But ....Where are my shadows !

We all know by now that the LUMIPro HUD gives our Second Life photos that little extra, After all complete control over lights, poses, eyes, color , hue , intensity , projectors and model placement makes for a great photo.

LUMIPro is a lighting system for Second Life .The 3.3 version added an entirely new color select method that utilizes the best lighting from RL and makes it available in Second Life.

LUMIPro offers a fabulously well written and easy to understand manual as well, available to download to your pc from the LUMIPro blog or from LUMIPro marketplace page. and several tutorial videos too.

The one thing LUMIPro can not do is create shadows for you if your Second Life equipment (pc) has never been able to produce shadows in the past. LUMIPro will not be the cure for that. However LUMIPro can still help you make wonderful photos!

Technical note: Not all graphics cards are able to cast shadows. If you set your graphics to ultra and can't see shadows from the outdoor sun, then you'll likely not seem them with LUMIPro. Your machine must meet at least the basic Linden Labs Requirements listed here.

See what LUMIPro can do for you ! Visit our showroom and try the DEMO today.
(you must enable facelights. DO NOT wear a facelight, just enable them and wear the 3 color/light balls)

If you need help or have questions drop Colleen or Stefan a notecard or IM and will get back to you ASAP!

LUMIPro Introduces ......

Our new media maven and our new Facebook presence !

We are very excited to welcome Sammie (SamoanHoneyPot) to staff as our  coordinator for LUMIPro.

 She’ll be responsible for getting LUMIPro’s name out on various social media sites. Say hello when you see her inworld or in group!

She has already been busy setting us up on Facebook. So if you use Facebook stop over give us a like and spread the word!!

LUMIPro on Facebook!

FROM THE DESK OF SAMMIE:

I have been in Second Life since 2011, and like most I started out as a host and dancer, for various clubs, and I even worked my way into management at a few. I work for the lindens I use in game, so I was always a hard worker, but I found myself dissatisfied. 

I was dissatisfied until I found photography. It was like the whole of Second Life had opened up to me. I had found a way to share my thoughts and feelings with the world (well the small world that follows me). I have continued to learn and grow in my craft under the guidance of some great mentors, and I still have a long way to go. My world opened up even more when I bought my LUMIPro and I have never looked back, I now have my own photography business, Clandestine Affairs Photography.

I am a host at The Original Blackhearts Cafe. I love the social scene that Second Life offers. I enjoy fashion (yes I do support the booby and booty movement). I love good movies and music. I also enjoy the occasional roleplay. I want to take a moment to thank Stefan and Colleen for this amazing opportunity. I look forward to sharing my passion for photography and LUMIPro with everyone! I can not wait to get to see more of everyone's great work out there! Please do not hesitate to say hi. I love to meet new people and have a wonderful time. I also love to do photo shoots ~wink wink~

Sammie (SamoanHoneyPot)

Director of Social Media Marketing

Please Follow/Add me if you like

FaceBook: http://facebook.com/SamoanHoneyPot

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamoanHoneyPot

SLXConnect: https://slxconnect.com/index.php?a=profile&u=samoanhoneypot

SLXSOCIAL: http://slxsocial.com/SamoanHoneyPot

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/clandestine_affairs_photography/

Koinup:http://www.koinup.com/SamoanHoneyPot/works/

Happy Holidays from LUMIPro !!

Press Release LUMIPro Announces 3.3

LUMIPro promised you rainbows and after one of the longest and likely the most difficult beta programs for LUMIPro to date (10 beta releases to our testers) it is ready to go. So lets talk about what you will find in LUMIPro 3.3.

FROM THE DESK OF STEFAN:

One of the things that makes LUMIPro different than others is that LUMIPro is a living creation and is upgraded 3-4 times a year with new features and new capabilities. I'm excited to announce the 6th major release in the last 3 years .I've been thinking long and hard about whats next for LUMIPro. After recording a few of my own videos as well as talking with other customers, frankly I decided it was time to expand upon the use of color in lighting. This release is all about enhancing the color of lighting.

