We have only 10 more Classic Senior Sessions available before yearbook deadlines. All of our available studio sessions have been booked. If you haven’t booked your session, call today before they are GONE!

We’ve been getting lots of calls lately asking us when we will be posting our Back to School special, which is our best portrait package offering each year. Though we had planned to wait until next week to post the details, we decided to go ahead and let you in on the deal early. Last year, we had more than 50 seniors take advantage of our Back to School special. This year, we are making this special available for any portrait session, including baby photography, maternity photography, children’s photography, family photography and pet photography.

Here’s the scoop:

This special Back to School package is ONLY AVAILABLE TO OUR FACEBOOK FANS! So, if you wish to take advantage of the savings, you must first become a fan on our Facebook page. Then, you can book this awesome special. Here’s what you get:

A one hour session in our studio or at a location of your choice;

A DVD disk with high-resolution digital original images (up to 15) with full printing and use rights. You can then print them yourself (as many as you want) and share them with family and friends;

An online gallery to view and select your digital original images; AND

10% off your print and product purchase of $200 or more (if you decide to order prints or products through us)

All for only $350.

This offer is limited and must be booked on or before September 15, 2009. Your session can take place at any time. We will collect the full package fee at the time of booking to reserve your session date and time. To book this special Back to School package, call our studio today! 303-678-1335

Seniors, are you looking for something truly unique for your senior portraits? Give our studio a call. We are the leading photography studio in the Longmont/Boulder area for creative, contemporary senior portraits. We blend classic styles with contemporary touches so you get portraits you will love and won’t be embarrased to show your children or grandchildren.

We offer competitive rates to fit every budget. Because we believe you should know up front what your investment will be, we post our pricing information right on our website. Visit our website for details: www.balsmanphotography.com.

Our session schedule is filling fast. We have only a handful of session dates and times left before school starts. Be sure to call us today to book your session. We guarantee you will LOVE your portraits or you don’t pay a thing.

Be sure to become a fan on our FACEBOOK page for special discounts.

Hey, Class of 2010 Seniors – Senior Season is just around the corner. We’ve already started booking sessions for the summer and expect that this year will be a great year for awesome senior sessions. High school seniors come to us from all over Colorado because they know we will deliver beautiful, artistic and meaningful images they will cherish for a lifetime. And, they know they will look amazing when they hand out their prints to their friends.

Be sure to check out our primary blog for details on Senior Portrait specials and packages: www.longmontphotographer.wordpress.com.

When choosing a studio, remember that experience and innovation counts. We’ve ushered in a whole list of firsts in the senior portrait arena. So many, in fact, that we have studios replicating what we do all the time. If you want the original, we welcome you to call or visit our website today: (303) 678-1335 OR www.balsmanphotography.com.

We are dedicated, contemporary photographers focused on delivering the absolute highest quality product and acclaimed personalized service available. Our modern, artistic style is something both seniors and their parents can be proud of. We take great care to make sure our seniors look fabulous without delivering photos that are too “sexy” or inappropriate. We also take great care to make sure you still look like you – not an over-airbrushed fashion model.

Choose from incredible studio sessions to a wide variety of available outdoor session locations. If you want it all, book one of our Senior Tours – up to 4 different locations for an awesome collection of images.

We hope to see YOU in our studio very soon.

For more about senior pictures at our studio, visit:

www.balsmanphotography.com.

Due to our very busy schedule, we are now focusing our attention on the Longmont Photographer blog only. You can access our blog directly: www.longmontphotographer.wordpress.com or through our new and improved website: www.balsmanphotography.com.

We’ll be adding more content, photos and cool new features for you to enjoy. We hope you’ll stop in and take a look around.

Balsman Photography, Longmont’s premier fine portrait studio, is offering FREE high school senior yearbook photos to any area student who needs one.

“We recognize that not every student can afford to pay for senior portraits. We just don’t want to see so many ‘Not Pictured’ notations in yearbooks or local newspaper graduate editions. This is our way of helping each area school to achieve 100% photographed high school seniors. These kids have worked hard and deserve this recognition,” said Kim Balsman, owner and chief photographer of Balsman Photography.

So, how does it work, and is there any catch?

