Advice for the next time

Dear students,

Make sure you do all your work and you'' be guaranteed an A. This class can be time consuming if you procrastinate too much, which surprised me, but it is a piece of cake! :) You learn a lot about the many programs you never thought you'd ever use.

Good luck for next semester, Spring 2015 class!!

My new Website!

You are invited to visit my new website!
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~cstallw1/index.html

I had a hard time making this website because of what I wanted to get my point across to people. I want people to reach out and try something new. Kpop is something that has been apart of  my life for a few years now. I think anyone can enjoy this music because even though it is in a different language and a different culture, I firmly believe that people can enjoy something out of their comfort zone. I gave multiple video links to different types of Kpop genres. I gave reasons for at least considering to try to listen to Kpop. At first, linking the pages was a problem. Then, the pictures and videos of all the different groups were a little hard to find. Even when I did find them, certain browsers would't recognize them.


My favorite websites were Thomas's and Judson's websites. They were both professional looking and expressed things they really enjoyed. I would gladly hire them if I wanted to make a website. The links were put within pictures in Thomas's and Judson's had an amazing color scheme with a tribute to someone. I thought they were both awesome!

Sweet Dreams

The above pictures were all altered. Can you tell? You probably can't. While I only altered the hue, saturation, brightness and contrast to make them look even more appealing, they were most likely pre-altered before they hit the net. These three gentlemen are Bruno Mars, G-Dragon, and Taeyang, all famous singers. The images came from different photo shoots had at some point in their careers. These pictures were most likely originally manipulated to appeal to their female audiences just a little bit more. Their faces might have had a little bit of a touch up on the computer as well as in makeup. I'm not saying this is a crime. Look at them. They're gorgeous! All I'm saying is it would be nice if we knew the pictures had been altered.

 An editorial done by PR Newswire stated this exact thing. "We're not saying advertisers can't continue doing exactly what they've been doing....saying that if they choose to keep doing his, they need to be straight and upfront about it." (1) Now while they are talking about advertisements with photo enhancements that have been affecting the psyche of women for years now, I believe this can apply to male celebrities as well as female ones. For example, if I met Taeyang, the one on the right, in person, I might be a little disappointed because he may not look as good in person as he does in this photo. Of course he probably looks close, but my perception of him is based on the photos I see of him. Now, if someone would post somewhere on or along with this photo a little note that says "pictures have been altered" or something like that, then I would not set my expectations so high. Not a lot of people believe that photoshop can apply to men as well. You get just as affected by the visual enhancement of a man as you would a woman. 

This is just a little a little food for thought, but photoshopping isn't the crime. It's letting people believe its the truth when that's not the case. It's like living in a dream :) Sweet dreams everyone!

(1) PR Newswire, comp. "Off Our Chest." Regional Business News. EBSCO, 22 Aug. 2011. Web. 5 Nov. 2014. <http://eds.a.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?vid=7&sid=a249e141-da62-4b03-8372-6b486b1bd048%40sessionmgr4002&hid=4210&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#db=bwh&AN=201108220805PR.NEWS.USPR.LA55233>.

Postcard from Home!

Presentation Evaluation Time!

I believe my presentation was eye opening for a few people because it looked at a different culture's, Korean, TV show called RUNNING MAN. I liked how I got to show people an example of the sort of foreign TV I like to watch. The presentation could have included a lot more design elements like transitions, color, stacking pictures and the timing of the elements.

I was impressed by the Lord of the Rings game presentation and the slack-lining presentation. The lord of the rings one had the most technical design elements out of everyone and it really impressed me. I liked the slack-lining because I vaguely knew about the subject, but the video opened my eyes to how far you could take the recreation.

Overall I think everyone did a great job!

The Beauty in Culture

Photoshop...taking it a little too far, don't ya think?

I chose this picture about BP, the oil company, altering a photo to show that they were making an effort to clean up the oil spill from 2010. I chose this picture because it made me laugh. For them to have to alter a picture to show something that they should have been doing, is funny to me. The photo was a picture of two pilots in a helicopter, but it is unknown where the original picture came form. There might have been a helicopter pad next to an oil rig, but it is not confirmed.

The water in the photo where the boats are to the right changes hues and one of the boats gets cut off. There is evidence of bad cutting job on the shoulder of the right pilot, a traffic control tower is in the top left corner of the bottom picture and the pilot on the right is holding a pre-flight checklist when the picture suggests they are in the air.

The photo was manipulated to show people that BP was working to clean up the oil spill. It was harmful to their already crippling reputation because it showed that they did not care about the oil spill. Instead of actually cleaning it up, they chose to make us think they were cleaning it up.


Photoshop gone too far

I chose this video because it shows the effects of Photoshop and how far someone can take it When I first saw this video, it blew my mind. How much it can change is ridiculous and when you watch it you will see what I mean, There is so much it can change and it made me wonder if people should be allowed to take it that far.