My Favorite Photo of Myself

In 2017, I worked with an up and coming photographer name Jayce the Artist. I hired her to shoot birthday pictures of me with me being always behind the camera it’s weird for me to be in front of the camera. The truth of the matter is I’m actually shy. So when being photographed it helps me to pretend, act & be silly. Pretending and acting silly loosens me up and allows me to get photos captured.

This photo session is one of my favorite shoots to date. In addition to the beautiful images captured during the session she also sent a video of us behind the scenes which turned out to be the biggest surprise.

I was so overjoyed and happy.

I cannot begin to describe how I felt when I received my electronic transfer of images and behind the scenes surprise video gift.

The way I felt after receiving my deliverables from the shoot, I vowed that day to insure the clients that work with my company Kustom Kreation Photography have a chance to experience the same joy I felt when I opened my email to receive my images!

My favorite photo I had it blown up to a poster size images it’s my background image on my computer and I regularly use it as a motivational and affirmation post on my social media pages.

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Elisha , The Teacher

When I was growing up I was fascinated by my teachers and their books, agendas and one the the biggest things writing on the chalkboard. Ooh wee that my fantasy to write on the chalkboard. As a youngster I wanted to have students and give them lessons that I could teach them.

One day my parents finally bought me a chalkboard and I would try and gather my little brother to be a student , that didn't last long. It would be a long time later that I realize I have a passion for providing information to people. I'm just realizing that my dreams of being a teacher has always been there and that I'm not the lady in elementary classroom with twenty children. I'm the lady that is able to take information I've learned and teach my friends and fellow business associates things that I've learned that may benefit something that they are doing. My folks are pretty appreciative of my efforts :)

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Believe in Yourself

It’s Our Photography Anniversary!

As we celebrate our 16 years of picking up our camera and deciding to take photographs we are reminding of the beginning.

When I began to go through the history of how this all began it really amazes me on how we come to be. I remember being a little girl and always wanting to do business stuff. Whether I was playing on a cash register or had a notebook(receipt book) or a purse /briefcase full of miscellaneous papers. I always remember wanting to be in business and do business by servicing my customers. when begin to think of how all those childhood dreams came to life it really amazes me on what you think can really happen. I’m blessed to be able to do this photography and more thing for these last past years. It really has shown me what I was capable of .

Cheers to 16 years and counting!

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25 Things that make you Happy

Being Happy can be a state of mind. When you find yourself down in the dumps and feeling less motivated sometimes you may need to turn in on yourself and make a list of things that make you happy.

Today I’m making a list of 25 things that make you happy!

1. A sun shiny day

2. A ride through the city

3. A clean house

4. Feet in the sand at the beach

5. A walk in the park

6. Exercise

7. A cold drink on a hot summer day

8. Swimming in the swimming pool

9. My favorite dinner

10. Talking with my good friend

11. Writing a list of Goals

12. Watching a favorite movie

13. Listening to my favorite song

14. Reading a Good book

15. Seeing a couple walk hand in hand

16. A Beautiful Floral Arrangement

17. Looking at the moon and stars on a beautiful night

18. Crafting up a new Project

19. Writing in my Journal

20. Sorting out things no longer wanted and giving them away

21. Cooking my favorite dinner

22. Enjoying Quiet Time

23. Taking out time to do a Word find puzzle

24. Visualizing my future

25. A Nap

What are somethings that make you happy comment below!

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Dear August 2022,

The Month of August was a pretty eventful one for us. A Great month. We were busy here and there and a few twist and turns. We were able to celebrate capture events and travel! August thank you! More Please!

Thank you for all that we done and experienced during this month! 

We attended the Atlanta content mixer hosted by The Capture Queen 

Dope event great networking opportunities 

Great studio space – Le Marchea Studios

We attended my nieces 24 th birthday celebrations went to top golf 

Out to dinner at long horn hung out at Ponce City Market 

The following week we visited Orlando met my brother and cousin down there we were able to relax and capture image control promote our new social media tool box 

We visited the mall 

Went to Daytona beach 

Ate pool side and chilled 

The following week 

Hung out at a ladies night a great evening of intimate conversations with blackwomen 

Followed up with 

Searching the local malls looking for Kanye West collection at Gap just to find out no store in the state of Georgia has it. 

We were able to have our camera equipment repaired so we can get ready for new experiences and captures 

We captured a birthday celebration at 5 church right in the heart of downtown Atlanta. 

Can we talk about all the rain that fell during the month… locally we had lots and lots of rain fall during this time 

As we reflect on this month we are thankful for all that we were blessed to experience. 