“There is no catch whatsoever. We just want to give every senior the chance to have a professional portrait to be proud of,” explains Kim Balsman.

Simply show up at the Balsman Photography Fine Portrait Studio located at 612 Kimbark Street in downtown Longmont on the dates indicated below. Be sure to wear the outfit you wish to be photographed in.

FREE Yearbook Photo Dates;

Wednesday, August 13th from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.

Friday, August 29th from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.

Wednesday, September 3rd from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.

Balsman Photography will photograph each student, select the best image from the session, and submit a properly formatted digital photo to the appropriate school by the required deadline. It’s as simple as that.

If you have questions concerning this special offer to area high school students, please call or email the studio: 303-678-1335 or kim@balsmanphotography.com.

Senior portrait photography is undergoing some interesting shifts away from traditional portraiture in favor of the more trendy, fashion style photography. Some of the interest in the trendier fashion and glamour photography is geographically based (i.e. California, New York, etc.). Nevertheless, simply turn on any television set or pick up any fashion magazine, and it’s apparent that models, musicians and film stars are getting younger all the time. We seem to have gone from teenage pop stars to tweens almost overnight. It’s not difficult, then, to understand why teenagers, particularly girls, are increasingly more concerned about their self-image. They see these young stars looking glamorous and sexy and, of course, want to emulate them. This is certainly not breaking news. Parents, in particular, are keenly aware of and understandably concerned about this growing trend.

What is new, however, is the fact that the sexy, supermodel style of photography is now spilling over into high school senior photography. As a professional photographer, I’ve heard plenty of stories from concerned and upset parents that their child’s portraits are just too sexy for their comfort. In fact, one parent recently told me that they had a very difficult time choosing photographs created by one of the trendy studios in our area because they were all too sexy. They deeply regretted choosing that studio. Even more disturbing is the fact that trendy studios tend to avoid working with subjects who are less than perfect. Take a look at the websites of these studios and you will see that the featured subjects are nearly always thin, attractive girls who require very little effort to make them look glamorous. Few people fall into that category, so what are the rest of us supposed to do?

If the overly sexual photographs of teens are not enough to give you pause, consider that trends by nature are short lived. Driven by fluctuations in consumer taste, trends fade away almost as quickly as they surface. That’s fine if you are talking about a pair of jeans or shoes or even a sofa. You simply throw out the old and usher in the new. But, what if that old, trendy item is YOUR senior portrait? You cannot simply throw it out and replace it with something new. You are a high school senior only once (hopefully, anyway). You simply cannot go back and recapture the “you” that existed in your senior year of high school. Senior portraits are the last glimpse of a child before they dive headlong into the adult world. These expressions, moods and memories are very important because they not only help us to recall our youth, but they serve as a lasting timepiece for our friends. Seniors will always be remembered just as they are depicted in their portraits.

So, if you opted to have your senior portraits created by a trendy studio, you may later (in your 30’s and 40’s) regret that decision. What’s more, the trendy studios are statistically the first ones to go out of business when their trendy style is no longer appreciated. Although this isn’t likely to be of concern to teens, parents may worry that they won’t be able to get a consistent look for all of their children. For example, one of the more prominent studios in our area recently closed. Many of their clients are now our clients. We’ve had several parents bring in portraits of their older children and ask us to create similar portraits of their younger children. We are able to accommodate these parents because we create timeless portraits that are of similar style and quality.

By contrast to trendy studios, we chose to create only heirloom quality portraits in the modern classic style. Our portraits are timeless and will retain their beauty and appeal for many generations to follow. Classic styles never fade. In fact, they tend to become more and more popular with each generation. Of course, we will create some fashion or glamour shots upon request. However, our primary focus is on creating portraits that our clients will love now and always. And, we make sure that all of our subjects look their absolute best.

Senior portraits are, in essence, a right a passage. They mark the ending of childhood and the beginning of life as an adult. Such an important life event should be treated with respect and care. We encourage parents to keep this important fact in mind when selecting a photographer to create senior portraits for their children. For teens, we remind them that although the sexy glamour shots may seem cool now, they are more likely to become an embarrassing reminder of a bad decision later down the road. Even more important, we ask teens how they wish to be remembered – as they truly are or made up to look like something they aren’t.