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 […]