There are endless ways to optimize Windlight settings for SL photography, not to mention many tutorials for preferred settings and premade Windlight skies to download (Torley's skies being a perfect example). Today, I'd like to share two of my favorite Windlight settings with you for when I take in-world photos. One will be most useful for general picture taking when patrolling the grid, the second will be useful for those of you who are seeking to take pictures using a green-screen skin (which can later be removed).
Things you will need before beginning this tutorial:



For a bato like me out on the trail, riding from sim to sim with nary a care in the world other than to make some quick cash and move on, the strange and fantastic and twisted do little to unnerve me. I’ve seen things that would make your blood turn to ice; entire areas filled with n00bs, spamming gesture after gesture as they writhe and beg everyone around them for ‘monies for pen15’. I’ve seen entire sims dedicated to the seedier side of the market, where those engaged in carnal acts speak one word, typically ‘mmmm’, if that even qualifies. I’ve seen haunted buildings, filled with evil and scary sound-effects that genuinely made me want to run screaming in the other direction. I’ve seen aliens, and furries, and zombies, and giant robots and cel-shaded cartoon characters. In my head rests an entire repository of crazy knowledge, passed down from my years of exploring this place we call Second Life.
Windlight is one of Second Life's most interesting and exciting new features, having been introduced to widespread interest and appeal. Many designers throughout the massive grid utilize Windlight to create products which shimmer or glow, catching the eye of anyone passing by and making them stop, if just for a moment, to check it out. However, up until I was dispatched to go to the 





