Sunday Sevensies ~ Always by Design

Good early morning or late morning wherever you are and welcome to yet another episode of the Sunday Sevensies.

In my feeble attempt to keep you entertained, I shall begin with a rousing chorus of, “Rock A Bye Baby”, to quell any thoughts of sending me to bed.

Maybe if you all did it in harmony, I’d be convinced to go? Just maybe..

For those of you aspiring to learn and grow in the post processing part of SL Snapography…here’s a tip that may help you with your technique:

Easy on the dodge and burn -.-

Looking back at this image I can see where I sorta burned more that I usually do. Probably due to sandy eyeballs but oh well.

I recently came across a few comments about some images I had worked on for my SL partner which got me thinking, real deep like.

Deep like…lets go jump over that cliff and see if we don’t end up on the other side whole, hmm??

The comments were more or less an observation, I think.

They had observed that the snapshots I took were not genuine and/or heavily ‘photoshopped’, insomuch that they weren’t sure what was what in the picture, or if they were ‘shopped’ in.

The few snapshots I took of my partner’s loft were in fact so clean and clear, I really didn’t ‘have’ to do anything. I ‘wanted’ to do somethings.

I wanted to play in the paint so to speak because it is fun. I’ve posted snapshots here for over a year that were raw and never mentioned it in the writing.

The way I look at processed images taken from in world, is the way I look at processed images in the ‘real’. They are created for a purpose. They are made, by design.

I recall a lecture given by one of our local artists here in Seattle, and one of the questions he asked us was, What is the purpose of art?

Self Expression? Statement? Is there a practical use? Is it for decoration or ornamentation?

To me, the images I snap in world are beautiful in my minds’ eye. I frame what I see, and if I want to see more.. I’ll play in the paint.

We all of us out here in the Second Life Blogosphere, have passions and pursuits a plenty. We occupy our space on the grid, do our thang, shoot our pics, and live our SLives.

But the end of the day, did you have fun?

I am just me, the crazy hawaiian chick who loves Minecraft. And I love, having fun. Especially with such awesome company!

*paints all over you*

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