A very common thing for Second Life photographs to have is the default Camera distance, we’re usually floating a couple of meters above and behind our AVs. This is great in giving us a more distant perspective in daily activity, and it lets us be aware of our environment. There’s an alternative however that allows us not only to live in a closer and more intense way: Try pressing control-0 (zero) to close up and control-8 to move away. Control9 will reset your view. Walking around with a closer POV sseems to be more “emotionally intense” to me, and when walking around a new or favourite sim, it allows your mind to absorbe a new option.
Camera Tip 1: Close Ups and POV
July 29, 2008 at 11:10 pm (Tips and Tricks)
Tags: camera, Second Life, tips, tricks
Top 14.5 DO’s to create a good Second Life Photo
July 21, 2008 at 7:05 pm (SL Photography)
Tags: do's, don't, hints, tips
There are tonnes of things we can do to make a photo seem more interesting or, as per my penchant, more realistic. Just quick list:
- DO adjust your AV’s hair and clothes for this one shot. Hint: Female AVs: When lying down, reduce your breast size to a very small measure. They flatten with gravity, you know :)
- DO adjust your environment if you can. I love builders and shape builders who have a grasp of human scale.
- Do look for crazy angles, they often lead to inspiration. Allow yourself to move that camera around freely!
- DO have a technical understanding of the ins and outs of your SL client
- DO play with lighting
- DO take a shot in that one odd, tight little corner in an otherwise plain sim.
- DO take 80 bazillion shots, they’re free and you can discard later. Some of my most interestiing shots are imperfect and came about by pure accident.
- DO work hard on getting just one shot right too. I’ve spent hours trying to make a picture in my head come true.
- DO learn every inch of a great sim (and thank, praise, offer credit to the sim builder–everyone loves praise!)
- DO be willing to do something that you’ve never seen and put it out there.
- DO ask questions, meet nice people, listen carefully, remember and learn. Talent is just the root, hard work and practice is what pays off.
- DO, DO, DO make your picture create a story or a world in one snapshot.
- DO use your imagination
- Do have fun. If this isn’t about fun, I don’t know what is.
Do find someone you love and give them a hug during a shoot. It’s good for inspiration and reduces carpal tunnel syndrome :)
