Our Engagement Portraits

Well, so many of you have asked us WHO will photograph our wedding!? It is true that we would be super particular about the photographs for our own big day and I'm proud to say that we have made a wonderful selection. Dawn from Dawn Schubert Photography came in to assist me with a wedding a few weeks ago and she took our engagement photographs at that time. She, along with Alison Berk of Imagin Photography, will be photographing our big day! Nathaniel and I couldn't be happier with the sneak peak of photographs that Dawn gave us! We anxiously await the others and can't wait to put up a nice canvas collection of these in our home! Have a look at a few of our favorites!

Baby Levi! BluOrchid Photography~Marion AR Photographer

So, I am so far behind with blogging....Mr. Levi is about ready for his next session already...and I'm just now getting this one up! Sorry!!!! I'm really going to try to do better! Here are a few of my favs from his session. His mom is a good friend of mine (and my fabulous hair stylist) and she is so crafty. She made this cute little Dr. Suess outfit since Levi's nursery is decorated with Dr. Suess. It was super cute...even had the little tie! Enough chatter....onto the photographs! Enjoy!

Models Needed! BluOrchid Photography~Memphis Senior Photography

Do you have what it takes!? Chandler did....

Hello 2011 High School Seniors! BluOrchid is in need of some senior class members to model for us for the 2011 year. Our main interest at this time is to find senior models for our 2011/12 Marketing Campaign. In addition, we need a few lucky seniors to model for us at a senior photography course that we are teaching this October! This is truly a one of kind experience that you will want to be part of....one of my recent seniors wrote on her application "go big or go home." I thought that was very fitting here in that modeling may not have been something that she initially thought of doing, but after working with us, she found it was really fun and thought, well, why not!?

What's in it for you???
Well, here is what you get*:

• 2 models will be chosen to work with us at the class we are instructing at and have the chance to be pampered all day and have a gazillion senior portraits to show off to friends! More details will be given to the winners when announced.
• All remaining participants will get a free senior sitting session for a modeling package ($120 value)
• 25 stylized star cards to be mailed out to friends who would be interested in a senior session with us ($132 value)
• 5 Myspace/Facebook images ($75 value)
• A really cute T-shirt with our logo ($25 value)

*This is a minimum! More incentives can be earned when we receive referrals from you!

What is expected from you:

• Bring your enthusiasm! It's going to be a fun year!
• All models must prepay for their senior session to qualify for the contest. Our model package is priced at $350. This ENTIRE amount will go towards photographs....your session is FREE! Your senior portraits must be taken before Oct 15, 2010.
• You will be representing and working with us throughout the senior year. Not only will this be a fun experience for you, but it's also an essential tool for us to keep our name out there in front of your friends and peers. We rely on your support throughout the year! Active senior models will definitely be rewarded. Inactive models...not so much! :)
• The 25 Star Cards will feature images from your session and will be mailed out to 25 of your friends that have not yet had their senior portraits taken. We need you to provide the 25 names and addresses. Every time we get a referral from you....you get $50 gift card from us!
• We often need models on short notice to test new backgrounds, practice techniques, etc. Although we don't expect you to drop everything for us, we just want to let you know that this may happen!
• We expect you to collect 25 addresses of junior friends for our mailing database. Of course, your images will be highlighted in these mailing campaigns, as you are our star!!!
• We expect any Facebook and Myspace images that we provide you to be used as the highlight images on your page through your senior year to help promote our business. We must be on your Facebook and Myspace friends list.
• If you are involved in sports, teams, or groups: we expect you to suggest our services to the coordinator for any photography services, such as team pictures, group gifts, dances, etc.
• We expect you to have a great time, feel like a rockstar, and have the best in senior portraits! You'll see that we'll become great friends during your senior year! We are here for you, and expect the same from our models!

If this sounds like the job for you, please continue to the application!

Meet Baby Caroline! Newborn Baby Photography Marion, AR by BluOrchid Photography

This is Miss Caroline! She is such a little doll, isn't she?! We had so much fun working with her and her family to do her session! Caroline is the first baby we've ever done a suspension photograph with (see the tree below)! Poor Nathaniel was slaving away outside getting the tree limb ready for us. If Caroline looks familiar to you, it's because her adorable brother Carter B (seen with her below) is a graduate of our Bebe Program! We're so excited to have the opportunity to keep working with their family, and we can't wait until little Miss Caroline comes to see us again! Here are a few pictures from her newborn session. Enjoy!

