How to find places for shooting fashion photos

[Cajsa Lilliehook]

I have a list of bookmarks that I browse around in when looking for a new place to shoot. Sure, I often map jump, open the map and size the sims so that they are very small thumbnails and then look for ones that stand out - that are not standard green and sand colors - and just go. I find amazing places that way. I found a fabulous spot last night by jumping to a red square and look what I found. The sim is called Locus.

But sim jumping is not the fastest way to find a new place. Instead, I seek out the expertise of the sim travelers who blog and the folks who share the travel photos on Flickr and Koin-up. Here are my favorite places to look for ideas. And please, if you have more - share, because the more places we have to look, the more we can find.

 

• Avatars In Motion
• Caminante de Sueños
• Honour McMillan
• Flickr Group: Creative Landscapes of Imagination
• Flickr Group: SL Tourist Board
• Flickr Group: SL Travels Pool
• Flickr Group: Xploring Second Life
• Flickr Group: Beautiful Places in Second Life
• Flickr Group: Second Life – Beautiful Sims
• Flickr Group: SL – Rain & Snow
• Koin-Up Second Life Places
• Roaming With Ranger
• SL Discovery
• SL Travel Channel
• Translucent Journey
• Turistas de SL
• Yse Sliffeuse et Gloodeuse

I also keep a handy list of landmarks that I share with anyone who wants, this post on my blog from May tells you about it and how to get it.

[Gala Caproni]

I use the best resource of all.... Cajsa

[Vick Spitteler]

Turistas do SL is really fantastic! 

I'm always finding good places to post in Second Ladies, and Koinup is a good site to do it.

http://www.koinup.com/places/

[Poptart Lilliehook]

Great list! Thanks.  A question... do you tend to ask the sim owner's permission before shooting on a new sim? Or make a point of mentioning the sim in your post?  This is a general question for the community - I'm curious about the accepted etiquette.

[Vick Spitteler]

Poptart, all sims that I blog are public. I dont ask permition in public sims. I guess to blog then is always welcome for their owners. And no one ever complained.

[Cajsa Lilliehook]

I don't ask permission. I give the name of the sim and a slurl at the end of my post along with the other credits: hair, skin, clothes, location. 

I try to remember to leave a small tip - 20-100 Lindens - when I enjoy a sim. It's nothing toward their tier, of course, but it is a small thank you and possibly encouragement to keep the sim going. Besides if everyone who went to a sim made a small contribution, they would add up and perhaps we would still have some of the sims we miss so much. 

[Eden Knoller]

I've used your list many times and I cannot tell you how much I appreciate it.  Thank you so much for sharing with us. 

[Harper Beresford]

LL prescribed a method for land owners to mark their sims as unphotographable. If it lists in a land's covenant that you are expressly forbidden to take images of the space or do machinima on the space, that is considered adequate warning. The vast majority of land owners do not limit screen capture or machinima but if ever in doubt, check the covenant.

The covenant for the sim I own states: "Machinima and screen capture (photography) are expressly allowed on all parts of the sim. However, all international laws apply to the capture and reproduction of specific works and we ask that you respect people's privacy, as always."

I would think most sims would welcome photographers and references.

 

 

[Poptart Lilliehook]

Thanks Harper this is useful info.

[Leah McCullough]

Thank you so much!! I always try to add the SLURL of the place I took my pictures so others can enjoy the beauty of SL <33

[Leah McCullough]

I dont ask permission unless i see the owner around cause i wouldnt want to bother them... I always make sure i credit the places as it's very important to recognize their hard work <3