I took a lesson on photographing bright skies on Photzy. The lesson I read about was titled “3 Tips For Dealing With Bright Skies in Landscape Photography”.

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This part of the lesson talked about filters that can be used that will filter out the harshness of a bright sun. By doing this the photographer is able to pick up colors and details that would otherwise be overexposed or washed out.

I found a few lenses on amazon. The ones with a gradient effect seemed the most interesting to me because they can filter out the sun’s intensity at the top while still allowing the picture to be unfiltered at the bottom, however these types of lenses didn’t get as good as a review when compared to just a single density filter.

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This photo lesson also described the benefits of HDR photos. In class we talked about HDR photos and how it combines multiple levels of exposure to obtain the truest image. This lesson talked about how HDR can combat bright skies. I liked the picture example in this lesson because it filters out where the picture would be too bright and just focuses on the color peaking through the clouds. Without an HDR filter I can assume that these colors would be extremely faint and not stand out as much as they do with the filter applies.

I also read this article on the class flipboard account titled How to capture dramatic Light in Landscape Photography“. This article gave 10 tips on how to improve your landscape photography game. Tip #1 encouraged readers to study up on the weather to see if there was going to be a chance of clouds, rain, etc. so you are able to best shoot what you are trying to capture. Clouds can be very interesting if done correctly. Tip #2 explained how the photographer was able to capture this image of lightening and fascinating colors by being prepared with weather knowledge and also light dramatization. Tip #3 reminded readers to stay in shape. The best shot is rarely right in front of you, it may require some hunting. This may be anything from hiking to climbing to get the best view. Tip #4 encouraged readers to spend more money on traveling and less money on expensive equipment. In photography it is hard to “force” a picture. Tip #5 told readers to invest in protective equipment for their gear. The author gave the example of how he his team were able to shoot in 70MPH winds in a desert and got amazing shots that would not have been a possibility without their protective gear. Tip #6 relates to the previous tip, but it pertains to the person behind the camera. This tip reminds readers of the importance of having protective and adequate equipment/gear with them to properly serve them in the environment that they are going to be shooting in. Tip #7 tells readers about the importance of post-processing (or editing) in software such as adobe lightroom & photoshop, etc. Tip #8 encourages readers to love what they do. If you truly love what you’re doing and what you’re able to capture the pictures will speak for themselves. Tip #9 tells readers to trust their gut and take chances. The author shares that especially when capturing dramatic light scenery, your gut feeling is usually right, and it’s best to quickly follow it because lighting can change instantaneously. Finally, tip #10 encourages readers to get out of their photography comfort zones. If you love to take pictures of the sky at sunset, try hiking at night and taking pictures of the moon and stars.

Look at my Flickr!

I like to focus on landscapes, mostly because they don’t talk back. *Kidding!

I really enjoyed this portion of this project because it forced my to go through all of the 10,000 pictures I have accumulated on my laptop over the course of 5 years. I uploaded my favorite ones to my flickr account.

I chose to edit the pictures right in flickr because it’s easier than to send them back and forth to my phone to edit them using an app, and potentially losing some quality along the way. Here are some of the before versions of the pictures

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The only part I don’t like about editing on flickr is that the portion of the screen dedicated to the picture you are editing is quite small. Check it out below. I would rather have the picture take up the whole screen, instead of just being a pop-up edit window.

Check out this collage of my best work. Made on Canva

Overall I’d give the Flickr iPhone app 4/5 stars. I like the capabilities it has, however I don’t like that the options aren’t labeled. You have to click on every button to see what it does because it’s not labeled. I guess as I use the app more I will get more familiar with the buttons, but I as a new user it was confusing at first.

Check out this video review of the Flickr App that I posted to my youtube channel!

https://youtu.be/4eXzmBmYe3w

Follow me on flickr! Here’s some of my best work!

