Maternity Portrait Art - {Twin Cities Maternity Photography}

While I tend to put more time into marketing "baby" sessions rather than "belly" shoots, I do offer maternity photography here at Feather Blue Studios and wanted to share some beautiful images from a recent shoot. Truly art, this mom of 4 (including the new little one!) and her husband ordered a large print of one of these images so that they could "remember that we did that whole baby thing once upon a time." And I can't think of a better way to remember it... isn't she beautiful?



Expecting? or have a new little one? Be sure to check out our "elite petite" baby photo program for the 3.6.9.12 month stages, with optional maternity & newborn sessions available as well. {Note: a very elite sale on this program is coming soon!}

Modeling in the Twin Cities - workshop & open call on Thursday

Just a reminder that the next Model Integrity workshop is coming up this Thursday evening. If you're interested in modeling, getting your child/teen into modeling, or just want more info on how this whole industry works, this is the place to start.

All of the info can be found at the Model Integrity website and on the Model Integrity blog.

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.