This week we had to do a Photoblitz and it was somehow both easier than I thought it would be and very hectic. When I first got my list I tried planning out where I would take the photos and while some of them were pretty easy to plan, like the horizon photo, others were a bit harder to figure out. One of the harder ones was the photo that illustrated connection. I was debating between so many different interpretations of that prompt that I just froze in the middle of my room holding three different objects for three different possible photos. At a certain point I just chose the one that was the most direct and went with it. Near the end of the 20 minutes, I was outside rushing to get to the places I had planned to take the photos. Somehow my indecisiveness didnāt get me too off schedule and I was able to finish all 7 photos in 20 minutes. Overall it was definitely an interesting assignment that Iāve never tried before but was pretty fun.
Change perspective! Look up make a photo of what’s going on in the sky.
Square is hip! Lose the rectangle. A photo with square (1:1) aspect ratio.
Take an extreme close-up of an easily recognizable, common object.
Create a photograph that illustrations connection.
Wood has a lot of character and variety. A photo of something wooden.
Emphasize the sky by placing the horizon very low or very high.
This week ww were tasked with using photoblitz. Our task was to capture as many photos as possible from the task given in the span of 20 minutes. Here is a list of what tasks I was assigned with and my start time.
My first photo is of something dominated by pink. I chose a picture of multiple pink gumballs.
My second photo is a picture of a plastic object. I chose a picture of plastic water bottles.
My third photo is a closeup photo of something very shiny. I chose this picture, try and guess what it is in the omments.
My fourth photo is a noise maker you hear. I chose a clown horn..
My fifth photo was an ordinary object up close. Try and guess what it is in the comments.
My sixth photo is of noses, schnozes, beaks, snouts, probosci, snoots. I chose a tucan.
My seventh picture is something of hope. I chose prayer hands as my photo.
My final picture is of the time stamp of when I finished all my pictures. Twenty minutes went by fast. I enjoyed this activity as it was fun and different. I felt like I was on a mission with a time crunch. I would recommend this to a friend who loves to do missions/quests in their free time.
This week we were tasked with doing the photoblitz assignment. The objective was to take pictures based on the list provided over 20 minutes. We record the start and end time and see what we come up with. I really liked this assignment because it made me think on the fly and find things before the time ran out. I feel like I did really well because I finished my list with time to spare. Here is my start time and my list:
My first photo was of something old or aged today. I took a picture of my Swiss shepherd Claire. She is getting up there in age (9), her nose is going pink when it used to be black, and she is starting to get cataracts and hip issues. Poor girl. Oh, and my mini-Ausie Jenny wanted to join in.
The next one was about showing how ants see the world. Simple, here it is:
Next one was to take a picture without aiming. All I did was walk outside, leave my phone by my side, and hit the button. I got this cool lens flare and a car driving by.
I have 2 for the next one, tell a story in one photo. For the first one, it’s the hole in my wall. When I tried to change the faucet outside, when loosening it I actually twisted the copper pipe and ripped it off. I now need to repair the drywall because the plumbers don’t do that…
For the second one, my son has recently become obsessed with hotels. Last night he decided to write numbers on our doors and assign us room numbers. Still need to clean those…
Next was to take a picture of something at an unusual angle. My daughter caught me taking pictures and wanted me to take a pic of her book case. So, here it is.
Next was to take a picture with vertical lines. This one took me the most time, but I settled on the banister rails.
The last photo was to find my favorite number. That one was easy. I am in the Stafford adult league, and I already chose my number. Here is my pinnie.
Here was my end time.
I didn’t realize I was going this fast until I was done. I guess the anxiety of not finishing the list got the better of me. Anyway, I had a blast doing this and I might use this as an activity with my kids. They wanted me to keep going after I was done so now i know what i will be doing tomorrow.
this week I has a busy time in the beginning with personal stuff so I read through the assignments on Monday and Tuesday as I did some daily creates between my free time. I really hunkered down with these assignments and honestly had a really enjoyable time with this week! I feel like I learned a lot about AI imaging and Color theory in marketing with movies and books! I think I enjoyed the amount of work we had as well because it wasn’t super overwhelming! I think I had a good time with AI imaging assignment, I think having a simple word like “cat” to “breed of cats” to “lynx point” to “cat having a tea party” and I got some pretty fun results. I wanted to use a cat for the theme because cats can be very detailed in many different ways, and they are cute! as you can see my roommates can in my 20 min photoblitz!