The first game I played was called “2016 National Drug & Alcohol IQ Challenge” and this game was basically a quiz about commonly abused substances, such as alcohol, marijuana, and MDMA. A strength of this game was that it was definitely educational, even I learned something from playing. A weakness of this game was that I think there was an answer that could have potentially two answers. In my Drug Use and Abuse class we learned about SSDS (Sudden Sniffing Death Syndrome) which is sudden cardiac arrest resulting from huffing a substance. I chose “dangerously decreased heart rate” and the correct answer for a question relating to the dangers of huffing substances. This choice, according to the quiz, was incorrect. Since this quiz came out in 2016, and E-cigs were not the huge problem they are now an Opportunity for this quiz would be that they are able to incorporate this new epidemic into the new 2018 or 2019 quiz. A threat to this quiz would be that there is a lot of competition when it comes to drug IQ quizzes. With a quick google search I was able to find 29,100,000 results in about 0.84 seconds.

The second game that I played was called “Jimmy’s Thirsty“. This was a true/false questions type quiz and all of the questions pertained to water and how the accurate hydration levels change throughout a lifetime. Overall I thought this game was pretty much common sense, however, I highly doubt that college educated individuals were the target audience for this quiz. Most likely it is targeted to grade school students.

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This game is a spin off of “Would You Rather” but with the incorporation of a game board. The game cards will have two well known makeup or skincare products that the player has to choose from. The back of the card will have the “better choice” and will either tell the player to advance on the board, or go back, depending on if they got the answer right or not. There will also be some trick questions where players will be asked for example, “Name two brands that are animal cruelty free” and the back of the card will have some potential answers. The point of this game is to advocate that not all brands have your best interest in mind. The FDA only bans so many products in makeup.skincare so we as consumers have to be hyper-aware of what products we use.

This article talks about how when compared to Europe, the US only banned 30 toxic substances from cosmetics whereas Europe banned 1328.

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About The Game: I always assumed that if a product was for sale then there must have been someone (the FDA) looking into the ingredients, however that is not the case. In researching these products I’ve come across a niche community relating to health and beauty product and babies. A lot of mother’s are talking about how natural products are so much better and less harmful to babies. A large controversy I’ve come across is the ingredients in baby orajel. Apparently the ingredients are extremely harsh, especially for a babies sensitive skin. A lot of mother’s are suggesting holistic alternatives to this product. This blogpost does a really good job at explaining the controversy behind the product. This game was created to educate the players that not all products are safe for your skin.

Directions: The youngest player rolls first. The object of the game is to make it across the board first. To win, players must correctly answer the game cards correctly to advance one space. The yellow bonus cards will be randomly distributed throughout the deck. If a player chooses the bonus card they must follow the directions and if they answer correctly they can advance 2 spaces.

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About The Game: I always assumed that if a product was for sale then there must have been someone (the FDA) looking into the ingredients, however that is not the case. In researching these products I’ve come across a niche community relating to health and beauty product and babies. A lot of mother’s are talking about how natural products are so much better and less harmful to babies. A large controversy I’ve come across is the ingredients in baby orajel. Apparently the ingredients are extremely harsh, especially for a babies sensitive skin. A lot of mother’s are suggesting holistic alternatives to this product. This blogpost does a really good job at explaining the controversy behind the product. This game was created to educate the players that not all products are safe for your skin.

Directions: The youngest player rolls first. The object of the game is to make it across the board first. To win, players must correctly answer the game cards correctly to advance one space. The yellow bonus cards will be randomly distributed throughout the deck. If a player chooses the bonus card they must follow the directions and if they answer correctly they can advance 2 spaces.

Download game board and cards here:

This post has the downloadable links

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The lesson I read on photzy was called “HOW TO DOCUMENT YOUR BEACH VACATION WITH PANACHE“. I love to take photos of sunsets, and I thought that this lesson could really help me to elevate my sunset instagram game. I’m originally from Long Island and I am lucky enough to be able to see the water every day. The ocean is a big part of my life and I love to photograph it. The sunsets at home are unparalleled. I learned that the horizon doesn’t necessarily have to always be the focal point of a beach photo. The author suggested making the focal point something that may be coming into the frame, like a tree or driftwood. I also learned not to have the horizon at the middle of the picture, but to have it in either the top third or bottom third.

