Archive for May, 2010

Behind the scenes at the Birthday and Wedding sample books photo shoot

Friday, May 7th, 2010

Yesterday it was Dominic & Indra’s turn to pose for the web site.

First up was Dominic because he had a meeting to go to and didn’t have much time to spare – typical!

Lessons in photo book posing

Lessons in photo book posing

When posing for the camera, you can’t hold a book any old way. You have to make sure there are no reflections from the flash lighting. I had to turn the flash off on my Nikon D40 because every time I pressed the shutter, i’d set off the flash system in the studio.  Apparently that right is only reserved for the official photographer and not the behind the scenes blogger. Pffft.

Dominic holding his SmileBook like a pro!

Dominic holding his SmileBook like a pro!

And now to Indra and her birthday book…

Setting up the shoot

Setting up the shoot

During the shoot

During the shoot

IndraPhotographerCritical

When you’re taking photos of the Art Director, you bet she’s going to make you redo everything till she’s convinced it’s perfect!

Indra gives her approval!

Indra gives her approval!

SmileBooks Facebook Fan Draw

Saturday, May 1st, 2010
SmileBooks Facebook Fans

SmileBooks Facebook Fans

Become a Facebook fan now because as soon as we have 2010 fans, we’ll be holding our first ever SmileBooks Facebook Fan Draw with the following prizes for fans old and new: www.facebook.com/smilebooks.fans

SmileBooks Facebook Fan Draw Prizes
SmileBooks Facebook Fan Draw Prizes

1st Prize: Nikon D5000 SLR digital camra with accessories kit

2nd Prize: Crumpler camera bag

3rd Prize: Scott Kelby’s Digital Photography Boxed Set

4th-50th Prizes: “I’m a SmileBooks Fan” t-shirts

51st-100th Prizes: Free 26 page Mini soft cover SmileBook Photo Book