This assignment was intriguing to me in the sense we had to go through old pictures which brought back a lot of great memories from my childhood. The only problem with doing this assignment was figuring out what picture I wanted to use. After a lot of thought I decided go with a picture of […]

Going through the different assignments the title Splash That Color really caught my attention. I really enjoyed doing this assignment, it was by far the most fun I have had. Going into it, there was a little struggle trying to figure out what picture I wanted to use. However, after thinking for a little bit […]

This assignment was very fun and interesting for me. However, starting out it was very difficult to figure out what object I wanted to use and how I wanted to use it. After looking around for about 30 minutes I finally found a toothpick, and I was able to think of the first picture that […]

The most difficult aspect of the entire week was trying to add these suggestions into our photographs and drawings. I found that the best ways to use these tips was into the photoblitzing assignment. Even though, this was a challenge I do think that these tips really helped make my photos so much better than […]

This week was photography week and it was a great week’s worth of assignments. As I have mentioned before my mom does photography so I found it really easy to just jump right in. I became really obsessed with Instagram over the summer so I loved taking pictures and messing with them in Instagram.  I also learned a lot of… Read more →

This week I completed all of the Daily Creates! Yay, points for me. I tried really hard to remember this week and it felt good actually accomplishing that. The Daily Creates for this week were cool because the incorporated all of the techniques we have learned so far. It was a little bit of audio, a little bit of sound.… Read more →

We were given ten tips this week as a basis for our photography learning process, and how we could incorporate those tips into our present and possibly future assignments. The tips were given to us by a relatively cheap eBook from David duChemin called TEN: Ten Ways to Improve Your Craft. None of Them Involve Buying […]

I must admit–I’ve always felt a bit intimidated by trained or professional photographers. I’ve dabbled in the art, sure–both analog and digital forms in high school, which I enjoyed immensely once I learned to stop being afraid of the dark... Continue Reading →

This assignment was really cool. I decided to clock my grocery shopping and do it while I was in Wegmans. People looked at me like I was crazy but I ended up getting some great photos. Grocery shopping is a way I relax and I love photography so combinging the two was great. Below are some of my favorite photos… Read more →

Gotta listen to my jams, like my ear buds?

I found this assignment (3 1/2 stars) to be the most difficult. It wasn’t the assignment that drove me crazy, it was finding the right object to use. I eventually decided on using these colored shot glasses that were just sitting … Continue reading →

    This assignment took my quite a bit of time because I could not figure out a good program to use. I tried to use phone apps, Google draw, and Photoshop. However all of the programs were duds. I settled on Illustrator, which was a good fit.  It was kind of tricky to get things moving because I do… Read more →

I have to say I was a bit apprehensive about this assignment until I started to get into it. I’m not much of a photographer so configuring my phone and trying to find good content was a challenge. Secondly, the 20 minute time limit somewhat confined me to a specific area from where to shoot […]

For one of my three weekly assignments, I chose to do the Common Everyday Objects assignment (2 stars). For the assignment, I had to photograph a common everyday object and manipulate the colors. I chose to photograph my couch, because let’s… Continue Reading →

What a week. I really enjoyed this week compared to other weeks because the assignments involved more creativity and less knowing how to work a computer program or simply being good with technology. Every assignment gave guidelines but allowed you to really be yourself, and to learn from looking back at what worked and what […]

This daily create was difficult because I could not find string anywhere to create a painting. So I had to use a necklace. It was hard to get the necklace to bend in the ways that I wanted, so I had to create something fairly simple. I choose to do an hourglass sitting upright so […]

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Creating a set on flickr was a bit confusing because of how outdated the tutorial was but I was able to figure it out quickly. I chose the five best photos I had uploaded. I tried downloading a plugin to allow the set itself to be embedded on this post but it refused to work […]

Customizing my Flickr page this week was a pretty simple task!  Of the suggestions on the list, I went ahead and changed my Flickr url to match my blog title (The Daniel Adams Experience).  I also linked my UMW Twitter account to my Flickr! For the last part of the assignment, the Best of Set,... Continue reading →

This week we were given ten tips to improve how we take photographs and none of these tips required buying any gear. David duChemin lays out ten easy tips in his book TEN: Ten Ways to Improve Your Craft Without Buying Gear. The ten tips he laid were useful and I kept them in mind […]

For this daily create it is my dad starting his motorcycle as he is about to leave to go get us food. Then I decided to go into the backyard and play with my dog for little bit. You can hear the wind blowing and some of the birds chirping as well.

Once I found we were making sets I decided that I was going to make two separate sets. One was going to be for my best pictures from ds106 so far and the other was going to be for something that I am excited for and is coming out very soon. I dedicated this second […]

After watching all the amazing things everyone created, I came up with the idea of making my apophenia with eggs. At first I was very doubtful of the type of materials I can create with eggs. With a blank mind, I start putting the egg on the paper. Just like that, the ideas  started to […]

I focused in on three of the ten tricks in hope that I would get some really great pictures. All my tips came from the Ten ways to improve your craft, none of them involve buying gear.   The most useful trick for me was to look into the light. Use the light to your […]

   When I first saw the photoblitz assigment, I was a little baffled as to how I was going to accomplish some of the photo requirements!  After a little brainstorming, I came up with a few ideas and decided to give the 20-minute photoblitz a try!   As I was in my room at the... Continue reading →

I chose the assignment, Demotivate Yourself! (2 stars), which I found to be very cool and easy to make. Demotivational posters are everywhere, some funny, some not so funny. Once I figured out the message that I wanted to incorporate into … Continue reading →

Apophenia 3.5 stars For this assignment, we were instructed to take a normal, every day object and turn it into something else. I actually put off doing this assignment because I really didn’t want to do it. Something about the idea… Continue Reading →

I struggled a little bit with this assignment, and didn’t take a whole lot of the pictures that I wanted. Admittedly, it may be because I got interrupted by waffles half way through, and waffles are my weakness. I make no… Continue Reading →

I have many things in my life that I love but unfortunately don’t have photographs of all of them. So I am uploading some of the photos that I DO have as a start. first off, I love my country. I love what it used to be, and what it can be once again with […]

I choose to do my phtoblitzing in downtown FXBG. I choose downtown because downtown already is filled with so much beauty that I felt like I would be able to get some really beautiful pictures. It was a lot more challenging than I had anticipated though. I was not able to capture all the pictures […]