I also read the article from our class’ flipboard account titled “5 Easy Tips For Improving Your Sunset Photography”. I liked this article because it was relevant to what I enjoy to photograph. Tip number 1 explained how to take advantage of the ‘golden hour”, also known as the period of time just before the sun sets and everything has a golden glow to it. Tip number two reminded readers that there are objects and silhouettes to be captured as well as the sun, and gave these pictures as examples.

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Tip number three reminded photographers to adjust their aperture to the smallest your lens can achieve. Tip number four suggested using a tripod to reduce shakiness and blur or lens flares. The last tip, number 5, taught readers about composition techniques such as, complementary colors, foregrounds, and reflections.

Here is a before and after of a portrait that I edited in snapseed.

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I really enjoyed this portion of this project because it forced my to go through all of the 10,000 pictures I have accumulated on my laptop over the course of 5 years. I uploaded my favorite ones to my flickr account, and I’m editing my top 4 of each category (landscape, abstract, and portraits).

I chose to edit the pictures right in flickr because it’s easier than to send them back and forth to my phone to edit them using an app, and potentially losing some quality along the way. Here are some of the before versions of the pictures:

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The lesson I read on photzy was called “HOW TO DOCUMENT YOUR BEACH VACATION WITH PANACHE“. I love to take photos of sunsets, and I thought that this lesson could really help me to elevate my sunset instagram game. I’m originally from Long Island and I am lucky enough to be able to see the water every day. The ocean is a big part of my life and I love to photograph it. The sunsets at home are unparalleled. I learned that the horizon doesn’t necessarily have to always be the focal point of a beach photo. The author suggested making the focal point something that may be coming into the frame, like a tree or driftwood. I also learned not to have the horizon at the middle of the picture, but to have it in either the top third or bottom third.

I also read the article from our class’ flipboard account titled “5 Easy Tips For Improving Your Sunset Photography”. I liked this article because it was relevant to what I enjoy to photograph. Tip number 1 explained how to take advantage of the ‘golden hour”, also known as the period of time just before the sun sets and everything has a golden glow to it. Tip number two reminded readers that there are objects and silhouettes to be captured as well as the sun, and gave these pictures as examples.

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Tip number three reminded photographers to adjust their aperture to the smallest your lens can achieve. Tip number four suggested using a tripod to reduce shakiness and blur or lens flares. The last tip, number 5, taught readers about composition techniques such as, complementary colors, foregrounds, and reflections.

The article I featured in this review was called “Custom Photo Filters Are the New Instagram Gold Mine“. I chose to also include this information about presets in my photo app review because it was something that I was genuinely curious about and I considered using it until I found out that Light Room costs $10/month 😦

I liked this article because it explained exactly what “instagram presets” were, and why people are using them. I think that whoever thought of selling their editing tips and packages is an absolute genius. For only about $3-$10 you can get a single preset or a pack of presets. So, what *exactly* are presets? Well according to this article presets are;

Presets are custom filters applied using Adobe Lightroom, a photo-editing tool. Influencers run all their photos through a specific preset in order to cultivate an aesthetic and make their feed look cohesive

Taylor Lorenz (The Atlantic)

Influencers, such ad Maddy Corbin, whom I featured in this video have taken full advantage of this market and even has an instagram page dedicated to her presets.

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Maddy’s real instagram can be found here, and her preset page can be found here.

Diving into the actual app review:

I like snapseed because there are many ways that you can edit a picture. I like to use snapseed more for landscape type pictures because it can highlight scenery rather well. Overall 4/5 stars, I’m not a fan of the way you have to swipe up to get other editing options, such as contrast, brightness, saturation, etc. Another photo editing app (that is also a monthly subscription, or a one time fee of $5.99 for the older version of the app) is called “Face Tune 2” and it is basically photoshop for your phone, but emphasizes more on body and face transformations and edits, rather than landscapes.

