Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue

Suede's cheapskate wedding ideas.....:P


Well, It's June people and in Second Life just the same as real life, people are rushing to get partnered up, at least 3 of my girlie pals are getting hitched, and I have been shopping with them.

Well they have been shopping and I have been saying.. how much.. and they have been saying.. 3000 lindens.. and I have been saying.. wtf.. So anyway it got me thinking. Weddings in SL are expensive just like real life, of course when you spend that kind of Lindens on a gown.. yes you look lovely.. really lovely.. but hang on a sec.. can we do it cheaper.

So here is what I did. I have a budget of 1200L that is it and I have to get the dress and accessories and hair and the skin and shoes.. in order to kit my bride out, and I can use anything in my inventory I all already have, so sorry in advance if you see something you like which is not available any more.





Modern Bride
Skin Lacie 01 [Peach] Glow skin LAQ Pre-owned
Hair (LH_hair_13_rabi_black_M) 200L
Earrings Second Mirage available on xstreetsl Pre-owned
Lace Gloves Reasonable Desires Wedding Cancan 199L
Dress RunoRuno Hyperkinectic Dress White 50L
Shoes Perquita Cutie Pie in White 99L
Bouquet Fresh cut Bouquet ( xstreetsl) 100L
Grand Total 658L

Two Three Six Five

While I was browsing the feeds tonight I came across a very interesting project.

I pulled this straight off his blog so it is in Italics for that reason.....

Two Three Six Five is a glimpse into the lives of 365 different Second Life™ residents around the world throughout the course of a year, and a literary model of the way their virtual and physical selves interact.

It is very interesting to read how other people live their lives in both Rl and Sl and how often the two interact. I sent Trace a request to contribute.. so we will see.

Here is the link to the June 5th entry.

http://twothreesixfive.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/june-5th-2010-kghia-gherardi/
Have fun reading

Suede

Couple Shots

Mr. and Mrs. Varnish



Everyone likes a couple shot.. I mean falling in love is what makes the grid go around. Although there are many many standard poses for couples they make for a boring and predictible photograph.

I prefer to watch and learn the movement in really good animations, the ones Bitter and I have used here are from Bits and Bobs, Devotion and Moments, both good quality nice animations.

Most people are used to Devotion but what you might not have noticed is that for just a few seconds in the middle the two avatars foreheads touch and they gaze into each others eyes, it's very intimate.. they only have eyes for each other.



I took two shots of this short pause in the animation, one from the woman's profile and then the other from the man.. depends on you which angle you prefer.

Moments.. is also lovely, there are a few seconds where the female avi runs her hand through the male avi's hair and then another where he lifts her up to kiss her.



You need to learn your animation and watch it from different angles experimenting which snapshots give a effect you like.

Photo Stats
Midnight setting
Stars set to max
Gamma set to max

She only loves Gold

I don't normally post things that the other feeds have on them, because everyone has seen it already, it's not fun anymore.. but I saw this on Strawberry's Singh Blog.. and fell in love, I have a similar swimsuit in white that my friend Mirri Rosca gave me, but this in gold..it's a whole another story




I wanted to give it a real James Bond Look and so used a studio setup for the shoot with a metallic pink background

Style Card.. but I am sure you dont need it
HairLAQ Kira Hair 2
HairZero - Camille Chocolate Cherry
Earrings - Dubble earring gold
Nails [lovesoul] Prim nails * clear french square Beige
Eyes Ashley Grey Redgrave
LAQ Laci Peach Glow skin with hairbase No.8 ( gold makeup)
LAQ Gold Ankle Strap Pumps
Swimsuit Prelude Collection Beachwear Bikini 2


My favourite Bond film.. sung by the incredible Shirley Bassey ( Welsh... Welsh... Welsh..did I mention she is Welsh) and the hottest Scot on the Planet.. even if he is a thousand years old.. Mr. Shaun Connery

Goldfrapp..

I am very keen on the band Goldfrapp and being a bit of a pottymouth myself, I appreciate Alison, has special way with words.. coughs..
So I took these photos with her in mind,


At a photosphere with this ring as a prop.. it was quite cute it had about 7 different pose options and of course you can always change the background texture and colour scheme, I just thought it fitted my channeling of Alison Goldfrapp to a T.

Style Card
Skin Lelutka Eclatlight group gift ( light brows)
Hair Cake Dakota light blond hair
Socks **MIS** November Group Freebie - Baggy Socks Sage
Shoes Coco Summerchoice awards 2009 gift Ankle wrap wedges ( available in her store)
Skirt [KA] Dead Naga Mini Olive
Top Ce cubic effect Wrap tank mini dress- green
Necklace - Afrika Necklace Gold - Group gift

And now for your listening pleasure.... it's Oh La La.. dial up my number........