We LOVE to learn about photography!

We had the opportunity to go to Chicago for a conference this week. It was great fun to see some of our old friends....but in the midst of all of it, we got food poisoning! It was a rough time! Who would have thought....go out of town and then end up staying in our rooms being sick over half the time. Luckily, we did get to see the 2nd and 3rd days of the conference, but we had good friends taking notes for us on the first day. We did get to be included in the group photo on day 2! So, here we are with our group! Thanks for all your patience while we've been out of town. We have orders coming in at the end of this week and beginning of the next.

Memphis Maternity Portraits! BluOrchid Photography ~ Marion AR Photographer

This is Ms. Tonya. She was a delight to work with. At BluOrchid, we love to do maternity sessions, and all cients who sign up for our Bebe Collection receive a complimentary maternity session included.

This is her groom-to-be, Chris. We think it's so sweet when the man comes-along to support his expecting lady. Aren't their smiles charming?

For those expecting moms who might be curious about maternity photography, but are nervous about the semi-nude poses, a lot of our clients opt for fully-clothed maternity portraits which we think are just as gorgeous.

They got a big canvas of this one to hang above their baby's basinett.

We thought the red fabric looked lovely on her.

We can't wait to meet Tonya's newborn.

Marion Baby Portraits by BluOrchid Photography~Marion AR Photographer

This is Miss Zoee! She's one of the newest babies in our Bebe Collection, and she is such a doll! We met Miss Zoee when we did our Christmas fundraiser Cutest Elf Contest for Families in Transition, a local shelter for victims of domestic violence. Look at the head-of-hair on this little heartbreaker! She was not so much into the tutu idea at the beginning, but she warmed-up to it and gave us the cutest grins. We love when parents decide to go with our Bebe Collection, because we get to see the baby change progressively throughout his or her first year. Zoee was a tad older than our Bebe Collection clients generally are at their first session, but we just modified the plan for her. We look forward to this cutie's six month session, but until then have a look at a few of our favorites from her three month session. Isn't she adorable?

Her mom brought some of the cutest little headbands for her to wear. We love when clients come in with cute ideas of their own, but we also have fun props of our own to add into the mix.
We have entered this photograph into the "North America's Cutest Family Contest." They need your help with votes. To vote: go to www.sandypucmodels.com Click on Gallery. Click on Enter Gallery to view all families and vote a the bottom of the page. You can click on the drop-down menu of Tour City for Memphis. Then, click on the photograph to vote.


Her mom got one of our new frames that holds a collection of three portraits. She chose these last three selections for her new frame. Aren't they the best?

Memphis Child Photography by BluOrchid Photography~Marion AR Photographer

Meet Brody and Richard Wayne. These two little boys were absolutely adorable and had such fun little personalities. We went out to the old mill. Brody was so curious about the old farm equipment that I had to spend a large amount of time chasing him throughout his little adventure. Richard Wayne, however, was not as curious and I had to lure him into the old mill by telling him about the owls who like to hide up in the eaves of the building and how if he smiled really well the owls would come out and say "Hi!" A few minutes into our fun game, an owl came out and startled us, but Richard Wayne wasn't frightened at all and gave me the best smile of the session.


Brody's mom loved this one so much she decided to get a big canvas.

Mom also loved this one of Richard Wayne and got a coordinating canvas to go with the one she got of Brody.

This is Richard Wayne after he had just seen the owl! Ha Ha.

This is Mister Brody the one second that he was standing still.

Baby Levi! BluOrchid Photography~Marion AR Photographer

This is one of my really good friends, Ching, and her family. She and Albert were married just last year and little Levi was soon on his way! I was so excited that she wanted me to do his first portraits and now he is a member of our Bebe Collection...so we will be seeing this sweetheart every few months. It was a really fun session because not only did I have his parents there with him to celebrate, but both sides of grandparents were there too! We captured lots of moments for them and I'm proud to show them off for my friend! Thanks so much for letting me be a part of this history in your lives! Here are some of our favorites from the session!

Ching had this super sweet hat and we had the perfect blanket to go with it! I love this shot!

Levi was born near Christmas and Ching is pretty crafty! She made him this little Santa hat to wear! Be the time we did the session, it barely fit his little head! But this cute little expression is just the best!

Perfect timing! Levi looked right up at his grandmother as she was looking at him and I happened to capture it.