*For this Assignment Bank we had to quickly talk about our interests for 30 seconds. It was really hard to think on the spot what I had to say. But overall it was a cool idea! I incorporated a picture of Liam Hemsworth..because he’s my favorite https://soundcloud.com/user-72233031/celebrity-speed-dating    

Power plugs are ubiquitous. Can you make a creative photo of such a common thing? Take a photo that represents of destruction. Make the subject is isolated against a very bright background. Gauges, meters, and turn signals are all indicators. Make a creative photo of paired opposites. A perfect line. Make a photo of interesting […]

Today’s daily create challenge was to greet another ds106 class member with a western name! See how I greeted another westerner below!

  So, for this assignment, I had to locate a photo of a couple and provide a back story. I looked in this case for an older couple because I feel like they have more noteworthy love stories. When I selected the image, it was odd to see where it originated because the story it […]

This assignment was to create a Brady Bunch image using family or friends. Picked people for this one was a breeze because my family is already sort of a Brady Bunch. I have one child from a previous marriage, in the bottom right, my wife has three, all on the left, and we have one […]

Merrell, the savvy gambler that he is, has a few necessities that he carries with him on the trail. For this assignment, I created an image of the overturned contents of Merrell’s saddle bag. The first step was, obviously, to give some thought to the sort of items he might carry, starting with a the […]

Most classes with the number of assignments that this one has are, to be blunt, overly repetitious. That the focus of the class is shifting from one media type to another each week, and that there is some amount of freedom in choosing which assignments I do is somewhat refreshing. So, this week, the focus […]

Hello and Goodbye week 4! This week flew by…but partly because I waited until the last min to do everything! BAD IDEA. I really enjoyed learning about pictures and how to take correct pictures Photography I also liked watching one of the assigned movies: Movies are better in color But I really enjoyed all the […]

Thinking back to the beginning of the week, I looked at the assignments and thought that the assignments for this week were going to be fairly easy, and they somewhat were, but boy was I wrong about it being a little bit of assignments. I just pulled up all of the work I completed this […]

Okay so I really don’t understand the concept of this, but to take photos I guess? So I just did a collage of all the items listed below : photoblitzer 23:19 An interesting shadow. Make it green: green sleeves, green with envy, green eggs and ham. Make a landscape photo! Doors can have a lot […]

Daily Creates: Deciding which car to take at my fork in the road @ds106dc #tdc1487 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/aT9y7KE4uU — Andrew Slupek (@aslupek40) February 4, 2016 My DS106 Trail! @ds106dc #tdc1488 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/fGVbszdGxJ — Andrew Slupek (@aslupek40) February 5, 2016 Try to stay hydrated this weekend! @ds106dc #tdc1489 #ds106 https://t.co/3Dziz20yjY — Andrew Slupek (@aslupek40) February 6, 2016 […]

Busy week! My other classes ramped up a bit this week, so I had to do most of this week’s

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While reading these Westerns in class and going over most of the links included in the class page, I have begun to realize some common themes that are reoccurring throughout the Western genre.  There seems to be a strong emphasis on independence and the ability to “hold ones own.”  This leads to many different ideals of […]

I really had fun doing this assignment. These were the tasks I was assigned: Below I have posted the images beginning with my most prized possession and working down the list. Yes, books. My most prized possession(s). Why? I love stories. I love creating them, telling them, and of course, reading them! On this shelf, […]

This video was pretty interesting how he was able to find the major stereotypes that are told throughout almost every story.  He presented these ideas in a funny and entertaining way.  This would apply to the story in the movie we watched, Who Shot Liberty Valance.  The main character was in trouble and he found […]

When I watch movies or films I never really paid too much attention to the details on the picture or quality. But, now since this assignment was to do so, I noticed a lot that I did not see before. I choose the movie The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, because it was on Netflix and I […]

So this week was pretty challenging. I got it done though. This week taught me to be more patient while taking photographs. It also taught me that there’s more to photography than just taking random snapshots of things. I ended up watching the Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Admittedly it’s one of my favorite movies, […]

This was a fun one, and I waited until I returned to my father’s cluttered home to do it. Something

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I have NO experience with photography, at all. I take pictures of food, scenes, and with my friends. But, I have never actually gotten into the “art” of photography.  There is an “art” or “science” to it, this I do know, but I don’t have enough interest to figure out how or what makes a […]

I watched ” the man who shot liberty valence” for my reflection piece. It was shot completely in black and white. To me the movie instills longing for the old west. It seems more believable than if it were shot in color. Many other westerns produced during the same time period had landscapes that weren’t […]