I studied several options for color pickers and got pretty much every color matching hud I could get my hands on. Talked with several people who use them for feedback.

Realizing that we're dealing with a very broad spectrum of people online from beginners to techies to RL photographers, I've been experimenting with a color user interface that made sense. After much discussion including discussing with a couple RL theatrical lighting friends, I decided to include several of the RL color gel catalogs as part of the user interface and a more simple RGB interface for the techies. I frankly like the color catalogs as there is 40+ years of picking these colors based on their success in real situations.


Check out the review at http://picsbypeep.com/2013/08/22/beta-testing-lumipro-with-color-picker/ .

There are a list of things that I cleaned up that have been bugging me personally as I used the LUMIPro in my own work, as well as customer feedback.

1. Rotation of the sit ball is now repetitive. just click and hold and it rotates


2. REM type checks and doesn't report errors with the talent TPs or logs out


3. No more derezzing the projectors or sitballs after 4 days. They announce and become visible. This was causing problems during set development that took longer than 4 days


4. The backup server deals with correct color names


5. Help->lighting details reports the correct model's colors, not just the owners colors.


6. Joystick (Navigator) steering the projector now has an icon vs transparent to address a viewer bug.

I was doing my first shoot with beta8 and wanted to re select the red ball and tweak the color and realized there was no way to tweak a color you always had to start again, so I reworked the hud to now allow the balls to report their current color so when you either change models or change balls the color picker restores the last used color.

I also added an information button that send you the the Lee Filter website so you can read about the RL filters.  Under RGB entry I also added the ability to enter a Lee Filter number and it will select that.

So, 100+ hours of coding , the LUMIPro team brings you your rainbows. As always follow the LUMIPro blog. LUMIPro. The manual is updated as well., this resource is the most comprehensive manual I've seen for a SL product and as always if you own the LUMIPro join the in world group for immediate help/solutions/tips/tricks or drop and note card to myself or Colleen Criss with any questions.

LUMIPro is a lighting system for Second Life .The 3.3 version added an entirely new color select method that utilizes the best lighting from RL and makes it available in Second Life.

LUMIPro ~ From Raw to Rawr!

Most every avatar in Second Life loves to take photos. Some are happy with a nice snap shot and some what to make that photo a masterpiece! 

We study others, we form our own styles and we learn over time and we use every tool in our Second Life arsenal!

Windlights, Weavers Phototools, studios, wood cubes with a back ground and we spend a ton of lindens on poses and props. Then we spend hours setting a scene, getting the light we want, the look we want, the model dressed and posed to perfection. All of this IN Second Life before we even shoot. Then we take it out and we process it more often in expensive editing programs like Photoshop etc. 

My partner Toran always tells me "sh** in, sh** out" , so we took some time today to work on a small "reciepe" of sorts. A start to finish, brief and simple and effective way to use the LUMIPro that any beginner can do.

A lot of people don't take advantage of the full power of LUMIPro, with highlighting,  face shadowing for photos. The possibilities and control are endless.

We all love our windlights and they are great for setting the *mood* of a photo and we use them in every shot but the LUMIPro is to light your model after you set your ambiance with windlights, to really make the model pop .

So lets do one and keep it as simple as possible.

1st photo in default WL using SL shadows, resolutions for all photos 6016x3299. No processing , no LUMIpro.

2nd photo WL setting fluffy big clouds. No LUMIPro.

3rd photo WL setting fluffy big clouds with gama adjusted and SL shadows on.

4th photo WL setting fluffy big clouds with gama adjusted and SL shadows on

LUMIPro split light, Intensity 0.7, color set neutral adjusted with Lee filter slider adjusted on white.

5th photo depth and points tweaked in photoshop, finished product.

Painless ! and fast and your mileage and styles will all vary.

With LUMIPro Second Life IS your canvas, go shoot and show us how you LUMIPro!

