I was given a chance to snap a photo celebrating Arcade's 1 year anniversary, and ~Oceania Breedables~ sponsorship of the event. I'm pretty proud of the result myself, but then I've always been a sucker for vivid and bright colors. So that might be a matter of personal opinion. In fact I'm almost 100% sure it is. 99.89777%.
It is always surprising when someone else likes my photos, because I feel I'm learning a great deal about 'how' to take them and feel I have a long way to go still. My pictures are always just things that catch my eye that I find unique in some way, or were taken purely to see if I am capable of setting up the shot and snapping the photo exactly the way I intended.
The largest challenge to date is always taking photos with other avatars. Poseballs are a tool, but the patience of my friends is a gift. I try to get every detail except windlight finished before the other avatar arrives, but windlight and shadow angles can be an exercise in creativity and frustration. And because my friends are both easy going and sharp as tacks; they can point out ways to improve the shot that I hadn't thought of. Or half the time they'll just move the wrong way which results in having to reposition my angle and eureka! The new angle works better than the old did.
But hey, telling them they ruined a perfectly good shot keeps them from moving again. You can tell them they helped you create a great shot when it's done. Or after they point out a curious crease in your pose that (ahem) does not look right from any angle.
Remember Kids: Friends don't move. Real friends jump... to tell you about your creases.
My favorite photos are usually tied into Oceania in some way. I'm a beach kid to the core... the ongoing anecdote in the family is I have the personality I do today because I learned to walk with sand in my diaper. My only reply is that I'm the posterchild for a sunny fucking disposition, thank you very much.
The ocean continues to be a source of fascination to me both in RL and SL. Having a chance to tie together two of my favorite things in SL: Oceania Breedables and the Arcade Event, was a particularly fantastic experience and I hope to do it again.
Mot Shark's quirky finds from Fifty Linden Friday!
Remember: Fifty Linden Friday runs from 12:01am Friday to 11:59pm Friday (okay maybe it's midnight to midnight, but remembering it like this helps ME remember!), so you have to be quick about picking up your sale items!
To join the Fifty Linden Friday Group and get the list each week, copy and paste this line into your chat window (just to avoid it opening a second viewer when you click): secondlife:///app/group/4736f8f4-8b07-85c3-6952-ceafd0673096/about
First of all these Fat Bats from D-Lab, which I want to say come in 'his and hers' judging by the colors but frankly I'm just tickled pink by their adorable hats and goofy smiles!
While you're here, don't forget to check out the group gifts... A little pair of garden gnomes and an 'Uncle Fester' style holdable doll that is a part of the 'family' gacha collection D-Lab has at The Arcade Event this month (running from 9/1-9/31)!
D-Lab always has something delightfully fun up its sleeve, so it is most assuredly a group worth joining and staying in if you enjoy offbeat toys and outdoor decor.
Then we have a fun photo display from Sway, a fluffy 'Memories' cloud that you can set down and add three of your own photos to!
Up next we have two finds from Conspiracy Theory, both of which made me giggle. Naughtical Art, which is some pretty bad innuendo (in YOUR end-o) with a seaworthy theme that you can hang (twice over if you're of the male persuasion) and call your own.
As well as... it's more of a notice from Conspiracy Theory, really. You just lost the game. What is the game? It has just one rule: if you think about the game, you lost the game. While you're chewing on the cycle of defeat, swing by and pick this up to better tease your friends!
More to come later today, I hope!
