The Rest of Our Fabulous Photo Entries

Saminaka recently concluded its first photo competition, requiring that all photos be taken on the sim. We had some great entries, and showed you some in our last issue. I'm always amazed at the skills

in composition, color use, and the moods of lighting that are possible.

Here are the rest! We will be having another contest soon, this time requiring a plant or tree be included in the photo. Why? It will be leading up to our upcoming Nigerian flora exhibition and subsequent hunt! So get those cameras ready....You'll see a call for entries right here in the Compass or through the various groups in the weeks ahead.

Thanks again to our sponsors: Kiko Life for a voucher for five free skins, spirit Wingtips for a photo shoot, me for 2000L cash and a variety of gifts. But everyone was a winner, with a purchase an outfit or shoes from Cinnamon Brigade or Tropicality. If you haven't claimed your prize, contact Tamsin Barzane! She will gladly make it transfer if you'd like to give it to a friend.

The winner of any Saminaka photo contest must sit the next one out, but can reenter after that.

This week, a splendid photo of Bouthayna Arashi doing her laundry, two photos by

Acuminous Watanabe (both relating to the Middle Passage Experience), the ever-elegant Mysa Masatada, and the powerful Horse with Drum by Feretian String.

FIRST SAMINAKA PHOTO CONTEST--ALL WINNERS!

Saminaka's first contest drew some gorgeous shots of the sim and its visitors and residents. The Grand Prize winner was popular Charity Richez (above), a skilled photographer who waltzed off with 2000L, a voucher for five skins from Kiko Life, a photo shoot with spirit Wingtips, and a raft of prizes from Saminaka's shops!

Other participants whose pictures are shown here are Keno Beardmore, two pics by PHaTTSaMM Fizz, Puff Klang, and Insenara Siamendes.The others' photos will be published next week.

Every participant is a winner, though, gaining a prize that sells for over 200L. Another contest will come in about a month; each Grand Prize winner must wait out the next contest so all have a good chance!

THIS WEEK IN SAMINAKA--JULY 6 to JULY 11

JULY 6 THROUGH JULY 19. Saminaka PHOTO CONTEST--Saminaka has some recently updated features--more animals from the treasure hunt, some new trees and plants, two small offshore islands--and a new photo contest is meant to showcase it! Enter any photo taken on Saminaka, whether of nature or a portrait of yourself or another. The contest board is on the near shore side of the Ikorodu market shops. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Saminaka/121/217/27


Pay an empty square 50L, then have your friends vote for you for 20L. It isn't like the unwinnable big contests--there will only be 24 slots, and everyone will win something. The Grand Prize winner gets 2000L cash, a voucher for FIVE superb free skins at Kiko Life (superb male and female skins available at the main store), a photo shoot at Spirited Images Photography (oh, you will like it!), their choice of two free outfits and two pairs of shoes at Cinnamon Brigade and/or Tropicality, artworks (one each from Seven Cowries, tignon, Pangolin Dreams), and an outdoor umbrella table and chairs from Gidan Magarifi. All other participants will receive a prize currently on sale for over 200L. So exercise your angles and join in! And a big thank you to our sponsors!! Needless to mention, all the photos will be published in this paper, too.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 AT 6PM SLT. Inauguration of Egbe Akowe writing group--preliminary meeting. Saminaka is going to host a writing group in a soon-to-be constructed library/bookshop. But what kind of writing shall we focus on? Or should there be several subgroups (general fiction, genre fiction, non-fiction, academic writing)? The group WILL start next week, but come and shape it in its nascent form--and see article above. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Saminaka/80/224/22

MIDDLE PASSAGE EXPERIENCE ON TELEVISION--HELD OVER THIS WEEK The Middle Passage Experience (now over 120 full participants!) excited some external interest, and tomorrow Designing Worlds of Treet.TV will record a program about it--and Indea Vaher's Safe Haven site. It will be broadcast within SL and on the Internet. Because new viewers might like a look, the Experience has been held over through July 11, and, we hope, may resurface as a permanent exhibit somewhere else. Once it's posted, you'll be the first to know!