GirlRobot's Pod

Hello folks!

Took me a while to come back because I was simultaneously working on several things, like the new pictures, light experiments, and a brand new feature for the website!

SO, Following the last entry where I tried the blue cellophane paper to tint my soft box light, I proceeded to take some pictures using red cellophane instead. And the results are...

Pretty Great! Sure, I can improve some stuff further but now I believe I'm closer to the results I was envisioning. I'll post some of the pictures down below, at the end of this entry.

The background is less washed and the colors are so vivid! The pictures have no post processing and are posted as is, directly from the camera.

Which takes us to the new feature: The Gallery!

Instead of just posting a billion pictures one under another, you'll have a barebones gallery to check the pictures I posted.

Can still be improved of course, but at some point I have to call it done or else I'll stop doing anything else.

And then, theres Infinite Dorkness, a webring/coven of trans dorks with their own websites so we can connect you to relevant content. You can check the floating window on the right-top side of this page for the links, along with indication of which language that website is written on.

I guess thats it for today, I hope you enjoy the pictures I took and that my gallery works as intended!

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I always liked using bright RGB colors on my pictures. My bedroom is decorated with RGB strips and I really like the eyecandy aesthetic of bright gamer girl colors.

But then I noticed that while I had a lot of lights around me, I was never particularly well-lit myself, for my only white light is a weak ringlight that only really works from up close.

I needed an alternative, a liiiittle bit more pro than a ringlight, and I discovered it is called a soft box.

This is a soft box:

It's functionality is simple: It has four white LED bulbs on it's center, pointing to the open side. The insides of the wall are made of a reflective material to force all the light out on one direction. Then, that open side is covered with a white cloth that acts as a diffusor, spreading the light evenly.

Here's how it looks from the inside:

And this is how it looks when it is turned on:

Obviously it is not made for you take pictures of IT, but to take pictures of whatever they are pointed to.

This one is very strong, with an average setting, which is great for regular pictures but it really washes out my beautiful RGB lights.

So this beautiful diffuse purple:

(The washed thing is the color on the background, not me)

So yeah, it sucked.

But then I had an idea: what if I changed the color of my softbox, without spending a lot of money?

So I did it! I bought some sheets of Cellophane paper and applied to the bulbs!

And this is how it looks

(It looks super dark because otherwhise it would be barely different from the white picture, but it's very bright and very blue)

Now, I still haven't tested it in a proper photoshoot, because that takes a lot of work and time and I spent the day busy with college assignments.

Buuuut I did test with a selfie that really blued me!

Now, I have some options: Not only it's easy to swap the cellophane to change colors, I can also fold it so it has more layers to go through, making the light more or less saturated.

And I think it's safe, since it's LED bulbs, they shouldn't get hot enough to catch on fire.

Hopefully.

I am really excited to test the possibilities here. And I'm super happy it was super cheap.

I guess that's it for tonight. Once I have proper photoshoots like this, I'll be sure to share!

1010 - Robot Girl

Okay, let's start this for real I think.

First, an introduction: I'm GirlRobot.

If you know me, you know me. I'm a Brazilian girl (vai braSIL) that has interesting hobbies.

And by interesting, I mean interesting to me.

As hobbies should be.

I'm a software developer by profession, but on my freetime I do stuff related to the following:

• - Fetish (really ample range of interests)
• - Photography (posing, directing, lights, post-production)
• - Retro gaming (playing, modding, CRT Tvs, fixing)
• - Exercising (weightlifting for now, but I want to start new stuff soon)

There's more stuff probably. If you know me from somewhere else, you know I'll also talk a lot about politics, but I'll won't do that here.

At least not mixed with the other stuff.

I might end up breaking content into different subjects later if I have enough material.

ANYWAY, I'm not a professional in any of my hobbies. What I intend to share are my findings in these fields that I probably didn't find anywhere else, and might be useful for individuals with interest in those things.

Don't take what I say here as gospel. I'm no authority in anything.

It's just that people frequently ask me stuff and I think it's better if I do here.

Aaaand that's it.

Be cool, be nice.