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  1. Lara Hampson

    Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall

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    February 17, 2013
    I hadn’t expected to practice David duChemin’s Ten Ways to Improve Your Craft when I went to get my haircut, but there I was, sitting in the waiting area, looking around until I see this mirror.  I used my phone to re-read ...
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  2. Lara Hampson

    Photoblitz

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    February 17, 2013
    This week, we had to do a 20 minute visual assignment, called Photoblitzing.  I took all of the photos in my bedroom, because I figured I would have a lot of light contrast and objects to photograph in here.  First, ...
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  3. Lara Hampson

    Sketch it Out! **

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    February 14, 2013
    I was inspired to do the 2 star worthy Visual Assignment Draw It, from the ds106 Assignment Bank,after reading Cole Wyrough’s blog post, Online Sketching. I decided to do a flower set of photos, so first, I chose the pictures I wanted to use. ...
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  4. Lara Hampson

    Photography Collage ***

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    February 13, 2013
    Instead of hitting the “randomly pick one” button while searching through the ds106 Assignment Bank for a Visual Assignment to complete (like I usually do), I searched through them via their titles.  I came across an interesting 3 star assignment ...
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  5. Lara Hampson

    Picasso Myself! **

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    February 13, 2013
    While browsing through the ds106 Assignment Bank, I found a 2 star rated Visual Assignment called Picasso Yourself.  It called to create a Picasso-esque portrait of my own face! I didn’t know how to start this one, so I looked through any ...
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  6. Lara Hampson

    Colourize It! *

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    February 12, 2013
    To add another Visual Assignment under my belt, I completed another one star rated assignment from the ds106 Assignment Bank.  This assignment, Colorize It, called for the colours of an old photo to be adjusted.  I had to adjust more ...
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  7. Lara Hampson

    Tis [not] the Season! *

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    February 12, 2013
    To continue on my Visual Assignment quest, I did a one star worthy assignment today from the ds106 Assignment Bank.  I randomly chose the assignment, Winterize It!, which requires the winterizing of a photo from the summer. I wanted to make ...
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  8. Lara Hampson

    Cannon Ball [splash]! **

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    February 12, 2013
    To continue my Visual Assignments quest, I chose a 2 star assignment called Splash the Color, from the ds106 Assignment Bank.  I used to dabble in color splashing on my iPhone (just for fun), so I already had the App to ...
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  9. Lara Hampson

    Significant Otter **

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    February 11, 2013
    This week, we’re really getting down and dirty with Visual Assignments.  We have to complete 10 stars worth of assignments before the end of the week from the ds106 Assignment Bank.  We get to choose which assignments to do, however ...
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  10. Lara Hampson

    Ready, SET, Go!

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    February 11, 2013
    This week, I’m learning much more about Flickr and its inner workings.  I’ve been posting tons of photos to Flickr for various uses: daily creates, assignments, and screen shots to embed into posts.  Cogdog wanted us to explore Flickr more and create ...
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  12. Lara Hampson

    ds106 Radio!

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    February 8, 2013
    Listening to the ds106 radio station was not what I expected at all!  Here at UMW, we have a radio station, and when eating at the Nest, they play songs that are currently popular or old classics..You know, just like ...
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  13. Lara Hampson

    Sound Effect Story

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    February 8, 2013
    On top of making a radio bumper this week, we also had to dabble in sound effects!  We were challenged to create a short story using nothing but sound effects. To begin, I went to Youtube to find the various sounds ...
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  14. Lara Hampson

    Bumper to Bumper

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    February 7, 2013
    I was quite timid about this assignment at first, because I’m not used to recording audio..and let’s be honest..Who actually likes the sound of their voice?  I personally don’t, but I just had to get over that! To start the ...
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  17. Lara Hampson

    Busy Busy Bee

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    February 3, 2013
    Hello again! This week is making me miss bootcamp.  That’s right.  I said it.  We had so much to do this week, and I feel like there wasn’t enough time to do it!  I really love that we can choose ...
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  18. Lara Hampson

    The Shape of Stories

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    February 3, 2013
    Kurt Vonnegut was quite witty and funny when explaining how stories can be put into shapes.  I agree that people love to see stories about people who get into trouble and find a solution to it.  Or a situation of ...
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  19. Lara Hampson

    in[SPIRE] & Storify

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    January 30, 2013
    As I was browsing through the in[SPIRE] site, I found four or five really cool works, but one stood out to me in particular. This work is called “Self-portrait” by John Dorman. I found it so striking, because it’s not just ...
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  20. Lara Hampson

    BFF Helps Escapee

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    January 30, 2013
    This week, I decided to do the first activity on making a 5 photo story.  I had no idea what to do, so my roommates suggested I show Gus Gus (my gerbil) escaping.  I didn’t think our cats would be ...
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  21. Lara Hampson

    Storytelling

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    January 29, 2013
    What is storytelling?  When I hear that word, I don’t think about the hundreds of books I’ve read over the years.  I think about someone who verbally tells an adventure, whether that be real or fiction.  I imagine my Dad ...
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