Better Contrast Makes Better Stories Contrast can be in terms of colors and lighting, but also elements in your photos- look for things that maybe not belong together. Look for near and far perspective.   I used this technique when I was taking this picture. It is such a simple picture. A picture of the sky […]

This week was a lot of fun! I really like taking photos.   I’ve always thought of myself as photographer. Even though I am no where near any real talent. I think my biggest obstacle this week was having a real camera to explore with. The only camera I have is my Iphone 4… I […]

  I just wanted to see if I could get a set into this page. I chose a story I have already told many different ways on this site. I just chose the set of national championship. This was the easiest set for me to work with because they were already uploaded into my flickr.

For this Visual Assignment we were to take an object we had photographed and think of some different versions of the object. I chose to photograph a pineapple shaped candle we have in our kitchen. In the first scene it makes a cartoon character that could promote suntan lotion. In …

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I have many different social networking sites, so I am use to editing and managing different settings. I normally do that right as I make and account for anything so most of my settings for Flickr were exactly how I wanted them to be. I added a few fun titles to my photos and for my […]

Whew, what a week!  I was never much of a photographer so having to break out my iPhone camera and take pictures was not something that I was very comfortable doing.  Despite this, I did my best to dive in and explore this new, unexplored territory that is photography. Visual Assignments Probably my favorite part of... Continue reading →

This was a lot of fun! I did this assignment while at my girlfriend and her roommates flag football game. So my start time was 6:17… I totally forgot to capture the ending result. I thought I had screenshot it but….. I did not. This the photo my friend Jenna and her boyfriend. They are […]

Comments on group member’s blogs: Thomas’ Blog: Comment One Comment Two Ryan’s Blog: Comment One Comment Two Cooper’s Blog: Comment One Comment Two Daniel’s Blog: Comment One Comment Two Whew, what a week and I say that with other things in life involved as well combined with the DS106 lifestyle. Hard to imagine it’s already […]

Hello all! Hope you’ve had a good week despite the on-and-off weather we’ve been having. C’mon, September–make up your mind. Is it going to be rainy and cold or warm and pleasant? I learned a lot this week, and I... Continue Reading →

This week we were given many different tips on how to become a better photographer. Here are some of them: Get Pickier: Instead of using your camera like a rapid fire machine gun, spend more time pre-composing in your mind. As... Continue Reading →

All of the helpful hints were insightful and useful for photography. There were three in particular that were the most helpful for me when I was accomplishing my assignments. During my photo blitz assignment I used the lightening to my advantage. I used my camera and took practice shots to see how best the light […]

For this Visual Assignment we were tasking with taking random input and making an album cover. Accordingly my band’s name is House Grey Memorandum with our hit new album Do What You Can. Looking at my band name I decided they were going to be an alternative band. Judging by …

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First off here is my page of daily creates! This week I did numbers: 988, 989, 991, 991. My Photoblitz activity was one of the most amazing assignments this week because it gave me a challenge and I love challenges! I tried to do them all so I would have more to pick my 5 best […]

For this assignment we were to take two pictures in slightly different positions to create a GIF that would yield a 3D effect. I chose to take two pictures of my car. At first I could decide what to make my subject, but I finally I thought what better muse …

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Where Did The Soda Go? – 2 Stars After making a gif in an earlier assignment I realized how easy they were so I decided to try my luck again. There is a popular sub on Reddit called “Where Did the Soda Go?” which parody the ridiculous nature of infomercials. I thought the most difficult […]

For Saturday’s Daily Create, while I was walking back to my dorm that night I decided to stop and record the sounds of my surroundings. Because it was later in the evening you mainly hear one very loud cricket and a few cars that were passing by. Overall it was a peaceful walk back, and […]

This just seemed really fun to do at first glance! Carry around a figurine or stuffed animal and document the day together. It was a lot of fun and gave me extra practice on my bettering photography techniques! I probably took way too many pictures, but it was a lot of fun! First me and […]

I have always loved photography since I was little, but I never learned about the specifics, I just took the pictures in a way I felt did the subject justice. This week involved a ton of photography and I loved it! I focused on being pickier with not only the subjects, but also the angles […]

They are also for making adorable creatures like this octopus! I have no string what so ever in my dorm room so I had to improvise with two pairs of headphones. While I was deciding what to create the more I moved my headphones around, the more my carpet started to look like an sand […]

For my last Visual Assignment of the week, I chose to do the Back To Basics visual assignment. This assignment, is essentially to take any picture you want and edit it to make a stencil style version of the picture. If you... Continue Reading →

This week of Daily Creates was a nice mix-up of digital content (as it always is). I never have any issues completing them each week (which is great) and I look at these exercises as practice for future assignments. Noise … Continue reading →

My three visual assignments this week took me a LONG time, but they were so worth it! I’m very happy with the results. Image with a Message 1 star I have always had a love for quotes. Maybe it’s my... Continue Reading →

  This weekend I went home to visit my parents and my siblings. As we were sitting in the kitchen talking about our week and our lives, I remembered the photoblitz  project.  I looked around and I used the time from our kitchen stove and I started taking pictures from all the different things around […]

Journey to Somewhere – 3.5 Stars For this assignment, I decided to journey to Berlin, Germany. I did a study abroad session there for two weeks during my sophomore year. It’s an amazing place, if you ever get the chance to visit, you should. To complete the assignment, I rummaged though a bunch of photos […]

The assignment was pretty straight forward. I took a picture that I absolutely adore of my girlfriend and used it for this assignment. You can take any photo you’d like, and using an app( I used color effects) it’ll transform your photo into a greyscale picture. From there I picked her beanie and colored in […]

I literally typed in “Weekly Summary #3″ before realizing it’s the end of Week 5. What?! I feel like this semester is going to fly by, and I can’t decide if I’m happy or sad about that. In other news,… Continue Reading →

This was such a good idea when I saw it…..not when it was time to execute it! I figured with as many funny roads I have around where I live, such as Beaverdamn, Cuckoo’s nest, Pottysville, etc. That I would have fun with this, however being that I live in such a rural area…they didn’t […]

This week had a focus on visuals and photography. Before we got into any of that the first thing we had to do was form our radio groups. So my roommate and I joined group 2 we were also joined by Thomas who I know from Spanish class, Cooper who my roommate is friends with […]

So our daily create for today (9/28) was to create a thread painting, essentially a painting of a picture using thread or yarn. I did not have any thread, but I still wanted to complete this assignment. So I used... Continue Reading →

 Blitz! The purpose of this assignment was to take photos from the categories listed in the directions and take as many photos as you could in twenty minutes. I have my photos in time order, there are not many of them because I started right before I went to dinner. In the first photo, my […]