Christmas Charity Fundraiser by BluOrchid Photographer ~ Marion AR Children's Photographer

I talked a bit in the last post about how greatly appreciative Families in Transition was with our Halloween fundraiser so we decided to have some fun at Christmas time as well and came up with a great way to provide Families in Transition with much needed clothing and food items! All of the details are in the flyer below....call me with any questions (901.832.4111).


So many of us have so much to be thankful for in this holiday season (and year round for that matter). Let's give to those who are not as fortunate.

Halloween Charity Event Results! BluOrchid Photography ~ Marion AR Child Photographer

Well, the results are in! We had a great time with our Halloween charity event and had over 500 items donated to Families in Transition! We photographed over 50 children and look forward to seeing you all again next year! The Families in Transition was very happy to receive the donations so we decided to have another charity event for Christmas time!!!

We will be hosting a "Cutest Elf Contest" December 12th from 10am-5pm. We will provide the elf/santa/reindeer hats. All you have to do is bring your little one and one or more clothing items to enter your child into the contest. All participants will be on the blog and you and your friends and family will have one week to vote for the cutest child! The winner will receive an awesome portrait session with BluOrchid Photography and a complimentary 8x10 from that session!

If you are interested in having a complimentary 5x7 of your child from the contest, just bring in 3 or more canned/non-parishable food items and we will provide the free picture!

There is no appointment needed for the Elf Photos....just drop in anytime from 10am-5pm to participate! Candy canes and hot chocolate will be provided! Please tell all of your friends and family so that we can help make Christmas a little brighter for these families in need!

Well, I would love to show you some of the fun we had at the Halloween event. I have all of the photos that we got of the children and then some of our fun candids with photos of all the food/clothes that got donated! Thanks so much to everyone that participated! We could not have done it without your help!

Senior Picture Time! BluOrchid Photography ~ Marion AR Photographer

Ok everyone....you have to meet my new friend, Paula! She called me and we did her senior pictures last month. She and her mom came in tonight for her viewing and ordering session and she was soooo happy with them! She is full of spunk and personality and laughed her head off at me the day of the session (those of you who have shot with me know I'm a total klutz and I tripped over everything a million times)! She has since become my buddy and brought me the sweetest thing tonight. It was an angel feather and it had this poem with it that talked about our friendship and how we are kept safe. Very sweet and a nice reminder of our fun time together. She also came out and helped Nathaniel and I with the Halloween fundraiser...so she's just a sweet girl and I'm so glad that she loved her photographs so much! Paula, you are truly beautiful, inside and out! Thanks for finding me! Ok people, without further a do......

Paula's mom really loved this one!

I knew when she whipped out this hat on the day of the shoot that it was going to be a fun session!

Paula thought I was crazy when I told her to lay on the floor, but I knew it would look great! Plus that pink on my lovely girls only backdrop was a sure thing!

Paula loves Hawaii so we tried to capture a bit of that spirit!

Paula is an avid reader! She's actually writing some really funny stuff right now too. Somehow or other I have become one of the characters in one of her books! I will have to share some of the excerpts soon!

Paula, thanks for ROCKING IT OUT! oh....don't forget to post some of your favs to facebook!

BluOrchid Photography in a Print Competition

Well, we got back from the annual Inferno Conference in Nashville, TN this past week. I was really excited to go because it is always a good time getting together with my photography friends from all over the world and just getting to "talk shop" for a few days. While I was there, I entered the print competition (my first ever) and was so nervous about it. I made Nate choose the final 3 images I entered. I entered one print each in the Wedding, Group, and Individual categories. I was sitting there at my table trying desperately not to pass out from my nervousness when they called my name as the 3rd place winner in the Individual category. Well, you would have thought I had won the Academy Award or something! I sprang out of my chair and went up to collect my ribbon and print and got my photo taken with the judges. It was really exciting. There were something like 94 entried from photographers all over and I was very excited to have placed since I had never competed before. It's hard to look at my work objectively since I have so many emotional connections to it, but I wanted to share the print that placed! It is called "Solemn Grace" (you have to name your competition entries and the name can either make or break your score). This photo was on the blog a while back, but I made a few changes to it and am going to re-post it for you to see!

New Bebe Collection Client! BluOrchid Photography ~ Memphis Baby Photographer

Meet Baby Gage! He is such a cutie and his sweet parents, Danielle and Adam, brought him to me just one week after he made his great arrival! He did a great job for his very first model project....what a subject! He was so alert...which is really different for such a wee one! This whole family was a dream to work with and I'm so excited that they have joined our bebe collection family. Have a look at some of their and my favorites from our session....including the awesome holiday card we created for them!