Ce Cubic

I took this photo on the top floor of the Ce Cubic sim, wearing a a Ce Cubic sculpted prim shirt for the shoot. This is a excellent prop for static photographs but unfortunately when your avatar moves the prims end up in your body.

I used the windlight settings in Emerald as usual and here I thought the contrasting colour was a good choice. The buildings in this sim are actually white and I turned them to this lovely pink haze, but I did need to turn up the gamma slider as the skin colour on my avi went a bit sickly pink. The pose is by Diaz Papp, hair and skin by Laqroki, Earrings are by U&R Dogs.

Complimentary Colours

I like complimentary colours and so I often try to get the background to be in sync with the clothing of the avatar.
For the head shot, I used control + O to pull in it in tight to the face, I used the normal SL viewer and turned the enviro controls to dusk.. to give a golden hue to the skin.

Suede
Skin Laqroki Laci no.8
Lashes freebie ( sorry no longer available)
Eyes, Grey - Redgrave
Hat & Hair Maitreya

Clothes
Vest Dutch Touch- Mens
Skirt Kookie - Naga

The Pose is part of an ao I use from Pose Designer Diaz Papp on the Kuso sim. I always wait to see the angle of the ao and use my camera controls to get different views. The secret for me anyway is to watch the ao, and learn the good poses within it and then time your shot accordingly.

Thanks for reading
Suede.

Tempura Island - Water Lillies

TEMPURA ISLAND


This a snapshot of the waterlilies at Tempura Island. I used the basic SL viewer to take these shots and used my camera controls to move my viewer to just above the water level. I spun around and changed position for quite a while as the flowers are on full bright which is really not attractive for photos.

Settings:
Environmental controls - Fine Day
Location - Tempura Island 18.207.21
Graphics Setting - middle

This second picture is exactly the same the only difference is the Graphics slider I turned all the way up to Ultra.
Personally I prefer the original shot, I feel the clouds distract from the flowers.


Please do comment and offer suggestions.. I like feedback.

Photography 001.

Okay, so I have finally got my act together and have something to talk about. I am going to give you a quick overview of the things you can do with the Emerald Viewer. In later blog posts I will go into depth about how to achieve a certain look.

1) Download Emerald if you haven't already done so.
http://modularsystems.sl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&Itemid=8



2) Find somewhere in world that you liked I used the view from a nudist beach in Zindra.. I forgot this name.. but next time I will be sure to mark down the location for you. Now this view had a ugly island in the background which I wanted to remove from my picture. I used the draw button to reduce how far into the distance I could see.. the draw button is in the bottom right hand corner of your screen. on a little flip up menu.


3) I opened the windlight settings.. you can access this two ways.. one from the environmental controls. which gives you a huge range of options and choices and also from the little box, I just mentioned in section 2. Personally right now i would use the basic button on the right. We can discuss the environmental control magic sliders another time.



4) Most important.. turn your graphics settings up to Ultra.. yes it will slow you down.. but this is why I suggest you go somewhere quiet, no mall, no disco or club.. and as few people as possible.

So as you can see, all I did was change 3 things in my viewer, the draw distance, the windlight settings, and the graphics settings, and I also waited and watched the ebb and swell of the waves and clicked when the splash came, animations bring life to your picture, it is worth it to wait and learn the cycle of the animation so you can get the best angle. This is very important when creating a portrait.

Suede

Photography, Writing and everything inbetween

Hi there
Just a short note to introduce myself, I am an avatar in Second Life, I was the I also staff writer for the Zindra Times and then it's editor.. unfortunately that fun blog closed due to the rl commitments of its writing team.. but it was so much fun..laughs wickedly.

Currently I am the editor for the superElite fashion blog which is great.. we have a fantastic talented team and new clothes hair and skins..and accessories what is not to like.
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In my personal blog, I will talk about what interests me most in Second Life, which is of course Photography, windlight setting, control +O and also Machinima which I am getting into.
Maybe with a little fashion and gossip thrown in. I mean I am a girl after all.. we gotta have our gossip and fashion.
I hope you find my blog entertaining and useful.
Hope to see you again soon
Suede.