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I am actually super excited to start this project because I listen to podcasts all the time! I usually listen to them on my drive from school back to Long Island and from home back up to school; especially when I’m driving long distances. They help to keep me awake for some reason. My friends don’t understand how they don’t put me to sleep, but when I listen to a podcast it’s something new and interesting- I’m not just listening to the same songs I’ve already heard a million times. My favorite podcasts to listen to are Reply All by Gimlet Media and Up and Vanished by TenderfootTV.

For this project I listened to the “I Should Start A Podcast” by Anchor. I liked this podcast and I thought it was a good introduction into the world of podcast making. It made me think of things I would not have otherwise given a second look to like picking background music and building an audience. I listened to the “Your Podcasting Questions, Answered” and I liked listening to all the questions that these people had and hearing the advise the host was giving. The host suggested having a segment where listeners would call in with questions or comments and that engagement could cause more people to listen to your podcast. I am also a fan of segments in podcasts, It breaks up whatever the hosts are talking about and it’s a great way to incorporate your audience into the show. In one of my favorite podcasts the audience or one of the hosts finds a niche viral tweet and they ask each other what it is about. This segment is called “yes, yes, no” and 9 out of 10 times at least one person can decode and explain the tweet to the other hosts. My favorite irrelevant piece of knowledge that I’ve gained from this segment is that the word “Buffalo” 8 times in a row is a grammatically correct sentence. Go figure.

The podcasts that I listen to all have a “DJ” whose job it is to create beats and overlay them to the audio of the podcast. These podcasts are all semi-educational, whether it be hearing about a true story, investigating a problem a viewer sent in, or decoding a niche viral tweet I think these podcasts are all unique in what they offer.

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For this podcast we want to talk about the different subscription box services. These boxes can vary from delivering you healthy food and snacks every month to athlesure clothing. I choose to talk about the company Arobnne and what different subscription box services they offer. Arbonne is a MLM company that prides itself on quality. All products are vegan and free from animal cruelty. Arbonne has products ranging from beauty and makeup to dietary supplements, preworkout drinks and protein powders.

Fab Fit Fun may be one of the most popular, if not the most popular health and wellness/beauty subscription boxes. Fab fit fun gets delivered seasonally. A total of four boxes per year for about $40/box. There are upgrades available as well for an additional charge. Fab Fit Fun promises at least $200 worth of products in each box. Fab Fit Fun prides itself on delivering full size products rather than just trial or travel sizes. This is appealing because it gives the consumer enough product to actually see if they would like to continue to buy it.

Birchbox is another monthly subscription service that sends its subscribers a box of four to five selected samples of makeup, or other beauty related products. The products include skincare items, perfumes, organic based products, and various other cosmetics.

Meet the Hosts!

Pictured from left to right; Emily, Christine, and Kendra

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Links to boxes mentioned:

Fabletics

Arbonne

Hello Fresh: Order now and get $80 off!

The social media account I chose to takeover is Facebook.

I chose Facebook because I like that pretty much everyone, no matter their age, has a facebook account.

Above are the analytics regarding the Oz Health Tech account when I took it over.

Social Media Influencers seem to be ambassadors of all the new and upcoming brands. For example Tarte Cosmetics routinely sends their ambassadors on trips to tropical locations where they shoot pictures wearing the newest makeup releases. Studies have shown that influencers are significant in increasing the sales of the brand that they represent because of increased levels of “trustworthiness, expertise, similarity and attractiveness dimensions that positively affect consumers’ attitude toward an advertisement and a brand.“

This blog, Everyday Health posts about common health issues from the insulin pricing crisis to how to loose weight depending on your body type. I like blogs like this because they don’t just post how to “improve your physique”, they also post about current health issues that are facing society today.

Although Primavera Kitchen isn’t a facebook account, I chose to talk about this account because of their recipes. I look on this page almost daily for inspiration. I love to cook, but the same things get old after a while. I love to learn new recipes, especially her “one pan recipes“, they are amazing and the clean up saves so much time. I’ve come to learn that I like quinoa from this blog, and my mom is constantly asking me “what is the name of that website with the recipes?”, she loves it too. Primavera Kitchen also posts recipes for people who are vegan, vegetarian, keto, low-carb, and whole30.

