DAZ Studio

I started experimenting with a remarkable new software gift from DAZ Productions. I say gift because the software is free. It is a virtual photography studio in which you can place digital models and props, pose them in any position, shine lights on them, look at them with cameras from any position, and, when the scene is complete, export to photoshop or other software for additional painting.

In the picture is Victoria, my favorite digital model, dressed as a fairy and ready to be posed for a new picture. Victoria can be posed in any position a normal human can assume. Using controls, I can change her facial expressions and body type. I can change her into a black woman, a man, a fat oriental woman, etc., etc. She has a large wardrobe and her skin can replaced with chrome, lizard scales, and so on.

Besides Victoria, I have many other digital models, including men and children, as well as animals. For props, I have guns, bugles, umbrellas, and all sorts of objects that can be placed in a scene.

New art works

Two different color schemes for the same image.

I spoke with a wildlife person who has been watching this rare sand hill crane since it showed up near Mount Gretna, Pa. Although it seems OK physically, there is something unusual about it since it allows people to come right up and touch it. The wildlife person expressed concern that coyotes might get it