Favorite Dailyshoots

I really enjoyed the Dailyshoot assignment and I hope Professor Groom continues to do this assignment for later DS106 classes. It was a challenge to have to do the assignment everyday but once I got into the groove of it, it became a mid-afternoon ritual. Also it was interesting to see such great photography in this class, I even surprised myself with some of the pictures that I had taken these past two weeks. But here are my favorites.

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By Sadie

This picture was one of my favorites because I really liked the colors in the leaves. This is just before fall weather when you can see the leaves turning yellow and the veins almost look like someone drew on them with a crayon. I really liked it.
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By Lindsay

First of all, I love small animals and I thought that this was absolutely adorable. I believe the prompt said something about picking two objects small and large that complimented each other and I think that this really fit the prompt perfectly.
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By Ashley

Charms! I can tell by the grass and the reflection on the lady bug that this was probably taken on the quad at Eagle Landing. I think it's cute that Ashley actually has this lady bug as a lucky charm. The way she framed this in a patch of green really makes the colors pop.
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By Professor Groom

There was no question that I thought this fit the soft and fluffy prompt perfectly. The contrast of the cat's fur on the light blue sky just made everything about this picture so soft.
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By Carlie

I really liked Carlie's picture with reflection in the shades. I like that several people in our class took the prompt and expanded on the topic a bit. The prompt said to use a mirror, and Carlie used an ordinary object that isn't necessarily a mirror but can reflect like one. I loved this picture. Very artistic.
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By Morgan

This is my favorite chaos/messy prompt picture. The packages and boxes stacked on top of each other are kinda cluttered but the lines they create were nicely framed. Also the reflection of everything in the walls almost makes it looks like the mess is twice as big. I loved it.
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By Wesley

I liked this picture for the symmetry prompt but of course I'm biased because I've played stringed instruments for years. I like the way he framed the lines extending to what seems like forever. Nicely done.

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By Jenn

The book shelf here is probably my favorite. I love that the books here don't have a solid size or cover so it adds variety to the bookshelf. I also really like the lighting, I'm assuming it's done through photoshop of picnik, but it was very nicely done!

The Notebook(s)

I like to keep my notebooks until every page is used up. These are a mix of my economics and geology notebooks.

Some symmetry

This was a picture of one of the puffy stickers on my friend's laptop. I really liked the colors but the glare was a real problem because her laptop photoshoot was at the nest.

My Image Story

My image story is about my little brother, JP. He started taekwondo when he was in Kindergarten and now he's in 3rd grade and a black belt. This was his belt test when he was transitioning from Yellow Belt to Orange belt. He's so tiny compared to the other kids.

Her Image Story- The Uniform Project

So I remember finding this about a year ago. It's called The Uniform Project, and it follows a lovely lady, named Sheena, who's mission was to raise money for children in India who couldn't afford to go to school while at the same time raising awareness sustainable fashion by using recycled items.



This is her image story:

The Uniform Project Picture Book

The Project's Mission is to

"Revolutionize the way people perceive ethical fashion and place social responsibility at the center of consumer culture. Use fashion as a vehicle to make acts of charity more inspired and playful, enabling individuals to rise as role models of style, sustainability and social consciousness."

I thought this was so creative and such a good way to raise money for a cause that you believe in. This image story not only impacted my view of fashion, but jump-started a project dedicated to challenge creativity and impact others to join the cause.

An organized mess

"Communicate chaos, disorganization or messiness in a photograph. Find some beauty in it." -Dailyshoot

When I read this prompt aloud, I thought about taking a picture of the cupholders in my car filled with receipts, directions, and loose change. But then my roommate told me to just take a picture of my side of the room. Passive-aggressive, much? I have a habit of collecting the things that I use throughout the day in a small corner on my desk (pictured above). It's a little messy, but I can still find the things that I'm looking for- that's all that matters, right?

Mirror, mirror on the wall

We have fixed mirrors in this apartment so I had to get creative with this prompt. I used my phone as a "mirror" to reflect my Environmental Politics and Policy book. I tried my best to get rid of the glare but clearly there's still some there.

