The 23 works arranged around the FOCUS Quadrangle this month reflect “Mood and Emotions”. Cast three votes for those you think are the most impactful and moving anytime today — the earlier the better. Enjoy!

Angela Thespian has reminded us that today is the deadline for submitting photos for the monthly FOCUS Photo Contest. Topic: “Moods and Emotions”.

Fortunately, she has agreed that “late entries will be accepted if not too late”. No idea what that means! But we now have a red mailbox for y’all to submit your work (see photo below), just swing on by FOCUS Quadrangle and get your best efforts in now. (Remember to make your entry full permission!)

As some know (and others do not) FOCUS has a ‘sister page’ where you can upload your photographs and artwork on https://www.flickr.com/ . To get to “FOCUS Magazine (Too Sexy for this Group)” just click on https://www.flickr.com/groups/tsftg/. Though Flickr is independent of Second Life and of FOCUS, there’s a ton of images from “our world” up there.

Even if you hate sharing, it’s fun to see what other folks have uploaded. Kinda like perving profiles. 😉

If you decide you’d like to get on the Flickr site, contact anyone here in FOCUS who has been on the site — or check out the images and if you see a friend’s work up there, just IM them in world. Most folks are happy to show ‘new to Flickr’ folks how to get rolling.

Of course if you want, there’s always YouTube videos, too. It is NOT rocket science!

After Kent’s recent composition classes, he asked students to submit two photos each using concepts he’d taught. He also asked everyone meet to view each others’ work — on Saturday, November 20th. It worked! Great turnout. And the photos are still up and viewable.

iPiccy, is an amazingly comprehensive graphics processing package — and it’s free!

Mel’s class this Saturday — NOON SLT at the new FOCUS Learning Center — will take you through this package, tool by tool. We will explore many that you can use today: cropping, resizing to fit SL’s upload limit, adjusting colors, balancing contrast, and alternating explosure. These are just a few of what Mel will demonstrate however. Methodically!

Mel is a natural teacher and she won’t be “skipping steps”. She’s systematic. No one will be left behind, confused. And no buzzwords, either. This class won’t be just “information”. It’s going to be an adventure in twisting and manipulating your images into things you only imagined, some delightful, others horrific, and others just bizarre.

Join the party . No reservation required.

Note: The previously announced time was in error. The correct time for this class is NOON SLT!

How do you get to The Exploratorium? Easiest way is to visit the FOCUS Campus, find this, and click. (“Good things are hard to find!”)

Kent Nowicka (of Kent Photography) will be giving two limited enrollment classes over the next few days. Topic: “Simple Composition Techniques for Awesome Photos”. This will be intensive! The Sunday class has ‘filled’ but Kent has agreed to give another session Saturday, November 13th at 10 am SLT.

Participants will receive a free book of materials, coaching, and feedback, and a list of photo sites — and students should bring examples of their own photos to share with the class. All levels are welcome. This class will be conducted in voice!

To join Kent’s classes, just IM him. Easy peasy! No charge, by the way…