Memphis Engagement Photography: Vivian and Rico ~ BluOrchid Photography

This is the lovely Ms. Vivian and her sweetheart Rico. We will be photographing their wedding soon but first we, of course, did their gorgeous engagement portraits. We had a great time with them down at the river and even went to the cheesecake corner in downtown Memphis! I must say, Vivian has excellent taste in cheesecake....and I thought poor Rico was going to have to fight for her attention when she had her eyes on that cake! It's obvious that she loves it! They are such a sweet couple and I'm so excited about the wedding. You will see a hint of what the wedding will look like in their clothes! The colors in their shirts reflect some of the bright, fun colors of the wedding! Here are a few of our favorites! Thanks for letting us capture this special time!

The Wedding of Alexis and Jeff! BluOrchid Photography ~ Memphis Wedding Photographer

This is Alexis and Jeff. They have such an interesting story. They met each other at the church where they were married out in the playground (they met when they were children). They both grew up and went their separate ways. It was in the last few years that they found one another again and they knew that it was the love of a lifetime. I was so happy that they decided to include me in their day. Alexis is an artist herself and was very interested in our work...and I am thrilled that she "got" me! She planned a beautiful reception at the Memphis College of Art. I've not worked there before, but it was great! They had a gorgeous ceremony and a blast at the recpetion. I can't wait for them to see these....so here is a peek of many beautiful portraits to come! Love you guys!

I absolutely love it when the bride and groom see each other before the actual ceremony. It is so much more intimate....look at the looks on their faces as they saw each other for the first time.

The other cool part about seeing each other before is that you actually get to enjoy it. They were so comfortable and just really looked so in love, it was great to be part of that.





The church had amazing chandeliers! I love the sparkle of light over the ceremony.

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!

Fun Engagement Video by BluOrchid Photography ~ Marion AR Photographer

This is one of the fun new videos I created to highlight some of my engagement work this year. I'm sure you all remember Courtney and Beau...I hope they like this video!

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Memphis Engagement Pictures! BluOrchid Photography ~ Marion AR Photographer

Meet Erica and Jermaine. We did their engagement session and I am really excited about putting these on the blog. They met each other at a bike get together of some sort...so they knew they wanted to incorporate that into the photographs. ***Side note....I totally love how people have been incorporating things into their sessions that scream THEM!**** Ok, back to regularly scheduled programming. We went to downtown Memphis for this session and found some really cool, grungy locations. Erica had gone shopping and found these awesome shoes that she wanted to incorporate into the session...and let me tell you, she worked it in those shoes. I would have broken my neck, but not this girl! Too hot! Anyhow, it was a great time and I love how urban these turned out. Have a look....

Marion Bridal Portraits! BluOrchid Photography ~ Marion AR Photographer

Well, now that the wedding is over, I can officially put Susan's bridal session on the blog. When we were getting the session planned, her words to me were "I want it to look like I should be in a magazine." And that's exactly what we did! She let me be creative and fun and we just had a great time. Her good friend Carla (the best assistant I ever had on the fly) came along to fluff the dress and smooth the hair...but she also helped with the laughs. She was great at getting Susan to crack up! Thanks Carla!!!! Anyhow, we decided to stay in Marion for this session and I'm glad we did, we got some really different stuff....and it helped that Susan looked like a goddess (even sitting on top of a pile of old tires...yes I said old tires...don't worry, we protected the dress)! I just love this girl. She even went into the mosquito infested forest with me! Oh, and you have to look closely, but check out the one with the fire hose in the background! Her hubby (fiance at the time) is a fireman and that hose was just laying there all random! We knew we had to incorporate it! Well, enough of me going on and on....have a look!!!