SL Photography

I am what you would consider an amature hobby photographer in real life, though I do take life action photos of birds in flight etc fairly often (I am an avian breeder). So I had a stroke of genius which I'm sure many others before me have also thought of already... yeah I'm a bit slow on the uptake, :P. But my brilliant idea is to translate this hobby into where else? You guessed it, Second Life photography!!

Why not pimp out my services for photography to make a few extra Linden$ to pay for my rent, right? I have mastered camera angles and environmental lighting... and there are some really great photography pioneers in SL already, like Never 30, Ananke Media Systems, and CW Studios. There is some really great studio equipment already made by these folks and for a reasonable price to get a starter studio setup of gear. The only other thing I need is to add some fun background textures or some great "on-location" sites and then just bring my skills to the test for great SL photos! Not to mention the blank backgrounds you can use in the studio and export to the hard drive and then add the background to the photo via PhotoShop.

Speaking of PhotoShop, there are some really great PS tools for lighting and other effects which can be applied to the SL photos which bring a greater variety of looks and effects that can be manipulated out of world. Then just import them back once you are happy with it and send the finished product to the customer.

This SL profession is great for product advertisement photos, landscape shots, memory books, portraits, weddings, etc. I'll be adding some extra photo help on this blog later for those interested in this as a hobby, profession or just for personal fun. Although the real key is learning how to manipulate the camera angles in SL and getting the right lighting effects... and of course the right scenery!