I like this blog because she is unapologetically honest with her followers. She doesn’t just post her “highlight reel”, she posts about real life and her struggles with working out and trying to stay healthy. Her posts are motivational because they are also realistic and relatable.

This article by published on The Guardian that I found through our Social Media Magazine was really interesting to me because I love to learn via youtube. With over half of students being visual learners, I find that youtube videos are a great supplement to in class lectures. I like to watch Crash Course videos on science because of they way they explain things; they are easy to understand, especially with the animations they use. Pros and Cons of Social Media

I enjoyed using buffer as a social media posting tool. I liked that I didn’t have to make sure I was near my laptop in order to post something. This website made scheduling posts easy and efficient.

The social media account I chose to takeover is Facebook.

I chose Facebook because I like that pretty much everyone, no matter their age, has a facebook account.

Above are the analytics regarding the Oz Health Tech account when I took it over.

Social Media Influencers seem to be ambassadors of all the new and upcoming brands. For example Tarte Cosmetics routinely sends their ambassadors on trips to tropical locations where they shoot pictures wearing the newest makeup releases. Studies have shown that influencers are significant in increasing the sales of the brand that they represent because of increased levels of “trustworthiness, expertise, similarity and attractiveness dimensions that positively affect consumers’ attitude toward an advertisement and a brand.“

This blog, Everyday Health posts about common health issues from the insulin pricing crisis to how to loose weight depending on your body type. I like blogs like this because they don’t just post how to “improve your physique”, they also post about current health issues that are facing society today.

Although Primavera Kitchen isn’t a facebook account, I chose to talk about this account because of their recipes. I look on this page almost daily for inspiration. I love to cook, but the same things get old after a while. I love to learn new recipes, especially her “one pan recipes“, they are amazing and the clean up saves so much time. I’ve come to learn that I like quinoa from this blog, and my mom is constantly asking me “what is the name of that website with the recipes?”, she loves it too. Primavera Kitchen also posts recipes for people who are vegan, vegetarian, keto, low-carb, and whole30.

I like this blog because she is unapologetically honest with her followers. She doesn’t just post her “highlight reel”, she posts about real life and her struggles with working out and trying to stay healthy. Her posts are motivational because they are also realistic and relatable.

This article by published on The Guardian that I found through our Social Media Magazine was really interesting to me because I love to learn via youtube. With over half of students being visual learners, I find that youtube videos are a great supplement to in class lectures. I like to watch Crash Course videos on science because of they way they explain things; they are easy to understand, especially with the animations they use.

I believe social media is a blessing and a curse. The power we have in our hands in unbelievable. I am constantly goolging things and using my phone to make my day run smoother. I even use my smart watch to monitor my activity levels throughout the day and to see approximately how many calories I’m burning when I work out. Check out this “>post post did on facebook about wearable technology. However, on the other hand, the power that these phones have can be detrimental. Social media can exacerbate preexisting mental health issues, such a body dysmorphia, eating disorders, and anxiety disorders. Constantly seeing other people’s “highlight reels” can really weigh on someone who has these such preexisting conditions. It is important that we understand the power these phones have in order to “use their power for good”. I really like how the video below depicts the good and the bad aspects of social media.Pros and Cons of Social Media

I enjoyed using buffer as a social media posting tool. I liked that I didn’t have to make sure I was near my laptop in order to post something. This website made scheduling posts easy and efficient.

I also created this post for Facebook using canva.

For this project I took over the Oz Health Tech facebook page. When I first started this page had 171 likes. This page still has 171 likes, but I think this is due to not a lot of young people using facebook anymore. My most loyal liker of posts was actually our HPW Department Chair. I made a total of 7 posts in a 4 day period. The most amount of engagements I received on a post was 17. I think consistency is key when it comes to furthering this or any social media account. People want to see that you are active and posting quality content.

