#StudioSmexy Superstar of Romance Author Jenn LeBlanc

CUE THE HORNS!! ANNOUNCEMENT!!!  Since this is the last post of the tour, I’m giving something away to every commenter, just answer me this: WHAT is your favorite romance novel book cover and why. ANY cover, not just Smexy covers. We’ll call this market research. And if you have a link it would be awesome. … Continue reading

#StudioSmexy Superstars of Romance Cover Tour!!

Cue the horns!!!! Announcing the first EVER Superstars of Romance Cover tour!! Launching February 1 #StudioSmexy is going on tour and we all know tours require stars, well our stars are the authors whose beautiful books we cover. These are the confirmed authors: Pamela Clare  Vivian Arend Carrie Ann Ryan Delilah Marvelle Grace Callaway Katalina … Continue reading

Then there was Saturday…

7 a.m. That’s where I left off right? Yes. OKAY. So I was awake again at 7 a.m. and I have no idea what I did. I might have edited some of the images from the day before, we had some highlander, and some luau pics that I wanted to post for everyone. My first … Continue reading

Then it continues…

Part two. Wherein I must call my husband a second time- read part one here) Friday morning I woke up around 7am, WIDE AWAKE. Not even a little bit sleepy. My eyeballs popped open and didn’t even want to blink. It sucked. So I got up and got ready, Derek was still sleepy and tired, … Continue reading

Future consideration

I was in the studio yesterday for a wreck the dress shoot. For those who don’t know, it is a popular after wedding shoot in which we do exactly what we say. We wreck that darn expensive heirloom you purchased to wear once. (dresses wrecked are done so with permission of the bride of course) … Continue reading

THURSDAY!

The Rake and The Recluse illustrated romance, screenshot, ipad epub version,

All this work and it’s down to two days of cramming in edits and redesigns. CHAOS!! I love working on deadline, that comes fro my blood as a photojournalist, a newspaper photographer. I thrive on dead. So here I am. I wanted to post a few more screenshots of the [working title] but these are … Continue reading

I'm outta here…

“Most of us are too scared to make ourselves stand out.” -Deb Pang Davis a.k.a. Cococello on Twitter earlier tonight (quoting Laura Roeder) My response was “I think terrified is a better descriptor.” I know. I am. So very. Perhaps it is the inherent photojournalist in me, to blend, be an observer, inobtrusive. The problem is … Continue reading

Many images to edit before I’m done

A step-by-step introduction to compositing images from studio work.

Locks, shocks and smoking barrels…

The first studio shoot for my novel was easy. (I’m already laughing at  that…but oh well). The second was just plain fun. The third was a fiasco of epic proportions and the fourth was fan-freaking-tastic. One of the the things about models and studio, no, scratch that. One of the things about female models and … Continue reading

Kismet

All the chaos surrounding these last studio shoots has been exciting and laughable. I enjoy chaos to a certain point, and as a journalist have learned to thrive in it. At times I work better under pressure  than when I have all the time in the world. I have enjoyed this project immensely, and it all … Continue reading