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With the hindsight of playing the Mass Effect series and The Witcher 3, this time round coming back to Skyrim there was just something lacking - the absence of any romantic content whatsoever with characters you can potentially spend much longer with than in the other titles.  

 

Fortunately I already had a knowledge of modding, it was just a matter of applying it to a more creative purpose.  I decided to set up a virtual photo studio. 

 

My Skyrim character's downtime consists of equal measures Hugh Hefner and Austin Powers.  Nothing like a few candid photos to release the tension.

 

These are the ladies of Skyrim, and some of the mods that helped bring them to you.

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Virtual Photography

Toccata: Into White - Slideshow Pictorial

Dragonborn:  "Welcome to my own personal plane of Oblivion..." Toccata:  "By the Divines, infinite space!" "Actually, it's just a large cell with really good lighting." "It's so empty..." "Just like my soul.  The Player thought it was time you knew the true reality of our existence." "The Player?" "My destiny is not purely my own - I am in many ways just a pawn on a chessboard; a character in a story being told by a greater power.  This is the place where the wall b
Virtual Photography

Some Quality-of-Life Improvements I've Learned for Taking Screenshots in Skyrim

The best quality of life tip I could offer would be use a second screen, so you can keep track of your photo shoot and what shots you've taken in real time.  I try to tell a story through pose and facial expression sequence during a photo shoot, and having my screenshots constantly displayed on another screen gives me the advantage of not having to alt-tab to another window to review my photos.  I find this really helps me build a sense of momentum in a photo session because I have a clearer sen
Virtual Photography

Skyrim Pictorial - Ysolde, Girl Next Door

This is Ysolde from Whiterun.    To many players she would have just been another passing face like most NPCs in Skyrim, with no interaction other than a few lines of dialog.  With the right mods however, she and many other NPCs can be converted into fully functional followers.   Amazing Follower Tweaks (AFT) is the main mod behind this photo shoot as it has the spell that made it possible to recruit Ysolde; it also offers the inventory management system that allows me to equ
Virtual Photography

Serana: Cold Hands, Warm Heart

"You know, Dragonborn, the fact I had the Elder Scroll wasn't the only reason I came to Fort Dawnguard.    I came looking for you specifically; even though I'm a vampire I have needs other than blood.   Now that we have time, I wanted to show you how much I appreciate you releasing me from that crypt..."   Serana -Cold Hands Warm Heart.mp4  
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Saya: Sea of Stars - Slideshow Pictorial

Being the knowing avatar of an entity called The Player has many advantages for the Dragonborn.  The relationship between her and this mysterious deity is largely symbiotic - she is the instrument through which His will is made manifest in the world of Tamriel; although the Player has absolute authority over all that happens in this dimension, on His home plane He is but one amongst billions.   One quiet starlight night at camp, an event happened that illustrated the power of this unio
Virtual Photography

Return to Skyrim - Old Flames and Fresh Video

So I got a 2nd screen set up mainly to monitor my stream if I'm on Twitch or whatever.    The hedonist in me realized being able to see all the photos I'd taken of models during a photo shoot on another monitor, while still in the game, could definitely be a plus.  It's added a stronger connection between photos I think. I kind of want these to be more than just static images, which is why pose & shot choice, and making sure the model looks like she's actually enjoying the exp
Diluted

Diluted in Virtual Photography

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Virtual Photography

Quest Stage One: Get a Photo Studio

I basically look at any of the screenshots taken before I downloaded the Easy Photo Studio mod I use in my game, as being dead to me.  They just look wrong.  This isn't saying that I exclusively like to take photos in the studio; it's because it helped me fix a specific visual issue that had been bothering me.   https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/84524   My problem was that no matter where I had been taking screenshots of my followers before in the game, ther
Virtual Photography

Pictorial - Astrid: Smiling Assassin

Astrid, leader of Skyrim's Dark Brotherhood.  She was a character that I'd always found interesting in previous playthroughs, but I'd never had a way to interact with her beyond the limited conversation choices you have during the vanilla questline.   That was before I installed the Amazing Follower Tweaks mod and gained the ability to easily recruit her as a follower.  This pictorial is the result, taken in the photo studio I use thanks to the Easy Photo Studio mod.    
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