I had so much fun photographing Jeanne and Jake’s wedding. It was at Gorham’s Bluff and it was absolutely gorgeous! The most exciting and unexpected part came near the end of the day when they cut their wedding cake. Look at what happened:

I just booked my last session for this year; I can’t believe my calendar is completely full! God is really blessing our business and I’m so thankful! Please contact me if you’d like to book a session for 2010.

As of today, I only have seven more sessions available for this year (all in November). After those dates are taken, I will not be booking more sessions until January of 2010. If you are interested in booking a session, please check the calendar on my website at www.hollyjoflora.com

If you’d like to receive your pictures before Christmas, you must have your orders placed by Tuesday, December 1st. I am offering photo Christmas cards again this year so please request information for those if you are interested.

We have just added a new collection to our wedding packages: The Ultimate Collection

The Ultimate Collection truly has everything a bride and groom could want! You receive an outdoor engagement session including four 5×7 prints and an 8×8 Custom Coffee Table Engagement Book (perfect for display at bridal teas and showers, engagement books contain 30 pages). You also receive a DVD slideshow of your engagement pictures. This DVD is perfect to play at your rehearsal dinner and/or as guests are arriving before your wedding ceremony.

You receive 250 “Save the Date” cards. These 2×3.5 cards have one of your engagement pictures printed on one side and your names, wedding date, ceremony time, and wedding location printed on the other side. This collection also includes an outdoor bridal session with one 11×14 gallery wrap. You also receive seven hours of wedding coverage by Holly Jo Flora and her assistant, 100 4×6, ten 5×7, and five 8×10 prints from your wedding. This collection includes a 16×20 gallery wrap and a 10×10 Custom Coffee Table Wedding Book.

The Ultimate Collection ends with 200 thank you cards. Our 5×7 folded thank you cards (envelopes included) have a picture that you select from either your engagement session or from your wedding day printed on the front and a personalized message from you printed on the inside. These cards are perfect to thank your friends and family for gifts and their time and it also gives them a picture to keep. This collection is $3,600

If you’ve already booked your wedding with us and you’d like to upgrade your package to the Ultimate Collection, just let me know!

Photo Wedding Invitations

We are also now offering photo wedding invitations. Our invitations come in a variety of sizes and finishes.  Please let me know if you’d like to view our sample wedding invitations and/or if you’d like price information.

This adorable baby is Ella; isn’t she gorgeous?! I had the hardest time narrowing down the pictures to post. I just love all of her expressions!

Alex and I are so blessed to have wonderful friends like Ken and Allison. I took these pictures right before Allison found out that their family of two was going to be a family of three! They are going to be such wonderful parents! Congratulations you two!!!

Lindsey, Dottie, Charlotte, and Lisa work at the Alabama Teachers Credit Union. They are some of the first people that I met when I moved to Fort Payne. I love these ladies! They’re not only beautiful on the outside, they’re gorgeous on the inside too. I am so excited because this is a first for me: pictures for a billboard! Here is a picture of the billboard:

This morning, I shot pictures for the Centre branch of the ATCU and that billboard will be going up sometime in August. I’m so excited!!!

We are so thankful for how God is blessing our business! Flora Photography has grown leaps and bounds since last year. Our calendar is already filling up for the year so I wanted to go ahead and post information about Christmas sessions.

Last year, I really overbooked for Christmas and I determined then that I would not book like that again. So, for this year, I am only booking Christmas sessions in September, October, and November. You can have your session outdoors (if you have a place you’d like for us to go for your setting, that’s great or I have some locations for you to choose from) or I can come to your home and shoot your photos there (around your Christmas tree, in front of your house, etc). I will only schedule one session per day on the Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays in those three months.

The last day that I will be shooting sessions for 2009 (other than weddings) is Friday, November 20th. If you’d like to receive your pictures before Christmas, you must have your orders placed by Tuesday, December 1st. I am offering photo Christmas cards again this year so please request information for those if you are interested.

I can’t wait for Shawnee and Eric’s wedding! They’re getting married at the Tennessee Aquarium so that’s where we met to shoot their engagement pictures. Here are some of my favorites:

This little cutie is Bayleigh. She’s turning five in July and her mother wanted to have pictures made for her birthday. Here are some of my favorites: