Megan's Food 4 Thought

For my Bechers' Grid I did types of alcohol. These were all bottles my roommates and I had and it was easily accessible for me as well as it looked kinda neat so I thought it would be interesting to photograph. I think all the different types of alcohol along with the different companies who produce these drinks made a perfect candidate for my grid. I found the hardest part to be all the layers and it took me a few tries to cut and paste the pictures onto the grid but I really enjoy at the grid turned out. I think the videos that were provided were extremely helpful and I probably watched them 1,000 times to make sure I did the grid correctly because I had messed it up so many times. Overall the assignment was easy because of all the directions and videos that made it simple to use. 

I really enjoy learning how to use Animoto. This website was super simple and had click by click instructions that would walk you through your first time. I really enjoyed getting to choose my favorite pictures of my trips upload and arrange them the way I thought they would best fit into my video. I then changed the music around a little, I wanted something that was kinda fast paced but really had a vibe for urban landscape to get my point across. I added a title to the video to let everyone watching know that they are going to get a little taste of downtown. I wish the video could be a little longer to show my favorite of my edited photos that I got to play around with last week. Overall I really enjoyed using this website and I will not be surprised if I find myself using it again outside of class.

I traveled around downtown Toledo, OH to capture the images I thought best represented the growth as well as destruction of the city. I found that when you look for art it finds you, in an old building, or new growth of trees. This picture is taken on a street in the growth of Promenade Park, where the purple of the horizon began to illuminate the entire sky. The lights on the trees contrasts with the stoplight that blazes red. I enjoyed learning about the megapixels of my camera that made this shot as sharp as it could be. I saturated the photo then contrasted around the image to darken the sky a little bit. I enjoyed using the Pixlr X because it was super simple to use and optimize my photo as best as I could.