Happiness to Me, a photo by maura_monahan on Flickr. Today’s Daily Create assignment had me thinking…and thinking…and thinking.  All.day.long.  What is the happiest or most memorable moment of my life?  I don’t know.  I’ve been pondering this all day long … Continue reading →

When I went to St Peter's Basilica last semester I found out what it meant to truly be in awe. This represents the best moments of my life-when I studied abroad in Milan! I had an amazing experience and every moment was bliss.

Untitled, a photo by CandiceBenshoff on Flickr. Create a photograph that represents the happiest or most memorable moment in your life.

So today’s daily create was to “create a photograph that represents the happiest or most memorable moment in your life.” If you’ve been reading any of my posts so far you know running is a big part of my life, … Continue reading →

TDC 31: Create a photograph that represents the happiest or most memorable moment in your life. Assignment: Create a photograph that represents the happiest or most memorable moment in your ...

TDC 30: Share an image of a place you lose things in your house. I lose things once they get filed in my filing cabinet. Maybe there’s a flaw in ...

To begin this assignment first think of a “town, building, object, etc.” that IS familiar to you and that you somewhat enjoy-and isn’t too far away…because you need to take some pictures of it. Next step: go to that place or object with a camera. Look around and just chill for a little bit.  Pretend ...

“Create a scene from a TED Talk being given by a fictional character.” I’ll post a tutorial on how I did this soon.

Bending over, a man nudges the dark form sprawled out in the mud outside the inn. Man: “Look at what you’ve become.” Shaking miserably, the dark form turns away. Man: “Is this what has happened to the fabled super admin?  Do you think you can just forget?  That you have made your amends with one ...

For my next feat I will adventure out into the world to find a little piece of myself, there’s no telling what terrains I must brave or what foes I must defeat. Walking a whole 6 minutes from where I take my psychology classes I discovered Tyler House. Not sure exactly what I did to ...

Today’s prompt: Create a photograph that represents the happiest or most memorable moment in your life. Meet my family!!! I’ve been missing them a whole lot lately. This picture was taken along the ridge of Crate Lake, in Oregon. Two summers ago, my sister Hilary was living out there, so we all decided to go out and visit her and ...

Most Memorable Moment, a photo by Ptuna28 on Flickr. It was our first home lacrosse game senior year. The game was tied in the fourth quarter with under a minute to go. I scored the game winning goal with 6 … Continue reading →

I love this assignment.  I already take pictures all the time so this was just an excuse to have fun editing some images. I did all my editing in Photoshop with the mask tool and inverse selector with the b&w adjustment.  The little girl is my sister and she has a knack for strange portraiture.  ...

So here we have a fat cat. Fat cat is on a boat. The original painting was Young Lady in a Boat by James Tissot. (Riveting title… I know) So I’ve renamed this new painting to Fat Cat Being Rowed...

This week for digital storytelling we must complete 10 stars worth of Visual Assignments. I saw Alan Levine’s “Splash the Color” Assignment and had the perfect idea for a picture. Ever since I arrived at Mary Washington I’ve participated in … Continue reading →

Enchanted   The goal of this assignment is to take a photo that can be chopped up, rearranged, and formatted to tell a story. I wanted to tell the story of two lovers (re)encountering each other. The Process: I took this … Continue reading →

TDC25: Comforting Sound TDC26: Lazy Feet TDC27: Noisy! TDC28: 10 Second Ringtone  

Today’s prompt: Share an image of a place that you lose things in your house. (I almost forgot to post it! Woopsies!)

TDC011: Luke and Duck Tongue Twister TDC012: News Update TDC14: Funky Shadow- still not sure what was making it TDC16: Heartbreakingly Beautiful? You betcha. TDC018: Object in Motion TDC20: Blur! I like this one a lot.  Car keys with a … Read More →

Under my bed, a photo by CandiceBenshoff on Flickr. Share an image of a place that you lose things in your house.

Here comes my first visual assignment people! DS106 is about to get real!!! Brace yourself!   So I just had class where we got to listen to Professor Alan Levine give us a brief run-down on how to make our photography better. I love taking pictures, but I realize that I am not very good ...

Where I Lose Things, a photo by Ptuna28 on Flickr. My drawer, it is not organized very well. TDC030