I also thought the photoblitz was fun and my friend Gracie also helped me out so it was fun to have a fun time with a friend with this assignment!
Please take all of my photos with a grain of salt . . . sometimes you have to stretch the question a little bit and read between the lines and allow some creativity! But let’s get into this!
Here is my screenshot of when I started my photoblitz! As you can see, I stared at 9:10 (I actually started at 9:08 but I forgot to screenshot)! I’m very excited to say that this only took me around 10 minutes
Place an object in your shot that’s hard to find or recognize.
(Don’t look at the time I forgot to screenshot before I started!!!!!)
The thing I took about this prompt is that I can choose whatever I want to be the hidden or unrecognizable object in the image, and so can the audience, and it can be different per each one! Personally, the unrecognizable object in this is the bottle! It’s actually a stress bottle (you shake it up and glitter just floats around and it’s relaxing), but I don’t think anyone would have gotten that because of the way it’s out of the foreground and not in the center of the photo. I wanted people to have to look at these objects and question which one was the unrecognizable or hidden object and what they thought about them!! I also didn’t move anything because I wanted it to be natural.
If only shoes could talk. Tell their story in a photo, either on or off someone.
Do you know what the story is behind these shoes? The story is that these are absolute clown shoes. Size 12 in Women’s. Now, I wear between a 10-12, but these just made me look like I have clown shoes and I think that is so so so funny. Also, they tell a story with the text! “I’ve Got Cattitude,” my silly little quirky gift from my mom for Christmas. I do not have cattitude. My feet did not fit in the shoes. The story is that nothing fits at all. I kind of wish I showed that more, but I wasn’t sure how? Maybe I could’ve put them on and shown that they don’t fit but I really did not want to take a picture of my feet!
Make a photo containing or suggesting fire and/or smoke.
Ahh, my fireplace. Personally, this was a very easy picture for me, but I’m actually happy to have taken the photo. If any of you lived in the area during January 2022 (I believe?), you may remember when it snowed so much and we lost power for days. At my house, I remember sleeping in front of the fireplace or sitting there reading a book with five blankets on me. It was actually really comforting! If any of you have a fireplace, whether or not you’re stuck with no power or in the snow, I think you should sit down in front of the fire with a book! It’s very comforting and relaxing to me.
Make a photo of something upside down that is never seen that way.
I’m cheating a little bit here . . . this is my cat, Cat (yes, that is her real name, I will tell you the story if you ask), and she’s not entirely upside down, because I was not about to make her suffer by putting her upside down for a photo for an assignment. She would have been very mad at me, so instead, I tried to make her look upside down at me. Cats are never upside down, you only ever see them upright, and cats only ever see upright, but here she is, looking upside down at me while stretching her head back! You gotta think out of the box but just trust me.
Take a picture that reminds you of your childhood.
Storytime!! I was born and raised until I was 15 in Kansas! I moved to Virginia because my dad got a better paying job in D.C., so I’ve been here since then. This picture shows a drawing of that that one of my friends from Kansas made and painted (the frame) for me before I moved, depicting my move from Kansas to Virginia. It reminds me of Kansas, which reminds me of my childhood. Also, it kind of looks like it’s collected dust, so it’s clearly been sitting for a while and has aged.
An instrument that measures something.
Please . . . work with me for a minute, okay? Take a walk with me.
Was anyone else taught to use the space between their knuckles to measure an inch? This is what I’m trying to get at. I genuinely don’t know if it’s accurate or not (pretty sure not because we all have different sized hands), but this is what I was taught! And I searched for a ruler or a tape measure in this house before I had this genius idea . . . Maybe my knuckle isn’t an instrument but who said an instrument had to be a real instrument? I think anything can be an instrument if you are able to use it as such, and I definitely used the inch-knuckle trick when I was younger (and still today . . . but no one needs to know that).
