It comes to you as no surprise that I spend a fair amount of time looking through Flickr streams. Last year, on one of those late nights, a photograph stopped me in my tracks. It expressed a feeling of serenity, and if you have ever tried snapping any kind of picture in SL you know [...]
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Photography
It is no secret that one of the privileges of writing is that I get a chance to not only write about fashion and life style, but also to meet creative and inspiring artists. One of my recent gems was a chat and photo shoot with the talented Cala Rossini. One thing I have noticed [...]
If you have been following our Meet SL Photographer series, you know that I spend a fair amount of time looking at Flickr streams of various photographers. A long time ago, a picture in a stream caught my attention. At the time, I was drawn to the hair style that was featured because it looked [...]
March 17 2011. At eight in the morning I have an appointment with Betty Tureaud. I know her like one and half year now and her work amazes me increasingly. Since I came to Second Life she has probably been the best example of finding new ways to express yourself and how to create truly [...]
If your SLife crosses paths with photography, in any shape or form, then you know the name Julie Hastings. And if you don’t, I suggest you start this very moment. I remember when her name made me pay attention: I had heard her name around and would occasionally browse her Flickr stream too; however, one day I [...]
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Fashion,
Models,
Photography
Welcome to the third installation of our Meet SL Photographer series. This series started as a simple idea of writing an article to introduce a few photographers whose works I liked. As I started looking around and spending endless hours on Flickr, I discovered various artistic approaches to post-processing of SL pictures. As a result, [...]
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Avatars with Style,
Photography
When I first met CKDexter Howley, I was cautious in my approach. His avatar is handsome, has a bad-boy attitude (the kind that suggests numerous female followers), and his stylish (and always changing) look stands out among many male avatars. Before too long, I was impressed by his thoughtfulness, and wanted to know him better. [...]
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Avatars with Style,
LAQ Skins,
Photography
Petal Fairlock is a RL photographer whose artistic voice is expressed through images taken from nature with a Holga camera, which she describes as, “a wonderful plastic camera with very little technology, allowing me to focus more on my composition and connection with the natural world.” Her images are not only taken without high-tech gadgetry, [...]
Dress: The Death of the Black Swan by Violator; Model: Angelkisses Menna; Photo credit: Beck Azalee, Picture Perfect studio Sometimes, it feels like we keep hearing the same thing in the fashion world: “haute couture is not always wearable.” Today, I want you to meet a solution to that problem: Soraya Vaher. Her designs, which [...]
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Design,
Dresses,
Fashion,
Feminism,
Violator
AvatarStyle adores painter Renault Cluny. Cleo first interviewed him in March of this year and we learned about his amazing work; now, we get to have a bit of fun and discover a bit more about his personal style and experience in Second Life. Be sure to catch his exhibit at Yeuxbleux’s Greenhouse at Artis [...]