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HER WAY-WREN NOIR Article by: Yhishara Cerise|Photography: Wren Noir

When WrenNoir Cerise first arrived in Second Life on January 13, 2009, she did what many of
us had: wandered the grid and shopped. When she discovered a store having a photo contest,

she entered and “To my surprise, I won and was hooked on photography ever since!” Since then,
her work has appeared often in Second Life publications, including The Best of Second Life, and
ultimately led to the creation of Visionaire with her friend Nariko Okawa.

She first met Nariko when she was an in-store model, recognizing the name from Flickr. Being
an admirer of her work, WrenNoir struck up a conversation that lead to a discussion about
photography in Second Life. They both had experienced people asking them “Can you teach
me how this is done or that is done?” and found that there was no real place to learn about
photography in SL.

At the time, “the people with talent were 1) too busy or 2) reluctant to share knowledge.” So, the

pair created Visionaire to help fill that need. In WrenNoir’s words: “Visionaire teaches about the
structure of a photograph — things like composition, lighting, color, and how to use the tools in