FOCUS Magazine at NatureCon!

NatureCon 2022 is a two-week virtual conference seeking to unite and inspire collaboration under the shared goal of promoting exploration across the grid and expressions of nature in SL. That mission certainly coincides with the FOCUS mission! Please visit their website and sim, and visit the FOCUS booth too!  Thank you Mara Telling for this … Continue reading FOCUS Magazine at NatureCon!

Joanna Kitten talks photography

This will be a slow meander rather than a formal class. Relaxed. Informal. If you haven't met Joanna or seen her work, you're missing out! Here's a link to her Flickr page. She will be showing some of her images and discussing them. https://www.flickr.com/people/substratum_kitten

Images and symbolism…

Images can evoke emotions, memories, and set off chains of thought -- or they can just puzzle people -- or anger them or distress them. The visual parts of the brain are very connected to both the rational and emotional portions. Show the image above to a devout 13th century Benedictine monk in Italy, a … Continue reading Images and symbolism…

Photo Contest: You have more time!

Sometimes real life gets in the way, but in this case those who are procrastinators have a great opportunity to do their entries in the June contest a bit later than planned. Topic: "Monochrome With Contrast Color"! The entertainment normally slated for the photo awards will be postponed too. Though who want to dance are, … Continue reading Photo Contest: You have more time!

Visualization is difficult!

One of the more challenging things in a visual person's life is imagining a detailed image in one's head. We think we have 'complete memories' of things we've seen until we (for example) try to do a floor plan of a house we lived in a few decades ago, or trying to sketch out the … Continue reading Visualization is difficult!