Thursday's HS Senior call-in promotion - the deal gets sweeter...

Ooooooooo, so it gets BETTER! I just realized that I have a fair number (maybe 50?) of our Spring Catalogs left (which if I do say so myself are works of art on their own), each containing a shiny, valuable, {very plastic, wallet worthy} $50 gift card toward your Senior Picture experience.

And while some of you received these in the mail in the last month or so, it occurred to me that many of you, referred from here and there and that other place, likely were not on that list! So for those of you who did not yet receive one, we'd love to WELCOME YOU with our "Senior Scene" catalog as well as the $50 gift card inside it. And here's the really great part: you CAN use this $50 session gift card WITH the $50 order credit promo on Thursday.

So that means, if you call on Thursday my friend, you will receive not just $50 as one might have originally thought, but $100 to put toward your senior pictures. Free money more or less. (We know you're in it for the style, but mom loves a deal, right?) Senior sessions start at just $95 and prints at just $16 (no minimum order, packaged collections available but not required), so what's to hold you back? :)

Read below for the THURSDAY CALL-IN PROMO details, and when you call to BOOK YOUR SESSION (which can take place anytime between now and October, so no rush on that Senior Picture shopping spree yet), be sure and let us know if you need a catalog in addition to your order credit certificate, and we'll make sure you have both in hand very very shortly.

Ahh, a sweet deal indeed.

Twin Cities High School Seniors ~ Call-in Promotion!

Calling all Twin Cities Class of 2010ers ~ don't miss this High School Senior Picture SPECIAL!!!!

This is an extension of a promotion from our recent mailing... Why put a stop to a good thing? :)

Tell your friends!

Call NEXT THURSDAY July 30th (anytime from 10am-6pm) to BOOK A SESSION*, and get an automatic $50 ORDER CREDIT toward any specialty collection/package (or use as a flat out free $25 toward any a la carte order).

It's kinda like free money. Oh wait, it is free money! :)

*A deposit of $50 will be due to hold your session date, which will of course credit toward your session fee. Sessions must take place in August, September, or October 2009.

To get more info on "The Senior Scene" (Modern Senior Pictures by Shannon Tacheny) head on over to the Feather Blue Studios main website - modern senior portrait art serving Saint Paul, MN and the Twin Cities. Cheers All!

PS - Search for "Feather Blue Studios" on facebook and click to become a fan! This way you'll never miss out on other killer studio specials. ;)

Senior Pictures - oh how we love the trends...

A peak at just a few of the new trendy "art products" that will be offered through "The Senior Scene" this year... Funky backgrounds & collage style images, available on large prints to wallets! (Won't your friends be jealous). ;)









And of course the popular digital collage-style Senior Albums are available now too! When ordered with one of our Signature Collections, they come with a FREE mini 5x5 album for mom's purse. That's right mom... free. Get ready to show off your gorgeous kid in style. :)

High School Senior Picture Season...

Senior Picture Season is on it's way in! I just updated the website gallery with some of the newer (more urban & fashion-oriented) images and am looking forward to some stellar sessions with class of '10ers in the weeks and months to come... Hoping to capture some more artistic on-location senior pictures, especially in the urban streets of Saint Paul, as well as more with the funky patterned backgrounds in studio, exclusive to Feather Blue. :) Bring it on!

Pretty Patterns

Trying to find a whimsical damask today to use as a possible background for a wedding album, I stumbled upon this sweet little gem of a site: Pixels & Ice Cream. This is a lovely place for designers & us "pretty pattern addicts" to find gloriously adorable photoshop backgrounds, brushes, & illustrations all either as "freebies" or at a too good to be true price. I do believe I will start a listing on the side of the blog for other great gems of designs for all of you other's who crave beautiful papers and backgrounds like me. Soon you will hopefully begin to notice the studio offering new cards (baby announcements, Christmas cards, etc) as well as some whimsical digital album offerings that tickle your visual senses as much as, well, pixels and ice cream.

Interested in Modeling?

Hey All! For those interested, we've set a date for our next aspiring model workshop via the Model Integrity division of the studio. Here's the flyer for this next event, scheduled for Thursday evening August 6th. Whether you'd like information on how to get started in modeling in MN for yourself, your daughter, or your best friends' neighbor's newborn, this is the place to start. :)


To RSVP for the informational open call portion (pre-workshop), or to register for the workshop, please email modelintegrity@juno.com or give the studio a call! Also check out our recently updated Model Integrity website at www.modelintegrity.com

Delia & Hunter

Most any photographer who also happens to have children will tell you that the hardest subject to take pictures of is their own kids. This is absolutely true in my case. While I think that I am generally incredibly patient and relaxed when I shoot, I find myself agitated and irritable as I try to get my own 2 year old son to sit still (just for 3 seconds, really?) and my 6 year old daughter to give me a smile that is not "the cringe."

Three shoots later (really; I come up with creative ideas, head off to location with them, and come home with NOTHING) I shot these natural light shots by our front door one day on a whim when I especially liked Hunter's shirt and thought Delia was having a good hair day.



Needless to say, these are now my current favorites of the kids and I plan to have large prints made of both of their headshots for our living room. I am made cheerful by Hunter's playful smile and Delia's genuine expression with the dimple. Additionally, I've compiled them to work as the kids (much-overdue-to-be-updated) modeling comp cards (which is what you see here) for their local agencies (as the other two very "planned" shoots did not produce the desired results). :)

Sometimes the unexpected can result in the best of the best. Cheers to that! Wishing you all little unexpected joys this week. :)

Cherish Today

Hi All,

I'm taking off here soon for the July 4th weekend, but wanted to wish you all a splendid summertime and a safe weekend.

It pains me to say that we lost a friend earlier this week in a swimming accident, and certainly the weight of his death has been upon our week. Nathan, who was only 30, and his young wife, parents of four little ones, were friends of ours from church before they moved up north just a few years ago. While we have seen them only minimally over the last couple years, I know without a doubt that Nathan lived his life with purpose and joy, and for God's glory. While it's hard to understand why this young husband and father's life was cut short, it is a reminder to all of us of how to value each day, to cherish our time and our loved ones, to keep priorities and perspective.

My heart hurts immensely for our friend, Nathan's wife, and their precious little children, and I know they'll be in my prayers for a very long time.

It couldn't help but cross my mind that every single picture they have of him will be so treasured, especially by the youngest children who might not remember him. Certainly a photo is treasured even when one lives till 80, :) but all the more in this case. So as you're having fun this holiday weekend, remember to take lots of pictures of your kids, your friends, your spouse. To celebrate them, cherish them, create a memory and an heirloom; and also just for fun. :)

~Shannon

Star Trib News Story - Nathan

Family Memorial Fund