Favorite Little Dress

   Hello again, I hope you are all enjoying your summer as I am, having a lovely time by the water. I thought you would enjoy a look at one of my favorite little dresses as you sip your favorite cool summer drink, I personally call this one "The Assassin". Sleek, slender, dark and sexy, she is fully capable of dispatching any job... or anyone. Lets take a look at what my little assassin girl on a typical night might look like:

    This night, we see her on the prowl, full moon lighting her way with keen determined eyes, wearing her favorite sexy little mini dress from Love Cats, the moon glistening off her dark tanned skin from Paladin Designs (which I'm sorry to say is no longer in business, so this is a rare look indeed).

      Checking the moon as not to give away her shadows as she closes in on her unsuspecting target, we get a look at another reason I so love this dress, the huge plunging bare back, matching the front, only held together by the three silver chains, with her soft long flowing dark hair by Analog Dog caressing her skin... simply oozing sexy. Almost too dangerous to even touch.

     Finally finding her target, this would be the last sight he would most likly see, a confidant, strong sexy woman that he'll never have the pleasure to get to know as he stares down the barrel of her hand cannon that she had to have from TalTech. Followed quickly by the flowers being thrown on his grave.

     So just like every rose has its thorn, this dress is it's sexy to it's deadly, such a delishious combination, and through out the hands of time, a forever irrestable temptation.

     You too can be your own one woman equalizer with these sexy poses by Striking Poses, the final gun aiming pose actually comes with the gun from TalTech. And all photos were created free from the wonderful free three floor Photo Square.

     I hope you had as much fun reading as I had in creating this blog for you, remember, all good hard work has its many rewards. Have a beautiful day, and as always, ENJOY! -Kat

Simply Improving Photography (Adult Content Disclaimer, If you are under 18 years old or If nudity offends you, Please Leave Now)

     Hello and welcome once again to my blog, my name is Katrinova and I'd like to share with you some very unique and very smart ways to improve your SL photography, learned to me from our great Classic with Style University Professor Laylah Lecter. Now, I have practiced these techniques before but had not fully understood why they worked so well until now. They are very simple but effective ways to truly make you look like a professional.
     First there is a technique called the "Rule of Thirds". Don't worry, it's simpler than it sounds, like have you ever noticed really great photos where some of their subjects is off center, to the left or right? Many music groups do this on their album covers, standing at a railway station or on a road somewhere, it adds more depth and your eyes tend to focus on the main subject better. A very simple trick to do this right is to just imagine tic-tac-toe lines across your desktop screen, you'll notice your screen is now divided into three sections, top to bottom and left to right. Just put your subject on the left or right lines of the tic-tac-toe lines, and maybe something in the background to offset the open space, ie... graffiti, car, lamppost, etc. and you'll see how much more dramatic the photo will be instantly, just like that, simple huh?
     Next is using a special tool called windlight that is built into all SL viewers. It can be found in you lower buttons, mine is the Phoenix wings button on the Firestorm, I think it can also be found in the World tab or Advanced tab at the top of most viewers. This windlight tool is HUGELY important to lighting your subject just right if you don't like the generic environment sunlight. In most instances, I'll just change the normal setting to sunset or sunrise to add a more dramatic effect to my photos, but sometimes you can really get the absolute perfect photo getting the perfect windlight effect, I think there are about 100 different windlight effects you can use, from icy light blue, to dark apocalypse red, extra bright spotlights and even night city street lights. It really is amazing and fun to create something so easy and see instantly.
     As an example, I have included two of my photos at the top, both are of normal environment windlight, the top from a studio which has its own windlight and under that, me in front of my house, 100% natural windlight. Both look good on their own but I think could have been improved (also notice the main subject is centered, so not so dramatic).
     The following four photos I took at my natural surroundings at my Demon lair in front of one of my favorite paintings as a backdrop. I am naked to show lights and shadows as well as it is my natural state here. If nudity offends you, please close this blog now.
     The first photo is taken in the natural environment windlight setting, also notice that the main subject, me, is set off center to create a more dramatic effect...





