Taking pictures

[xixiiiii]

i always see such pretty avis, w what looks like high quality pictures & i know a lot of people dont like sharing their tips to getting those high quality shots but if anybody could spare some tips on how to get such cute high quality pictures i would love to hear it 😊 

[Orwar]

   There are plenty of tutorials on various topics within Photography, you may want to check out the Photography boards: https://community.secondlife.com/forums/forum/302-art-music-and-photography/

   Explaining everything from setting up to editing in one go is quite a task.

[Rowan Amore]

1 minute ago, Orwar said:

   There are plenty of tutorials on various topics within Photography, you may want to check out the Photography boards: https://community.secondlife.com/forums/forum/302-art-music-and-photography/

   Explaining everything from setting up to editing in one go is quite a task.

Dang, you beat me by seconds.

[xixiiiii]

1 hour ago, Orwar said:

   There are plenty of tutorials on various topics within Photography, you may want to check out the Photography boards: https://community.secondlife.com/forums/forum/302-art-music-and-photography/

   Explaining everything from setting up to editing in one go is quite a task.

thank you so much i'll definitely check that out 😌

[Nalates Urriah]

YouTube has loads of 'How To' videos.

There are two groups of photographers, well, more than 2 but I'll go with that. Those that do the work in the viewer and those that do the work 'post production', meaning in Photoshop or GIMP image editors. You sort of have to decide which you are interested in before you start searching.

An example of some of the ...I'll call it extreme... post production editing is Natsumi Xenga's work. These are  not tutorials but you can learn from them.

There are all sorts of beginning SL tutorials. These are likely more what you'll want to start with.

The forum has a load of advice and tutorials and simple 'this is  how I did that' posts. So look through the various image threads as that type of info is interspursed in those threads, hard to find but great information. Orwar posted the link to the main section in this forum. Do search for Black Dragon. Those posts are about the viewer and how it is used, mostly for photos. I think Firestorm and Black Dragon viewers are the two primary choices for photographers in SL.

Firestorm has classes in world.

[Talligurl]

I think the number one thing that improves your pictures is file size, the bigger the better.

[Doc Carling]

Technical skill is not all. To have some photographic talent is also useful.

[JanuarySwan]

16 hours ago, Talligurl said:

I think the number one thing that improves your pictures is file size, the bigger the better.

My photos improved greatly by doing the above.  Plus friends also told me to use ultra graphics for photos, which also helps.  If you cannot be on ultra for busy events you could still use ultra just for personal photographs.  The other thing to learn where the ENVIRONMENT EDITOR is to change your lighting for mood effects and shadows, etc.  

On 11/14/2020 at 3:13 PM, Nalates Urriah said:

Firestorm has classes in world.

I didn't know that.  That sounds incredible and the way to go!