KoalaBelle
THANK YOU!
My Flickr journey officially began on New Year's Eve of 2019/20. I made a New Year's resolution to upload one picture per week, for the entire year, which would eventually total 52 pictures.
The pictures became increasingly more complicated. I experimented with mirrored poses, moving them into the logical positions where the reflection would be, taking multiple shots from the same perspective, and splicing them together to fake accurate reflections. I was also building some of my own backgrounds, and doing it all on top of creating the outfits. Very early on in the 52-picture project I started feeling dread every time the weekly deadline was approaching, and it became more and more of a chore to maintain. After only 20 pictures, I completely burned myself out and stopped uploading to Flickr for almost FOUR YEARS!
((SIDENOTE: Mad props to all the photographers who have the energy to maintain that level of creativity for so long!! It's just not me!))
On November 21st 2023, inspired by one of my besties Emily, I decided to restart my Flickr with this post: www.flickr.com/photos/162222975@N08/53346380892/in/datepo...
My new objective was to keep things SIMPLE. From now on I wouldn't worry about backgrounds or reflections. I would only use a simple colored backdrop, set midnight, one projector light, one regular local light, very minimal photoshop, and that's it. Sometimes I would tweak the midnight setting if I needed some more ambient light, but overall I streamlined my workflow to be super simple. And I also decided to not hold myself to any rigid weekly deadlines.
Last Thursday Nov 21st, marked the 1-year anniversary of me restarting my Flickr. I am proud to say that I did not experience any burnout, and I breezed my way to creating 65 unique outfits/pictures! It may not seem like much, but this archive is something that I'm very proud of.
To celebrate the anniversary, I decided to make some of my old pics from the original 2020 series public again. I hope your enjoy them. (Damn, that old Genus head was cute!)
Lastly I just want to say THANK YOU to everyone who follows me and likes my stuff, and for all the kind comments I've received on Flickr, and especially in-world. I don't know what 2025 will bring. I'm going through some changes in my RL, which might not allow me to be around in SL as often as I am used to. My regular pace of uploading outfits might slow down once again, but at least this time it won't be from cracking under the pressure from the constraints that I put on myself.
2024 was the best year that I've ever had in Second Life, BY FAR. I am in a very happy place and so full of love for all the friends that I've made in this crazy virtual world. ā„
KB out.
šØš
THANK YOU!
My Flickr journey officially began on New Year's Eve of 2019/20. I made a New Year's resolution to upload one picture per week, for the entire year, which would eventually total 52 pictures.
The pictures became increasingly more complicated. I experimented with mirrored poses, moving them into the logical positions where the reflection would be, taking multiple shots from the same perspective, and splicing them together to fake accurate reflections. I was also building some of my own backgrounds, and doing it all on top of creating the outfits. Very early on in the 52-picture project I started feeling dread every time the weekly deadline was approaching, and it became more and more of a chore to maintain. After only 20 pictures, I completely burned myself out and stopped uploading to Flickr for almost FOUR YEARS!
((SIDENOTE: Mad props to all the photographers who have the energy to maintain that level of creativity for so long!! It's just not me!))
On November 21st 2023, inspired by one of my besties Emily, I decided to restart my Flickr with this post: www.flickr.com/photos/162222975@N08/53346380892/in/datepo...
My new objective was to keep things SIMPLE. From now on I wouldn't worry about backgrounds or reflections. I would only use a simple colored backdrop, set midnight, one projector light, one regular local light, very minimal photoshop, and that's it. Sometimes I would tweak the midnight setting if I needed some more ambient light, but overall I streamlined my workflow to be super simple. And I also decided to not hold myself to any rigid weekly deadlines.
Last Thursday Nov 21st, marked the 1-year anniversary of me restarting my Flickr. I am proud to say that I did not experience any burnout, and I breezed my way to creating 65 unique outfits/pictures! It may not seem like much, but this archive is something that I'm very proud of.
To celebrate the anniversary, I decided to make some of my old pics from the original 2020 series public again. I hope your enjoy them. (Damn, that old Genus head was cute!)
Lastly I just want to say THANK YOU to everyone who follows me and likes my stuff, and for all the kind comments I've received on Flickr, and especially in-world. I don't know what 2025 will bring. I'm going through some changes in my RL, which might not allow me to be around in SL as often as I am used to. My regular pace of uploading outfits might slow down once again, but at least this time it won't be from cracking under the pressure from the constraints that I put on myself.
2024 was the best year that I've ever had in Second Life, BY FAR. I am in a very happy place and so full of love for all the friends that I've made in this crazy virtual world. ā„
KB out.
šØš