Adding Glam to My Flickr   My Favorite Lyric Acrostic Picture   PhotoBlitz Challenge   Apophenia   Photographic Tips and Tricks Week 5 Daily Creates Thoughts and feelings thus far…                 Although I thought I had a decent amount of knowledge when it came to photography and tips and tricks for photography, I was wrong. […]

I just added a new album/set to my Flickr and I named it, “Best of Me” this will be a collection of my self rated best photos I take. So far I added 3. The one of my neighbors dog Rascal playing with his favorite toy-I added this because I felt that the focus was […]

Today’s daily create (9/27) was to put down what you’re doing and record the noises outside. I decided to do this at my house, out on my deck. I chose to do it at night because there tends to be... Continue Reading →

8 photo techniques from Rob Wall For the “Becoming Better Photographers” exercise, I decided to upload three of my favorite photos that I took this week. I borrowed my sister’s Canon XTI which really made all the difference. Comparing these… Continue Reading →

Earlier this semester we learned that stories can come in all shapes and sizes, so for this Flickr set I wanted to tell one of my favorite stories: a recipe. In my experience, recipes can be very confusing and difficult… Continue Reading →

I “pimped” up my flickr by creating a person URL address. https://www.flickr.com/photos/katieslifeinpictures/ I changed some of the settings so that my twitter and flickr were linked together, as well as changed the setting for sharing pictures. I decided that I did not want anyone to be able to copy my pictures and put them anywhere else. […]

My favorite song in a picture:   My favorite song is Kick It in the Sticks by Brantley Gilbert. The picture above represents what my weekend usually consists of: bonfires, friends, family and fun. Hearing this song makes me think it is the theme song to my life. Even if you aren’t a fan of […]

Transforming a photo into a drawing. I used a chalk it generator to create the drawing. The picture is of me and my best friend and our very different feelings toward all the snow we got last year. I don’t know about anyone else, but I sure am excited for winter, and definitely hoping for […]

Today I was doing a million things, so choosing a point in time for me to record the noise around me was hard. As I was relaxing on my down time listening to the waterfall in my backyard, I decided that would be a good noise to record. I wanted to represent a calming, peaceful […]

This assignment was defiantly a struggle for me. I am not super artistic or creative so just finding something that I could create others things out of was a big enough struggle in itself. I finally decided on a vitamin cap, because it was simple and since I don’t have a lot of artistic skills […]

I was really glad that we were assigned to edit and improve our Flickr accounts, because I have been wanting to do some stuff to mine I just have not had a chance yet. The first change I made was to, connect my Flickr account with twitter. Twitter is t...

I am still trying to get the hang of using sound cloud. Every time is so much easier. This is 45 sec glimpse of my super exciting saturday night. I am doing a studying  for my Entomology class and working on a couple things for this class.  My girlfriend is doing some her home work […]

This visual assignment was a lot harder than I thought. I really took a lot of creativity.  First I took my random object just a simple pair of scissors. Then I uploaded the photo into three different websites to do each photo. My first and second photo I uploaded into a site to color on […]

This assignment took me a long while to think of. I kept looking around at all my things and tired to think of something overwhelming clever. Unfortunately that did not happen. I also wanted to find something that allowed me too be creative. By itself it would have potential to be something, and with my […]

I chose to put Ds106 radio on a picture of a building because I thought it could represent Ds106 growing. Through taking this class I have realized how extensive this class is. There are people from all over the country who are involved in Ds106. I think that a radio headquarters could be something in the future. I also chose… Read more →

This is my post dedicated to our photoblitz challenge. Essentially, the challenge is twenty minutes long and the goal is to take as many photos as you can that satisfy the 12 different descriptions. Make an ordinary object look more... Continue Reading →

For this assignment I chose to do the ‘Pictures are worth a thousand words.’ I chose this picture because the sun is the focal point but there was foreground that allowed the picture to show depth. It has great coloring. The picture itself is fantastic. I chose to put the words I refuse to sink on top of the photograph… Read more →

I must admit, I had a lot of fun doing this assignment. I got to be creative with some of the photos I took for this assignment, and I’m pretty satisfied with myself with the photos I obtained. All the photos I took were based in my room and some parts of my dorm. I […]

I chose this assignment as it seemed fairly simple but also rather unique.  Most people do not think to take pictures of ordinary, everyday objects, so I took the opportunity to do it!  I took of my school lanyard laying on my desk.   As I do not have any photo editing software (like Photoshop!)... Continue reading →

For my first Visual Assignment, I decided to do the Splash of Color assignment!  At first, I was unsure of how to start, but after a quick Google search I came across the Touch Color app. After downloading the app, I opened it up and decided I would color a picture of my Betta fish in... Continue reading →

The photo blitz was a difficult but interesting experience. It put the pressure on my to come up with interesting and creative photos as quickly as I could. Twenty minutes did not seem like a very long time but I found myself taking photos and trying to be imaginative. I ended up doing the blitz […]

Today’s daily create is to record the sounds surrounding where you are. You can see the full assignment and other submissions here. You might have to turn the volume up to hear the sounds, because I recorded at my house and I live out in the country. It might seem quiet, …

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This assignment was very interesting and stressful at the same time. I found it interesting in the fact that we had to be creative and really think about the different aspects that go into making a great and unique picture. However, it was stressful in the fact that we only had 20 minutes to take […]

Today I recorded the sounds made at the cage by Russell basketball court. The UMW street hockey club was in action.

Hey guys! While on my way to street hockey today, I thought to myself, hey, it’s beautiful out and there’s a lot of things going on that makes life the beautiful thing it is. I recorded some sounds from nature and other such commotions outside while on my walk towards hockey. Enjoy!

Photography is a strange trade these days. With the age of the smartphone, everyone seems to take many pictures throughout each and every day of their lives, but it seems that the art of the act is being lost. Instead of producing a quality image to be displayed on the wall of one’s home, nicely framed, […]

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/splash-the-color/ This assignment was a hell of a lot of fun. I had never tried to do this type of editing before but had seen finished products countless times, and really appreciate the effect that it gives. In selecting an image to use, I wanted to emphasize an emotion as well as a visual image […]

“Plan Your Perfect Day” Wake up to watch the sun rise Drive down a backroad Spend time shooting with Grandpa Hang out with friends and family   Serve others Thank the Lord for another day.   My perfect day would be full of adventure, family, friends, and love. Getting the chance to be around people you […]

Becoming a Better Photographer Working with Contrast  I felt as if I used the lighting in the garage to my advantage in the shadow photo in the PhotoBlitz challenge. I created a scene where the lighting as just enough so you could make out the shadow, but not so bright that no shadow could be […]