Breath in the Oxygen!

Due to RL, this post is a long time in coming.  Back in December, I had the pleasure of meeting SixDigital and seeing her amazing sim, Oxygen. 

The sim is done with a bit of a vintage feel to it, with plenty of beautiful areas to visit, including a gorgeous beach that is set up with not just an eye to detail, but you get the sense of peaceful serenity, as well.  A walk around the sim is not just a pleasure, but for a photographer, it's pure joy.  She balances the visuals out in a manner that is not overwhelming, but wonderful to behold, in each area you look.

Not only is it a cornucopia of wonderful visuals, but it's also active as well, with a variety of different events and activities for you to enjoy.  If you feel like you never wish to leave this treasure of a sim, there are also rentals that are available at the sim, so you can make it your home as well.

Drop by, join the group and enjoy!

The alluring draw of Pacifica

In the last couple of weeks, I have heard several people request for underwater areas to take photos.  The original intent today was to find the Halloween area that is being set up over at Pacifica, but alas, that was not open yet.
As I stood on the dock, debating on looking around, I noted their diving gear and signage about an underwater area.  Unable to resist the urge to peek, I slide under the blue waves near the pier to find a breathtaking underwater world open up to me.  As I moved further through the water, I found many areas of wonderful beauty, just waiting to be discovered.  With thriving aquatic life surrounding me and a landscaping set up to amaze you, I started to feel the draw and pull of the sim as it showed me it's beautiful layers of visual treasures.

It All Starts with a Smile

Back when Kaelyn Alecto first opened her sim, It All Starts with a Smile; I found myself duly impressed by the creativity, the amount of detail and the beauty of her work.  That was back in 2013 when I first discovered her sim, and I even marked it down in a note card that I kept, with the most photogenic sims that I had seen.   While updating that note card back in the beginning of this year, I was saddened when I tried to go to the sim, to discover that it was no longer there.  Approx. a week ago, I seen a name that made ME smile..It All Starts with a Smile is up and running, refurbished, revamped and now tropical in it's setting. 

Once more, the beauty and creativity that is Kaelyn's is back and I believe even more beautiful than her previous place.  Did she outdo herself?  I believe so, yes and once more, I'm beyond impressed with her work. 

As I was photographing different spots and areas, I could not help but think to myself that I could spend at least a couple of more hours there enjoying the sim, the atmosphere and taking photos, very easily.  There is just simply so much there, so many quaint and relaxing spots to sit and enjoy, so many areas that I found to be amazingly photogenic, that you would end up with a huge pile of photos to appreciate from her sim.

The theme of the sim is tropical, with lush vegetation and warm sandy beaches to walk across, while enjoying the sparkle of the water reflecting on the surrounding waters.  The Sim has been broken up to one larger area (it's where you land) and 4 smaller surrounding islands, with a variety of different items to be found on each.  Dotted through the sim, are several points where you can grab a canoe; so that you are able to canoe on the different streams and lagoons that run through and around the sim.

Now that I'm getting a bit long winded, I think I'll quieten down and just let you see for yourself, some of the shots I took while I fangurled Kaelyn's work.

In case you missed the link up above, here it is again!  It All Starts with a Smile

Note:  The sim is General rating, so please keep that in mind in the type of photos you wish to do here.  Also, around the sim you will see tip/donation vendors, which is a wonderful way of helping keep a sim going and really does assist in the sim maintaining itself.  If you require rezzing abilities, there is a group that can be joined, with a small 250L join fee, which grants you rezz abilities.

The Trace: A new beginning

Well here I am, putting fingers to keyboard once more and blogging again.  With several shake ups in my SL world happening, I needed to find an outlet for myself, since I found alot of time on my hands suddenly; when the sim I managed for 2 years suddenly closed.  Since I have an overabundance of LM's in an overly bloated inventory, I figured why not blog once more...
I choose The Trace since I have been hearing others mentioning this names a few times on both FB and inworld.  Curiosity piqued, I grabbed my handy dandy LM and popped over there.  Impressed is one word that does applied, along with Wowed.  The sim has been done with a beach style theme, with rolling hills and cliff sides placed in such a way that it blends perfectly.  With an eye to detail, the designer recreated something I would see in RL, like in a little town in Nova Scotia for example, with the waves gently lapping at the shore and seagulls singing in the sky overhead and fields of flowers waving in the breeze around me.  Picturesque and peaceful are two words that come to mind when I visited this beautifully done sim but don't just take my word for it, take a peek at the photos and do visit The Trace and see for yourself.

For the most part, I went with the windlight settings that the sim already has set up, though in the one of myself, I'm using Xanthe's Flawlessness windlight and in the photo of the seagull/horizon, that is the Barcelona windlight setting along with the glassy setting for the water.