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 … Continue reading It’s Photo Contest Deadline Day — Kinda

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" … Continue reading Check out our Flickr pages, too!

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. These works are on the second floor of the FOCUS Learning … Continue reading Kent Nowicka Class’s Photos

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, … Continue reading iPiccy: A Magical Mystery Tour

Serena Marabana Scylla Rhiadra 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's Sunday Class... Coming soon. Details to be posted...

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 … Continue reading More Classes at the brand new FOCUS Learning Center!

On the lower right, you'll see the Future Home of the Network of Women-Owned Businesses in SL and Focus Ambassadors. We can thank Roz Azalee and Angela Thespian for our newest addition. As Roz and her team develop this facility expect to see more details here! According to Roz, "The Arts and Business Network is … Continue reading New building on the FOCUS Campus!

The first event at the new FOCUS Learning Center will be "Photo Storytelling" by Wren Carling, Wednesday, Nov 10, at 10 am SLT. As Wren points out, "You can tell a story, convey a message or an idea, all without words, in one, well-thought-out image." Wren Carling: Photographic weaver of many visual tales. No advance … Continue reading Class: “Photo Storytelling”