This was my favorite week so far. Since I am a photographer, there was not too much of a learning curve, and I got to experiment with my favorite medium of art. The only thing that I didn’t like that much was that some of the assignment bank assignments weren’t photography-based and that some of … Continue reading Week 4

  I liked this assignment a lot, because it challenged me to take photos in a different way than I am used to. When I take photographs, I almost always take a long time to carefully plan out my shots and adjust my settings, but the time constraint for this one didn’t allow me to … Continue reading Photo Blitz

I took this picture in low light with only a flashlight as the light source. I liked the way black and white contrast with each other on a piano keyboard and the way shadows fall on it. I didn’t want to include the identity of the person playing it, because only showing their hands while … Continue reading Shadow of a Doubt

  It was a dark and stormy night. Annabella Smith, spy extraordinaire, had received a mysterious note the day before to meet at a busy street corner at midnight. A taxi pulled up and the back window rolled down. “Get in, doll,” said the man. His lit cigarette smoke swirled and obscured his face. But … Continue reading Love at First Shot

I thought this would be a good fit for this assignment and would add a twist to it. No, I’m not a triplet. I staged this photograph and did some manipulation. Each of the three “Megans” here shows a different side to my personality. The Megan driving is kind of my girly-girl side, putting on makeup … Continue reading Looking at Yourself

This is my friend Matthew (left) and Vladimir Putin (right). I tell him all the time that he looks like Vladimir Putin, but I don’t think he totally believes me.

 balance moment  light  foreground/background contrast perspective  depth   Great photography and cinematography requires knowing the rules and elements of what makes an image good. A good image not only captures a viewer’s attention, but holds it, and makes the viewer ask questions. Typically those questions will relate to narrative. Visual balance, timing a photo with the perfect moment, … Continue reading Points of Photography

Being an art major with a concentration in photography, most of the advice and information in the articles/videos/etc were things I have already learned and taken into account. But you can always learn more and apply those things in different ways. Most of my work centers on abstracted, close-up images of natural and man-made objects, … Continue reading Visuals of Storytelling

@ds106dc #tdc1860 pic.twitter.com/0YVi1eFEaj — Megan Carey (@megancarey95) February 11, 2017

@ds106dc #tdc1858 #koalabear pic.twitter.com/nP0rwbDYce — Megan Carey (@megancarey95) February 8, 2017

https://t.co/Lbi5oUU83W via @giphyLiterally the happiest movie ever. Ever. @ds106dc #tdc1857 #trolls — Megan Carey (@megancarey95) February 8, 2017

This week was equally hard to last week. I am not used to a lot of creative writing, so this was a challenge (but I am definitely looking forward to next week). Like with last week, the daily creates helped to get me in the mindset for thinking outside of my comfort zone. Creating the … Continue reading Week 3

A new wardrobe brings great joy and change in your life. I had faked my death and recovered my reputation with the Crown, but just when I thought my career as a spy had gotten easier, I found out I was dead wrong. My next mission: to infiltrate the spy organizations of Nazi Germany. The … Continue reading Changing Fortunes

Review of Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015). Kingsman: The Secret Service is a film like no other. The writing, acting, and directing come together perfectly to make for one of the most entertaining spy films ever. From start to finish, Kingsman slams on the gas and doesn’t let up. The incredible action scenes, special effects, … Continue reading Movie Review: Kingsman: The Secret Service

Kingsman: The Secret Service and Burn Notice are two of my favorite works in the spy genre. Both Kingsman and Burn Notice include aliases, double-crosses, action sequences, gadgets, and many other elements common to the spy genre. Unlike other spy works like James Bond or Mission: Impossible, the main characters in Kingsman and Burn Notice … Continue reading Kingsman/Burn Notice

It was a rainy night in London when I was first arrested. The police took me to the station for questioning and put me in one of those dark rooms with a hanging lamp like in films. But instead of a police officer questioning me, a man with one eye and a hat came in. … Continue reading Who is Annabella Smith?

https://flic.kr/s/aHskTQ2EiK Hunter Hayes: Hunter Hayes. I’ve listened to Hunter Hayes since I was a Junior in high school. I listened to it in my car everywhere I drove for about a year. It was also the first album I ever had signed by the artist when I met him at a concert. Taylor Swift: Taylor Swift. … Continue reading Influential Albums

A father lets his son get kidnaped and put in a prison colony in Australia. After tricking a girl with memory loss into befriending him, she finds out the father’s really just a selfish prick.

@ds106dc #tdc1853 #supersquirrel Well. Here is a squirrel. Off to save the day. pic.twitter.com/xGzuoOZltu — Megan Carey (@megancarey95) February 3, 2017

@ds106dc #tdc1851Can James Bond save the world and escape from a time loop? "Goldfinger! I've come to bargain!" pic.twitter.com/Y1kqOU3uqD — Megan Carey (@megancarey95) February 2, 2017

@ds106dc #tdc1850 #prettyinpink pic.twitter.com/VwpirYap0l — Megan Carey (@megancarey95) February 1, 2017

To sum this week up: this was hard. Working on three assignment bank assignments in different categories, three daily creates, coming up with an assignment in the visual category, and to finish polishing our blogs on top of writing this weekly summary proved to be a pretty hard task to balance with my other classes … Continue reading Week 2

I decided to put my Photoshop skills to good use on this assignment. The goal of the assignment is to make a missing person poster for a fictional movie/show/literary character, animal, or real person. Of course for this one, I made a missing person poster for one of my favorite fictional characters, Annabella Smith. Instead … Continue reading Gone Girl

I took this picture for the “That’s Not What I Expected” assignment. The goal of this assignment is to take a macro photograph and to get someone to guess what it is. The picture can be of anything so there is a lot of room for creativity. I really liked the idea of this assignment because I … Continue reading I Spy

I chose this assignment because I love using Pinterest, and I want to travel to other countries and experience other places outside the country where I have lived my whole life. I even already had a board on Pinterest dedicated to different places where I want to travel. The UK has been at the top … Continue reading Where in the world is Annabella Smith?

The resemblance between this Photoshop masterpiece and my original Paint masterpiece is insane. Never did get any better at drawing…

I appreciated Austin Kleon’s advice, especially since it can be applied to almost anything. His tips are especially useful for creative people who are trying to make a living. In my experience, a lot of creative people, whether they’re writers, musicians, or artists avoid self-promotion, which is already difficult. I know I will use Kleon’s … Continue reading Austin Kleon’s Show Your Work

I learned a lot so far this week. I already had a domain and I’ve had to use WordPress for several classes for the last few years, and I already had accounts set up for most of the other sites we’ve had to use so far, so I was lucky enough to already be familiar … Continue reading Week 1