, what a better time than now to relate to air. The air here is hot and sticky, but the sky looks lovely! The wind was blowing profusely when I took this picture on the hood of my Jeep! lol

If you would like to get involved or learn more about the SPC challenges, just click here.

And get ready for the August theme: Patterns!!

Somewhere over the Rainbow....

Well its no supprise that I am writing about MORE RAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 I could SCREAM we have had so much rain!

usually a Texas summer can get up in the 120's, but not this year! we haven't even reached 100 and it hasn't stopped raining all summer!

And then it happened! Something that I haven't see since I was a very young child! A RAINBOW!! I know they are very common, but I haven't seen on in over 10 years!
I actually have spotted 3 rainbows over the last 2 weeks! I couldn't believe it!

Well this one that I saw yesterday was the most amazing thing I have ever seen. I'm talking 7 colors, a mile long, perfect stripes, perfect bow, just Stunning! But when I got my camera and went to take a shot, it was gone! :( only a very faint rainbow remained, so I took what I could and now I am sharing it with you! I hope your weather is better than ours and that your having a great weekend!

In search of new Faces!

Alright people! I am in need of new faces!!

Please dont get me wrong! I LOVE my customers!!
But I am looking to do some different styles and add some updated pictures to my Book!

So if you qualify for one of the following, please let me know!!

--Engagement Session
--Bridals
--Trash The Dress
--Children (10 and under)
--High School Seniors

Must be in the Austin area and be willing to travel to different locations!
Please contact me via my email at genesisphotographer@yahoo.com
or by phone 512-415-5735.

Meet Baby M

Hey Everyone! I am so sorry that I havent been posting any of my recent sessions! I have gotten so caught up in working on my house that I havent been able to edit them fast enough and get them on the computer!!

I will, however, be posting one more session for sure sometime this week! Its something I have never done before, so I thought I would share it later on in the week!! (But you just have to wait to see what it was! hehe)

I had the wonderful pleasure of photographing Baby M's baptism this weekend. It was a beautiful ceremony and after party! I had a great time! Thanks to Mama K. and Papa C. for having me!

Enjoy the photos! ;)

Water Water everywhere.....

But not a drop to drink!

For this week's SPC Elements Challenge, I decided to hang out in the car while the rain poured down! Yeah...that's me, in the backseat of my car in the parking lot of Saks Fifth Avenue! lol My mom was getting a new Juicy Couture bag (lucky mom!) and her husband ran in the rain to go get the one she had picked out! Since I don't like driving in the rain (but I didn't want to miss out on a new bag to drool over), I let him drive, and I hopped in the back!

This "rain" element speaks to me a lot! One of my favorite movies is Memoirs of a Geisha! There is a scene in the movie where the main character, Chio, gets sold to a Geisha house and she says..."Mother always said that my sister Satsu was like wood. As rooted to the earth as a Sagura tree. But she told me I was like water. Water can carve its way, even through stone. And when trapped,water makes a new path."

I relate to that a lot. I have always been the square peg in the round hole. and when I felt trapped, I found my own way through it!

To find out more about the SPC weekly challenge, please visit this site or the link in my sidebar!

Its here!! Its here!!!!!!!!!!

My new camera bag that is!!! I am so excited! My bag came today from the SUPER talented Tracy Joy (http://www.etsy.com/profile.php?user_id=5201080)! She worked so well with me to get exactly what I wanted, she even gave me a custom Tag with my Logo on it!! How cool is that?!?! Not to mention, this bag is HUGE inside, but doesn't look or feel like it on the outside! I have room for my camera body with lens attached, all three of my other lenses, external flash, manuals, both reflectors, memory cards, hot shoe adapter and cord, mount for my tripod...I mean this thing is AWESOME! I cant wait to use it on my photo shoots this week! It will be so nice to have a bag on my hip and not down by my feet!!! Not to mention, safer! I don't have to worry about it getting stolen! Thank you so much Tracy for all of your time! I just love you to death! I will for sure be ordering from you again soon!!!

Fashion Forward Friday: Up tight

This Weeks' Fashion forward Friday Challenge was to take a picture in your best up-do or ponytail! I have to much hair that it just lays there flat! So this is pretty much what my hair looks like everyday!! lol
My famous ponytail! If you were to see me on a photo shoot, I might even have in a headband to hold back my LONG bangs! lol

That brings me to the next part of the challenge....

We were supposed to find the best hair accessory on Etsy.com that we liked!

Well, I am all about headbands! I own a huge collection of them...and when I found this Feather one...I just fell in love!

Isn't it fun?

If you would like to take part in the Fashion Forward Friday challenge, then please go here, and blog about it! Don't forget to leave me a link to your blog in the comments section so I can check it out!!

See you next week......

Light of Liberty

SPC Challenge for July Week 1: Elements







The sparklers have been lit, the fireworks have been seen, and all is calm again. The fourth of July is filled with great fun, but like all things, it must come to an end.



When I read the new SPC challenge for this month, Elements, I just KNEW I had to connect with fire right away! I am an Aries, not that that means anything, but most people this we are a fire sign. Full of energy and hot tempered! lol (noo...thats not me at all! lol). So what better way to display fire than with a simple Sparkler!



I hop everyone had a safe and happy 4th, and if you would like to find out more about the SPC challenge fr this month, please visit here, or click the link on the sidebar!

**TO SEE MORE OF OUR 4TH OF JULY PICS, PLEASE VISIT THE RBCOUTURE BLOG

Happy Early 4th!!

So I will be taking tomorrow off, so I wont be blogging! I hope everyone has a wonderful Holiday! Be safe, have tons of fun, and pig out!!!