This week’s assignments were all very creative and fun. I am not a photo taking person, but going out of my shell definitely helped me rethink and reshape my mind because I had to think of ways to show myself without revealing my full self. Difficulty arose when I started to run out of ideas and was unsure whether or not …

  Nicole! That’s how it all started. A simple message was all it took for them to meetup one weekday in early February. By this point they have only messaged each other, both anxious to meet for the first time and no idea how their first date will go down. “Hey”, they both said when …

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This week has been the most fun week so far! I really enjoyed it. I love taking pictures normally so it was really fun to be able to finally take pictures for a purpose. The visual assignments we were able to pick from were really fun also. I loved the whole “tell a story from ... Read more

  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

This is a quote from my secret agent character. His reasoning behind this quote is that A.W. is high stakes person, he loves being risky especially when it pays off with a huge reward!

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

I decided to go with these two just because I couldn’t choose which one I liked better! the First on has shadows from the kitchen as well as the table which appears to be a masquerade mask. The one the left is a bit more subtle but I liked the symmetry and the contrast between […]

This is my first photoblitz. It was pretty fun trying to think of the different pictures I was going to take before the time ran out. What made this photblitz interesting was that I tried to do the first thing that came to my mind instead of trying to make sure everything is perfect like …

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Some of these photo blitz were not taken today, but I have felt that those pictures chosen are the best fit for this assignment. The list of photos I had to take were as so: Take a picture of anger, or something that makes you angry. No ocean, surely you can find some water around …

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This is Matt and Nicole and here is their story. It all begins one night when Nicole’s best friend asked her to go to a hockey game. Her friend’s boyfriend was going and he was bringing his friend also who was a guy. So kinda like a double date but it wasn’t really a date ... Read more

This week mostly focused on photography skills and editing which was interesting given that I am not particularly skilled in photography. All in all I really appreciated this week because the assignments helped to get me out of my comfort zone. @ds106dc #ds106 In 1856 The covent garden theater in london caught on fire pic.twitter.com/7iq0FGobDX — Igtherion Crossek (@Igtherion) February 7, 2017 @ds106dc #ds106 I think the most beautiful things on the internet are the worlds people create within it. Like central shroud from ffxiv. pic.twitter.com/KrIdnUtCM9 — Igtherion Crossek (@Igtherion) February 7, 2017 @ds106dc #ds106 Starry Night + Final Fantasy's

I tried to model this picture as close to the assignments description picture as possible, because I found it funny. I actually really like the aesthetic of the picture and the overall editing of the colors. I rarely take pictures of me let alone me being serious, which is actually a pretty cool to see … Continue reading "A Modern Civil War"

  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

This was just a simple assignment but I really like how it turned out. Just a simple hue change of a picture I took and it looks really cool from afar and then when you zoom in its really cool to see how the red changes the details.

Your feet, show what kind of day you’re having: It was a cool day. Make an abstract, that would make someone ask, Is that a photograph? This is how I feel when it is snowing. =) Take a photo of (or something that represents) the moon: Moon, is that you? Find a grid pattern somewhere (brick sidewalk or ceiling tiles): This …

This assignment called for creating my own Game of Thrones banner. That includes family name, symbol, and a house quote. Creating a house name was quite simple as my spy’s name is Robert’s. I chose the quote to be “House of the rising sun” for two reasons. One being that it matches the symbol I …

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Shadows are great at telling stories. I think I have always loved the way shadows look in pictures, the way they act as positive space while at the same time being the absence of light. For the “Shadow of a Doubt” assignment, I took a picture of a friend holding a toy revolver on a brick […]

I really think this quote is motivational and it tells us few things. One, as a person we don’t need to know everything or do everything from the start. We can use what are predecessors have taught us to achieve even more for mankind. Two, when you have success in the world you have to …

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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

As always, I’ll start this week’s mission debriefing with the daily creates. The first one was to find something that happened in 1856 and post a piece of art relating to it. I found out that Gregor Mendel started his significant research about genetics in 1856. I felt that it was particularly relevant these days […]

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.

I am not very vigilant around my surroundings especially when I focus on something with great intensity. However, shadows shown here that the light casts on the computer screen have always caught my eye whenever I am working because it is always there, kind of like waiting for me to notice. It is unique in a way that it does …

Anil and Meena have been childhood friends and lived side by side all of their lives.  It seemed like destiny that they would end up together.  But it wasn’t until high school that they both realized it.  Anil came from a family a big family family, 5 siblings in total.  He himself was very funny […]

 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

As this person looks at his shadow he feels empty inside. He is tired and sad. He drops to his knees and asks God to help him through this terrible time. He asks God for forgiveness for his past sins he has committed. When I look at this picture I see a person on their …

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Something that follows me Something that covers the bad behind me, but helps me learn Something I try and be the best model for, inner and outer Something that reminds me the shape of myself, the shape of my character Something that comes out in the days brightest, challenging, exciting moments Something that knows the … Continue reading "Something About A Shadow"

Agent Nice Guy would love to hear that James Bond and Jason Bourne are both working with a purpose, good intentions and passion. Growing up, the only agent that I was mostly familiar with was James Bond; so I instantaneously looked up James Bond on Google. After selecting a good image, I decided to search Jason Bourne since he was …

Introduction This week’s mission had the goal of collecting some visual intelligence. I will admit, this is not the strongest mission I have turned in to HQ, as some of the parts are missing. Let’s get into it. Think about the Visuals of Storytelling Here’s my post on the visuals of storytelling. This was a […]

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