One thing that I hope can be changed for other classes....is the names and numbers of the assignments and projects...
I am getting so confused....
There are assignments numbered 1,2,3,etc.
And there are other Projects numbered 1,2,3, etc.
Tonight I am going around in circles...trying to find my gallery and zipped folder for Project #2 for the Nature Photography DOF...
I know that I am going to have to get better organized...
It seems that perhaps the assignments get us ready to do the Projects for which we have two weeks....
Also, having an assignment #4 due the same night as our main project #2 tonight seems like a lot...I wish the assignments could be staggered....
Anyway, it seems that there might be a better way to organize the assignments and projects....or maybe call them by different names...
Maybe there could be Exercises......and then Main Projects that take longer to do...
I am hoping to get everything turned in by midnight...we have class at 7:00p.m. this evening....
Monday, June 25, 2007
Sunday, June 10, 2007
My Wild & Wonderful Week in Second Life
Well the start of the week was really wild because my avatar got caught in a trap when she went to rez some canvases for her photography show at the end of the week on Sheba Island. The developer Monmakr Allen had seen me when my avatar Texanna Schumann was out shopping in a mall.
It was a frightful experience being caught in a trap at the sandbox...and not able to get out...I found out later that it is a contraption that is used in some of the war zone sims in SL. My friend, who invited me to the sandbox reported the abusive behavior...because it happened to her when she teleported into the sandbox, too.
Well, It took a day or two to get over that shock....then my friend showed me how to go the create panel to rez a box...then to flatten it....and then to put a texture on it (one of my photographs that had been saved as a 1024 X 1024 Targa file). Then I "took" it back into my inventory.
The next few days I was placing the photography into the designated building....My friend helped me to make a bluebonnet textured "carpet" on a large 20 X 20 prim...we had to use two of them...Later we decided to make it into a grass texture...
I visited another exhibit and noticed that the artist had used an automatic greeter, so I went to one of my friends who is a scripter in Sl, and he had the "greeting mat" that would give out a note card which would have information about the artist/photographer, and would give a land mark.....so I wrote a brief explanation of who I am as a student at T.S.T.C. and then gave a landmark to the T.S.T.C. commons. I also added a tip jar with butterflies hovering around....and it had to be reshaped and a new texture was put on it.
I took the time to invite all of my friends and acquaintaces to the photography show. I was able to click on the name of my friends in the list, open up the profile, and then to drop the notecard invitation and the landmark for Sheba Island into their inventory. Fortunately, I had joined some art groups, and one of them was kind enough to send out a group notice to the members.
Then I made a special effort to hang around my exhibit space most of the day on Friday and Saturday. There were many of my friends who dropped in....and some asked to be teleported to my location. They were so encouraging and so appreciative of my work with the macro photography of floral subjects. Some of my photographer friends in SL gave me some critiques. Some were absolutely "stunned" with the beauty and the peaceful setting.
One lady said that it would be good if I could have some bird music in the background. She suggested that I add seating so that people could sit and look and feel the peace there. She also suggested that I could make the flowers available to people who do landscaping on the sims in SL.
Well, there were several people who bought the rose picture for L$250 and some bought the bluebonnet picture. One even bought the green carpet for L$300. Several people left tips ranging from L$10 to L$500 in thetip jars. I also rented a booth in the "Old Town Mall Area" and paid L$125. I took three paintings there and also set out the "greeter mats" and put out a tip jar with the butterflies..
All of this has been a wonderful experience for me, and it reminds me of the days when I really was into the art shows and promoting the arts.
The only thing now is that I am struggling to get the Depth of Field assignment done for Monday night. My camera is limited to F2.8 to F8, and I am struggling to get some good Depth of Field shots. I know it will take lots of practice to get good at this.
It was a frightful experience being caught in a trap at the sandbox...and not able to get out...I found out later that it is a contraption that is used in some of the war zone sims in SL. My friend, who invited me to the sandbox reported the abusive behavior...because it happened to her when she teleported into the sandbox, too.
Well, It took a day or two to get over that shock....then my friend showed me how to go the create panel to rez a box...then to flatten it....and then to put a texture on it (one of my photographs that had been saved as a 1024 X 1024 Targa file). Then I "took" it back into my inventory.
The next few days I was placing the photography into the designated building....My friend helped me to make a bluebonnet textured "carpet" on a large 20 X 20 prim...we had to use two of them...Later we decided to make it into a grass texture...
I visited another exhibit and noticed that the artist had used an automatic greeter, so I went to one of my friends who is a scripter in Sl, and he had the "greeting mat" that would give out a note card which would have information about the artist/photographer, and would give a land mark.....so I wrote a brief explanation of who I am as a student at T.S.T.C. and then gave a landmark to the T.S.T.C. commons. I also added a tip jar with butterflies hovering around....and it had to be reshaped and a new texture was put on it.
I took the time to invite all of my friends and acquaintaces to the photography show. I was able to click on the name of my friends in the list, open up the profile, and then to drop the notecard invitation and the landmark for Sheba Island into their inventory. Fortunately, I had joined some art groups, and one of them was kind enough to send out a group notice to the members.
Then I made a special effort to hang around my exhibit space most of the day on Friday and Saturday. There were many of my friends who dropped in....and some asked to be teleported to my location. They were so encouraging and so appreciative of my work with the macro photography of floral subjects. Some of my photographer friends in SL gave me some critiques. Some were absolutely "stunned" with the beauty and the peaceful setting.
One lady said that it would be good if I could have some bird music in the background. She suggested that I add seating so that people could sit and look and feel the peace there. She also suggested that I could make the flowers available to people who do landscaping on the sims in SL.
Well, there were several people who bought the rose picture for L$250 and some bought the bluebonnet picture. One even bought the green carpet for L$300. Several people left tips ranging from L$10 to L$500 in thetip jars. I also rented a booth in the "Old Town Mall Area" and paid L$125. I took three paintings there and also set out the "greeter mats" and put out a tip jar with the butterflies..
All of this has been a wonderful experience for me, and it reminds me of the days when I really was into the art shows and promoting the arts.
The only thing now is that I am struggling to get the Depth of Field assignment done for Monday night. My camera is limited to F2.8 to F8, and I am struggling to get some good Depth of Field shots. I know it will take lots of practice to get good at this.
Friday, June 1, 2007
Revising my BlogSpot...Moved to New URL
Just today I was noticing that I needed to change the URL of my blog for T.S.T.C. Virtual Campus Special Topics Photography class. I realized that it should be my avatar's first name + VCampusJournal and then the blogspot address.
So I have created another blogspot and it is as follows:
http://texannasvcampusjournal.blogspot.com/
I have transferred the blogs here to the new URL and I will be using it in the future as I record my journey through Second Life as it relates to photography. Please check out my new blog address.
So I have created another blogspot and it is as follows:
http://texannasvcampusjournal.blogspot.com/
I have transferred the blogs here to the new URL and I will be using it in the future as I record my journey through Second Life as it relates to photography. Please check out my new blog address.
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