A "Good" Night

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A quiet dinner turns into a series of events typical to a "good" college night. And of course, the day after.

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Ashley Gaston

Sarah Manuel

Something soft

The tag on my bathrobe is self explanatory but it was surprisingly hard to capture something that "looked soft" because the lighting in my room was limited. I wish I had a small animal to take a picture of- let's just say I chased down a squirrel and it didn't work out well.

I've got one hand in my pocket

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I really liked this prompt from Dailyshoot. Music is a big part of me and my ipod is a good way of saving people from listening to me sing as I walk to my classes.

Don't get mad, get glad!

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I was really trying to find something more creative than two Tupperware containers, but there were very few objects in the apartment that I could find to fit the prompt. But hey, don't get mad, get glad!

My orchid

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So I just saw my photo up on the Daily Shoot site. It feels so cool to automatically be part of this community. But at the same time, my photo looks so inadequate compared to the rest of the work up there. I wish my camera was working :(

4 For you Glen Coco! You go, Glen Coco!

Movie in 6 Frames

Permalinks

I have just changed the permalinks to a less "ugly" format. Apparently I didn't write down the instructions to do so...but I googled it! I'm happy that I didn't ask someone as a first resort. This is fun :)

Assignment #4

I thought this article was really interesting. I never quite thought about how the things that I use online are actually applications, and not the web. I've been using facebook and skype for years thinking that I was using the internet- therefore I was on the web. But I guess this isn't the case.

In class we had talked about the differences between the web and the internet, and to some extent I'm still confused about it. I looked up what "world wide web" meant on the internet and laughed to see "not to be confused with the internet" in the description. I think after reading the article I hope that I have a better understanding of the differences between the web and the internet, but I shouldn't get my hopes up :P

I found it interesting that the article starts with who to point our fingers at for relying less on the web. Does it really matter all that much who's "fault" it is? I put "fault" in quotations because I don't believe that there is anyone to blame, because can't readily see what's wrong with it. I do believe that we rely more on the internet than the web, but I don't think we should start blaming industries (monopolies) for what's happening. I feel like this relates to the Environmental Movement in that we blame corporations for expanding and using up resources, but in the end it's the consumers (we, as internet users) that play just as big of a factor in this system.

Assignment #3- Response to Tim O’Reilly’s Essay

I don't think I can whole-heartedly agree with the whole Web 2.0 theory. Now, I understand that new applications such as Napster and Wikipedia are more popular than "Web 1.0"  applications, but I don't believe that they're completely different entities that we can treat them as different eras of the internet.

I don't know if anyone remembers Xanga, but I sure do! I may not use that as my main social networking site, but it still exists as a main form of communication for some people. And the same goes for Myspace- it's not necessarily as popular as Facebook for keeping in touch with friends, but people are still creating accounts on it. I guess my point is that I don't think that the web "crashes" and then just cleans its slate with these brand new applications. Granted, the newer applications can be more user-friendly and more useful, but it doesn't make the old ones obsolete. But I guess I could just be taking the term "crash" too literally.

I really liked the section in this essay about the importance of blogging. I believe that blogging was such a great invention! It really is like a diary (except your annoying little brother doesn't have to snoop around your room looking for the key). I like the idea of connecting with someone who has the same interests as you, without having to exchange any information. For instance- I sometimes follow food blogs because I absolutely love to cook and I sometimes would rather have fresh new ideas than a stale cookbook. Blogs are just great ways for people to connect based on similar interests. And when your interests change, so can the blogs you follow.

Fiddling with themes and such

Howdy, all. I've been fiddling with themes and stuff around my blog for the past couple of days and I'm starting to realize how fun this is. I've decided on my current theme because I really dig the colors, but I'm sure I'll change it again at some point. Woot!

Additionally- I know that part of the hw was adding everyone's blog to google reader, but I am totally lost on that part of the assignment.

Helloooo

Hello this is my first post and i am saying it in a British accent, but you can't tell that now do you ???