Thank you more please! 

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The Rise of Social Media & New ways of Building a Brand

Building a Brand 2009

The year was 2009 in this year we begin creating and selling customized party decorations.

As we were developing our party decor business and capturing images of our products and posting online we begin to build a wonderful fanbase that like our images and shared our business with others in their network with this type of organic support we were able to grow sell our business and services with a regular flow of orders.

At the time it was so amazing to develop something put it out on social media and begin to get inquiries and orders.

Who would have known that my love for crafting using construction paper , glue sticks & scissors would become a whole business and we have many years of success.

We will always be thankful for these humble beginning all of the clients that supported us by ordering our items and sharing our work with others for that we are grateful that we have this story to tell.

It's Our Anniversary! Cheers to 16 years

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Business Photos : The Need for Them

Very earlier on in our journey of photography we begin capturing behind the scene of events and capturing portfolio building images for vendors. I learned early on the importance of having clean crisp images for your brand and services . I also learned that good images will sell your product or service.

So I begin to capture images that I could provide to vendors (at an event) to assist them in building their brand and service. It also helped in establishing good working relationships and networking. They would pass your name to other people that were looking for a good reliable photographer.

Side Note: Look at any of your favorite brands and look how they present their products and services to you. When looking at your favorite brands you don’t see their service or products represented with dark, grainy low quality images.

For record neither should you!

Investing quality images is a must when building your business brand & service.

It’s our Anniversary! Cheers to 16 years!

Kustom Kreation Photography

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7 Mind Shifting Book Suggestions

Recently we wrote a blog post entitle The Key Formula in which we discussed the general key to life is our thoughts and thinking. Today we are providing suggestions on books that provide a shift in your thoughts .

1. Master Key System – Charles Hanel

2. Think & Grow Rick Napoleon Hill

3. The Alchemist- Paulo Coelho

4. The Magic of Thinking Big- David J. Schwartz

5. The Miracle Morning – Hal Elrod

6. The Power of Concentration – Theron Q. Dumont

7. Write it down make it happen -Henriette Klauser

What are some mind shifting books that you have read that should be added to the list comment below!

It’s Our Anniversary Cheers to 16 years!

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Make Moves Monday

We started this mantra back in 2011-2012 it seem as though Mondays for most people was a drag so in order to lift the spirits and look at things in a more positive light I start looking a Mondays as a day to make moves; Whether getting ready for work, school, exercise, clean house, rest up from weekends, or making a move back to bed.

Monday was the start of the work week and we were on a mission top make a move, make it a mission and I used feet, shoes on different persons to represent making moves.

It is through our feet that we are are to move about and be carried from one point to another. So Monday Motivation is representing by the question being ask statement being said; It’s Make Moves Monday followed by the Question: What moves are you making today???

So Mondays are always going to be a day to motivate ourselves, to live our best life and see that we are on a mission to move something (Best Luke Sky Walker Voice)

It’s Our Anniversary!

Cheers to 16 years!

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Why I love Coffee Table Books

My Goal is to create and publish one day. When I first got on IG in the early days I didn’t get on to attract followers and build business, I actually joined to showcase images that I’ve captured. I looked at it as a Digital coffee table book and I did that for years. As I would grab favorite images from some of my special event and photo sessions we than went on to caption our images with one word that described the picture.

As time went on and our Instagram account shifted with a different set of goals the desire to publish a Coffee table book is one that we still have in mind. So one day soon you will see images we’ve captured over the years published in our very own Coffee Table Book

It’s Our Anniversary! Cheers to 16 years!

Internet Image of a Coffee Table Book

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It’s Our Anniversary!

September 2006 We began the our photography journey and what an excited path it has been. This month we are going to share a trip down memory lane on how we got started and went on to create a business that supports my family connects me with a wide arrange of people!

Headshots for Professional Profiles to Family Photo Session onto Special Events and Weddings we are excited to celebrate our anniversary month. Cheers to Sixteen Years and counting….

3 Items you need to Create Content

If you are a small business and entrepreneur and you looking for image content for your brand and services today we are providing you with 3 items to create image content with ease. The 3 items you need to create image content

1. Camera/Phone Camera

2. Tripod

3. Plan of Action

These simple items can be used to get your message out to your audience. If you have a smart phone iPhone or Android you can use it to capture images of your products , use the video to talk about your service and share this message online. For Cellphone you can purchase you a cellphone tripod. Click here!

(this is the one I own and it affordable and fantastic. It even has a Bluetooth remote to allow you to start and stop recording.

