Liberty Classical Academy Sponsor | Special Offer for Liberty Families & LCA Classic Sponsors!

This past weekend we had the privilege of taking part in the Liberty Classical Academy annual spring "Golf Classic" fundraiser.  

Here is our special offer for: LCA families and other event sponsors:
Receive $25 off any regular session rate + $25 goes back to Liberty as a donation (via the following year's annual fund). 

Note: not valid with other specials or mini-shoot events.

Valid on baby/child/family portrait art, high school senior pictures, or headshots.  Good through May 2015.

Get in touch today!
Shannon Tacheny (photographer / owner / LCA parent)
www.FeatherBlueStudios.com
651.489.8281  ~  FeatherBlueStudios@juno.com

Senior Picture Season -- Coming Soon! | High School Senior Pictures St. Paul / Roseville / White Bear Lake / Twin Cities MN | Studio & Outdoor Senior Pictures Magazine-Flair

Senior picture season is coming soon!  As the class of 2014 prepares to graduate, the class of 2015 starts their search for the right senior picture photographer for this epic experience.

If you're exploring your senior picture options, here are a few q&a's that may help you make sense of things...

Q: When do most seniors get their senior pictures taken anyway?
A: Since yearbook deadlines are generally in the fall (check with your school, but they usually fall between October and December of the given year), most seniors do their sessions in the summer or fall.  July through October are the most popular months.  Though if you missed your yearbook deadline and still want to have amazing images done during your senior year, we often see a few more seniors in the spring before graduation.

Q: How many outfits do high school seniors generally shoot in?
A: Most seniors will shoot in 2-4 outfits.  Guys tend to be ok with the 1 or 2 looks, gals prefer to do 3-4.  But it's really up to you.  Peek here for some inspiring senior picture fashion ideas.

Q: With digital cameras so readily available, why do people even do senior pictures anymore? 
A: It's true, snapshots abound, and almost every digital device gives us the chance to take more and more images.  But if you're being honest, how many of those images end up actually in print?  Senior pictures are a long-withstanding experience for a reason -- short of wedding pictures, they are the only mainstream professional photo experience of an adult's life.  A rite of passage.  And given the right photographer, an experience that is translated into stunning prints (with digital images as accents) that become part of your history, even as technology changes.

Q: So how does this whole process work?
A: For how the senior picture experience works here at Feather Blue Studios we're going to refer you to this post from last year.  Click on it to get the details you need!

Best of luck in finding the right senior picture photographer for your style!  If you like our style and want to be part of the Feather Blue Studios senior picture experience, we hope you'll get in touch with any questions at all.
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Shannon Tacheny of Feather Blue Studios is an experienced senior picture photographer in the St. Paul (Como Park) area, specializing in modern / contemporary senior pictures with an editorial edge and fashion flair.  Her images are reminiscent of magazine photo stories and every shoot is a personal experience with lots of time for goofing off and fixing hair.

Feather Blue Studios is located in Saint Paul MN and serves high school seniors for the surrounding Twin Cities and East Metro area, including Minneapolis, Roseville, White Bear Lake, Shoreview, North St. Paul, Eagan, Woodbury, and more!

Contact us for your Senior Picture guide today!

Hey Girl: What Does Your Professional Headshot Say About You? | Professional Headshots for Women! | Headshot Photography Twin Cities / St Paul MN

Your headshot is often the first impression a potential client or website visitor has of you.  How are you perceived?  Serious?  Fashionable?  Professional?  Sloppy?  Out of date?  Trendy?  Knowledgeable?  

Your headshot can say a lot of things about you.  Make sure it says the right ones.

Think about the top three words you want an individual to think of when they see your headshot and write them down.  Go ahead, take a minute and think about it.

Now add these two:  Approachable.  Authentic.

As women especially, we want to work with someone we can imagine talking to.  Who looks professional and capable within their industry, but not intimidating. 

So decide what traits best personify the business you're in and communicate those to your photographer. But make sure you select a photographer who will put you at ease, who understands posing (that looks great, but not overly posed!), and who will take the time to get you a headshot that makes you shine.  Authenticity usually comes out in your eyes -- so make sure you work with someone who has a natural eye for helping you communicate what you already know -- that you rock!

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Shannon Tacheny of Feather Blue Studios offers headshots for business persons, entrepreneurs, actors, models, and all sorts of people who rock!  Stand out in your industry with an updated professional headshot that rings true to who you are.

Check out www.FeatherBlueStudios.com to see more - view the "Commercial" page for professional headshot examples, and the "Fashion" page for actors and models!

Chevron Babies! | Baby-Newborn-Child Photographer | Chevron Studio Photography Background Twin Cities MN

These babies from recent studio sessions all have something in common... gray chevron is their favorite "color."  Proof that this chevron gray backdrop has been getting lots of use lately!

Round bodies, chubby toes, confused looks, big smiles -- what's not to love.  Here are a few reasons to smile while we hope that snow outside keeps melting...

Feather Blue Studios offers modern photography for kids, babies, and more in St. Paul and the Twin Cities area.  Featuring an array of trendy patterned studio backdrops, including this chevron gray photography backdrop, great for kids, babies, or even headshots!

