{"id":2082,"date":"2014-04-07T20:55:32","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T03:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/?p=2082"},"modified":"2014-04-07T20:55:32","modified_gmt":"2014-04-08T03:55:32","slug":"springtime-photoblitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/2014\/04\/07\/springtime-photoblitz\/","title":{"rendered":"Springtime photoblitz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For the online digital storytelling course called<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"ds106 main site\" href=\"http:\/\/ds106.us\" target=\"_blank\"> DS106<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, week 3 (last week) was all about telling stories in photos. I managed to do one of the assignments for that week, just yesterday:<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Photoblitzing safari assignment\" href=\"http:\/\/ds106.us\/2014\/03\/31\/gmu-week-3\/#photoblitzing-safari\" target=\"_blank\">a photoblitzing safari.<\/a><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">For this assignment, one has 15 minutes to take pictures, trying to fit as many of the following categories as one can:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Take a photo dominated by a single color.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Take a photo of an interesting shadow.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Take a photo of something futuristic.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Take a photo at an unusual angle, e.g. looking looking up at something or looking down at something, or from the view of an ant.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Take a photo into bright light.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Take a photo of someone else\u2019s shoe or foot.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Make an inanimate object look alive.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Make a photo that uses converging lines to draw us into the photo<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Take a photo of two things that do not belong together.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Take a photo that shows a repeating pattern.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Take a photo where you move the camera as you take the photo, so it gives the subject a suggestion of motion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Take a photo that is looking through a frame or opening to something else.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Take a photo that represents joy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Make a photo that is abstract, that would make someone ask, \u201cIs that a photograph?\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Take a photo that represents a metaphor for complexity.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I did a similar kind of photoblitz about six months ago, for the Headless version of ds106 that ran in the Fall of 2013.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Rainy Day Photoblitz\" href=\"http:\/\/ds-ina.tumblr.com\/post\/62585231817\/fall2013photoblitz\" target=\"_blank\">Here&#8217;s my post on that one on Tumblr.<\/a><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Most of my ds106 stuff is on that Tumblelog, but this time I wanted to do it on a Word Press site so I could take advantage of something else I learned from this week&#8217;s ds106 assignments:<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">c<a href=\"http:\/\/ds106.us\/2014\/03\/31\/gmu-week-3\/#wordpress-tips-for-posting-with-images\" target=\"_blank\">reating a gallery of images in Word Press.<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ds106.us\/2014\/03\/31\/gmu-week-3\/#wordpress-tips-for-posting-with-images\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">These<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Creating an image gallery in WordPress.com blogs\" href=\"http:\/\/en.support.wordpress.com\/images\/gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\">instructions from Word Press<\/a><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">work a bit differently than what I had to do here on this blog, because this one has an extra step when uploading media, during which one has to avow that what one is uploading doesn&#8217;t violate copyright. But I figured out how to do a gallery nevertheless.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So here it is &#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2082 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0450.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0450-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0450-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0450-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0450-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0450-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2097'>\n\t\t\t\tEnd time\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0449.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0449-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0449-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0449-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0449-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0449-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2096'>\n\t\t\t\tRepeating pattern and converging lines\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0445.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0445-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0445-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0445-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0445-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0445-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2095'>\n\t\t\t\tColour and complexity\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0439.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0439-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0439-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0439-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0439-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0439-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2093'>\n\t\t\t\tRepeating pattern?\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0436.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0436-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0436-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0436-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0436-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0436-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2092'>\n\t\t\t\tAbstract (and also complexity)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0431.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0431-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0431-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0431-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0431-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0431-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2091'>\n\t\t\t\tOne colour\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0421.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0421-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0421-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0421-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0421-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0421-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2101'>\n\t\t\t\tFrom below\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0420.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0420-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0420-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0420-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0420-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0420-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2089'>\n\t\t\t\tDouble frame\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0418.