Second Life – Page 284

Hanging Out My Shingle

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This will be a short post, but a lot of work went behind it!

I’ve officially set up shop in Second Life with a showroom on the Dolce Vita sim. It’s in a pretty shopping district set up around Intimate Moments Ballroom. I spent the weekend setting up the displays, creating an information giver and it even has a bell you can press to IM me 🙂 Special thanks to my friend, Romeo, who helped line up my displays (since I’m building-challenged, to say the least!)

To get to Pics by Peep, click on the link and from the landing point walk down the left side toward the ballroom and I’m about halfway down. Look for my sign and stop in to check out some of my work!

In The Sea I See Myself

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I have seen the sea when it is stormy and wild; when it is quiet and serene; when it is dark and moody. And in all its moods, I see myself.
~ Martin Buxbaum

Creating a profile picture, for me, is about creating a mood. Even though people are more disposed to being happy or sad, we all go through different moods. None of us is one-dimensional; we have many facets, although we often don’t show them to those around us. I change my profile picture often – it reflects who I am at that moment in time.

A lot of my profile pictures may seem to be sadder than I really am. That is largely because, in my opinion, the smile animations in Second Life look…well, a little goofy 😀 This photograph, for instance, elicited a comment from a friend of, “Aw, Peep, tell me your troubles.”

In fact, when I took the photo, I was trying to portray deep thought. I wasn’t sad, but I was immersed in my own world at the time. I guess I fell a little short with that one.

Another picture I took was to show the carefree, playful side of me. This one, I believe, hit the mark.

This one hasn’t made my profile (yet) but it’s a photo I took for my Second Life boyfriend. I think it shows more than one mood – longing, lightness, joy. All things I feel for him.

The sea is not just stormy, quiet or dark. It is also the playground of dolphins and whales, the waves dancing beneath the breeze.

I am all of these…and more.

Just A Couple

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…of friends, lovers, hearts.

Second Life is sometimes called a game and sometimes called a social networking platform. Whatever you decide to call it, there will always be people who meet and becomes friends or lovers. It’s the nature of people to seek others out for a connection of the heart, whether platonic or romantic.

I love taking photographs of couples. To be able to capture the bond between two people and express the emotions of the moment is one of the most rewarding parts of photography for me. Knowing that whenever they look at that image it will stir a memory of that place and time is what makes it worthwhile for me.

Formal shoots give me the opportunity to select a pose and have more control over the setting. And I’ve loved some of the photos I’ve done of both lovers and friends.

But some of my favourite photos are those that have been taken “in the moment”…those pictures that are a snapshot of who those people are together, reflecting why they chose to be lovers or friends. Sometimes romantic, sometimes whimsical, sometimes silly. They’re all a part of why people choose to spend their time together and I love photographing those moments.

I’m discovering this blog is about much more to me than photography. It’s about my adventures in Second Life and the amazing people who have touched my life there. The stories that have been told, the friendships forged, the affairs of the heart. Thank you for sharing this journey with me.

“If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart. I’ll stay there forever.”
― A.A. Milne

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