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Y'all know that I take crap photos. You're all too nice to say anything, but I know they are crap :P

One of my major problems is with lighting. IcyQueen always takes such lovely photos, but my graphics card ain't that great, plus my PC is old and... blah blah blah blah blah [insert random excuse here] therefore I end up with crap photos. *sob*

But! I was surfing OnRez last night, and I discovered! You can buy external lights! For photography!

(Actually, technically you can make your own too, but you'd have to fiddle with positioning and stuff, not to mention having to figure out how to build the thingies. I'd rather buy)

And then I came across some ads for photo studios, and I thought, no harm trying out the demo...

I tried the Panoramic Modeling Studio but it was way too large to fit into my little cottage, and not only that, it was very expensive too! (895L -- demo in-world here)

Then I tried the Self-Portrait Studio from VoidpiT and I was totally wowed by the demo! It looks so innocuous, like any other normal pose stand...

But when you stand on it, ta-dah! You have the option to make it "visible", which means the curved screen materialises behind you, and you can make the screen any number of colours... but I like white, because then my picture turns out nice and bright. You can also rotate yourself as you pose, so as to get the best angle and also the best light. w00t! :D

Plus, it comes pre-loaded with lots of poses, but you can add your favourites in too. The best thing? This studio is only 7 prims. Yes, you read that right, SEVEN prims. And it costs 490L. Of course I bought it! Never mind that I can't load textures into the background... I can always Photoshop a background image into the picture later :P

And so! Here I am, in a blouse I bought from Mischief Fashions. I saw this top on Queenie Extraordinaire's blog and knew I HAD to have it. At 95L, it wasn't too bad I guess :)

Admittedly still not a perfect photo, but definitely improving :P

The skirt came with a 7-colour halter fatpack I got from Immortelle and hair is Gurl 6 Felicity, 1L.

Ever since I read Damen Tenk's post about losing his favourite set of dreadlocks and a pair of boots, I've been thinking that I should back up my inventory somehow.

It struck me that, now I'm renting a place, I can make copies of my hair and other copyable items, box them up, and keep the box in my house. If I ever lose the stuff from my inventory, I could always open the box and take the items back into my inventory.

Of course, I procrastinated and never got down to doing it. Sigh. *whacks self on head*