A few more virtual photos

After I gave it a try, I found it's actually an entertaining activity and I discovered that taking these screenshots in Garry's Mod which I like to call them "photos" can help me plan a photo shooting in real life. Instead of figuring out how to make some photos on the spot, I can first experiment in the warmth of my home and then head out for a shoot.

Anyway, these are a few more photos I made in Garry's Mod, exploiting it's screenshot feature and simple DoF:

Too bad 'macro-photography' doesn't show anything new in a game :). I'd need a very high-poly prop for that.
The screenshots were taken on a favorite map of mine, gm_valley.

Virtual photography?

Since I couldn't find anything interesting to photograph in the past couple of days( well I did take some photos of a small block of ice! :) ), an idea popped in my head. I remembered that in Garry's Mod ( a Half-Life 2 modification), I can arrange things as I do in the real world and I also benefit from a few post processing tools such as a simple Depth of Field simulator. And I also have a very versatile focal range camera that could make real world photographers envy.

So I assumed the role of Gordon Freeman and went with Alyx on a short photo shooting session. We found a cool cave in gm_skylife and took photos:

I would have tried to make different expressions on Alyx's face, but unfortunately the face poser seems to be broken and if I modify the intensity just a bit the face starts looking weird.