I was tossed between which movie I should watch this week. I finally decided on watching the Bride of Frankenstein. I know this movie is basically a classic and I thought it would be interesting to watch the original film. Watching this movie was rather hard for me since the whole movie is in black […]

When I was a little kid I never wanted to be in the lens of a camera. I enjoyed the act of taking photos and went through a lot of disposable cameras filled with pictures of random things. It was about late middle school that I started to enjoy taking pictures. When I first got … Continue reading My history and Future with Photography →

Never have I ever done or even heard of a photoblitz. But essentially we were asked to take 20 minutes to accomplish five random photo tasks we were asked to complete. We were first asked to screenshot when began, for timing purposes  The first photo on my list was: “Music is what feelings sound like.” Make […]

For my last star for the week, I decided to complete the Larger Than Life Assignment. I really only needed 0.5 stars.. Why aren’t there any assignments that are worth 0.5 stars! Take a picture of an everyday object and... Continue Reading →

  This week was really tough because I am not a photography guy at all.  That’s part of the reason I took the class though, to challenge myself and try new things in new areas.  You would be hard pressed to say my work this week was anything but rudimentary, but I think I did … Continue reading A summary is worth a 1,000 pictures

9/18/15 – 9/25/15

All work is due by midnight on 9/25/15

This week we will dig into audio storytelling. That goes beyond the words and tone of voice to include sound effects, background noise and music. We will be asking you to consider how these subliminal elements impact the story. We are also introducing ds106 radio (an open, Web-based, community … Read the rest

I chose this assignment because it’s right in my wheelhouse.  I have to admit, I struggled a bit this week, I’m not a photography or Photoshop guy, but I’m good at writing and being witty and funny.  Stuff like this that I can do in paint and then add value with words is where it’s … Continue reading This week’s news from… NewsWeek! (3.5 Stars VisualAssignments737)

Ever since the age of man we have found dolphins to be amazingly smart animals. However there is one thing holding them back from world domination…. their neck. However, in the future, due to genetic modification, dolphins will rise to a level where they rule the ocean with an iron fin. This change will come … Continue reading The Rise of the Girolphin →

I am not a photographer.  I do not, nor have I ever, owned a camera.  There happens to be a camera on my phone but I usually do not open it and if I do it is generally so that I can hand it to someone else for taking a picture. My most in-depth and … Continue reading Faceless Family Photos

I chose this assignment because it compliments to writing assignment I did about my bucket list.  I think it adds a layer of depth and texture to that assignment by adding the visual element.  It is my goal that one day I can make a collage of me doing all those things, hopefully sooner rather … Continue reading Revenge of the bucket list! (4 star)

This week in ds106 has probably been my favorite so far. I have always had an interest in photography, so all the photography assignments this week were very interesting and valuable to me. This week, I completed 12 stars worth of visual assignments. The assignments I completed, were the Bucket List Photography Assignment, a Collage of my… Read More

As she takes in the darkness she wanders the streets. She doesn’t know how she ended up there or how long she has been walking. All she knows is that she can’t stop. No, she always walks in the shadows and lingers in the woods. The darkness is her security until she will one day […]

                                      I would like to start off this post with saying that I have never seen this or the original Frankenstein but I really did enjoy this movie! I have seen so many remakes of it so […]

I felt like this was a minute to win it challenge it was fast paced and exciting! Photoblitzer 22:07 A perfect line. Make a photo of interesting vertical, horizontal, or diagonal lines. Get Close! Photograph an ordinary object from as close as you can manage. Features a repeating pattern. “Music is what feelings sound like.” […]

This is a Visual Assignment worth 3 and a half stars. So this assignment had the option of having a collage of my pet but unfortunately my phone had lost a bunch of photos of my dog so I decided to do my second favorite animal, a giraffe! I love them so much! I feel […]

While camping at a remote campground I wondered off through the woods along a path to the bathhouse.  It seemed like my husband and I had the entire campground to ourselves; which was great while we were enjoying the warm sunny day by the lake.  As I approached the isolated bathhouse it did not seem … Continue reading My paranormal encounter

Here’s my first photoblitz! This was super fun, I hope to do more! photoblitzer 23:21 Take a photograph of someone holding an old photo of themselves: Me now and me in high school!   Take a photo of two things that...

This Visual Assignment is worth 3 stars. I had fun looking up this photo because after searching through several I realized not only did this represent the poem with the heart itself but the fact that this poem is raw. I love this because it is using her life and showing how she is bleeding […]

The photoblitz assignment asked me to take seven photo’s in 20 minutes.  I started at 9:40 pm  and finished at 10:00 pm this evening. The list for my blitzing included: Take a photo of an object that represents how old you feel. An instrument that measures something How do ants see the world?  Change your viewpoint. … Continue reading Photoblitz

I’m going to admit I was a little bit intimidated when I saw this assignment. Mainly because my photo editing skills are really subpar. But I’ve just decided with this class that I can’t get credit if I don’t at least...

For this visual assignment you have to take a pop star and put them in a setting that is out of the ordinary. It is worth 3 and a half stars. I chose Beyonce because she is always seen as this glamorous girl and by putting her in the setting of M.T. Everest gives her […]

(^Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy cover by Pentatonix^) Today (9/17/15) I made a daily create where I had to draw a scenario around a plain figure so i made her a fairy princess because why not? I used Pixlr for this like I usually do for anything picture related that I need to edit. … Continue reading **Fairy Princess**

Photography has always been fun for me.  I remember when I was in sixth grade my parents bought me a digital camera for Christmas.  I was so excited, especially that my digital camera came with a mini printer that would directly print any photo that I wanted on my new camera.  I was so excited […]

I’ve been feeling really homesick for my cats. Now that I’m a junior, I no longer live on campus. Instead of living in an apartment, I’m currently living in a house of campus. This is the first time that I...

Mr.Waggins fit in perfectly with the tailgate team. A nice soda for this hot dog and hopefully he gets a hot dog too! It may not be normal to wear shades and a button up shirt as a dog but that’s what makes Mr.Waggins the best addition to conversation and friendship at a tailgate. This … Continue reading A True Tail-Gate →

This assignment was quite simple. The main purpose of it was to change the color hues in a picture to make it look totally different. So I went through the photo library to look for a photo to edit. As...

Photography is something I started long ago. My first camera was a fully manual Cannon. The camera went everywhere with me. It was fun and exciting and offered an adventure everywhere we went. It opened up a whole new world … Continue reading →

I LOVE photography. Am I good at it? Absolutely not. As a kid I had a few different digital cameras. I was really in to taking pictures of random things, from my outfit that day to the grilled cheese sandwich...