VIRTUAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Virtual Photography/Digital Photography is the act of taking photos within Video Games.
Within certain Video Games, developers have introduced a "Photo Mode" feature which allows users/players to pause the game and move their camera around the scene adapting features they would with a real life camera such as:
- Field of View
- Focal Length
- Focus
- Depth Of Field
- Aperture
- Exposure
You can find an amazing article about it on Red Bull here : LINK
Written by the wonderful Mik Bromley, owner and creator of "The Fourth Focus".
Online, there is a large and growing Community involved with Virtual Photography. When Twitter created their new spaces named "Communities" I developed a space for Virtual Photographers to come together and share their photos.
On a weekly basis, the Community are given a new theme to explore their photography differently. There are over 1k creatives active.
You can find this space HERE
"An inclusive Community space to showcase your beautiful in game photography, ask questions, seek feedback and provide guidance"
Judge for "The VP Awards"2022
I was very lucky to have been asked from Mik to be part of the Judging Panel for The Fourth Focus, "Virtual Photographers of the year" in 2022. I was alongside incredible creatives who I look up to in the space of Virtual Photography.
You can find the winners here:
Whilst working on The Division 2, I was amazed at the level of Photography that the community were sharing regularly. I decided to write an article which swayed from the norm, and created an article focusing solely on Virtual Photography.
The article was a success and we saw more people using the hashtags to promote their work and it inspired folk to get more involved with the photo mode feature.
You can find it HERE
