To the Future!

Where will Twilight go?

Well I’m hoping far and beyond.  Twilight is currently in a great stage in its life!  We have a lot of great ideas and aspirations for the future.  Let me share some with you…

I… Bel… will not be doing portraits anymore.  I’ll be moving on to focusing on my SL Fine Art Photography and also start doing film-making in SL.

Clarrisa Laville will become head of the portrait department and will have under her several new photographers, currently Gecko Gorilla who is currently an apprentice.

The gallery is being rebuilt as we speak and will soon reopen with new expos from me, Clarrisa Laville, and guest photographer Aemilia Case!

The studio will be revamped to hold more photographers and have multiple uses.

RhiannaLynn Lane is being hired on as the manager of Twilight, she will be in charge of everything business wise with just my consultation.  Appointments, gallery dates, and promotion all fall under her direction.

As we get further on into the future some exciting things are also planned .

I’m getting deeper and deeper into the SL Artistic world and plan to eventually start bringing many different artists into the gallery!  I want Twilight to expand, perhaps form a new group/company, purely devoted to the artistic world of SL.  There are a lot of groups out there like that, I’m aware, but none like what I want to do.  I really respect this art-form and I want to give it all I have!

To the future friends!

Bel gets crazy… in color!

Soooo… I have to say, my art is finally getting to places I want it to be: interesting, a little bit original, and visually stunning.  These three photos I just did in the past day after I discovered a couple different techniques.  In order to achieve these effects I convert the photo to B&W and then hand paint on all the color using the paintbrush and different layer effects.  Then I mess with the levels and curves, a bit of shadow/highlight, touch of blurring and sharpening, and ta-da!  You have a nice final print.  Enjoy the ladies and gentlemen .

Photographer – Belmakor Pintens

Model – Belmakor Pintens

Photographer – Belmakor Pintens

Photographer – Belmakor Pintens

The new Plugin at work!

So here is some artistic shots from the previously mentioned Plugin. Basically what it does is duplicate the Darkroom. You can change the type of film used, the developer, the length of development, the paper, filters, and other such things. Basically it gives you a complete and artistic control of levels, glow, contrast, and i’m sure some other things I’m forgetting to mention.

Model – Belmakor Pintens

Photographer – Belmakor Pintens

Model – Belmakor Pintens

Photographer – Belmakor Pintens

Somethings I’ve been meaning to show…

Here is a set of photos I did for a client for her JCNY contest.

I recently got into the Plugin world.. and found this amazing one that was actually reccomended to me by my mentor Paolo Bade a long time ago… just never actually got round to getting it. It is by far the most amazing tool I’ve come across in photoshop! (besides the paintbrush… but that is in the next post!)

Model – RhiannaLynn Lane

Photographer – Belmakor Pintens

Model – RhiannaLynn Lane

Photographer – Belmakor Pintens

Model – RhiannaLynn Lane

Photographer – Belmakor Pintens

Let the train begin…

Friends,

Well now that the blog has been open for a while and I have gotten quite a few hits (and therefore hope I’ve been RSSed) I want to start rambling in my artistic sense about things in SL. Who knows where my train of thought will go… but today its on the combination of RL and SL artwork.

Now I don’t claim to be an expert in all SL art, nor do I even claim to be an awesome photographer. I still have a long way to go with my art and my learning. But! That being said… I have my opinions.

One of the things I come across quite often in the SL photography world are photos that combine SL and RL photography into one. Now I recently just spoke to my friend about this subject and felt the need to share them with more. There are three things that I find with these photographs…

First! In the SL fine art community there is a strong sense of keeping the RL and SL lines separate. Now this does not mean SL photographs aren’t RL art, this isn’t it at all. What I mean is that SL photography and RL photography are so different, each has its limitations, problems, advantages, and disadvantages. But as Avatrait Gallery states as their goal “bringing SL Photography to RL.” What SL fine artists want to do (myself included) is have SL photography be recognized as an actual art form and not just a hobby. That being said, in order to accomplish this, if RL photos are blended into SL, it ruins the point.

Second! Now I get… personal… I believe that when you use a RL background its a cop out. Meaning the photographer can’t find something good enough inworld to put there so a RL picture is used. Now I say this not to offend anyone. My point is that if you are truly enthusiastic about SL photography use every part of it, there is soooo much material in SL!

Third! Creative Rights. This lately has become a big deal on SL, mostly in the fashion realm, but it relates here too. People get very upset when their art, ideas, and material is stolen and used elsewhere. So using images of the Internet can be looked down upon by certain circles because it seems like the photographer is taking something and putting it in their image and therefore claiming it as their own.

Those are just my thoughts… food for thought… a train of thought…….

-Belmakor Pintens

Plugins… can save the world

A new profile pic… for the heck of it

 

Effects:

Inworld:

One stand alone light on left side of face

Outworld:

Main effects are done with BW Photo Styler Plugin for CS3. It recreates darkroom techniques.

 

Description:

Backdrop – Twilight Photography Studios

Photographer – Belmakor Pintens

Models (Left to Right) – Belmakor Pintens

Skin – Abyss – Scorpio Ra 1[B] Smooth

Shape – A.D. Studios – Belmakor Pintens Shape ( Fitted Abyss)

Eyes – FNKY – Storm Eyes Green2 #02D (medium pupil / dark veins)

Hair – Philotic Energy – Indy (Black)

Shirt – Armidi Limited – Military Pocket Shirt

Glasses – primOptic Glasses – Linea

 

Shot for upcoming Gallery Reopening

Here is a shot I had a lot of fun with! I really messed with render glow effects inworld (the glow effects in this photo are all done inworld). It created an intersting photo and I want to continue to explore what renderglow can offer me .

“Passion”

Models – Scar Ayers, Belmakor Pintens

Photographer – Belmakor Pintens

JCNY Model Shots

Here are some of the JCNY model shots I am doing for RhiannaLynn Lane… like usual I’m taking the oppurtunity to get creative.

All the shot’s orange glow comes from CW Studios “Summer Glow” one of my favorite inworld lighting effects!

Model – RhiannaLynn Lane

Photographer – Belmakor Pintens

Model – RhiannaLynn lane

Photographer – Belmakor Pintens

P.S. First time I’ve ever messed with shadows!

Model – RhiannaLynn Lane

Photographer – Belmakor Pintens

Let me know your thoughts!

Oh and sorry about the smaller sizes… Ive changed the aspects I shoot and upload in for better pixelization.

New Profile Shot

So I needed a new profile shot to match my redone Avi. Here is what I came up with. A simple reflection shot done through windlight with some custom render glowing and minor changes in photoshop.

Photographer – Belmakor Pintens

Model – Belmakor Pintens

We Flickr Now!

It has been recommend to me over and over again… so we have now joined the Flickr community! (another online thing for me to keep updated!)

Check it out for a complete series of all our photos (well the good ones lol).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23453495@N06/