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  1. loumcgill

    different drummer

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    If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau Love Henry David Thoreau quotes but using this as my excuse for not keeping up with the daily shoot ...
  2. loumcgill

    we can read movies – Hitchcock

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    I have adjusted this ds106 assignment from ‘I can read movies’ to ‘We can read movies’ as we are planning to do a few as a family – lots of ideas rolling in… The first series is the Hitchcock series. Just 4 to start with… For this assignment I used Adobe CS InDesign which I’ve ...
  3. loumcgill

    dream by day

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    Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night. Edgar Allan Poe done for the daily shoot – monochrome shot taken with a lensbaby which creates a dreamlike feel I think. I love my lensbaby. Converted...
  4. loumcgill

    dr oblivion exists

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    Dr Oblivion has either gone into hiding or may have been abducted but we must  keep his virtual profile alive or he may fade into nothing. We can’t let that happen. Dr Oblivion Exits… I made this by lazily taking the graphic from the poster on the blog post linked to above. I cut it, ...
  5. loumcgill

    layers

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    One of the ds106 assignments is to produce an image by averaging photos in flickr according to a concept. Timmmmyboy has produced a great tutorial which uses photoshop.  I have made some of these several years ago (2006) – the first one by accident when I was using picasa. I had accidentally selected 40 inmages ...
  6. loumcgill

    grievous giffs

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    My son (14) is particpating in the ds106 course alongside me as part of his home learning activities. he is currently not into having a blog, or ressurecting his old one so for now I will post any contributions that he wants to share with everyone. He was, at first, resistant to doing an animated ...
  7. loumcgill

    to have and have not

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    I’ve just remembered a photo story I did years ago so I thought it would be worth revisiting for the ds106 digital storytelling course. I am also hoping to produce some more as I get inspired by the course….   The set is called to have and have not… anticipation…. She remembered the first caress ...
  8. loumcgill

    chainsmoking…

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    First try at an animated gif with the fabulous Gloria Swanson with leopardskin bandana as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard (one of my favourite movies). For the summer of oblivion – digital storytelling course….   These animated gifs can be very hypnotic…
  9. loumcgill

    summer of oblivion

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    chrysler building

    We are about to join a MOOC (massive open online course) as one of our home learning experiments. The course is run by Jim Groom for his students at UMW University of Mary Washington but he has made it open and global. I became aware of the Summer of Oblivion Digital Storytelling course ds1206 through ...

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