Out of Africa (Week of Movies, Day 4)

June 1, 2011 / Sunshine / Leave a comment

As I was reviewing possible movies for my photos, it dawned on me that one awesome sim that could be used as a backdrop is Maurice Messmer’s Cap Estel. I blogged about this beautifully created sim in March and it has been on showcase for quite some time too. Maurice always does amazing things with his sim creations. So thinking of that backdrop, the most natural selection for a movie would be “Out of Africa”…a movie released in 1985 starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. The movie is about Danish author, Karen Blixen, who moves to Africa and sets up a plantation with her husband, and then meets Robert Redford’s character and realizes her true love. The scenery is amazing in the movie as is the acting. I decided that I could produce an interpretation of a scene or two at Maurice’s sim.

After finding just the right outfit at BlakOpal Designs, I headed right over to Cap Estel to start snapping photos. Once captured, into Photoshop I went (again). I added an airplane and completed some editing to enhance the features of the photo…and voila…I was done:

See you soon,

Sunshine

Credits:

Sim Location: Cap Estel by Maurice Messmer
Outfit: Safari Expedition by BlakOpal Designs
Boots: Ziggy by Tesla
Hair: Alison by Truth in Sangria
Pose: SS-Beach Babe PR4 by [LAP] (edited a tiny bit with Animare HUD)
Texture: Heavens by Distressed Jewell
Airplane: from here

Stealing Beauty…(Week of Movies, Day 3)

June 1, 2011June 1, 2011 / Sunshine / Leave a comment

Day three of the Week of Movies theme for our Week of Pictures Flickr group… I am posting today’s photo late because I was struggling with some parts of it, but I think I’m happy now. This movie, “Stealing Beauty“, was released in 1996 and stars Liv Tyler as Lucy, a girl sent to Italy after her mom commits suicide. She is on a quest to find herself, and the scene that I chose to capture was as she was in the tub writing… The poem “I wait, I wait, so patiently. I’m quiet as a cup. I hope you will come and rattle me. Quick! Come wake me up.” says it all.

Putting the photo together presented some challenges… I had the slipper tub from Alchemy’s Attic, but needed to find a pose depicting the pose. Well I found the table writing animation from Sylva’s Animation Factory and then using Animare Pose HUD, I was able to fit into the tub somewhat naturally. I wanted hair that looked somewhat combed back and wet…and found that at Boon due to suggestions on Plurk. I created the writing plank and note along with the floor. Snapped up some photos and then off to Photoshop. Here I added the pen and the background textures. The wall and view from the window are from the Flickr stream of JoesSistah (who has so many awesome textures). After some additional layering and editing, I’m fairly happy with how this one came out. So without further ado… I present the photo for day three, inspired by the movie “Stealing Beauty”:

Until next we meet…

~Sunshine

Life is a Cabaret! (Week of Movies, Day Two)

May 30, 2011May 30, 2011 / Sunshine / Leave a comment

Today, my submission for the Week of Pictures group in Flickr is based upon the movie “Cabaret” which was released in 1972. This movie won multiple Academy awards and became iconic in many ways. It lifted the star, Liza Minelli, to the forefront and she too became somewhat of an icon. Amazing as we look back today to those that were the stars of the past, so many have had troubled lives and surprisingly, this seems to never change with the times.

Recently I was in Glam Affair and found an outfit I liked, and when I tried it on… I realized that it would work as my interpretation of “Cabaret”. I then had to find hair, and off I went to search finding a suitable version at L’Emporio Di Bru. The fun part is that this hair comes with the hat and the creator includes the hat alone too! My stockings are from LaVie, and the shoes are from LeLutka. As this is my interpretation, I stuck with a freckled skin from Curio and kept the hair in red!

Now… to find a suitable stage in Second Life! I could have built a stage or bought a set, but I really wanted to go for a location site. I went to quite a few sites advertised as burlesque or cabaret clubs. Most did not work…either too modern, too bare, too primitive or just not right. I finally found Ellie’s Burlesque Club and thought…red curtain, lit stage…yes, this was suitable. Once there, I flew through poses and found a great one from a burlesque set from Just A Pose. Then it was snap, snap, snap! Back to Photoshop and some editing to enhance the photo and give it some depth… and WHEW…. day two’s submission for Week of Movies was done. I present my interpretation of “Cabaret” here….

“Start by admitting, From cradle to tomb
It isn’t that a long a stay.
Life is a Cabaret, old chum,
It’s only a Cabaret, old chum
And I love a Cabaret.”

Off to the movies… catch you soon!

~Sunshine

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