Chi

Chi 124,50,22

Chi is a beautiful sim with lots of oriental influences around, a huge Buddha, just like the one on Lantau island in Hong Kong, I have been there in RL.. that Buddha is beautiful and huge and so impressive, but I decided to focus on the gorgeous little pagoda for these shots with two sampans moored next to it.

I wanted to experiment taking some landscape shots which I haven't done in a while.
the following photos are all taken with the 1.23 viewer as Emerald still hates my graphic card. Bring me a new computer Santa AppleMac.. I needs it.. I wants it, my precious....

Anyway

1st My favorite
Gelatto setting
Graphics set to Ultra

Barcelona setting
Graphics setting to Ultra
East angle 0.84
Cloud coverage 30
Cloud scale 15


Incongruents truths
Graphics set to Ultra
East Angle 0.69


So there you have it.. all the photos are pretty nice.. depends on what kind of atmosphere you want for your shot.

Suede

Audrey, Audrey

I was watching one of Audrey Hepburn's classic movies a couple of nights ago and thought I would like to see if I could make up an outfit which would do her justice.

Let me show you what I came up with




I was very lucky to find the super cool art deco cigarette holder which is almost the exactly the same as the one Audrey is holding in her photo. That particular shop also does a nice range of fans and vintage items, very good for period photographs or burlesque.


This Dress is from DG gowns and it is an older item, but still outstandingly beautiful it also comes in a range of colour combinations, I did also purchase the olive and purple gown but my inventory ate it.. looks sad.. it might turn up one day. The variations available are a full prim skirt and these little floaty side panels which is the look I like best. As for my hair this updo is also an older style.. which I have for a while.. but looks so perfect for this look.. tumbled up and held with a ribbon, I think it screams for you to pull the bobbie pins out and let those locks tumble down.


Style Card

Dress : DG Gowns Eclectic Pure
Shoes Perquita Chickychic Pumps - colour change
Skin LAQ.. Laci Peach Glow Skin No.05
Eyes Ashley Redgrave Grey
Lashes Silhouette Lashes Tipped ( group gift)
Earrrings Nonna's Lady Slipper in Platinum
Hair ::69:: Miracle No.03
Cigarette Holder

Terracotta Warrior

I have had this bra and pantie set for a while, don't wear them often even though I really like the vintage look of them, the snapshot doesn't show it, but the set also comes with a pair of stockings with lace tops, however I wanted to wear my sculpty shoes and of course the two don't mix very well.


So Emerald is not working for me very well at the moment so I am stuck using V1.23 so no clever sunsets or sunrises.. in order to create a nice background I headed for a photosphere which is an excellent photographic tool.




My choice was a urban background to which I increased the ratio to 1 and also changed the hue to orange/rust to reflect the colour of the lingerie and being totally limited with regards to my environmental controls, all I did was to move the sun over a bit. You can see the difference in the two photos,obviously the second photo is much clearer with Suede highlighted against the background.

Style card

Lingerie LB Teracotta Lexi Lingerie
Skin LAQ Laci -08 Peach Glow Skin Hairbase
Sandals Aoharu Walk Suede Lace Up Sandals in Camel
Hair ::69:: Modelhair 02

Suede

How dark is the night ?

I was a bit bored and started to play with the light settings, all of these flowers are no mod and set to full bright, which to be honest is a total pain,. however, if your turn your enviromental controls to midnight.. then a unsual photo opportunity presents itself.. you now have day-glow flowers in the middle of the night, just like the catus plant who only ever flowers at night, Queen of the Night. Although I have daisies and poppie it is working for me :D.

The Flowers were purchased from Feast


The only other adjustment I made was the light angle and also the Gamma which I turned up slightly so that Suede would be a bit brighter.

Style Card
Dress: Ancient group gift (2009)
Skin: Laroki
Hair Zero - Milca
Location - IronChurch in Zindra
Poses - AO made up by me.. most poses from either DZ Papp or LAP

Suede

Fashion Couture

Series of phtos for the superELITE banner.



I needed to make a banner for the superELITE blog and I wanted to use a couture style photograph which meant I need an exceptional outfit and and unusual angle. As the blog is about fashion, the model was not important what was important was to emphasis the clothes.

Below is a series of raw shots I took for the banner which I then polished on photoshop. check out the superELITE blog for the finished Banner

Style card
Dress - Paper couture - Romantic (available on XstreetSL)
Hair - Paper Tiger by curio
Skin - Allison gift skin from Belleza
Earrings - Slipper from Noona Hedges (very old - maybe not available)