I'm having real trouble making the camera go where I want for some reason unknown. About when I think it's going to be right..my image disappears. mystmaiden

I redid the lights and reposted the image to my gallery. Let me know if its better at all? I tried to do a bit with PS7 to relieve the feeling that shes floating, but in truth I am worse with PS than poser so it was not too effective.. Mystmaiden

The tutorials folks have pointed me to in this thread are pretty much opposites sides of the coin. Both views seem to have merit, I'm all for originality.. I am also all for a well lighted scene. What is left is experimentation and I think theres a lot of that in my future. Thanks everyone for the good info! Myst

Acadia, I've seen your gallery, you have a very good instinct for what looks good.

Laughs!! I love it Mystmaiden

Thank you everyone for the excellent replies! All very helpful. Bobasaur,great example, and I agree, my scene does not require an effect that dramatic, but it does illustrate the position of the light well. I'll have a look at the tutorial. Pakled, good ideas..I definitely agree on the light and textures, maybe someday I'll tackle texture. Light is my current 'project' I think it'll take awhile Ockham I like the idea of looking down at her somewhat rather than up. I think it would be a more flattering view of the model. Jimdoria Thank you for the comprehensive answer, I learned a lot from your post and I appreciate the time and knowledge shared. I was not familiar with the concept of three point lighting. The specifics about the green and blue lights- most helpful, I had not thought of the green light at all. I'll definitely be hitting google and looking over the tutorial. Mystmaiden

Bobasaur, Thank you for going to the trouble to make the diagram. Truthfully, when I looked at the photo ahead of time I had trouble deciding if the light was simply coming from the front,far left side or..from slightly behind. The trouble with lighting from behind her, the loss of her features. I did try lighting from slightly behind and adding a one soft light to light her features, I was not pleased with the effect. So I guess my choice in this case is..not see her features..or turn her toward the light? You wrote: 'It looks like what we're seeing in the photo is light bounced towards us by surfaces that aren't perpendicular to the camera.' Does this mean that only surfaces that are perpendicular to the camera should have light bouncing off them?

I uploaded the image in a bigger form to my gallery..looking there may help.

Goodness.. No I didn't think you were singling me out at all I just know my limitations. I'm as new to photoshop as I am to Poser. I've used psp quite a bit but mostly for making graphics, and it was an older version. I had not thought of importing the morphs, in truth, I've been loading things by going to my program, etc and just dropping them where they belong. This one looks as if it needs to go somewhere very specific however. What through me is it has a file, Mav ..then libraries, Victoria 3. Body, etc. ..kind of confusing. Mystmaiden

Bobasuar, I have to confess I would not begin to know how to go about that, my lack of art training maybe.. I did go to rdna and download the shoulder morph thing, but my computer categorically refuses to allow me to simply unzip to the folders where things belong, so I have to do it manually. With the part that goes into the pose folder I was just fine, but for the life of me I could not figure out where to put the rest :( Mystmaiden

Bobasuar, I have to confess I would not begin to know how to go about that, my lack of art training maybe.. I did go to rdna and download the shoulder morph thing, but my computer categorically refuses to allow me to simply unzip to the folders where things belong, so I have to do it manually. With the part that goes into the pose folder I was just fine, but for the life of me I could not figure out where to put the rest :( Mystmaiden

Chinnei..it does look like it!

English Bob, I'm using Poser 5 , I did adjust the pose a tiny bit just before I closed it so you may have hit the nail on the head. Mystmaiden

Thanks for the reply, linkdink. I did check to see if there were any extra props, but there weren't. Now, here is a really wierd thing. I just opened it again and its Gone! ::blinks owlishly::. I'd closed it and reopened it before and it had persisted now..poof. I'm glad its gone but the whole thing is a mystery. Mystmaiden..who may be permanently puzzled lol

Thank you Jovial. I found the shoulder morph at RDNA and the 'use limits' setting in poser. I'll give them a whirl, maybe it will cure the straw elbows too Mystmaiden