Summer Gina Special!

Boy am I glad to be an approved Gina Alexander photographer! Just check out this special that they are offering through us registered photographers! ...

Are you one of my bride&grooms needing to give lots of gifts to their wedding party? Or how about all my new mommies and mommies-to-be wanting to give something special to the new grandparents and godparents? Then this is a PERFECT summer deal that you don't want to miss featuring special Gina Alexander bags! Check it out ...

1. Buy 3 Cosmetic Bags, get the 4th FREE! (reg $75 each)
2. Buy 3 Large Cosmetic Bags, get the 4th FREE! (reg $95 each)
3. Buy 3 Men's Canvas Wallets, get the 4th FREE! (reg $140 each)
4. Buy 3 Women's Canvas Pocketbooks, get the 4th FREE! (reg $138 each)

PLUS! Use a different picture for each item! So, why not treat yourself to the free gift as you pass the joy onto your friends and family! They will be glad you thought of them in such a personalized way!

Orders must be placed no later than August 15th and S,H&T will be applied to all orders.

Such a strange season

This year has been strange for sure! Besides booking a record amount of weddings this year, I've had so many cancellations! Their have been two weddings that have been moved to another date and three that have just canceled out ... right in the middle of their contracts! Weird! It sure does make things hard on my marketing and education schedule when I had planned meetings and payments bag on me. I think it's time for me to go and review my contracts and put some clauses that will protect me a little bit more from all of these run away weddings ... or at the very least I need to review my business plan! This summers roller coaster of events has made me realize that I can not depend on weddings alone to support my business. I need to get back to pursuing my studio and portraiture work which is how I got into photography to begin with.

So with the advent of my newly opened weekends, I'm taking this time to revamp my in-home studio! Plus, on the brighter side, I was supposed to be shooting 10 weddings in a row this summer but now that I've had all of these cancellations and postponements I'm going to get to spend some quality time with the family during these summer weekends!

This weekends wedding

I'm friends with a few fellow photographers here and this weekend I was asked to second shoot for my good friend Chasity Furse... we second shoot a lot of times for each other! Her bride and groom was some serious eye candy for sure! Talk about a knock out couple... and sweethearts to boot!!!! When second shooting, you don't always get a chance to direct any of your own shots ... but we work so well together that I usually get to direct to my hearts content! These are some of my favorite shots that I got to set up.

In the stairwell at the church ...
The B&G took us to a sweet little park just blocks away from the church site. Luckily it had some wonderful pockets of light to work with!Another from that park ... The reception location had this great wall of greenery!
While Chasity was working with the bride I pulled the groom aside for some head shots and I saw this great shot! Lucky me! I just love this shot!!!!!

Talk about a busy week.

This week is proving to be quite a full one indead! Let's review ...

Sunday 15th - Father's day
Tuesday 17th - My hubbies birthday (And, no I will not tell you his age!)
Thurs 19th - Our Ninth wedding anniversary (Where does the time go?)
Friday 20th - I'm attending a photography seminar in North Austin ( I'm soooo not looking forward to the traffic!)
Sat 21st - Second shooting a wedding for a fellow photographer in downtown SA.
Sunday 22nd - I'll be working a both that the Wedding Expo at the Henry B Gonzalez.

And on Monday the 23rd I plan to be completely worthless and get some much needed rest! I think I'll be needing it by then!

Engagement pics in Corpus!

Yes, it was HOT, SUNNY and WINDY! Did I mention that it was HOT, SUNNY and WINDY!?!?!

But, this couple was so great about it all! My bride is from Corpus Christi and she wanted a little bit of her home town infused into her wedding ... so it was just a perfect idea on her part to take the photos down at the coast! Despite the glarring sun and blasting wind, we got some killer shots!

My mother/daughter session!

Well, for the longest time I have been promising my 6 year older that I'd try and grow my hair out like hers. But after a long realization I have come to remember that I HATE wearing my hair long again! I guess I've had it short for too long now!
So, I have a date with my brother tomorrow who is a master stylist (his wife does the colors and he does the cuts ... but I'm only gona do the cuts!).

I promised my little girl that we'd take some photos together before the big chop ... so with the help of a tri-pod, remote trigger and my hubby this is what we got ....

Her ... I just love the hair!

Us together ... yes, she's a exact copy of me at that age ;)

And lastly I snuck in a few headshots of my self ... I figured it was time to change my portfolio pic.

Jumping waves!

Ask a kid to jump over the waves and you'll get great results every time ;)

I took these this weekend down on the Texas coast ... my September B&G wanted engagement shots on the beach so we decided to make a weekend out of it! Upon their request we took my kids with me and planned a day out on the water after the actual engagement session.

Fun Fun!!!

My daughter ...

And my Son .... I just love how they jump so differently!

Thank you both so much Selina and Kenny for making this weekend so great for me and my family! We couldn't have felt more welcome!

Baby Will is home!

I got the great treat to see this little guy again only after being a few days old. Can you believe that he slept through his entire session ... ahh, such a hard life ;)

Here's baby Will with his big sister ... she's always so fast to try and capture, so I was part thrilled and mostly lucky that I caught this little look!

Daddy with his newest little fishing buddy ... you did good Chris!

Sleeping babies are just so sweet!

What a fun couple!

