A Picture’s Worth A Thousand Words.
I have always been a creative person since as long as I can remember and have been continuously working on sharing the many important stories that lay deep within my... Read more >
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Jeff’s to do lists!
Post-It Notes and Grocery List -2 Stars http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/post-it-notes-and-grocery-lists/ For this assignment you had to make a to do list and grocery list that your character would make for themselves. -
Noir Safari
This post is completely dedicated to my Photo Safari that we had to complete this week. It was challenging to take really cool pictures because I don’t really go anywhere too fun besides campus. Obviously a lot of these photos are edited, but what’s more mysterious than ever knowing what the original photo really looks … Continue reading Noir Safari -
Another Week, Another Summary
Well this concludes another week. This week was very interesting with the investigation of the visual angle of noir. I love taking pictures and using visuals, making this week very enjoyable for me. To read more about how I usually … Continue reading → -
Visual Assignments
Visual Assignment – Common Everyday Object (2 STARS) For this assignment, I took a picture of a telephone and manipulated the colors in it. -
Photo Reflection
I TAKE ALOT OF PHOTOS. Mostly of my face, and mostly on snapchat. So they disappear in less than 10 seconds. My approach is one of two things; its either how attractive can I make myself look or how unattractive can I make myself look. Sometimes I try to capture how upset I am over […] -
God of War: The Real Title…
Honest Game Trailer – 2 Points God of War is the ultimate revenge game. The premise is a spartan solider, Kratos, who got tricked by the god of war, Ares into killing his own family and is forced to live with the shame of his crime. Kratos spends his entire life to get revenge on… -
Daily Create
Daily Create – Draw without lifting the pencil For Today’s (Sunday) Daily Create, I drew the lamp that was next to me on my desk without lifting my pen. Not lifting the pen also worked with the lamp drawing because I had to draw the power cord. -
Picture Time
This week we were to take multiple pictures to capture different Noir elements such as: the “Venetian Blind” effect the grittiness of a built environment dramatic use of shadows unusual camera angling the sense of drama or moodiness character captured in a tableau suggesting an intense fraught moment & light from one side combined urban … Continue reading Picture Time -
What’s in the bag?!
My character keeps a pocket just in case she encounters any danger. After all she is very attractive and occasionally encounters inappropriate people. She always carries a wallet. Cash, card, and ID. The is a necessity for her to go anywhere and be able to get anything if her ‘looks’ don’t work. […] -
Noir in cinema
When comparing the readings from Week 2 and the movies in Week 3 they are both easy to determine but you are able to pick out the elements in movies. You can really see the dim lighting, smoking, unusual camera angles, and venetian blind elements that are talked about so much in the readings. … Continue reading Noir in cinema -
Elves Scare the Crap Out of Me
Illustrating Odd Autocompletes – 2.5 Points This definitely one the weirdest assignments I have chose. I got lots of gibberish, funny and disturbing. I’m not sure if this is a reflection of my personally, but I chose the weird one. The phrase was “I hate the way elf on a shelf”. I wasn’t what to… -
Noir Safari
These photos are for the Noir Photo Safari and capture the Noir elements of: Dramatic use of distinct shadows Lighting from one side The “Venetian effect” (repeated geometric shadow) Off-kilter camera angle Noir Cat -
night safari
This week we were instructed to do a photo safari. There was a list of 9 noir elements and we could chose 5 that we should take pictures to represent. It took a while to take pictures that I felt fit each category but I think I found them. dramatic use of distinct shadows lighting […] -
Visual Assignments
Car Lust – 1.5 This car makes me feel adventurous. This car makes me feel like I can eat granola while driving around a mountain and listening to mixed cds. This car makes me feel like I can be young forever. -
I Rambo-ed those photographs
I do not have a ton of experience with photography. I have always had medium grade digital cameras, and for the past four years I have possessed an underwater digital camera. It doesn’t take great photos but we travel to … Continue reading → -
Click Click: A Reflection
This week really was a lot of fun. I started out the week by posting about my previous photography experience. All in all that was pretty easy and it gave me the opportunity to learn about how I can improve my photography skills. I also got categories started on my blog and put all my […] -
A Look Through My Lens
Visuals of Storytelling My current experience with photography is minimal to say the least. I’m almost on the same level with a typical tourist, the only thing that works in my favor is I don’t include a portion of my finger in the pictures. I wouldn’t necessarily say I take an average amount of pictures … Continue reading A Look Through My Lens → -
Week 3: Weekly Summary – Pictures, Pictures, and more Pictures!!
This week has been a huge wake up call for me in how intense and fun this class can be. This week I had to watch two films and pick two captures from the films that I felt the most “noir-esqe”. The process was actually more difficult than I realize. After watching the movie I… -
Weekly Summary February 1st 2015
The week of 1/26 to 2/1 was full of work. I started the week with the flu and it wasn’t easy to get working but I did the best I could. I certainly enjoyed Visual week more so than writing week and I hope that we are able to do more of this week as … Continue reading Weekly Summary February 1st 2015 → -
Demotivating Myself (Written as Lena)
I chose an assignment titled “Demotivate Yourself!” worth 2 points and completed it from the viewpoint of my character, Lena. Here’s the link to the assignment: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/demotivate-yourself/ So don’t get me wrong, vet school is great and everything…but it can get messy very quick. I decided to make this meme just because I needed to … Continue reading Demotivating Myself (Written as Lena) -
Super ominous photo safari
Some of the photos I took for the safari, I took when I came across a situation that fit the… -
Noircore: Photography
I am very excited to display all of the noir esque photos I have taken for this weeks “Noir safari assignment. They were a joy to take. Here they are, in order of my most to least favorite: “Tableau of characters caught in an intense moment” “An overall sense of drama/ moodiness” “Lighting from one […] -
Photo Safari
For my photo safari I wanted to incorporate a mixture of shadows, obscure angles, night shots, and of course a noir cat! For the window picture I changed the filter to black and white and captured it from an upward … Continue reading → -
I’m On The Hunt For Good Photos
This assignment is all about hunting for the perfect picture for our photo safari. I loved doing this assignment. It… -
Drawing without lifting the pencil
I was finally able to use my tablet drawing pad for a class! Enjoy my drawing of a happy face! -
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Adventure in a day – 3.5 STAR In my “adventure in a day”, I was acting as my Noir Character, Claudia Rose. Where I left off in my description about Claudia, she had just recently killed her husband to be with another man. In this picture, Claudia has taken her husband’s private jet to paris … Continue reading -
Noir Movie Stills
This post is for the assignment for reflecting on noir and visual storytelling. The film Killer’s Kiss has the noir aesthetics and feelings of being shot in dark rooms with limited lighting, the moodiness of a defeated boxer and a girl who has lost her family, and urban nightscapes of the boxing ring, nightclub, and … Continue reading Noir Movie Stills -
So Glad That’s Over!
Ew this week I ended up getting sick- twice! I was worried I wouldn’t have time to do everything, but I did! Photography reflection Cinematography reflection Photo Safari Daily Creates: un deux trois And assignments: (3 points) What’s in your bag? (3 points) Poetry Art (2 points) Putting Disney in Focus (2 points) Text on […] -
Shiny Like Silk
Shiny Like Silk visual assignment. 2.5 stars. Make a picture using this awesome site. This was so cool. I’m gonna be using this site a bunch! Read more →
