Photography Challenge: 1

My second novel, AUTOFOCUS, comes out this summer. In it, Maude is a budding photographer. Whether it’s her trusty DSLR or phone camera, she’s always trying to capture moments. She wants to find ways of making moments immortal, in a way, since finding anything on her birth mother is nearly impossible.

Since photography is a huge part of AUTOFOCUS, from now through its release I’m going to have a different photography challenge each month. And each month I’ll choose a winner who will receive a signed ARC of the book. Sound fun? I hope so!

Photography Challenge 1: 

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Maude loves taking pictures with her best friend Treena. She calls them buddy shots (a selfie is when you take a picture of just yourself, a buddy shot is when you take a picture with your buddy.) Take a buddy shot with your BFF. It could be an old picture or new. It could be a friend, a relative, a pet even.

To enter: Tweet photo to me (@laurengibaldi) with the hashtag: #autofocusbuddyshot

Open to US/Canada through February 26th. GOOD LUCK!

Book Trailer

It’s here! It’s here! Check out my book trailer for THE NIGHT WE SAID YES!

More information, and the exclusive reveal, can be found on the B&N Teen blog.

As mentioned in the post, it was so much fun filming. My actors were great, the location was fantastic, and I’m so happy with the final product. (Big shout out, again, to my friend Joe who filmed/edited/scored the entire thing. And, yes, I realize it was filmed during the day, but have you tried filming at night? It’s not easy. Still, I think it gets the feel of the book across pretty wonderfully. I’m so happy!

Here are some photos from the shoot of my adorable and wonderful cast.

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And here’s me looking extremely short next to them. Hi!

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