Share-the-Love "Bonus Bucks" Gift Certificate SALE! -&- Word Art Print CONTEST | St. Paul, MN Photographer

February is the month of love... so we want to wish you all a Happy Valentine's Day by offering two great things you'll LOVE:

1) Our always popular "Bonus Bucks" Gift Certificate Sale (which this year will also help feed a child for a month through Feed My Starving Children)

2) A just-for-fun matted art print giveaway

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"Bonus Bucks" Gift Certificate Details:

Announcing our always popular “Bonus Bucks” offer.  This year it’s not only a chance to stretch your dollars, it’s also a chance to “share some love” in honor of Valentine’s Day!

How does it work?  Invest $100 and get a $120 studio gift certificate (to keep yourself or share).  Best yet, for each certificate purchased, we’ll donate $6.60 to Feed My Starving Children, enough to feed one child for a whole month.

Pretty simple. (With a pretty big impact).

Whether you’re thinking ahead for next year’s Christmas photos, have a high school senior coming up, or need headshots for your business, this is a solid investment toward stunning photography.

The super-savvy details:

-$100 Purchase = $120 Studio Gift Certificate

-Limit of 3 gift certificates per person (earn up to $60 extra credit!)

-This special offer ends Friday, February 28th, 2014 

And YES, you can use your Bonus Bucks Gift Certificates with other coupons or special offers that may be coming your way. Valid starting March 2014 on new sessions.

To Order: Contact Shannon directly at 651.489.8281 or featherbluestudios@juno.com.

Why Feed My Starving Children?

Feed My Starving children is an organization of integrity, feeding children in nearly 70 countries around the world.  Recognized as a highly efficient charity program, 92% of all donations go directly to feeding children, saving children’s lives each and every day.  Read more about their purpose and effectiveness here! 

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Art Print Giveaway Details:

If you want your home or family to embody these words, then you might just want to hang them on your wall too!

Just for fun, we're doing a giveaway of this 8x10 matted art print, designed by Shannon.  

If you're the winner, choose from gray, aqua, or red!

Simple to enter:

-Go to the Facebook page and find the "official contest posting"

-Comment on the Facebook link (honor someone you love by sharing something great about them!)

-Hit "share" to publish the Facebook post to your page (&/or link to the friend or loved one you're sharing about by using the @symbol before their name)

Sometime after next Friday the 21st of February (2014) we'll do a random drawing from the list of comments!  

Rules:  Must "share" to your page.  Comment as many times as you like, but only one entry will be credited per person.  Winner must be within the United States.  Winner will be contacted via Facebook message and needs to respond within 7 days, or a new winner will be selected.

Happy Valentine's month -- make sure you tell your friends and family how much you love them!

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Feather Blue Studios is a modern photography studio located in St. Paul, MN.  Specializing in commercial & fashion photography, child and family studio and outdoor photography, and high school senior pictures.  Shannon is an experienced professional photographer with an eye for color, expression, and fashion (and a love for chocolate and chai tea).

Feather Blue Studios -- St. Paul, MN photographer

651.489.8281  ~  www.FeatherBlueStudios.com  ~  featherbluestudios@juno.com

Smart Phone App of Your Photo Session Faves! | Photographer St. Paul, MN

How cool is this?  --  Your own app.  Now you can share a collection of fave images from your photo session right on your smart phone (or iPad or other smart device) with an app made just for you.

I am just beginning to experiment with the app process, but soon it will be part of the studio offerings.  You'll be able to purchase an app (along with prints and/or digital image collections as always) or receive one as a bonus with your portrait package.

Better than images featured on Facebook, your app won't get "bumped" to the bottom of your feed - it will remain front and center on your phone to share with whoever you like!

Each app will feature 6 to 12 images, depending on the extent of the shoot.  Easy to upload to your phone, with a clean, sleek design, this is a product easy to fall in love with!

And just for fun, here are a few more "can't-help-but-make-you-smile" images from the family above who got to experience the very first Feather Blue Studios app...

So much to love!

Feather Blue Studios - modern photography
child and family portrait art  --  high school senior pictures  --  commercial and fashion photography
St. Paul, MN

I'm Back! -- Baby in Tow | Happy New Year! | Modern Photography St Paul MN

I hope you had a joyful Christmas season (ours went by way too fast) and are enjoying a good start to 2014.  In our household, we've been especially busy enjoying our recent Christmas gift - new baby Tessa Skye, who arrived on November 25th, and came home one day before Thanksgiving.  What a great sense of completion she brings to our family!  We feel beyond blessed, and the big kids are crazy-madly in love with her.

With two shoots last week (babies, both of them!) I'm officially back in the swing of things with studio-life.  Please don't hesitate to get in touch.

I hope that like me, you'll resolve in 2014 to spend time on things that truly matter - family, friends, faith, fresh-starts.  And in our tech-crazed world, that sometimes means setting aside gadgets, technology, entertainment (yes, even our cameras) to be fully in the moment, focused on the here and now.  Enjoy each minute, and consider each day a new beginning.

Thank you to my amazing clients for a dazzling 2013 and I look forward to connecting with you in 2014!

Cheers!

Shannon

Here's our new little miracle, at her itty-bittiest:

Feather Blue Studios -- St. Paul, MN
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