Time flies when you're busy!

Hello again ladies and gents! It's been quite a while since I last blogged. The staff here at HFP has had quite a few busy weekends lately. We shot all 27 DeBary Little League teams one Saturday (a very long day in the sun! talk about starting off your spring break with a farmer's tan. haha.) and then we shot all the ballerina's at the rehearsal of Dance P.A.D.'s production of Cinderella this past Saturday! The costumes were all so beautiful! And this Saturday we are off to another baseball adventure. Anyway...

Note to the Class of 2009!
Seniors! If you have not already gotten graduation announcements, do NOT put it off any longer. If you have had your senior pictures taken here at our studio, you should've gotten some information on our graduation announcement special. Please take advantage of that! For one thing, they come with all your favorite photos on it (which means that your announcement is DIFFERENT than anyone elses!) and we have four AWESOME templates to choose from (not just ONE design for every senior like the company you have to buy them from). The price on those is going up soon...so fill out that form and get it in our hands as soon as possible!

Note to the Class of 2010!
Start thinking about when you can come in for your senior pictures. Figure out when family vacation is and pencil in a possible date to take those once-in-a-lifetime photos at Hansen Fine Portraits! Make sure you get in EARLY. We will be releasing a one-day sale date that you will get 50% OFF A SESSION OF YOUR CHOICE. The earlier you come in the summer, the better. Once the 2009-10 school year rolls around, time will be VERY SHORT for you to get in. Also, start picking out those perfect outfits, props and hairstyles. You'll want to look your best...because these will forever be your senior pictures.

Now, for the exciting part: NEW SPECIALTY ITEMS! We now offer a wide variety of products that are NEW this year. Personalized lisence plates (with your photo and name on it-COOL!), coffee mugs-with your mug on it (for those avid coffee-drinking parents of yours), Art Series Composites (a multi-image collage- similar to what we were doing...but better!), key chains, mouse pads, photo magnets (for your fridge or locker!) and....the product we are all most excited about: our RE-VAMPED SENIOR SLIDE SHOW! Here is a slideshow that we have created of some of our favorite senior sessions of this past year for your viewing pleasure(don't forget to turn on those speakers!):

Now, you CANNOT tell me that wasn't completely the coolest thing you've ever seen! We are offering senior slideshows just like the one you just watched (with YOUR photos of course). Who wouldn't want one of those to play at your grad party? :)
If you saw yourself in our senior slideshow, please email me at Angela@HansenFinePortraits.com and we will feature you in our Featured Gallery section and you can totally tell all your friends! Please share this blog with all your friends and family. Eventually we might have some "hansen blog reader specials". ;) don't take my word on that...but I'll push for it.

So you want to make sure you check back often for more updates from your official HFP blogger!

Until next time,
Angela

"All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible." -T.E. Lawrence

Love is in the air!

Well, it's February (already?!). Which means Valentine's Day is just around the corner. And for all you guys that have absolutely no clue what to get your special someone...take it from me: Make an appointment to get professional pictures taken of the two of you at Hansen Fine Portraits! Believe me, all girls LOVE to get dressed up and looking all pretty and then stand in front of a camera. Especially with someone they care for. It's the perfect gift! Then, after your session you can come back in and get all of your friends and family a beautiful photo of the happy couple (plus one for both of you!-an 8x10 looks great on the night stand or an 11x16 for your wall!).

Alright, now for the moment we've all been waiting for...
Congratulations to Dayna Fultz! She is our Featured Senior for the month of February. If you haven't already, go to our website (http://www.hansenfineportraits.com/) and take a look at some of the photographs from Dayna's session.

Make sure you check back next Friday to the weekly blog. Starting next week I plan on posting some of my favorite photos from the week and you just might be on here!

Now, before I sign out, let me leave you with one last thought:
"Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver." -Barbara De Angelis

-Angela

TGIF!

Hello again! It's Friday...which means a lot of you will be participating in some sport-like activities (Go Pine Ridge basketball!).
This week has been pretty exciting. HFP is officially on Facebook and MySpace! We are currently working on the MySpace...but our Facebook is up and running. We also have a "Hansen Fine Portraits Group" as well. So check those out!
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=1210234047&ref=ts

ATTENTION 2009 SENIORS!
If you haven't come in and ordered your senior pictures yet, NOW is the perfect time to do that! If you come in before February 10, we are offering 8 FREE wallets with any portrait package order! That's a $25.95 value...absolutely free! We have also started working on our 2010 Senior Pricelist. Our new senior prices will be in effect beginning March 1st. So come in right away to take advantage of last years prices. Give us a call TODAY to make your senior preview appointment! (386) 774-8100

Alright, commercial over. :)
Seriously though, if you haven't checked out our new website you need to do that.
http://www.hansenfineportraits.com/ And don't forget to check back regularly. You might just make it into our "Featured Gallery" section. If that happens, make sure and tell all your friends to go check out how good you look. ;)
By the way, our featured senior for the month of January was Megan Walter. Congratulations Megan! We will be picking our February featured senior next week, so check back next Friday to see who made the cut.

Until next week,
Angela

Welcome...

Welcome to Hansen Fine Portraits' new blog!
First of all, let me introduce myself:
I'm Angela! I will be the official blogger here at the HFP.
I am currently going to the Southeast School for Photographic Studies (otherwise known as the wonderful Daytona State College) and will be receiving an Associate of Science degree in May of 2009! Very exciting. I am a photo retoucher, photographer and have recently been put in charge of most of our marketing ideas. I work with some pretty amazing people. David, Shannon, Haley, Brenda and Jeramey are probably the best co-workers a girl could have.
(By the way, you can reach all of us at
our first name@hansenfineportraits.com! Cool, huh?)

We are extremely excited to announce all the new things going on at our studio! We have been brainstorming for quite a while now about new products, new services and some new SPECIALS that will appeal to all of our customers. And personally, I think we have come up with some pretty awesome stuff. You guys seriously won't want to miss out!

So for right now, head on over to our BRAND NEW! website (http://www.hansenfineportraits.com/) and look around. If you have any questions/suggestions, please email me or one of my fabulous co-workers. We'll be more than happy to listen to what you have to say.

Thanks for checking out our blog!

Your Official HFP blogger,
Angela