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A Quiz

Find a Photo of Your Favorite Animal

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That was Easy

Millions of Puppies at Your Fingertips

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What’s the Problem?

Yes, it starts with a “C” and has a circle around it

creative commons licensed (BY-NC-SA) flickr photo by Armando G Alonso ✈︎:
http://flickr.com/photos/argonavigo/10104588033

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Wait! There is Something We Can Do!

Compfight CC licensed flickr photos (compfight.com)

compfight.com

Wikimedia Commons CC licensed and public domain photos (commons.wikimedia.org)

commons.wikimedia.org

Creative Commons (search.creativecommons.org)

search.creativecommons.org
ccsearch.creativecommons.org

Pixabay – public domain photos (pixabay.com)

pixabay.com

Unsplash – public domain photos (unsplash.com>

unsplash.com

Pixabay photo by Alexsander-777 shared into the public domain.

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We Never Said You Could Not Use Google Image Search

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Image Seeking For Metaphors & Concepts

Beyond Puppies… How to Represent?

Image Seek: Mozilla Thimble

Looking for an image to represent…

What adjectives, activities demonstrate this when seen in the world?

What kind of people, objects, animals have this as an attribute or are associated with it?

What kinds of locations, places does it occur?

What added word might suggest a more specific instance of it (e.g. introducing a character, animal)?

Now search for images licensed for reuse using

  • compfight.com (set the options for creative commons)
  • commons.wikimedia.org
  • search.creativecommons.org or ccsearch.creativecommons.org
  • pixabay.com
  • unsplash.com
  • images.google.com (set options licensed for reuse)

    • Download 1-3 best images & keep track of URL where found and tweet then out (use #oextend)

    More…

    ImageSeeking for Fantastic Visual Metaphors (Mozilla Teaching Kit)

    look closer flickr photo by tnarik shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license

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    The Best Way to Get Images You Can Use

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    Photography is Hard!

    What is a Photographer?

    “Hamed Masoumi” flickr photo by Hossein Ghodsi https://flickr.com/photos/mhghodsi/3049527437 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) license

    “A photographer is a person who takes a photograph using a camera. A professional photographer uses photography to say I exist.”

    BS

    “Turning Pro!” flickr photo by “Caveman Chuck” Coker https://flickr.com/photos/caveman_92223/2866407172 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) license

    I Exist

    “[3 4]” flickr photo by Vincepal https://flickr.com/photos/vincepal/3750617746 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license

    I Exist

    flickr photo by rokoto http://flickr.com/photos/monkey_gastello/180031608/ shared under a Creative Commons ( BY NC ND) license

    I Exist

    flickr photo by Felipe Morin http://flickr.com/photos/metabolico/442924577/ shared under a Creative Commons ( BY NC ND) license

    Do I Need This?

    flickr photo by davidcwong http://flickr.com/photos/davewong/2548952137 shared under a Creative Commons ( BY NC ND) license /

    No

    The Best Camera is the One That’s With You by Chase Jarvis http://www.chasejarvis.com/the-best-camera-iphone-app-book-community/

    Headshot flickr photo by Martin Gommel shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) license

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    On Being Better Photographers

    What’s Wrong With this Photo (besides the pants!)

    What's Wrong with this Photo?

    What’s Wrong with this Photo? flickr photo by cogdogblog shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license

    Going Beyond Snapshots

    Ten Ways To Improve Your Craft Without Buying Gear (free eBook by David duChemin)

    “There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.”
    -Ansel Adams

    Photo and quote from Jennifer, UMW ds106 student (Spring 2013) see http://ds106.livingwithouta.net/2013/02/17/no-rules-for-good-photographs/

    Follow the Rule of Thirds

    From Exposure Guide “Top 10 Digital Photography Tips” http://www.exposureguide.com/top-10-digital-photography-tips.htm

    Then Break The Rule of Thirds

    “Play hide and seek” flickr photo by Andrea Costa Creative https://flickr.com/photos/ac_theart/3505959936 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) license

    Seek Converging Lines

    “Rotterdam – Wilhelminaplein Metro Station” flickr photo by deVos https://flickr.com/photos/devos/86878315 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license

    Stanley Kubrick’s film use of one point perspective

    Seek Geometric Patterns

    “Giant Crosswalk” flickr photo by A is for Angie https://flickr.com/photos/aisforangie/111875558 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) license

    Fill The Frame

    “Color your World” flickr photo by Michelle Brea https://flickr.com/photos/itsallaboutmich/840084501 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license

    Look for Interesting Shadows (lines and color too)

    “Angles, lines, light, and shadows” flickr photo by kevin dooley https://flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/1905508309 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license

    Change Your Angle

    Photo by Nancy, DS106 student

    Find Juxtaposition

    “2015/365/9 Find The Juxtaposition” flickr photo by cogdogblog https://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/15626066194 shared into the public domain using (CC0)

    Alter Reality (No Photo Editing)

    “104/365: Eiffel crushing” flickr photo by benjaminasmith https://flickr.com/photos/dotbenjamin/2887513136 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license

    Find the Photo Within the Photo

    “2013/365/48 In Her Eyes” flickr photo by cogdogblog https://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/8483752277 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
    “Example of Cropping” flickr photo by cogdogblog https://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/8484847046 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license

    Change the Focus Point, Change the Story

    “A day at the beach” flickr photo by deVos https://flickr.com/photos/devos/8250950 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license

    Want Tips?

    Pixabay photo by iramaria shared into the public domain.

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    Daily Habits Are Good For You

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