Week 5 flew by!  It started off with creating a group for a radio show and come up with a team name.  I am now part of The 5th Dimension! @cogdog : @l_hampson23 @caseyragg @rwyrough @dylangott1 and I are called 5th dimension! — Fairuz Maggio(@fairuzmaggio) February 15, 2013 We were …

Whenever the Fandom Princess went back to her home castle, she always had to make sure that her royal cousins would not be around, for the youngest of the cousins, four year old Kennedy, loved to play around with Ghost. At first, the Princess found it quite amusing whenever the … Continue reading →

Here is my Flickr best of set! The process of embedding the set was very simple with the Flickr Set Slideshow plugin. Once the plugin was installed, I just needed to link my flickr account with my wordpress account, by simply providing my Flickr username, and Flickr API key. To obtain your flickr API key, ...

Getting past me is something that was very hard for four years, if you were playing against me on the volleyball court. Blocking has always been my favorite part of the game of volleyball and I don’t think I am happier than after blocking some annoying girl on the other side of the net. It (continue reading...)

Well, maybe not perfect…but I’m getting a little bit closer. This week was purely all visual storytelling and I was very glad to get different tips on how to be a better photographer, since I could certainly use it. So while I may not have made perfect just yet, I certainly did practicing between the (continue reading...)

Averaging Concepts Using Flickr: 3 stars I was a little skeptical after reading this assignment.  All the examples looked kind of the same.  I decided to give it a try because it involved using techniques I have never used before.  I downloaded bulkr and then typed the word “chocolate” into the …

I chose my girlfriend’s apartment as the place to conduct the photoblitzing activity. For dinner that night was lobster, and they became the stars of the assignment. The kitchen was filled with various foods, and the walls covered in crafts, which gave me lots of subjects to choose from. I had a lot of fun ...

The Best of the Bunch, a set on Flickr. I didn’t realize it when I was making my first Flickr set, but all of these photos are from campus. Like I’ve said in earlier posts, I am feeling rather clingy to my experiences here at UMW. Even though I’ll be back next year for my ...

I made 3 different sets on my flickr.  For my Best of the Best set I chose to include all of my daily creates.  I love doing these and I think they challenge my creativity, mind, and skills.  I am trying to get across a story of growth and learning. …

Common Everyday Object: 2 stars The first thing I thought of when looking to do this assignment was power cords and chargers because they seem to be running my life.  They are everywhere and I trip on them and untangle them constantly.  However cords are what was used in the …

Splash the Color: 3 stars  These are some of my favorite photographs.  I love how the “splash” of color POPS out because of the black and white background.  I took a lot of different photos when doing this assignment.  A first I thought I wanted to use people, but after …

Valentine’s Day Caption Challenge: 3 stars After going through the blank card on the assignment’s flickr set I chose one that did not have as many submissions.  I also liked that the girl in the card was holding a blank sheet of paper, I figured I could do something with that. …

Buddy Photo: 2 stars When I first read this assignment I was excited because I have done this a number of times with stuffed animals.  Knowing that I decided to make the task a little more challenging… Instead of a small “buddy” I went with my 5 foot tall stuffed …

I was disappointed that I couldn’t do Return to the Scene of the Crime with a photo that wasn’t directly linked to me. For the Return to the Scene of the Crime assignment, can we use another person’s photos from the past? Not just ones that we took? #ds106 — Brooke Parker (@bparker5) February 13, 2013 ...

When I saw this one, I just knew I had to do it. As a Redditor, it’s something I often see. The assignment: Find an image of a well-known figure, add to it a famous quote by someone related in some way to the figure in the image and then attribute the quote to a ...

or, as I like to call it, “Stop looking at me weird. This is for a class.“ As a senior, I’m already feeling a bit nostalgic about my time at Mary Washington. I’ve been planning on walking around and taking pictures for my scrapbook. So for this assignment, I knew that I wanted to do ...

Two things I automatically associate with the word “blitz:” 1)  Blitzen 2)  Blitzkrieg Anyway, moving on.  This week we did a ‘photoblitz’ assignment in which we had to take as many photos based on a short list of prompts during … Continue reading →

I started my photoblitz at 7:28 and finished at 7:48.  Because I am home sick and cannot leave the house I was forced to do the assignment in my house.  If I could have I would have gone to a book store or coffee shop.  I think both would have …

Photography is more than simply taking a photo.  I learned a lot of great tips from the book TEN, with tips listed on the assignment sheet!  TIP: Change My Perspective By Changing Yours: Find different and unique points of view. Look down, up, lay down on the ground. Seek perspectives of lines. …

The Archives of Portraits, which was a room in the basement of Mercury castle, was off limits to students. The professors did not want the delicate portraits of famed wizards, trolls, tributes, and fairies to be ruined by the oil smudges from hands. The Fandom Princess, however, being the curious … Continue reading →

This week was my favorite so far, I really loved all the assignments we had. Radio Show We had to form our radio show groups for our impending project. I’m really excited for my group. Here are my group-mates: Kelsie, … Continue reading →

I fell in love with the Color Splash assignment as soon as I saw it. My original plan was to use a photo of The Green Monster that I had taken when I toured Fenway Park in Boston last summer but I struggled with it and decided to focus some photos I had taken on ...

One day, while the Fandom Princess was diligently studying in her chambers, Ghost was feeling quite restless and animated. He barked once, then twice, then three more times before the Princess rolled her eyes and looked at him. “Go roam around outside, Ghost,” she said, turning her attention back to … Continue reading →

Captain’s Log…I’ve been sailing on the S.S.DS106 for 5 weeks now. So far so good. My crew continues to remain productive through these weekly storms, and no one has given up yet. This week for sure I thought we were … Continue reading →

This assignment was one that I was looking forward to the most. However I wish I approached it a little differently. I thought for a long time about where I wanted to take the pictures which ranged from my apartment, to my sisters house, and eventually Trinkle. Trinkle is my main place of business since (continue reading...)

Artemis had been teaching scholars at Mercury for decades, passing on his wise words and knowledge that he had gained over time down to his pupils. He loved working in the West Wing Library and helping his students find specific scrolls and documents in which to feed their hunger for … Continue reading →

Best of…, a set on Flickr. Here is a set of pictures that I feel are the best I have. Most of these have been edited or created from scratch, but I picked these because I put a lot of … Continue reading →

I really love taking pictures, and I have a fancy “paparazzi” camera (Nikon D3100) but I honestly don’t know how to really use it. So I really loved reading these tips from David duChemin. To work on my photography, I … Continue reading →

Monday: Take a photo of someone other than you using your favorite type of technology. This is a picture of my Dolphin pillow pet -Sandy. I used my iPhone to take the picture, which is my favorite type of technology. I’ve … Continue reading →

Definition of Photoblizing- taking photos (with a specific topic) in 20 minutes. Ready.Set.GO. A feeling of “openness.” Two items that don’t go together. A toaster and hairspray=a fire Something at an unusual angle (looking up at lanterns) Something that’s is … Continue reading →