Write out a plan of action of the message that you would like to put out for your audience. You can use a blank sheet a paper or a notebook to write our your message and ideas. It really is that simple to create your own image content and spread your message out on these online streets!

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3 Things to Start Today

If you are looking for ways to shift your mindset and do something different in your life here are three things that you can start today

1. Exercise – start today and do 30 minutes of exercise. You can start as simply as walking around your neighborhood. If 30 minutes is too much to take on start with 10 minutes a day and start to increase as you get more comfortable with the routine

2. Sit Quietly and Meditation – (I actually do a 7 minute mediation daily preferable before I go to bed at night) I use this meditation music to assist Click here!

3. Change up your daily routine

ex: if you drive a same route to work everyday switch up your route to a different one ; do something different afterwork ; pick out a different hang out spot; try something new to eat.

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Quick Guide for Mindset Shifts

I recently begin reading the book the Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod. This was recommended by one of my favorite Podcast. In reading this book it inspired me to really begin to do self reflection and to see what it is that I really want. As I was reading the book I realize that there are some habits that I do I just don’t organize my morning in the way he advises in the book. By reading this book it has really inspired me to begin to implement habits that will allow me to live my best life every. We have the power to do so in the palm of our hands. If we would only realize how powerful we are. So if you are looking for inspiration and a quick guide to assist in shifting your mindset I would definitely recommend reading the book The Morning Miracle!

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night we were on location capturing a special birthday celebration at 5 Church Atlanta.

The place is a perfect spot in Atlanta for a root top celebration that is if the rain will hold out.

Despite the rain in all we were still able to capture moments of family and friends on the rooftop!

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Building from Scratch

I remember back in 2009 when I first begin creating custom party supplies and selling them. This was the 1st time that I actually someone saw my crafty work at an event and ask me how much I charge to create them something for their celebration. Fast Forward 2022 we are working on building up informational package to share with our fellow entrepreneurs and business owners that will provide tools and resources to assist with the navigation out here on these online streets.

Recently I've met with people that have a message that they would like to share and looking for easy ways to create content to where they can share it on the different social media platforms.

Over the years we've been able to navigate our way on the different platforms and work to keep up with trends and the many changes that take place daily. What was new and improve yesterday no longer is the hot thing on the block.

We look forward to sharing our latest project and being able to assist those persons that can use the resource that we are creating.

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Choose Happiness

Today as I was searching for a topic to write about on the blog today I came across this image I had in my file.

Choose Happiness

I thought that would be a good post for today. Happiness is something that we choose when we think about it. As I begin looking at the picture and internalizing what it says, I thought about what are some things that make me happy. I had to take a moment and think about it. So now I will list out 5 things that make me happy.

1. A sun shiny day

2. A beautiful walk in the park

3. being able to capture pretty things with my camera

4. A nice ride through town

5. A nice gathering with friends and family.

What are somethings that make you happy?

Comment your answers below!

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Working Wednesday Check- In

Today was a typical day of regular things we do in our routine. Prayer, Exercise and Work, so nothing could be better than having a client meeting that turned into a powerful experience.

As we met with our clients and secured a contract of working with them they were able to pour into us as they could since something in our spirit. Before I left out of the meeting which was several hours later I was equipped to do some inside work on making myself a more happy individual. Although I for the most part keep a happy demeanor and spirit today I was ask to rate myself on the happiness scale from 0-5.

Zero being not happy and five being happy. I found myself at a 3 right smack in the middle. The next thing she ask was "what would it take to get you to a five" As I closed my eyes and wrestle in my mind with what that would look like , she begin to ask me question to help me visualize a perfect environment and to look at things in my mind of what I like. After performing that exercise my happiness meter immediately went to five.

It's funny how you begin your day off one way and have absolutely no idea how your day will end up.

I'm so grateful for everything that happen today and all the tools that my client equip me with. I went there to secure a contract. I left there with a signed agreement and my happiness meter on full.

Now that is how I like to end the day! Thank you! More Please!

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Change of Environment

Today we decided to spend time with ourselves we venture out to a mall located on the other side of town. We browse through the stores and enjoy the energy of the environment. Watching people as they shopped ate and walk through the mall just like myself. After returning home and just sitting down to write this blog out I feel so at ease and refreshed. Somedays it just important to spend time with yourself change your environment and put your mind at ease!

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Make Moves Monday

It’s Make Moves Monday and today we have started the week off with a list of things we are looking to cross off by the end of the week.

We enjoyed a great weekend. We attended a special girls night out as well got some good rest!

So what moves have you made today on this Monday Make Moves Mission??!!!

Comment Below!

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