One strategy I used to run this account was the social media posting tool “buffer“. Buffer made it super easy to schedule posts that way I didn’t always have to be online in order to post. I even installed the buffer chrome extension which allowed me to set up a post curation right from the article’s website, rather than have to create the post on the actual buffer website.

Maysoon Zayid- “I’ve got 99 problems… palsy is just one“

Maysoon is an Arabic-American who has CP. She attributes her success to her father, whose catchphrase was “You can do it! Yes you can can!” In this Ted talk she describes her childhood and how she overcame various obstacles that stood in the way of reaching her goal of being on T.V. She soon realized that the T.V industry doesn’t cast disabled persons to act in disabled roles. Her life mission is to change this. This audio is originally from a ted talk with good audio quality. The target audience of this speech is anyone who may be different and feels ostracized for it. Maysoon wants these people to realize that they are not alone and that they too can accomplish their goals. Maysoon is a comedian, so her style uses comedy in order to break down barriers and tackle subjects that may otherwise be uncomfortable to talk about.

Maysoon’s YouTube Channel

Maysoon’s Website

Maysoon’s Blog

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Judith Heumann: “Our fight for disability rights- and why we’re not done yet“

Judith had polio when she was just three months old, and was in the hospital until she was three years old. Her parents first realization of discrimination was back in their home country of Germany during the holocaust. When people started to treat Judith differently because of her disability they knew, from previous exposure to discrimination, that something had to be done about it. The audio is originally from a ted talk. This clip has good audio. I think the target audience for this speech is anyone who has or is facing obstacles that are standing in the way of a better life. Judith wants people to see if she could accomplish this seemingly impossible task of passing the ADA, then you can also overcome your own personal challenges. Judith is very good at telling a story and making you feel as though you were there with her while she was going through this process.

Judith’s Website

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Aimee Mullins: “The opportunity of adversity“

Aimee is a record-breaking Paralympic athlete who realized at a very young age how powerful words can be. Her childhood doctor sparked this by calling her a “strong and powerful little girl”. She later picked up a thesaurus and read all of the horrible synonyms under “disabled”. She was appalled. She was determined to speak out about adversity and rather than shield people from adversity, but to prepare them for it. This clip is part of a ted talk. The audio comes through a little quieter than the other two clips. Aimee’s target audience is everyone who has or will ever face adversity. Aimee believes that adversity is so common that instead of hiding from it, we need to be able to take it head on, and be prepared for when it does happen. Aimee believes that sometimes it takes adverse situations in order for people to realize just how strong they are, and to realize what values most to them.

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Another Ted Talk “My 12 pair of legs“

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“Disabled, adjective: crippled, helpless, useless, wrecked, lame, mutilated. Antonyms: healthy, strong, capable. I was born into a world that perceived someone like me to have nothing positive whatsoever going for them, when in fact today, I’m celebrated. It’s not just about the words, it’s what we believe about people when we name them. It’s about the values behind the words. Our language effects our thinking and how we view other people. What reality do we want to call into existence, a person who is limited, or a person who is empowered? Everyone has something rare and powerful to offer our society. The human ability to adapt is our greatest asset. People have continually wanted to talk to me about overcoming adversity. Implicit in this phrase is the idea that success and happiness is about emerging on the other side of a challenging experiences unscathed or unmarked, when in fact we are changed; we are marked. Adversity isn’t an obstacle that we need to get around, it’s part of our life. The question isn’t wether or not we are going to meet adversity but how you’re going to meet it. Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity and out desire to protect those we care about by giving them the cold hard truth about the medical prognosis we have to make sure we don’t put the first brick in a wall that will actually disable someone. All you really need is one person to show you the epiphany of your own power and you’re off. Which potential do we want to bring out? The only true disability is a crushed spirit. If instead we can bolster a human spirit to keep hope, to see beauty in themselves and others, then we are truly using our power well.”-Aimee Mullens

The audio quality of this speech is a little echo-ey, but the added background music helps. The intended audience of this speaker is anyone who has a disability, or anyone who has faced adversity.