They’re all around. Make a photograph of a wheel near you.
These are my desk chair wheels!! There isn’t really a story behind them, they were the nearest wheels to me (right under me). Also, I think the picture is kind of cool . . . nobody loves the use of lines in photos as much as I do . . . also if you squint you can see me in the reflection but I was also trying to hide.
And that’s time!
As you see, it only took me around 10 minutes to do, but I actually had a really good time. I think it allowed me to appreciate the little things around my desk and around my room, things that have collected dust or haven’t been noticed as much as others. I feel pretty good now!!
Personally, in my day to day life, I’m constantly taking pictures of little things because I love appreciating those little things. It feels very nice to me! This taught me to appreciate the little things near me, whereas I usually appreciate the little things away from me. I just think that’s really neat.
I did not need the whole 20 minutes! The only task I wasn’t able to complete was the taking a picture of construction because, for the first time in my 4 years at UMW, there wasn’t any construction to take a picture of. The timestamp pictures are below.
Time 1Time 2
My first task was a picture of an item in movement, so I took a video of a pen being thrown and screenshotted it when it was mid-air.
I then let this very nice plant model for the 1:1 photo task.
I then took a picture of three items; my keys, my cup, and some hand sanitizer.
In Canva, I created a design with paired opposites. I decided to play off the “pair” idea and made a pair of converse, one white and one black.
I again used Canva to create a design with my favorite color and I used some of my favorite items. I do have a yellow pair of shoes, backpack, phone, etc.
Finally, I let an orange chair in the library model for my close up.
Reflection
When I first got my list, I definitely groaned a bit. I thought I’d be embarrassed taking these pictures in a public area and I didn’t think I’d be able to take them all in the time frame. Luckily, no one was really around so I was fine there and I was surprised by how quickly I was able to finish this assignment. It also forced me to creatively come up with a satisfactory picture in a short period of time and get out of my comfort zone.
I had to make a collage because all my photos were not uploading so I hope you enjoy!
this was actually pretty fun to do, I had my friend Gracie over while we were doing school work so I hope you guys enjoy her excellent disappointed face! I also took a pic of my feet with socks (sorry not exposing those for free) and then i went to find the brightest colored pillow I could find. Then of course I had to find my fancy rocks that I’ve found! and two of them are crystals from the candle that is my favorite smell. when I took the picture of the candle I also took a picture outside of the tree I saw but I made sure to zoom in for no human artifacts!
What does disappointment look like?
Your feet, show what kind of day you’re having
Make a photograph with your camera at floor level.
Take a photo dominated by a single color
Take a picture of rocks.
Your favorite smell.
Make a photo of an outdoor scene free of any human artifacts.
Chip Kidd Interview: My analysis of the interview with Chip Kidd is his expression of comic books being considered a cinematic medium. He does not agree with this because there is much left out and much for the reader to accomplish. Kidd refers to movies, and how the film determines the place of not the person watching it. Comics, however, allow for the reader to be involved, meaning you have to bring something to it.
The Works of James Verdesoto: Verdesoto introduces color trends in movie poster designs. Throughout the video, The Fast And The Furious posters caught my attention because they are some of my favorite films. I personally love action thrillers and the series of these movies has impacted my movie lifestyle. As Verdesoto represents the first movie poster of the action series, the detail of the black & white faces of the main actors blends well with the green, yellow, and red outlining of the car that is shown. This brings the perspective of the eye to be drawn into the car design, then the whole poster itself.
Stranger Things Retro Style: It is unique how the popular television show, Stranger Things, came across the 80’s style theme. Especially how the title design company Imaginary Forces came across such a perfect retro-style intro. Imaginary Forces wanted to replicate a title design that was rugged and imperfect so that it represented a 1980s-style theme. The sequence that the company used for the lettering, Kodalith, shows a high-contrast image that draws in the individual(s) watching the show.
