Today

Today I'm sitting in the computer lab working hard to finish up my webpage. The process for me has been intense, with alot of time spent trying to figure out how to put it all together. Hopefully I will have it all together before Tuesday's class, at least this is my goal. I can hardly wait to get the site posted and to have it available to the general public for viewing soon.



Goodbye and have a great day!!!

Web page design

I spent the entire first part of my day selecting images to place into my web design. I'm finding the process a fun one. I have researched other photographer web sites to get an ideas as to how to approach mine. In the end I have decided that I would like to keep the site very simple, so all the focus will be on the photographic images.





My favorite web site was for Creatively Speaking Photography.

http://www.creativelyspeakingphotography.com/

Collage Project Results

The first collage you see was created with images from my first visit to a special place in Saskatchewan. This special place was where my Great Grandparents lived, a farm near Star City, Saskatchewan, this was the place where large family gatherings were held annually. My father died when I was quite young, so this was a place until I never knew existed until August 12Th, 2006. The second image was produced from a collection of evening images I captured while on a family vacation with my family this past reading week.

I found the collage project to be quite fun and it made me aware of the various ways one can approach collage. I don't think there is any right or wrong way to create a collage. It is up to the eye of the creator to play with images visually while deciding where to lay the various visual pieces that will make up the collage.

My next challenge is to design a web page for my business. I'm excited about the process and looking forward to seeing the final result. However the process is a very, very, large learning curve for me as I seem to find it hard to keep up with the pace in which the class seems to learn this new information. I think this is because I did not grow up with computers and have spent little if no time working with them. The only experience I've had on a computer is with photoshop, but that's o.k. because as a result I am being pushed outside my comfort zone. Learning is good...

Bye for now!

Daniele Sepe - Ederlezi

Almost done

This is the final stage of my assignment, I had alot of fun creating the collages. Tommorow is crit, yeh! It will be fun to see the variety of work everyone has created with this project.

Sample of grid collage.

Reading week

Reading week we decided as a family to escape Lethbridge and travel to Disneyland in Anaheim California with our five children. The holiday was great although we did experience a few "National Lampoon Vacation" moments we will always remember.

While on holiday I had the collage project in the back of my mind, and found myself in search of creative inspiration to photograph. My inspiration came one evening while we were in the "Disneyland California Adventure Park" at night. I became inspired by the colorful glow of the various lights radiating off the rides, signs, and various shops within the park. One spot in particular was a man made lake that was surrounded by several rides which created a reflected collage of color, melding and dancing together on the waters surface.

Camera in hand I set out to capture these magical lights, all the while wishing I had brought my tripod along, as it is hard to hand hold a camera and not have blurred images later.

Home, back to the routine of school, the business and motherhood. Tuesday's class inspired me to create a "grid style" collage with a few of the image I captured in the evening light while on holiday. I thought the project would come together quickly, but was surprised at how time consuming the project turned out to be in reality. Maybe it is because I chose to create the image on a larger scale, silly me...