Book assignment

I decided to use a combination of some of my favorite quotes and some of my favorite photographs for my book. My boyfriend took the pictures of me, but I edited them in photoshop to try and make them mine. I did take the thunder cloud and forest shots though and edited those as well. I feel like this selection of words and images sums me up particularly well.

Lab assignment: Table of contents

Obviously this needs some work; I didn't realize my text boxes could be seen outside of the program.....guess I'd better figure this one out quick eh?

Things that make me happy installment 4: California Redwoods

The California Redwoods are one of my touchstones; they always make me feel so small. Nothing can be so big that it matters in the redwood forest, or so I believe. With finals looming and the sun shining I am feeling pretty antsy these days and what better way to relieve antsiness than a mini vacation (as if camping last week wasn’t enough). We headed down to Sonoma this weekend for my cousin’s wedding and instead of taking I-5 we took the 101 to 299 to 5. Our trip back was about twice as long, but I got to go from my family and wine country, to redwoods, to ocean, to my hometown and In-N-Out, to a thunder storm on Siskiyou pass….and I wasn’t even driving. I will admit that I love being driven, if I feel comfortable with the driver, and when Nolan drives I am totally “chillaxed.” I took these pictures on our little trip. The first is of the redwoods, obviously, but I feel like this image does a good job conveying their hugeness; usually a comparison image is required. The second is kind of a comparison image; I’m inside a hollowed out Redwood (obviously I didn’t take this one). The third picture I took from the safety of the truck cab; the sun was going down as the storm was gathering strength. Snapping a photo of the lightening would have been cool, but that would have required me stopping, having the right equipment and knowing what the heck I’m doing….plus some luck I’d think. These clouds still look pretty sinister to me. The fourth picture is a fence and a pretty flower field. The composition isn’t exactly original in the sense that there are probably a million photographs taken similar to it, but I thought it looked kind of pretty. The sun was shining in just that spot, like it was winking at us or something.

photo sketch

For my photo sketch I used a picture taken on the California Coast in Legget. I'm not much of an artist, but I was suprised at how much easier the technique was than I expected. By sketching over the photo I have to pick the really important parts because detail is hard to "sketch." This seemed similar to the poster assignment in that both of them were about minimizing content but maximizing the use of what was there.