Fresh Thoughts

Fresh Thoughts: How to Prepare for Florence When I was searching for a topic for my photostory, I would be lying if I told you I had an easy time finding something to do it on. Then I remembered that Hurricane Florence was preparing to hit the East Coast, so I decided to do this assignment on how to prepare for Florence. For this blog post, I took a picture of my roommate Brad, standing next to an essential for preparing for any natural disaster: a case of water. I took this picture into Photoshop, and made the following edits using crop, hue and saturation, and brightness/contrast.  Original Picture: First Edit: For my first round of edits, I cropped the original to focus more on Brad and the case of water. Then, I used the quick selection tool to select the water bottles in the case. After that, I added a hue and saturation adjustment layer to the selection, changing the color of the water to blue.  Second Edit: Prior to my second edit, I...

Fresh Thoughts: That's What She Said For this assignment, I took 2 clips from "The Office", and combined them with the use of the razor tool. The first clip, which is much of my video, is of Jim dressing as Dwight and asking Dwight a series of odd questions relating to bears. The second clip is a compilation of Michael's catchphrase, "That's what she said". In my edited version, I used the razor tool to take out parts of Jim and Dwight's argument, and replaced them with Michael saying "That's what she said". The most challenging part, surprisingly, was finding a way to put all my clips into this blog post. Since my edited version was deemed "too big" by Blogger, I copied the links of all 3 of my clips that are in Google Drive and pasted them here.  If I wanted to, I could post my edited video to YouTube and not be cited for copyright violation, as it is a parody. Original Videos: https://drive.google.com/op...

As many of you know, I am a Detroit Lions fan. I can't tell you how many times people ask me why I like them. Sometimes, I question why I like them. I felt that this project gave me the perfect time to share my long and confusing story of having my heart ripped out every week for the past 7 years. Original 5 min: https://soundcloud.com/jake-fahler/recording Edited 1 min: https://soundcloud.com/jake-fahler/heartbreak-condensed

Fresh Thoughts: A New Perspective on Technology Technology is a major part of our everyday lives. We are constantly in the presence of technology, whether it be our phones, smartwatches, or laptops. My passion for technology led me to use technology for this project. What you are about to see is various perspectives of an everyday object in the common office: a printer.  Negative Space This shot of the printer focuses on the concept of negative space. By using a light colored wall, I was able to show how it contrasts with the printer's black color, as well as the shadow cast by the printer. This shot also employs the rule of thirds, which keeps the shot visually balanced.  Framing This shot of the printer focuses on the concept of framing. Once again, I used the rule of thirds to help me set up this shot. By taking the time to line up my shot, I was able to get a nice balance between the printer and the background.  Cropping ...