A minimal introduction about minimalism in images. Today’s post is about lines that divide open spaces, mostly the land and the sky, shown through my Second Life most minimalist photographs.
Walker Evans, by Reference and Decay
A post about Walker Evans and the news that the H22O sim in Second Life is set to close. “Evans… perceived as Atget had done, that we sense nothing in isolation, that we sense this for what it is only by reference to another thing which it is not”. “Evans, an ironist through and […]
Improved terms for official Second Life Flickr Group
I’ll first say, I don’t know when this changed. I had a quick look earlier this month and noticed something was different and have just read it properly now. It’s good news. There are much improved terms as a condition of joining the Official Second Life group on Flickr. I had a full scale rant […]
Aspen Fell and Intro: Colour and Music
Today I’m going to take a couple of interesting regions of Second Life with strong visual impact, and I’m going to talk about the similarities in how they create an interpretation of the world. On the surface, they seem quite different. Aspen Fell is naturalistic, predominantly dark and the region is treated as a scenic […]
Mesh Thoughts: Creases and Pneumatics
I’ve been meaning to write about mesh avatars for a while. But first, I needed to pin down what exactly it is that troubles me about mesh avatars. Of course it could just be familiarity – I accept the faults in the standard avatar as I no longer really see them, whereas mesh is new […]
Thoughts on Composition
This time I thought I’d give some of my thoughts on composition, based a shot I’ve put on Flickr: Dozing at Cheeky Tiramisu. This is a shot I really like – definitely one of my recent favourites of my own photographs inworld – taken at Cheeky Tiramisu. The underlying reason is its strong abstract quality. […]
July (and a bit) on Flickr
July was a hectic month and blog writing is like a habit. Once it stops completely it’s easy for it to get left behind and forgotten. So I’ve decided that every month I’m going to do a short review of the places that featured in my Photostream on Flickr*. Hopefully this will keep the habit […]
New Terms of Service
I had to agree to the new terms of service before logging in today, and at a more detailed than usual reading of terms of service, they look a lot better. I appreciate that Linden Lab need to be given rights as they are effectively republishing work. I felt that the previous terms were a […]
New Gallery Space at Artists4SL
Well, I have taken space again with Artists4SL. I had a gallery there for a while, but they moved at a time when real life got busy and it was one too many things to think about. There are over seventy artists in there, so it’s well worth a look round.
Change: the nature of Second Life
The last post featured Annwn Willows, and Joanna Corith has just announced that it will be closing on the 26th June. So you have less than a week to go see it, and I’m going to take this as a good excuse to share another shot from when I was there last. Such is Second […]