Minimalist gif poster āTime Enough at Lastā
Inspired by Cogdog‘s awesome “I Can Read!” gif poster for “Eye of the Beholder,” I decided to make a poster of my own in a more minimalist style … Continue reading →
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āThe Midnight Sunā minimalist poster
Here’s my minimalist poster for “The Midnight Sun.” The snowflake is from “The Noun Project” but everything was drawn or written out. The typeface is Helvetica and Elektron. Act like … Continue reading →
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CRAZY DAMES! A Seuss-Twilight Zone remix
The best line by far from “The Midnight Sun,” which I watched as part of DS106′s “DS106zone,” was this line, spoken by the intruder (played with awesome, campy mercuriality by Tom … Continue reading →
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Some thoughts on binge television and the novel
My first thought on watching Season 4 of Arrested Development was, “Oh my god oh my god it’s finally here oh my god.” My second thought was, “This reminds me … Continue reading →
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The two-headed Edtech Ettin: A D&D remix
I’m pretty sure it was Alan Levine who said, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” So, instead of complaining about the lack of D&D monsters in … Continue reading →
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THE INVADERS MEME: āMisunderstood Diskmanā
I was inspired by Andrew Thomas’s “And a new meme is born!!!!!” post to go ahead and re-meme our favorite, tiny intrepid space patroller. I don’t know if all of … Continue reading →
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THE INVADERS: The āLemonā Ad
So, before you freak out, what the hell is that, here’s the original advertisement: If you don’t know this ad, it’s a famous VW ad called “Think Small.” It has … Continue reading →
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Stereoscopy
Here’s the wiki article on stereoscopy.
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Charles Marville, photographer, 1813-1879
Here’s an English version of the video. Read about Charles Marville here, and see more of his photographs here.
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Roger Fentonās Crimean War Photographs, March-June 1855
See more photos here, and read about Roger Fenton here and learn about the Crimean War here.
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Francis Frith, Egypt and Palestine (10 photos)
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My People
I knew when I started this assignment that I wanted to go for diversity. Multiple settings, a mix of color and black and white and filtered photographs, photos where the … Continue reading →
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Digital and Analog Storytelling 2013-04-20 15:55:45
It’s the end of the road. This has been one of the most rewarding teaching experiences I’ve ever had, bar none. I’ll be posting more thoughts later in the week, … Continue reading →
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Photo essay assignment
Photographic essay—“My People” Requirements: On time. Final draft due April 22, a gallery of all ten images posted to your blog with analysis by class time. On theme The title … Continue reading →
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Homework Broadcast 04/15/2013
For Wednesay– Post three photographs of your own creation with wildly different compositions and styles but with similar rhetorical purposes. Post one photo (or one photo that you are considering … Continue reading →
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Dovima with Elephants, Richard Avedon, 1955
Again, directional elements abound, the curves of the elephants heads, bodies, and legs; the seemingly elongated limbs of the model; the white sash (is that a sash?) and belt of … Continue reading →
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Highboard, Peter Keetman, 1957
This is the photo that I can’t stop looking at today. There are all kinds of great directional elements–the tumult of pipes and gazes, the spear of negative space over … Continue reading →
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Three chords and the truth
It’s easy, I think, to allow technology to mediate your imagination right out of a picture. In class, some people really loved the last section on design, and some people … Continue reading →
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Homework Broadcast 04/08/2012
For Wednesday– Find one new thing to create or explore from an online or print source. It could be a technical issue–focus, exposure–or it could be a type of shot–a … Continue reading →
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Daily Shoot, Week 2
This week’s daily shoot assignments– Take a photo with strong contrasts—technical (lighting, coloring), physical (size, distance), conceptual (new and old, present and past) Take a portrait. Take a self-portrait. Take … Continue reading →
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