How to Make Sharable Photo Stories and Books Directly from your iPhone or iPad with the NEW Blurb Mobile App

As much as Halloween is supposed to be about “scary,” in reality, it’s a lot about “cute.” It’s about kids in costumes, creative pumpkin art, and way too much sugar for everyone involved. Halloween is a holiday of sights and sounds. You’ll be taking photos and video that you’ll want to share that very night, but also keep forever. And, since you’ll likely be busy greeting trick-or-treaters, putting on costumes, and rationing candy, you need an easy way to capture the night’s events!

That’s where Blurb mobile comes in!

Blurb mobile is an app for the iPhone and iPad that lets you create sharable online photo stories—and turn those stories into beautiful 7x7 inch books. What’s a story exactly? Well, in the Blurb mobile world, it’s a sequence of photos and other media you capture on your phone. It can tell a literal written story—with beginning, middle, and end—or it can be just a collection of photos. 

First, take photos and video with the app, or import them from your camera roll (including those saved Instagram photos on your phone). You can add captions to your photos too. You can even record your little monsters saying “trick or treat,” and attach the audio track to your photo.

Get 15% Off a printed Blurb Book! Use Code:AUTUMN15 at checkout when you link to the Blurb mobile site below.

Want a printed version of your story? Blurb’s Small Square books are a great way to remember these special occasions!

So, whether you lean toward the scary or the cute or some awesome combination of the two—share your stories on Halloween night on your favorite social media sites with Blurb mobile. And then in a few weeks, get a beautifully bound photo book that you can look at for many Halloweens to come. 

Mamatography Tip:

Did you know that your iPhone and iPad have spot focus and exposure features? All you have to do is touch the point in the picture you want to be focused on or exposed for. Then click!

Happy Snapping, Vicky 

Christmas in July :: Get up to 20% Off a Holiday Photo Book

It's been a while my dusty old Blog! How's summer treating you?
My family and I have been just a LITTLE busy saying adios to our digs in Panama and re-re-locating back in Home Sweet Home South Florida. Though it's been a slow start getting back in the "norm" of things, one of my goals for this Summer was to finally make a Holiday photo book from last year. It's a young tradition to make cute little square, Blurb photo books for my daughter Safi. We've got a nice stack of them on the shelf in her room already. With that, I thought, why not drag the Mamatography Sharing & Critique group back down memory lane with me? So, this week's assignment was all things "Christmas in July".

Here's my version of it!
You too can 'Make Your Own Book'. Just click on the link after mine below.

C H R I S T M A S by Vicky Scesa | Make Your Own Book

To save up to 20% off your book, at checkout enter code: 

JULYSAVINGS

Merry July & Happy Snapping,
Vicky

Holiday Photo Book Gifts for Mamatographers by Blurb Books

Click the pic for 25% Off a Blur book!

Happy Sunday Mamatographers! I hope you had a Gobbleicious Thanksgiving : ) The winners from last week's Happy Brands baby foods giveaway are located on the post below, in case you missed it!

Taking a break from the grind this week, but had to share this offer from Blurb Books for 25% off holiday gift book making:

Through Monday, 11/26 create the perfect pesonalized gift and get 25% Off with Blurb when you use promo code HOLIDAYTHANKS. Blurb books are a great way to make thoughtful gifts for friends and family while letting you unleash your creativity. Also, don't forget, with Blurb you can now create a photo book by uploading your Instagram and Facebook images. Don't miss out on these great savings and create your Blurb book today!

Stay tuned this week for a little something I'm putting together to help get you through picture taking during the holidays.

Happy Shooting, Vicky

The Ultimate Mamatography 1,000 Fan Giveaway!!

Mamatography Photo Workshops is just a couple of clicks away from 1,000 Facebook Fans! I am thrilled to have reached so many Mamatographers this year and now it's time to show thanks with this HUGE Giveaway...

This month marks the one year anniversary for Mamatography Photo Workshops. Becoming a mom and starting a business in under 2 years has been exhausting, amazing, exasperating…I could go on. I wouldn't change a minute of it, not for anything. The women I have met through Mamatography have left their mark on me forever. Fellow fem-photographers, moms and kindred spirits we are. Many of those I have come to know (typically through Facebook) are often in just the same boat as me. They're starting a career from scratch that they'll love SO they can spend as much time with their children as possible without ever feeling like they're "working". Photography is often that outlet for many of us.

With that, I'd like to show my appreciation to those who have in some way been inspired by Mamatography Photo Workshops and the WIDE world of PHOTOGRAPHY. It's an interesting time to be a Mama-tographer, no matter your skill level. Let us keep on this journey together, sharing our pictures and kind advice.

Below, use the Rafflecopter to Enter to Win FABULOUS prizes from the following sponsors:

• Blurb books is giving away 2-$50 Gift Codes towards ANY of their PRO Quality printed photo books

• Matilda Jane clothing is offering a $75 Gift Card towards any of their photographable girls collection  

Matilda Jane is leading all the trends in children's apparel today.
They're also very popular amongst Mamatographers ; )

• Totally Rad is giving away a copy of their Rad Lab plug in software for Photoshop valued at $149
• Photo Prop Floors & Backdrops-$25 Gift Certificate
• Savvylicious Sweets-1 Dozen Cake Pops

"Not So Plain Jane" Cake Pops by Savvylicious Sweets

• Amazing Grace Vintage Rentals is giving away a Prop rental to 1 lucky winner in the SE Florida Area
• Mamatography Instructor Affiliate, The Memory Studios is giving away a custom portrait session valued at $150 with a $50 print credit
• Earrings from Sweet Fashion Deals &
• A Turquoise Quilted Diaper Bag from Life's Little Joys
• On behalf of Mamatography Photo Workshops, I'm giving away 2-1 hour one-on-one photo mentoring sessions valued at $120 PLUS 1 Blurb-Printed Photo Basics & Beyond book & 5 ebooks!

To enter, simply check the boxes in the Rafflecopter below and support these awesome brands and small business in thanks for shelling out these generous prizes!

Your support means the world to me!
Happy Shooting, Vicky

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