The Photo Booth
by Keara22HI, HSM filmmaker
So I was roaming the beach, looking for mischief, and spotted the commerce point at the entrance to the boardwalk area at Glittering Sands.
“Meh; just more sexy swimsuits,” I thought. But then, in Home, a gal cannot own too many bikinis — so what the heck. Imagine the surprise: bundle – 10 Granzella tickets for 99 cents. Um, tickets for what? Then, lurking in the corner, looking innocent, was the photo booth.
If you wear one of the Granzella bathing suits and the Granzella beautiful eyes, you get even more poses to use in the booth. So, I bought that bikini, put on the Maybelline, and got ready to do a pinup girl spread. Imagine the fun: twenty minutes of unlimited pictures with dozens of poses, backgrounds, special effects and other goodies to pick from.
Where’s rt when we really need him?
At first, I tried this alone. But the variety of poses and backgrounds got the devious little wheels churning. What if someone else could be talked into doing this with me? So I started wheedling and cajoling the other friends in the VIP Poker Room. My best friends, akborngeezer and rlt1027, were just crazy enough to try this with me. Problem was, I forgot to tell akborngeezer that she would need to go to the Granzella counter in the Photo Booth shack, have at least one dollar in her PSN account, and buy a bundle of 10 Granzella tickets. So, after trying to sign in for a half hour, we finally figured out that no ticket equaled no picture. By then, rlt1027 had decided we were both certifiably insane and left.
So, we did a lot of girly poses, got incredibly silly, and then sent the best of the pics to rlt1027 and most of the others in the VIP Room to show them what they missed out on. We didn’t get a mad rush of volunteers for our next try. But it didn’t matter, because now we were on a roll. We actively recruited more VIP Room people who were willing to give it a shot.
Big Cheese, normally a formidable competitor at the Poker tables, even managed to turn up wearing nothing but a strategically placed band of blur marks. Madonna, the Poker leaderboard leader (with unbelievable millions in chips) went for laughs with a ‘reward’ bra. Cliff-racer had fun with big boots for more traction. Rlt1027 decided to try it again if we promised we knew what we were doing. Dixie-princess went along with the whole thing, even though, in her heart, she felt this was wrong on so many different levels. So, here we had a pack of poker-room piranhas cavorting like a pack of wild hyenas, laughing hysterically, and challenging each other to wilder and crazier poses.
This was a whole new side we were seeing of each other. Gone were the poker faces, the cutthroat competition and the guarded comments. This was the real social side of Home – having incredible fun without a care in the world. Granzella had hit one out of the ballpark this time with an attraction that would not get old anytime soon.
EVERYBODY needs a hug at least once in a while.
For lovers in Home who want a chance to actually hug each other (and other, um, photogenic poses), this photo booth also offers some very interesting choices, plus the ability to change backgrounds. One of the background selections is the bedroom interior with beds you can include in some creative photography ventures.
There are also poses that work well with dance moves and hand gestures. The only real limits are your imagination. Sometimes, after your first twenty-minute session in the photo booth, you think, “Darn! Why didn’t we try this one?” I suspect that is why Granzella, in their infinite wisdom, sells the tickets bundled. By the time you start running out of ideas, you will probably have used at least half of that ten-pack.
So, anticipate that there is a pose that can make a group of friends look like they are a chorus line doing high kicks. And, by adjusting the location of the avatars in a picture, you can make it look like one or more are floating in the air. You can also bring your favorite portable item, wear a costume, and incorporate dance moves with stop-motion photography that makes the possiblities almost endless.If you can spare 99 cents for hours of fun, I urge you to go try this. And then share with your friends. You might to get to see sides of them that you previously only suspected as existing.
December 16th, 2012 by keara22hi | 3 comments
Keara is also known in Home as DarthGranny. She is a wicked little old lady with a wild sense of humor.
hmmm… When I heard of that picture boot I tought why would I pay to take pictures when we all have our pocket camera? Beside I’m not a “picture guy”
This look like the kind of silly things our novus buch could do! And I bet if Gin read this I wont have much choice but to buy some tickets
A buck for hours of fun! Who said Home prices are too high? lol
Great read Ma’am. Thanks for the heads-up, thats something I would never had tried on my own.
Love the photo booth, take alot of pride in home appearence, nice to have a space availible to document a time n place. Especially when a time is so nice and pleasent.
I’m with Do-Little here, I’ve been aware of the booth for a while now, but wouldn’t even consider it as a way of killing time. But, after reading this you brought a little smile to my face, and I might e?ven try a bit of friend cajoling myself now!!!