Studio.Me [Review + Giveaway]

Sponsored Review

Studio.Me is the first retail green-screen self-shoot photography studio in Singapore. It combined and simplified the art of traditional studio photography and digital Chroma Key Compositing (green screen effect).

At Studio.Me, you get your own mini studio where you can shoot as many photos as you can in each 30-min session. There are 3 themed mini studios – Unity, Pop & Icon, with a combined total of 48 themes and a wide range of props to choose from. You are your own photographer.

The mini studios are equipped with professional photography equipment so you can rest assured that you will get the best quality photos even without a photographer. Your image is displayed on a 32” LED TV in front of you. All you have to do is pose and step on a foot pedal to have your photo taken or switch backgrounds.

After each session, you will receive all your photos in high-res quality in a mini DVD.

Demo

Done with the official introductions, now let me tell you what are our personal experience with Studio.Me. 

To be honest, when I received the collaboration opportunity with Studio.Me, I was a bit sceptic, as a person who like photography, I cannot understand how is it possible to have fun and nice photos when no actual human is involved in the shooting. But boy, was I blown away when we visited the place. It was absolutely FUN!

Equipped with some really pro equipment, this studio is no lacking compared to the professional studios out in the market. Combined with it’s simple 3-steps instructions, the entire shooting process was simple and fun.

 

Center pedal is on/off switch and the other two side pedals controls the change in background and releasing a 5sec timer respectively. Even kids like Joey (7 yo) and Jayne (4yo) can operate.

 

We brought along 2 bags of clothing to change but soon it was clear, the notion was unnecessary. None of us have time to stop and change into another attire, we were so busy shuttling from one room to another, taking turns to pose with the multiple themes and backgrounds. The props provided in each room are more than enough to occupy us for the allocated one hour of shoot. Just be there about 15mins earlier to look through the available themes and pre-planned which set of backgrounds do you want to start off with, to minimise time loss.

 

Remember don’t wear anything green, cos it will appear transparent against the green screen. My recommendation is to go in one plain colour top, easiest to mix & match with the props and scenes.

  

A few other things to take note, stand one step away from the back wall to avoid having shadows and keep within the green carpet as that is the pre-set area where the camera will focus on.

  

After one full hour of fun, we reluctantly left with our personal DVD of more than 100 photos taken.

And here are some of the shots for your preview. To view all the photos, just drop by my Fanpage to check it out.

    

  

    

  

    

Go ahead, don’t just envy us. You can have a fantastic time with your family or friends. Check out the rates and other information from Studio.Me.

Studio.Me
City Square Mall
#04-17 (opposite Daiso)
180 Kitchener Road, Singapore 208539

Operating Hours: 11.30am to 9.30pm
Telephone: 6509 9973
Email: sales@studiome.com.sg

Special thanks to Andy (sengkangbabies) who helped to collaborate this wonderful experience.

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GIVEAWAY
We definitely had a great time at Studio.Me, so in collaboration with Studio.Me, we will be giving you a chance to experience it too! We have THREE Vouchers to giveaway!
Each voucher is worth $49.90 and is valid for a 30-min session (your choice of one Studio).

Simply do the following to qualify:
(1) Like Studio.Me Fanpage.
(2) Like J Babies’ Dad Fanpage (if you have not done so already).
(3) Share this Giveaway on your Facebook Wall.
(4) Leave your name and email on my Fanpage (or you can message your email to me).

Winners will be randomly selected on 15 Nov.

Same Or Different, I Love Them Both

Even in the same family, both child can be very different. Joey are Jayne are 3 years apart in age, so the difference is still not that obvious now, but from what I observe now, I can be sure when they grow older, their personality will be quite different. Some parents will say each child will take after each parent separately, but I beg to differ. I find traits of myself in both my kids. Likewise I can see a bit of Kless in both girls too.

Brought the girls to their favourite place, the beach at Sentosa. I would recommend the Tanjong Beach because it is usually less crowded and the toilets are cleaner.

Jayne is the ‘more drama’ girl like Kless and Joey is the ‘more exaggeration’ girl like me. Jayne tends to smile without showing her teeth and whereas Joey prefers to do otherwise, like Kless and me respectively. Proof of this point shown in the last photo of the post.

 

Both like to build sandcastles.

Joey prefers the shade (Kless) and Jayne surprisingly prefers the sun (me).

 

Joey is very active, she likes to move around, transporting water back and forth to build her sandcastle.

 

Jayne on the other hand, prefers to just sit down and quietly pack the sand and decorate her buildings.

Me in all these fun? I like to take photos and record the bits and pieces of my girls’ lives.

They may be different or similar in certain areas, but one thing for sure, they are the same in Papa’s heart and I love them for whoever they are.

Protect Your Marriage & Protect Your Family

A website that promotes extra-marital dating is currently gathering members (over 21 million) and is soon finding its way into Singapore. “Life is short. Have an affair.” is the slogan now advertised by this online dating website and social networking service marketed to people who are already in a relationship.

Putting aside religious factor that all fornication or adultery is a strict NO. But why would anyone encourage others to have an affair which is essentially a marriage breaker and family destroyer?

Posting on his Facebook, Minister for Social and Family Development (MSF) Mr Chan expressed his views that he does not welcome Ashley Madison website into Singapore.

There is also a Facebook page created that has so far garnered close to 13,000 likes.

On the blog page of the website, there is even a link to allow members to search for ‘married people’ in their area. How sick is this? Already the moral standards nowadays have been lowered, no longer like the era of our parents or grandparents, where family values like respect, love, honour, faithful, etc are being held in high esteem, but now the allowing of such website to surface (and mind you it has been around since 2001), is really a huge blow yet to the value of families all around the world.

I am not sure what can the government do about this. Can we prevent such harmful sites to be here? Or maybe it’s time we beef up the knowledge of the importance of family values in Singapore? Putting emphasis on family time is becoming more and more crucial for the ever-growing ‘busy parents’ now.

At the end of the day, much can be said and done, but if married individuals are not taking the responsibility to take care of their emotional needs, and build a strong married life with their spouse, then we don’t even need such a ridiculous website to destroy our families.