Photoblitz: Seven Points
Take a picture from the inside of something looking out.
Create an interesting photo that includes looking through one object to see another
A photo that looks better in black and white than it did in color.
“The dusky path of a dream…” Tagore. Photograph that idea.
A fork in the road. Casting a ballot. Buying bread. Choices abound.Take a photo of a choice.
Take a photo showing the wide open space, the great outdoors.
Take a photo that emphasizes the detail of a human hand
Middlebury College: During the process of the Middlebury assignment; It’s not art, it’s data. The page supplies some very detailed descriptions of how AI imaging can be used. Some steps that the site proposed as how to start AI-image generation continued as; Pick your tool, such as Craiyon. Build your base, refine your prompt to generate a simple image that you will enjoy. Add some flair, allow for more detail in your description for the image generator. Transform it, an example they shared is “Marilyn Monroe in the style of Mona Lisa. Share your output, share the image that you most disliked and most liked. Dig deeper, they provided a link such as AI can make art that feels human. Whose fault is that?Overall, this post gave me some things to think about for the next time I use an AI image generator.
Populate the Landscape: Character Image.
The Grand Canyon, destination poster: The Golden State Bridge, where my character may be.
Weekly Summary: To open up with week three of ds106, I encountered creative aspects on the assignment board. The three videos that I watched; Chip Kidd, James Verdesoto, and Stranger Things, introduced numerous factors for the illustration of popular films and books. For example, James Verdesoto expresses his detailed posters and how he wanted to catch the eye by coming up with different color combinations. As I finished up the videos I started to move to the Photoblitz assignment, there isn’t much to say about this, to be honest. The Middlebury College assignment helped me to learn more about AI digital imaging, it was informative and I recommend reading through their website. With the Middlebury assignment, I created two visual design images that represent my character, I think they speak for themselves. Overall, for the assignments this week, I did not have any trouble using the websites as well as producing the daily creates.
We had to attempt to capture images of seven tasks in the allowed 20 minutes for the photoblitz assignment. All of the tasks I was given for this photoblitz are visible above. The time stamps for when I started and finished the assignment are also visible. Even though it only took me around 19 minutes to do, I’m proud that I managed to finish all 7 tasks.
“Doors can have a lot of character, be it in the hinges, knob, or style,” was the first prompt. I simply took a photo of my wooden door in Eagle Landing, taking this very literally.
āGet close! Photograph an ordinary object from as close as you can manage,ā was the following prompt. This meant that even though I was supposed to be closer, I could still see the object. I snapped a photo of some glasses on my desk for this task; it’s not a perfect shot, but you can still see what they are.
“Make a photo containing or suggesting fire and/or smoke” was the third prompt. For this prompt, I turned the stove on high, so you can see it burning in the picture. If you are not safe, you can definitely start a fire or produce smoke from the stove.
“Turn signals, gauges, and meters are all indicators” was the next prompt. I thought about using the shower handle, which regulates the temperature of the water that emerges from the shower, for this task.
“MakeĀ a photoĀ of an outdoor scene freeĀ of any human artifacts,” was the fifth prompt. I found it impossible to locate an outside image near Eagle Landing without human artifacts, so I kind of cheated on this prompt. My camera roll contained a photo from a remote area of Pennsylvania that had a lot of mountains in it. It absolutely satisfies the requirements though!
The next guideline was to “Take a close-up photoĀ of something veryĀ shiny. Make it hard to guess what it is.” For this prompt, I wasn’t sure what to do but I decided onĀ part of my car keys thatĀ are shiny silver, and I doubt many people would have known what that was.
“Take a photograph of a spinning object, frozen motion or blurred,” was the final photoblitz prompt. When I snapped the photo, the tiny basketball was spinning and a little blurry. I was shooting it into a hoop.
This assignment was really enjoyable because I spent about twenty minutes rushing around Eagle Landing and my apartment, trying to think of creative ways to respond to the many challenges.