Gallery Assis in Association with LUMIPro

Gallery Assis in Association with LUMIPro presents:

Joseph Nussbaum "Intimacy"

This show presents a close view of intimacy, holding, love making, in all different varieties. Intimacy is an aspect of life that is important; it is something precious and something we should never lose. I have attempted to show the closeness of two people, focusing on the feelings and the balance of the portrait.

Erik Bayn L'Homme

A series about pure masculinity, to show the male body at its best. It's inspired by real photographs but arranged with an erotic touch and a sensual feeling !

Sabbian Paine "Dreams of Flesh and Water"

Dreams of Flesh and Water is about the fears and desires we often experience in dreams and the surreal, haunting and almost colorless images they often paint in our mind. This series is based on my own dreams and desires which often manifest themselves in or near water and the fear of sinking and what lurks beneath the surface coupled with the the erotic desires of bare flesh in water. 

Opens Saturday 17th August at Noon SLT

DJ Mjshotboy Skytower and Host Floyd Arun

Theme: Roman Bacchus Festival

GALLERY ASSIS HAS RELOCATED. SAME GALLERY, SAME FANTASTIC ART.

Eli Wallace, Owner of Gallery Assis, has been working endlessly to get moved into a new sim and create a wonderful relaxing and classy atmosphere for the galley.

Please join us this Saturday @ Noon SLT to celebrate these fabulous artists and their works with an exotic themed party !! Grab your grapes, wine and togas! 

At the new gallery location on Facon:

Something New For Your Second Life !

Ya'll ready for this ??

SOMETHING NEW FOR YOUR SECOND LIFE PROFILE!

Contact us today to schedule yours!

BEST VIEWED FULL SCREEN IN HD

LUMIPro 3.2 Tutorial - Sit ball and REM

The holidays have had us all a bit behind what with our real lives, family, holiday planning and shopping and parties, Stefans travel log and the LUMIPro holiday sale we have been HUGELY busy.

Stefan was able to get a few quiet moments to finalize this training video on *Whats NEW* with LUMIPro 3.2 and its ease of use as well as it's awesome features.  These features include the new "sitball" for adjusting the talent's position, rapid eye movement (REM) for machinima, and improvements to the backup server.

Corrine was able to get the manual  updated for all of us as well. If you have any questions about the HUD you will find the answers in this manual, she did an amazing job ! IF you do not find the answer in that manual, jump in the group chat and ask anything over 200 group members in there and they all know their LUMIPro HUD !

(people have been asking to see the whole video of Starr using REM.  Click here)

Join the LUMIPro Group here .


Now lets see what is new!





We think you are going to be pleased! As always feedback is requested , questions are welcomed.

Welcome to LUMIPro!

LUMIPro Holiday Sale !!

Happy Holidays from all of us at LUMIPro 

LUMIPro Holiday Sale will begin on December 15th at midnight SLT and it will end on December 31st at midnight SLT.  

This sale is time sensitive and will NOT be extended.

This is not a SL photography toy. This is a serious photography tool for working in virtual worlds and is the first commercially available lighting system to use projection prim capability.

If you are ready to take your photos and machinima to the next level, now is the time. Want a fabulous Christmas gift for the photographer or videographer in your life , now is the time !!

This sale is time sensitive and will NOT be extended. Do NOT miss this sale !!

The Best Gift Ever !!

He’s making a list

And checking it twice;

Watch this blog for something special coming from LUMIPro next week!!

The Gift of Light ~ LUMIPro

Happy Holidays !!

LUMIPro Spotlight

This LUMIPro Spotlight is courtesy of Corinne J. Helendale, LUMIPro Master. Corinne is not only a fabulous artist she is also part of the LUMIPro team and has spent countless hours in assisting in development and developed  the LUMIPro manual .

It is a pleasure to show her choices for the LUMIPro Spotlight !

