This week’s visual assignments each posed their own challenges and triumphs. The spubble was easy enough, but I forgot to screenshot my steps, so I had to go back and recreate each step after I had already finished the modifications. That was just an annoying oversight on my part. When I was making the blog …

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Today’s daily create was somewhat eye opening for me. I thought for a while about what I might get rid of from my past and came up blank. Not saying I haven’t done some things I’m not proud of, just that I wouldn’t change any of them. What I would change is all the times...

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Visual Assignment #5 The first year of college was quite the experience. It was such a different type of environment that my friends and I were open to almost any idea. It was around the time of our first college midterms, my friends and I were starting to feel the pressure and stress that so Read More

HOW WELL WOULD YOU DO IN 15 MINUTES?! The last 15 minutes was an interesting one… I was challenged to complete a photo scavenger hunt.  This test could be completed anywhere, but I chose to complete it in my house for reasons which include my laziness. Another reason I chose this location was, because I …

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It was the night of Grammy’s as Selena walked across the red carpet. Mikey and Selena made eye contact, as he stepped out of his brand new Corvette. Selena immediately turned to manager and said, “that is THE Mikey Barnes.” Mikey noticed her as well, seeing as he has posters... Read more"Love at first shot: Selena Gomez and I"

My ideal day…I’d wake up and enjoy the nice weather with my dog axel. Then, would head down to the beach or in improvising, the river down here in Fredericksburg. Would then attend a UMW basketball game or better, a professional game. Then I would finish the day, hanging at... Read more"What is my ideal day"

For my final visual assignment I chose Switch Up The Mood, worth 2 stars. Change the mood or tone of a photograph by altering the contrast, brightness, hue, saturation, exposure, etc. You do not have to change all of those things about the photo, but you can if you would like to. Experiment. Don’t be afraid …

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This post applies to my life in a nutshell. I am the worlds #1 biggest procrastinator. This picture applies perfectly to me as well because I constantly push things back into the last minute *cue the sighing* and realize I dug a hole way deeper than I imagined!! Never procrastinate kids, I promise I’ll change … Continue reading Procrastination overpowers

This gif is from my favorite movie, Dazed and Confused. This is the scene in the car with Slater looks to the group of girls in the car next to them and says, “Check ya later dude.”  

Take a close up picture of something as see if people can guess what it is. Try doing the skin or outside of something that would make it hard for someone to guess! The That’s Not What I Expected visual assignment (3 stars) grabbed my attention because of the cover photo it used in the …

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Creating a blog is the easy part. Customizing it is a whole other ball game.   I had a blog for another class last semester and we had to blog once a week. For this class I have blogged at least fifteen times this week, probably more. So, when I truly realized how much time …

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My first tip is accredited to the article by Maria Popova. I was inspired by the story she told and how close the world was to not receiving this iconic photo at all. One of the best points I took out of this article is that photography can be used to help others, especially those in …

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For my second visual assignment I chose Can You See What I See, worth 3.5 stars. I followed one of the tutorials already posted on the ds106 site. I used all the steps for canva.com, then I used GIMP instead of photoshop for the rest of the process.   I knew when I saw this …

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I got my first spam comment from a porn blog today, y’all. I was holding off on making a spubble because I just didn’t know what I would caption, but holy moly, this was nasty. The bot wasn’t even trying to hide it. It literally had “pornblog” in the URL. I got online and saw … Continue reading A horrified spubble.

Daily Create Week 1 – #3 Clear Up Your Life History http://daily.ds106.us/tdc1965/   @ds106dc #ds106dc Probably most parts of high school Freshman year. 😬#ds106 #tdc1965 #dailycreate — De. Norman (@de_normal1) May 27, 2017 Everyone has the embarrassing moments in high school with Freshman year. I would much rather forget them and never mention them except on […]

Today’s daily create: an exercise in acceptance! Asked to clear up our life history as though it were browser history, I knew exactly where I’d start – high school. @ds106dc @ds106dc heavy yikes. Poor grandma had to put up with my edgy nonsense on Jesus' bday. DELETE! #tdc1965 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/XAnCbknIAa — Rebecca S (@rivy3ds) May … Continue reading Shame!

I would probably obliterate the decision to ride with a couple trainers and one or two bad haircuts. #tdc1965 @ds106dc

Visual Assignment #4 Summer is the best season to fulfill bucket lists because many individuals travel and have more free time on their hands. My bucket list is extremely long, but here are a few of the things I want to do throughout my life… Go zorbing in New Zealand–Zorbing in New Zealand is a Read More

Visual Assignment #3 A bedroom can tell a lot about a person and since this is introduction week I thought this would be a great assignment to do.  Below is a collage of my room, but since most of the pictures are small I’ll point out key items that I think contribute to the aesthetic of Read More

Grab a picture of yourself in which your body language, actions, gestures, etc. suggest one thing and then play off that using a speech bubble. I had a photoshoot before I graduated high school, as many teens do. I decided to invite my best friends along because they were such a huge part of my …

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Spuddle Assignment Week 1 – Your Very Own Spubble http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/your-very-own-spubble/ Story time: I hate taking photos of myself. That’s it. That’s the story. Yet, here I am, in front of a camera, once more for a class. Wait, that sounds weird. What I’m trying to say is that when a class requires a photo of some […]

Visual Assignment #2 Game of Thrones is a show loved by many, including myself. With Game of Thrones season 7 coming out soon what better way to prepare myself than doing this assignment and creating my own house.  The house I made was House Android. I decided to go with this idea because my family and Read More

For Friday’s daily create – Make a Song Boring – it took me a while to find a song title that I could make boring. I did start working a little earlier than usual this morning, so maybe that’s why my creative juices weren’t flowing. I picked a song (Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae … Continue reading Don’t Call Me Maybe

For my photo safari I just took pictures in my house and some on the front porch. I chose these areas because it was convenient and I figured there would be lots of material to capture. I read the list of photo ideas before starting and immediately thought of a few things that I could … Continue reading NOT Doing it for the ‘Gram

We are the Finalists #queen #tdc1964 @ds106dc

Visual Assignment #1 In all honesty when I take a picture (regardless of what it is) I always try to not incorporate shadows because for me, it can sometimes ruin a picture. Because of that particular reason I thought that the Shadow of Doubt assignment would be an interesting task for me, where I could try and Read More

The picture scavenger hunt took place in my beloved room. The reason I chose this as my scenery was because I have a plethora of objects in it. So I figured I was bound to have something that qualified to each photo description. I thought this experience was exciting, but also challenging. The challenging section …

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Just a friendly reminder.

The weather channel is reporting Severe Thunderstorm warnings. My plan to play with Land Rover electrical systems will need to wait for a better day. I definitely don’t want to burn the car down with an electric short or serve as a lightning rod in […]

The goal of this assignment was to remove the color from a photo to make it appear as if it were a stencil in order to see how the focus shifted. I chose a picture of my old horse at a show we had done years ago. If the picture had been in color, many …

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