Classes, woot!

As if it weren't enough that I teach in RL and therefore spend all my RL time in a classroom, I'm also taking a class in SL. The real irony of this is that I'm celebrating not having to EVER take classes again as I got done with my MA last summer. And now, I'm voluntarily taking a class in SL. What is wrong with me? LOL

So, the class I'm taking is at The Photo Institute, and I'm taking a class in composition with Kee Lewellyn. The first class was last week, and it was so informative. Kee went through some of the basic principles in photographic composition. Some of it was review for me as I was a studio art major (as well as a French major) in college, but there were definitely a few points I didn't remember learning as a painting/drawing student.

I didn't want to keep getting by on "natural ability" like I had been, so when I came across this school, I jumped at it. So glad!

We even had homework! And um, yeah, having homework is not usually anything to celebrate, but I love having an excuse to "have to" take pictures, play in photoshop and all that. Part of what I want to do with this blog and my flickr site is show what is out there to be discovered in SL beyond just shopping and clubbing. I LOVE to do both, don't get me wrong, but there's some amazing stuff out there that really deserves to be seen.

soooo, all that having been said, follow the link to my flickr site where I've posted my first pics for my homework assignments. There's one pic of a place called Templum Obscurum, which my friend Freshy showed me, and the rest are of Memorial Beach at Memorial Gardens. Hoping what you see here will prompt you to check out those places too.