Second Life

Exploring Second Life Meme: Wondering As I Wander

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Empyreal Dreams – Ctrl Shift H

I really love this week’s meme topic! I’m always looking for new places to explore and take photos, so I will definitely be stealing some from the other bloggers!

Berry is a fantastic photographer and the raw shots she used in her blog put mine to shame. I have long said I am not a landscape photographer, and these pictures just go to prove my point 😦 But I still had a lovely day, revisiting some of the locations I have used in my posts in the past. I did, however, shoot in different spots on the sims so you can have an added flavour of each location.

Meme Instructions: Share 1 to 5 of your favorite places on the grid. I feel like exploring and discovering new places. Share places you think everyone should visit and also tell us why they are your favorites. Don’t forget to leave a link to your post in the comments (of this post)!

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Stepping Back From The Cliff

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This last week has seen several of my friends do things in Second Life that I know they will end up regretting. Repeating mistakes, jumping into things without forethought, burning bridges with people they should be reaching out to. I have kept my mouth shut, but as I told my brother on Wednesday, if I ended up unable to DJ on Friday night it wouldn’t have been because I still didn’t have my voice back; it would be because I had bitten off my tongue!

It’s kind of like standing on a cliff, wondering who will jump and who will survive.

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I’m standing there now with some people who are very close to me, but I’m stepping back from the cliff. I will maintain my silence, turn around and face my own life. After all, to get to that cliff, I had to climb the mountain.

Special thanks to a few people who reminded me that I am there (perhaps without even realising it) – my lil Cao, my bubby, K and of course, as always, my Shining Star ♥

Pretty stuff I’m wearing:

Pants: !gO! Pocket Pants by Gocha Merlin
Top: Twisted and Spoiled – Mustard Tank Top by Phia Vaughn (I’ve had this for about three years; I don’t know if it is still available, but I’ve still provided the link to the store)
Boots: DECO – Test Boots – Dusty by GutterBlood Spoonhammer (again, very old. Check the store for availability. But they are resizable and work under mesh pants)
Backpack: DECO – MESH Survivalist Backpack by Barf Delicioso (available at The Men’s Department)
Hair: *ARGRACE* Baseball cap2/Grace – Red by rika Oyen
Necklace: ***Just You Jewels*** Bonnie & Clyde Women by Clyde Avon
Earrings: [MANDALA]Otsumami earring/silver by Kikunosuke Eel
Skin: [PXL] Creations [PXL] JADE SK WineLight Lips MEB C2 by Hart
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Hands: Slink Mesh Hands (av) Casual by Siddean Munro
Hand Appliers: [ PXL ] Creations [ PXL ] Slink Hands Appliers SK
Eyes: Mayfly – Liquid Light Mesh Eyes (Glacial River, w3) by Arkesh Baral

Poses by aDORKABLE Poses – Stroll Dork Pack by Adorkable Peapod (available on Marketplace only)

Beta Testing LumiPro With Color Picker

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LumiPro Beta HUD
LumiPro Beta HUD

I have been a huge fan of the LumiPro HUD since I first trialed it several months ago. It is “a serious photography tool for working in virtual worlds” and has made a huge difference to me in terms of the quality of my photographs, whether I am shooting for a client or myself. The capability is amazing – I’m not going to do a tutorial on this system – creator Stefan Buscaylet (a RL and SL photographer) has done those himself in the LumiPro blog. The post I have linked to has a video on the basics of using LumiPro, but there is a full range of videos in the sidebar to the right that go into more depth on the various capabilities of the system. There is also an extensive user manual that I recommend you read.

And yes, it is a photography system. The HUD, which is worn by the photographer, controls lighting through wearable lights and wearable OR rezzable projectors, posing, incremental eye positioning and the ability to save lighting presets and search through your loaded poses. It even allows you assign gender to your poses so you can create sets within a single HUD. The system is copy, so you can create separate HUDs for different poses and you can back them up so they are safe. And since the lights and projectors are wearable, you can use this system on location with not just yourself as a subject, but up to four models/clients, as well. No rez rights required! I’ll go into the exciting new update Stefan is working on after the cut.

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