Nikolai Fellini

Model - Merryll

We are looking for a builder/landscaper for our new sim, that will be an inworld meeting place for photographers, bloggers, models. The sim will have a central plaza similar to Piazza San Marco in Venice. At the ends of the plaza will be a gallery and an outdoor club. The landscaped areas will consist of a beach, and 4-6 different landscape zones for photographers to use as backgrounds. Please IM Nikolai Fellini here or inworld. You must provide references.

Model - AnneSophie

Testing the new inworld displays on Les Belles Isle The top screen randomly shows member's photostreams. The bottom randomly scrolls thru that member's latest images. Les Belles Isle is the new inworld gathering place for photographers, bloggers & models. IM for invite

That is what I was asking. When I 1st returned to Flickr 6 months ago, I read about all the things people did just to boost their account. The "thank you" comments seemed like just a way to double comment count. Now that I have been active for a while, I think my judgement may have been a little cynical. It takes time to say "thank you" and many probably appreciate the courtesy.

We are looking to hire a scripter for a project to display Flickr images in world. The features we need are displaying only the image, to set a time limit (in calendar days) on images, and to enter data to pull another image, and automate the process. You can contact me here via IM or in world. Thanks

An update on this project for an inworld, photographer/blogger/model gathering place After the obligatory, RL delay issues. We have purchased the full SIM, and hired renowned Landscaper, Kaiden Tray. Construction to start in early June. For anyone interested in being involved at the begging and help define our purpose, feel free to IM me on the forum or inworld, or respond here. Below is our preliminary Purpose Statement for your review. The project is called Les Belles Isle. Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Les Belles Isle – A place for photographers, bloggers and models to hangout socially, and work on projects together. Note - membership to Les Belles is free. The idea is to provide an inworld presence for all the many things that photographers/bloggers now find outside of SL. And to provide a place for Flickr photographers, bloggers, models to meet each other inworld. SIM Layout (full SIM) ideas 1. The SIM will only be open to members (membership is free and by referral only). 2. A large open Central Plaza, similar to Plaza San Marco in Venice. 3. At one end of the Plaza, a beach 4. At the other end of the plaza, an outdoor club. 5. Surrounding the inside of the plaza, buildings and/or booths to display pics from the Flickr streams of members. Not to sell, but simply to display. Displays will be rotated periodically. There will be no cost for displaying images. 6. A Theater for guest speakers & training 7. Indoor studio space for use of members and for training (outside the plaza). 8. Surrounding the outside of the plaza, will be a few landscaped zones to use for photography backgrounds. There will only be a few of these, since there are already many great backgrounds and picturesque locations in SL. 9. A central location providing teleport links (with pics) to the many photogenic & background locations for photographers & bloggers to use. This will provide an easy (inworld) way to find these locations. 10. A central location providing teleport links for fashion events, modeling agencies, various trainings of interest to the photography/blogging community.

Just found a better way to see the latest work of those you follow. I had been scrolling through the Activity tab, but I just found the People tab. The default search shows the latest post of everyone you follow in a stream format. So it is much easier to see.

I found your Flickr stream and fantastic! I look forward to following your work!

I want to see the work of as many highly skilled SL photographers as I can. I want to learn from them. And as any creative person, I want to put my work out there. And I want to encourage beginner SL photographers the same way I have been encouraged --- And be efficient in my time, as I have other things to do. So I am asking if others have better ways to do this on Flickr.

I agree, I hate them too... but I envy their size sometimes!

I am a retired RL fashion photographer, so I compared Flickr to my old RL schedule. I do have more time than most, but as much as I like creative pursuits, I want to streamline the process, so I can have more time for other interests as well.

I have seen pics on Flickr where the main subject is angled 45 degrees, to increase the image size. How is that done? Is it a Flickr setting, shot that way in SL, or done in Photoshop, etc. Like this one:

I returned to Flickr about 6 months ago (after many years away) and I wonder about an effective daily/weekly routine. I tend to be on & off Flickr most days. I enjoy Flickr, posting my work, appreciating other's work, and learning from them. Here is what I do now (in no particular order): 1) Of course - upload my new photos, add to groups (spread this out over several different times/days). Note, I am testing Skedr.io to automate this. 2) Look at the Flickr activity feed to see what the people I follow are up to. I comment those I like, and fave only the best, so I can return to them & see what I can learn. 3) Look at notifications, to see anyone new who is following me and what pics of mine have activity. 4) Check out the stream of anyone who recently followed me, and typically I follow them back, comment those I like, and fave only the best. 5) Look at what groups the best SL photographers/bloggers are posting in. Join the ones I am not in. 6) Scan my favourite groups to see what's new, comment or fave accordingly. I currently do not reply with a "thank you" post to those who commented on my pics. I feel this just creates a lot of noise, but I feel kind of bad about that. I don't want to be rude, and certainly appreciate people's comments. Is this something I should do? What am I missing? What do other photographers/bloggers do?

Surrounded by red in today's photoshoot Model - Juliette

Take me sailing

I'll take a foot long

Getting back to this idea, I sent a message with more details, to 50 Flickr photographers, and the response was overwhelmingly positive. What are the thoughts of photographers, bloggers & models here? -------------------------- Email from Flickr---------------------------------------- Back in the day (2007) we had an island for photographers, bloggers and models to hang out. I am messaging you and other photographers to see if you would be interested in spending time in such a place.There will be some studio space and landscaping for photos. But since there are already many backdrop places and good landscapes in SL, our space will be for easy access for beginner photographers & models to work together.There will also be many places showcasing the work of photographers on Flickr, etc. All free. The idea is to provide a place in SL for displaying the beautiful work, currently only seen on Flickr, etc. This will not be a gallery to sell work, but to provide a constantly rotating display of Flickr art, in world.There will be a beach, some parks, and a dance club as well. The plan is to to require group membership to be on most of the island. The group will be free and membership will be by referral. We will use the group tag to keep out the bots and minimize griefing.Please let me know of your interest, thoughts & ideas about the project. Our primary goal is to provide a safe place for all SL Flickrites to meet and see some of each others work in world.Thanks,

A closeup from my photoshoot with Sara

Model - Merryll

Playing around with some new windlight combinations indoors. Not quite there yet, but learning. Model - Merryll

Contemplating AI in SL

Waiting for drinks in the moonlight. Heather is the model.

Dinner with my friends AnneSophie & Raik. I just had to get a pic!

Shooting an Emily in Paris moment