Yes, Robin and her fiance Michael were so easy going and great to work with! Robin knows me and my camera quite well by now but I needed to loosen up the groom a bit ... easy peasy!

After a few simple shots and lots of laughs this couple relaxed and gave me some killer shots ....

Jennifer & Robert are engaged!

Yep, yep! They are one of my summer wedding couples and they are just so stinking cute together! This session was so much fun .. full of lots of smiles, laughs and of course kisses! ... lots and LOTS of kisses ;)

I was able to sneak in a few smooch free shots here and there, LOL!

We went to the Botanical Gardens for our shoot and I always love taking shots in this open field. There's something so cool about an image of two people all alone in an open field that I love!

Something about this shot in black and white just sings to me! I hope they like it as much as I do!

Welcome baby Mitchell!

This is by far the best part of what I do! ... I got to visit this little guy after being less than 24 hours old ... so sweet! I can't wait to see him again in my studio :)

Congrats to the Mitchells!

A great maternity session!

Yes, this 4 time mommy to be made my job soooo easy! She has such a soft nature about herself and was willing to do just about anything that I wanted her to do. And can you imagine, if this baby looks so good in the oven, then she's gonna be stunning once she comes out ;)

My husbands coooking!

Yes, I hate to admit it, but my man can out-cook me any day of the week! (Just don't let him know that I said that!) He's been an avid fisherman for the last 2 1/2 decades and his coking has been ever growing with him. From time to time he makes me take a photo of his latest 'masterpeice." .... Yes, I married a dork .... but man, can this dork cook!

Fresh ceviche...


Fish & shrimp ....

Fish & shrimp sandwich ...

A blast from the past!

So, a few days ago I was digging around through some old picture frames that I needed to use for a business luncheon that I was participating in. Needing to update some of the photos I started to change out the images and what do I find? An OLD photo that I took of my daughter when she was only 3 months old (now she's 7!)

WOW! Talk about a walk down memory lane! I took this shot with a small Kodak Advantix camera with a roll of black & white film (I forgot that I even used to get that stuff!). It's crazy to think how awesome I thought that camera was back then! ...sheesh! Times sure do change!

Anyways, my baby girl was asleep while visiting a friend so I set up this little scene outside on the patio of her apartment and took this shot. The funny thing is that I still love this shot!

Baby Rico in my studio!

What a great session! This little guy practically slept through his first ever modeling debut! He didn't cry, fuss, complain, pee or poop (always a plus with naked babies)! Thanks again to the Rico family for letting me share these special moments with them. I can't wait to see this little guy grow up!

This little guy only showed me his eyes for about 5 minutes ... other than that it was nothing but dreamland for him :)

Announcing the Mother's Day SPecial!

This year has been the most successful year for me ever! And to show my appreciation to all of my faithful customers, I will be having my first ever customer appreciation sale starting this Mother’s Day. From Sunday May 11th thru May 19th I will be offering all of my Gina Alexander products for 50% off! That’s right, every bag, purse, wallet and tote order placed during those times will enjoy an unheard of discount of 50% (plus shipping & tax)!

Don’t have a photo taken from me to use? Well, if you pre-pay the standard session fee during the sales event I’ll extend this great sale to you as well! (Photo session must be shot before June 31st)

This great sale is just my way of saying thank you to all for making 2008 my most successful year ever! Contact the Photographer to place your order today!

A Mother's Day special ....

Yes, that's right, I'll be posting a great Mother's Day sale first thing Sunday morning. This sale will be so great that it will only be good for one week ... after that it will be gone FOREVER! I've never done this type of sale before and I may never do it again so don't miss out on this once in a lifetime chance from me :)

To make sure that you won't miss out on this great sales event to be sure to sign up to this blog (Click on these words: Subscribe to this blog) or at the very least, come back tomorrow to check it out. You'll be sorry if you miss this great event ... I promise!

A test run of makeup

This week, my sweet bride-to-be Robin had a test run of her wedding day makeup ... what fun! I always love doing these types of photo sessions because everyone is always so relaxed and full of fun, and this day was no exception :)

Call me silly but I always love getting shots of the eyes being done up!

And this is so neat because it's the big sister putting on the make up to her little sister .. how sweet!

The wedding of Melissa & Marcus

What a great wedding! These happy couple was easily the classiest bride & groom that I've ever had the pleasure to work with! They are just so sweet and their family and friends were awesome to be around. Here are a few of my favorite images from that day ... which by the way, this wedding was perfect! Perfect weather, perfect church, perfect venue ... perfect, perfect, PERFECT!

I sooooo fell in love with her earrings ;)
They had a great Mariachi band!

Engagement session at the Gardens ...

As in the Botanical Gardens! What fun! That place was sooooooo much in full bloom! Pretty scenery where ever you looked! I am so glad that my happy couple Leo & Lisa chose to take their engagement portraits at the gardens! I think it's safe to say that we had a great time working together and thanks to a surprise Jazz festival going on, we got to stop and have a free bite to eat while we enjoyed listening to the smooth jazz sounds ... WHAT FUN !!!



Here's a few of the images from that day! Thanks to a well prepared bride we have three very different (but totally cool) types of images to enjoy!


First, your very classic but well loved happy shot followed by the ever fun sports theme ...

And lastly, my absolute favorite image ... so dreamy! I think I'll call this image "The Perfect Dip"