Like the Beattles before us, Smart Meetings has a lot more information than can ever go into our print edition. Some of this flows over onto the website, but some of it – for example five versions of the same photo – get left on the digital equivalent of the cutting room floor.
When you get the first issue of 2009, you’ll see on page 6 the publisher’s note along with a staff photo. In the spirit of Director’s Cuts and “Abbey Road,” I’d like to share with you the photos that didn’t make the final version, as a sort of online holiday card.
This is Ben’s back as I was trying to figure out the timer on the camera. Ben, as you can see in our Masthead, is the Office Jedi. He does everything, and does it well.
I actually don’t recall taking this picture but I must have because I was declared cameraman for the day.
I call this “Group Shot With Flash – Version One. When I walked back to the tripod I reviewed it and told the group, “Yeah, I’m definitely the star of that shot.” Later, in the office, Marin Bright, our intrepid publisher, commented that it looked like I was Dave Matthews and behind me was my band.
This one would have been great except for the halo covering Ginny’s face, right by Macie’s head. It’s not good to partially obscure the face of the Associate Publisher or the Associate Editor, so we moved on to no flash.
The next shot taken is the one you can find in our January issue. I knew it was perfect, but took another one just in case. This last one would have been better actually, but Scarlett, the office puppy, gave a bit of a squirm as the shutter clicked. No one likes a blurry picture of a puppy. It’s why Monet never painted dogs.
Happy Holidays, and good luck in 2009.
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