Additional information about Aimee

During this project I learned how to import and cut audio. I also learned how to add background music and pictures to an audio track. I had difficulties when figuring out how to cut the audio out that I didn’t want in the video. I would have liked to use clips of videos in lieu of just pictures because I feel like thats more interesting, but syncing the audio with the video was extremely difficult and it was also hard to download the actual video itself.

Original Video from Aimee Mullin’s Ted Talk

About Aimee:

Aimee is a record-breaking Paralympic athlete who realized at a very young age how powerful words can be. Her childhood doctor sparked this by calling her a “strong and powerful little girl”. She later picked up a thesaurus and read all of the horrible synonyms under “disabled”. She was appalled. She was determined to speak out about adversity and rather than shield people from adversity, but to prepare them for it. This clip is part of a ted talk. The audio comes through a little quieter than the other two clips. Aimee’s target audience is everyone who has or will ever face adversity. Aimee believes that adversity is so common that instead of hiding from it, we need to be able to take it head on, and be prepared for when it does happen. Aimee believes that sometimes it takes adverse situations in order for people to realize just how strong they are, and to realize what values most to them.

Words spoken in video:

“Disabled, adjective: crippled, helpless, useless, wrecked, lame, mutilated. Antonyms: healthy, strong, capable. I was born into a world that perceived someone like me to have nothing positive whatsoever going for them, when in fact today, I’m celebrated. It’s not just about the words, it’s what we believe about people when we name them. It’s about the values behind the words. Our language effects our thinking and how we view other people. What reality do we want to call into existence, a person who is limited, or a person who is empowered? Everyone has something rare and powerful to offer our society. The human ability to adapt is our greatest asset. People have continually wanted to talk to me about overcoming adversity. Implicit in this phrase is the idea that success and happiness is about emerging on the other side of a challenging experiences unscathed or unmarked, when in fact we are changed; we are marked. Adversity isn’t an obstacle that we need to get around, it’s part of our life. The question isn’t wether or not we are going to meet adversity but how you’re going to meet it. Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity and out desire to protect those we care about by giving them the cold hard truth about the medical prognosis we have to make sure we don’t put the first brick in a wall that will actually disable someone. All you really need is one person to show you the epiphany of your own power and you’re off. Which potential do we want to bring out? The only true disability is a crushed spirit. If instead we can bolster a human spirit to keep hope, to see beauty in themselves and others, then we are truly using our power well.”-Aimee Mullens

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Aimee’s wiki

Aimee’s FB

Aimee’s Twitter

Look at my Flickr!

I like to focus on landscapes, mostly because they don’t talk back. *Kidding!

I really enjoyed this portion of this project because it forced my to go through all of the 10,000 pictures I have accumulated on my laptop over the course of 5 years. I uploaded my favorite ones to my flickr account.

I chose to edit the pictures right in flickr because it’s easier than to send them back and forth to my phone to edit them using an app, and potentially losing some quality along the way. Here are some of the before versions of the pictures

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The only part I don’t like about editing on flickr is that the portion of the screen dedicated to the picture you are editing is quite small. Check it out below. I would rather have the picture take up the whole screen, instead of just being a pop-up edit window.

Check out this collage of my best work. Made on Canva

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About The Game: I always assumed that if a product was for sale then there must have been someone (the FDA) looking into the ingredients, however that is not the case. In researching these products I’ve come across a niche community relating to health and beauty product and babies. A lot of mother’s are talking about how natural products are so much better and less harmful to babies. A large controversy I’ve come across is the ingredients in baby orajel. Apparently the ingredients are extremely harsh, especially for a babies sensitive skin. A lot of mother’s are suggesting holistic alternatives to this product. This blogpost does a really good job at explaining the controversy behind the product. This game was created to educate the players that not all products are safe for your skin.

Directions: The youngest player rolls first. The object of the game is to make it across the board first. To win, players must correctly answer the game cards correctly to advance one space. The yellow bonus cards will be randomly distributed throughout the deck. If a player chooses the bonus card they must follow the directions and if they answer correctly they can advance 2 spaces.

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