Obama photo

After reading the article here about the iconic photo of Obama, and the controversy around it I learned something new! I had no idea that the picture was manipulated by someone other than the original owner, or at least that the owner didn't know anything about it! I figured it was made up by either his campaign, or someone working together. I think that creative commons could have played a big role in this, had the situation ever turned ugly. Thankfully, the original owner of the photo was not upset that his picture was used, but if he did take issue with it, creative commons would have been a great way to mediate the situation.

Animated GIF

This week we've been working on the animated GIF project. This actually is really good timing for me, as it goes along closely with something I am doing at work. We are in the process of coming up with ideas for rebuilding our website. As I am not a designer (I'm more involved in content rather than layout) this is really helpful for me. I especially liked the point Lisa made about not having more than one animation playing on a page, that it is just too much. This is a conversation that came up in the office, and like I said it's good timing. I'm able to put to use what I'm learning as I'm learning it!

Phone Photography

I have to admit that I am a phone photographer! I use my phone to take pictures all the time, and I find that I capture more of "life's moments" that way because it's something I always have on me. It's a little more cumbersome to always carry your camera around, even now that they are much smaller than the older one's used to be. I also think it's a lot easier to share them with others. As far as "art" goes, I must say this class is really the only reason I've dabbled in photo manipulation. I have to admit that once I got the hang of it I had fun with the cloud assignment, though. Who knows, I may continue trying to figure it out once this class is done!