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0418-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0418-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0418-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0418-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0418-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2088'>\n\t\t\t\tThey sort of belong together, sort of not.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0415.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0415-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0415-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0415-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0415-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0415-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2087'>\n\t\t\t\tConverging lines\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0414.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0414-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0414-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0414-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0414-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/files\/2014\/04\/IMG_0414-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2086'>\n\t\t\t\tStart time\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Now, it looked fine until I realized I didn&#8217;t have the right version of one of the photos, and when I changed it out the whole gallery went into reverse order (the &#8220;end time&#8221; photo is at the beginning and the &#8220;start time&#8221; at the end). Now, no matter what I do, no matter whether I say &#8220;ascending&#8221; or &#8220;descending&#8221; order, it won&#8217;t change the order. There seem to be little boxes where I could put numbers in to force the order, but I don&#8217;t seem to be able to type into those boxes. So now I&#8217;m stuck with this order unless I delete the whole gallery and start over (which is not an option at this point, given that actually creating the gallery was not terribly straightforward and I might have to re-upload all the images).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So while this might work very well on WordPress.com blogs, on UBC Blogs it&#8217;s not working very well. Alas.\u00a0I also can&#8217;t seem to control the fact that all one can see are thumbnails until clicking on the images; this is the only option I have for a gallery on this blog; there are more options for WordPress.com blogs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Thoughts on these images<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I went to about the same place where I did <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ds-ina.tumblr.com\/post\/62585231817\/fall2013photoblitz\" target=\"_blank\">my photoblitz last Fall<\/a><\/span>, not because I thought it was the best place, but because it is on the way to and from my home to work (yes, I work on Sundays too!), and it has the most variety of things. I tried a different place on my walk home, but as I was looking around there just wasn&#8217;t that much in the way of variety of things, patterns, colours, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The light was not great (again, just like last Fall). It was cloudy rather than sunny, so I couldn&#8217;t get bright light or shadows&#8211;whaddya want, it&#8217;s Vancouver. I kept all the photos just as they came out on my phone, except the one of the tree with pink and white blossoms. It was just so utterly dull without a little apping up; all I did was play around a bit with iPhoto on my computer, adjusting things like exposure, contrast and saturation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <strong>&#8220;From below&#8221;<\/strong> image was taken under one of the frames in the <strong>&#8220;Double frame&#8221;<\/strong> image. I was going for something like the rule of thirds, with the top line at the top third and the leaf on the left third, but the top line is a little too high. Still, I think that (with the caveat of the crappy light), that&#8217;s kind of a nice image. We have lots of awnings made of glass here in Vancouver that get all dirty from the rain and debris from trees, and they look kind of yucky. But this image made it look less yucky and more kind of interesting, possibly abstract.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The picture of the <strong>daffodil<\/strong> was supposed to be one dominated by a single colour, not just b\/c the flower takes up so much of the frame, but also because it is such a bright and vibrant colour. I didn&#8217;t have to mess around with any settings on that one; it&#8217;s just how it came out on my phone. Not the best closeup image by far, but not bad for an iPhone. There&#8217;s even a little bokeh in the background!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">My <strong>&#8220;abstract&#8221;<\/strong> photo was of a waterfall. It didn&#8217;t come out quite as abstract as I wanted; you can still tell pretty easily that it&#8217;s a photograph, and one that is blurry where the water is moving. It looked cool when I took the photo, but not as great when it came out on the computer. Part of the problem is that whenever I zoom in with my phone, the image comes out blurry and pixellated a bit. I needed to have a real camera with me to do this image well. It also represents complexity, as fluid dynamics is extremely complex!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The first <strong>repeating pattern<\/strong> image is not really all that repeating&#8211;I just thought the bark looked interesting, with the lichen on it. I think this is a cedar tree of some kind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">My second <strong>colour and complexity image<\/strong>, the one I adjusted a bit in iPhoto, looks closer to what these flowers look like in good light (not in cloudy light). It&#8217;s also an image of complexity, given how branches buds grow (fractals and such).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With the last <strong>repeating pattern<\/strong> image, I liked how the lines curved in the foreground and then started converging in the background. There isn&#8217;t as much convergence as I wanted in the background, though.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Of all these images, I think I like the &#8220;From below&#8221; one best<\/strong>. It is just the most interesting image, to me, visually. It&#8217;s not that easy to tell what it is, why there&#8217;s a leaf in it. And it&#8217;s close to the rule of thirds, just not quite!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Concluding thoughts<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I really like doing these photoblitzes&#8211;they are challenging but fun, and they definitely get you to pay close attention to your surroundings in a way you wouldn&#8217;t do before. I found myself looking at lampposts and rubbish bins to see if any angle on them might lead to an image of something &#8220;futuristic,&#8221; for example (didn&#8217;t come up with anything), or whether any inanimate object around me could be photographed in a way that made it look alive (again, nothing). I played around with moving my phone while taking a picture to simulate motion (didn&#8217;t work), and I was looking for converging lines, repeating patters, and complexity all over!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I&#8217;ve decided that it&#8217;s definitely time for me to take <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"#phonar site\" href=\"http:\/\/phonar.covmedia.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">#phonar<\/a><\/span> and finally get my photography skills in better shape. Looks like the next one isn&#8217;t until Sept\/Oct 2014, though, when I&#8217;ll be super busy with teaching again. Sigh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the online digital storytelling course called DS106, week 3 (last week) was all about telling stories in photos. I managed to do one of the assignments for that week, just yesterday: a photoblitzing safari. 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