We've Been Keeping an Eye on Mr Godard's Hyper-Realistic Second Life Photography, and You Should Too

Janine "Iris Ophelia" Hawkins' ongoing review of gaming and virtual world style

Remember Mr Godard? I wrote about his work back in January, and was recent;y reminded that we're long overdue to check in on him. Mr Godard is behind some of the most realistic shots of Second Life that you'll ever see, courtesy of some clever pre- and post-processing magic. He's not shy about using subtle lighting or introducing film-grain effects to mask the typical tells of an SL snapshot. Second Life is often a little too bright, a little too smoothe, a little too polished, a little too focussed... But Godard, he's got a gift for returning that natural-feeling grit to his shots.

Be sure to check out Mr Godard's Flickr gallery here.

(Hat tip: Gogo)

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Janine Hawkins (@bleatingheart on Twitter, Iris Ophelia in Second Life) has been writing about virtual worlds and video games for nearly a decade, and has had her work featured on Paste, Kotaku, Jezebel and The Mary Sue.

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[Shug Maitland]

Whenever I see really exceptional photos in SL I look to see if they are on: http://fineartamerica.com/
It is a more honest way for me to get RL copies of their work and an additional income stream for the artist. I have 2 of Whiskey Monday's prints hanging on my wall.