UMDST “My People” Photo Essay, a set on Flickr.

The University of Michigan has a unique blend of students that love to have fun as well as know how to work and study hard. With this photo essay I wanted to document the people that have shaped my Michigan …

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Post three photographs of your own creation with wildly different compositions and styles but with similar rhetorical purposes

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CC Andrew Gainer This week provided another great round of photography. I really like the daily shoots and enjoy them a lot more than the other daily creates/design creates. The in class project is coming along nicely. I love watching gifs and making my own has proven to be just…

Diane Arbus

“Masters of Photography: Diane Arbus” was a very interesting and introspective documentary to watch.   It was nice to hear the thought process of the photographer and Arbus’ unique perspective on photography. The documentary got depressing at times, but only because it got me thinking and thats a good thing.…

Take a photo that communicates a universal theme; name the picture with that theme. …

Photograph something commonly considered ugly and make it beautiful.
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Take a photo of something’s shadow. Sup
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Take an extreme close-up of an easily recognizable object.
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Take a self-portrait.
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Take a portrait Ronald AKA Robe Guy
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Take a photo with strong contrasts—technical (lighting, coloring), physical (size, distance), conceptual (new and old, present and past)

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After exploring Cambridge in Colour I decided I wanted to try a panorama photo.  Digital photo stitching allows for the photographer to take a wider angle view than the lens would normally allow.  To do this I downloaded the Photosynth app by Microsoft. The app was very easy to use and …

CC Andrew Gainer Greetings from Atlanta. This week introduced the Photography section. I have always been interested in photography so I am excited to finish the semester with this section. I have been in Atlanta with a lack of internet access so that has been my biggest struggle this week.…

A great way to emphasize texture is to sharpen your image. Sharpening an image is achieved by “exaggerating the brightness difference along edges within an image”.  I learned how to properly sharpen an image from Cambridge in Colour. The three settings you want to focus on are radius, amount, and threshold. …

Take a photo that pays special attention to the rule of thirds. Six Flags Over Georgia
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Take a photograph that emphasizes the sky by placing the horizon very low or very high. Six Flags Over Georgia
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Make a photo that looks better in black and white than it did in color. ball so hard
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“Create A Photograph That Features A Repeating Pattern”

Bathroom Tile

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CC John Picton George Saunders’ short story Jon was very unique and I am still wondering why it was assigned. The story took place is some type of alternate universe, maybe the future? It was an intriguing story because it managed to confuse me yet capture my interest at the same…

After seeing this video make the rounds I decided I should gif it. I pretty much followed the Gimp tutorial  word for word to create it. I did run into trouble on Gimp however, as it wouldn’t include all the frames I wanted. As a result I couldn’t include some epic crowd …

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This week brought about a further concentration into the design portion of the class. Honestly this design section has given me the most difficulties out of every section. Dealing with Gimp and Photoshop has been very frustrating and for some reason I don’t seem to be getting…

After searching around for a while I finally found my favorite example of minimalism on the web. This movie poster for Reservoir Dogs for some reason stands out to me above the rest. The crayons each represent the code names for the main characters ie: Mr. White, Mr. Pink, Mr. Brown …

I figured this scene from The Matrix would be perfect to use for an alternate history creation. The entire movie relies on this one fork in the road where Neo has to make a decision between the Red or Blue pill. If Neo were to choose the blue pill there would be …

When trying to think of a movie that I can sum up in a few words, Swordfish was the first to come to mind. No disrespect to Swordfish, I enjoyed the movie but the only thing I can really remember about it is that you see Halle Berry naked. As …

My minimalist poster for the beach is quite simple: sand + ocean + chair. When I go to the beach I go to relax and enjoy the view which I believe is represented through this poster. To start I opened a Gimp file and filled in using the color bucket the “Sand”…

One of the many great things to come out of last night’s epic sweet sixteen victory was this picture of Trey Burke rising high and delivering one of the most memorable moments in Michigan basketball history. I realized giving this picture a Color-Splash would produce an awesome effect. I started by opening …

Eric Sena’s Album’s Without Sound  project was really cool to browse through and see all the great album covers. This particular cover stood out for me for aesthetic reasons as well as how perfect it matches the album and band name. The picture captures a beautiful ocean sunset just above …

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