    
     In this next photo, I added alot of light with a different windlight setting...

     Noticing there's too much light, i found another windlight that brings the light close to the normal light but just a bit brighter to bring out just the right shadows and definition on the subject...

     But still looks a bit dull huh? So I looked some more thru the windlights to find this brightness but a more dramatic tone and color... and wha-lah!

     And there it is, the perfect shot, perfect lighting and tone, and more dramatic using the Rule of Thirds setting the main subject on the right side line of the imaginary tic-tac-toe screen. Simple right? Now you too can look like a pro, try it, have fun with it, your photos will never look the boring same old way again :)

      Hope you had that "ah ha!" moment and continue to enlighten your dreams here, the sky's the limit. Thank you so much for stopping by and as always, ENJOY! -Kat

      Credits for the clothing and accessories for the Demon Kat shoot:

SKIN: SKING

TATTOO: WILD STYLE

HAIR: AGM

GLOVES AND STOCKINGS: DEMON MALL

HORNS, FANGS, TONGUE & TAIL: VIOLET  STUDIOS

WINGS: SINFUL CREATIONS

NAILS & RINGS: FORMANAILS

PAINTING: QXI



Humble Beginings

     Strange how things happen, by making a simple choice, grasping an oppertunity, to dare to take a chance. Thats how it happened for me, how this crazy carnival ride took a sharp turn in a whole new direction.
    I was always intreigued by the adds Classic with Style would send out looking for lucky audiance members appearing in their next modeling videos and went to a few of their glamorous fashion shows but wasn't picked. Then I saw the oppertunity about buying a gown to be in a video so I went for it. The result is in the picture above, I'm in the blue short skirt, in the very first thing I did for Clasic with Style.
     The video shoot was lots of fun and I stuck around to watch another being produced after ours was done. The creator of CWS, Anrol Anthony, contacted me as I watched and asked if I was interested in being a model and enrolment into her school, but being a big commitment, said I would have to think on it. She also showed me how to enter one of their photo contests which I did.
     After thinking about it for a day, I figured, when was this oppertunity ever going to happen again, soooooooo...I took the chance and enroled. I can't say it was easy, and there have been times where I thought I would just give up, but I believe great rewards come from hard work and not quitting when the chips are down.
     So I'm here to say that I'm still climbing the ladder, doing alot of shows, and having lots of fun. Yes, all this hard work really is very rewarding for me, and I'm very glad that I took that oppertunity, to dare to take that chance, and as a bonus, I have found a whole new wonderful fun family that anyone would sware excaped from the loony bin, but I wouldn't want it any other way.
     If interested, you should stop on by and join in the fun in the great virtual world of Second Life, and just search Classic with Style, we are all friendly and would love to say hi.
                                                                               -As always, ENJOY!  -Kat

Full Steam Ahead !

     It's truly hard to believe how far we've come in such a short amount of time, so it must be true that time really does fly when you're having fun. I have had so many wonderful experiences here at the Classic with Style family that it's hard to discribe... yes it is hard work, but it is so rewarding and the girls are just so fun to work with. The trainers are so helpful and nice and omg, Debbie is soooo funny!!! This is a place that you can reap the rewards of your work triple fold. And lets not forget the friendly family atmosphere, these girls (and a few boys) feel like your sisters and brothers, each learning and leaning on each other, lending a helping hand anytime. All this capped off with what must be the hardest working couple in sl, the founders and matriarchs of CWS, Anrol Anthony and Steve McCallah, keeping a tight ship and heading every show, blog, video, clients... makes my head spin... don't know how they do it really. A fantastic place to be a part of in my opinion.
     I have come a long way from the bad girl you see in the photo above, to this now ambitious and determined up and comming future super model (hopefully) that you see in the few winning photos below...

     As you can tell, fun is always had by all, so stop on down and have a look, all are welcome, and maybe you too can become the next top model :)

                                                         ENJOY!  Hugz and Kisses, -Kat