Choose Your Ride

We have teamed up with some of the local car dealerships to allow our high school seniors to be photographed with their favorite car. Can't afford a Mustang or Challenger? No problem, we'll photograph you with one to keep your dream alive. Sorry, you can't drive them.

There is no extra fee for your car session, however we do recommend choosing a session which will allow enough time to get your studio shots done before going to the dealership, such as our Freedom Session or Model for a Day Session.

We did yesterday's shoot over at Canandaigua Chrysler Dodge Jeep with a few of their Dodge Challengers. Thanks Scott for letting us use sucha sweet ride as our backdrop.

Ashley and Courtney

Senior portrait season has begun, and what better way to kick it off than with a really cool set of twins. Ashley and Courtney came in to the studio last week to take advantage of our free April sessions and to help us spread the word in their school. We had a lot of fun with their sessions and got some great shots for our Class of 2011 portfolio.

We're still looking for a few more reps from each of the area schools from the Class of 2011. Any takers?

No Session Fees - No April Fools

For the month of April, we are waiving our session fees for all in-studio portraits. This is not an April Fools joke. Let's face it, word of mouth is our best source of advertising, so in order to get some of the coolest senior photos on the planet into the hands of as many seniors as we can before school ends, we are taking drastic measures. Since we don't want to play favorites though, we are extending the offer to any in-studio portrait session, not just seniors.
As an added bonus though for the Class of 2011, we will also include some cool giveaways that we want people to see, such as personality cards, key chain sized mini albums, wallets, posters and more. Time slots will go fast with students limited after school availability, so call the studio today to get on the schedule at 585-393-9242.

Big Print Sale

Now this can be read in two different ways, one is a (Big) Print Sale and the other is a (Big Print) Sale. We are running the latter with a 25% off sale on all prints 16x20 and larger, including Gallery Wraps. There are some new options with Gallery Wraps as well called Photo Splits, which are three Gallery Wraps of a single image split into a series. See the image below. We are also extending the sale to include float mounts which are a thin canvas wrap mounted on a block so it sits farther from the wall. Depending how it's lit, the shadow it creates can add a unique design element to the image. There are other options for the Gallery Wraps as well, such as high gloss wraps and leather wraps. For those of you who don't know what a Gallery Wrap is to begin with, it's an image printed on canvas that wraps around a wooden stretcher frame and part of the image wraps around the edge so it does not need to be framed.
If you want a more traditional look, we just picked up a new line of frames and mattes at the PPSNYS trade show, which not only look awesome, but they are priced right as well.
The "Big Print" Sale will run through the end of April, however plan ahead and come in soon if you would like these back for Mother's Day.

Senior Sale

Sale Ends April 15th

25% Off Sale

Now through April 15th, take 25% off your senior portrait reprint order, personality cards or graduation announcement order. Graduation announcement come in sets of 25 cards with envelopes.
4.5x5 Flat Cards $46.50 (Reg. $62)
4.5x5 BiFold Cards $56.25 (Reg. $75)
5x7 Flat Cards $61.50 (Reg. $82)
5x7 BiFold Cards $71.25 (Reg. $82)

To get the sale price, call or e-mail the studio at info@cheslerphoto.com or 585-393-9242 and mention the sales code SeniorBlast09.

Cole and Company

I'm getting ready to head to Albany tomorrow morning before the birds wake up to attend the Professional Photographer's Society of New York's annual conference. The trade show is one of the highlights of the conference with 50+ vendors from the photography industry showing off what's new for 2010. One of the people I check out annually is my friend Dennis Cole from Backgrounds by Cole. I went to his website today to browse what's new and sent him an e-mail to see if he was bringing a few specific backgrounds I want to look at. I also sent him an image I took using one of his backgrounds of one of my high school seniors. Within minutes the photo was up on his website as one of his samples.
If you're a photographer, check out his website for some pretty cool patterns, especially the Abstract and iDrop backgrounds.

Winter Print Sale

Through the end of February, we will be having our annual winter print sale. Until midnight on February 28th, all reprints will be 40% off, any size, any finish. Now is the time to decorate your wall with that large Gallery Wrap you've had your heart set on.

Important Note: If you want to pay by credit card and you're ordering from our ImageQuix proofing site, click "Paying by Check" and call the studio with your credit card. ImageQuix will not take the discount off and will charge you card for the full amount.

Stay tuned in March for our Big Print Sale as well as our Graduation Announcement Sale for seniors.

Double Value Gift Certificate Sale

Cyber Monday is cool, but let's make this for the entire month of December. Beginning November 30 and continuing through Christmas Day, we will be offering "Buy One, Get One Free" Gift Certificates or "Double Value" on one certificate. The gift certificates are for new sessions only and will be valid from January 1st, 2010 through April 30, 2010. The certificates are good toward sessions and product orders. After April 30, 2010 the certificates are still good, they are just at face value. Call the studio at 585-393-9242 to purchase a certificate which comes tastefully wrapped for immediate giving.

This is a great way to prepay for your senior photos at 50% off everything. Have your photos done in the Spring of your Junior year and save money while earning maximum dollars in our referral program as well.

Matt

August Ad

Here is the ad from the Sunday Messenger. Print it from here if you need it.

Tyler