Please take a moment to click on thee photos to visit awesome artists Flickr pages to enjoy more of their work or visit the LUMIPro Flickr. 

Visit our sales floor and grab a copy of the fully functional demo of the LUMIPro V3 HUD and see what you can do for yourself ! (Please remember, do NOT tp out of the sales room in the demo HUD as it will cease to function) 

The Splendor of Desire

THE EXHIBITION:  The Splendor of Desire

THE ARTISTS: Corinne Helendale and Jessica Belmer

My concept for Palais Orleans Gallery was, for each show, to have two artists collaborating on a theme, but Corinne and Jessica have taken the idea of collaboration to a whole new level.  Each piece had been worked on at every stage by both artists  and it has been really interesting being allowed a peek into their unique process and so exciting, over the last few months, watching images develop and evolve and then finally be chosen to form what is a very beautiful collection.


OPENING EVENTS:
Saturday, July 28th
            6:00 to 8:00 PM SLT
         
                        and
                             
Sunday, July 29th
            10:00 AM to 12:00 PM SLT


ARTISTS' STATEMENTS:
To desire is to be in a particular state of mind. It is a state of mind that is commonly associated with a number of different effects: a person with a desire tends to act in certain ways; feel in certain ways; and think in certain ways. If one desires water, one will get a glass of water; if one does not get a glass of water right away one will nonetheless feel the urge to do so; one will find the thought of water pleasant and one's current lack of water unpleasant; one will find one's thoughts repeatedly turning to the idea of water; one will judge that water seems like a good idea; and so forth and so on.

We thought these mechanisms of the mind to be rich ground to build visual narratives upon… and The Splendor of Desire is an exploration of various scenarios where Desire meets conflict, uncertainty or joy.

When Morgana asked us to do this show, we of course welcomed the chance. The idea of collaborating on a whole series of images based on desire seemed challenging and compelling.  What happened, though, was way more than what either of us ever expected—we essentially created a third "artist" who was greater than the sum of the two of us.

We incorporated play into our work, and while some of it can be seen in the images, mostly it just rippled through the whole process. We developed each piece together, from concept, to shoot, to final processing. Our images would come from anywhere—anything from a whim to a structured series with a story to tell. We would build sets to match our vision, create scenes, make poses, create textures—everything and anything needed to flesh out the narrative of the images we were exploring.

Collaboration took hold of us and brought us to places we never could have reached on our own.

Many thanks to Morgana Nagorski for believing in us and allowing us the opportunity to exhibit in Palais Orleans. All image-making was completed in our studios with the exception of one shot imaged at Roche and another at Neva River.

We hope you enjoy the work, and have as much fun exploring and engaging the images as we had making them.
Jessica Belmer and Corinne Helendale
July 2012

STATEMENT FROM THE SPONSOR
A warm welcome from LUMIPro—the sponsor of "The Splendor of Desire"

I'm happy to announce LUMIPro's ongoing sponsorship of arts in Second Life. Morgana Nagorski and Palais Orleans Gallery is hosting an art showing, "The Splendor of Desire," featuring Jessica Belmer and Corinne Helendale.

Corinne is someone I call a close friend, and our working  together in the development of the LUMIPro lighting system has been amazing. I personally consider this show a triumph of that collaboration!

I have a personal fondness for Palais Orleans, as the previous owner of the gallery and I were early collaborators on LUMIPro. I'm proud to help continue her legacy.

Morgana Nagorski is an avid LUMIPro user and advocate to the art world, and I'm excited that LUMIPro gets a chance to be involved with her.

Jessica and Corinne used LUMIpro extensively throughout "The Splendor of Desire," from the wearable lights to countless projectors.

LUMIPro is a professional lighting and pose system for artists, photographers, and machinimists. The system has been used for several magazine covers so far in 2012 as well as some of the leading art and music videos. Come check out a demo of our system and the blog and check out our Flickr Group.

Thanks for coming!

Stefan Buscaylet
Colleen Criss