Stars: 2

Remix stars: 2

For my first assignment bank I had to take my favorite photo and explain why. I chose this assignment to remix to give it some FLAVOR!! The remix called for doing the complete opposite of the intended assignment. I chose to then, make this about my least favorite photo.

This proved to be difficult. I don’t really have a least favorite photo, unless I want to ruin my life by posting an ugly photo of me for the whole internet to see. Then, I knew exactly what would be the photo.

I love this photo. But I also hate the background information of it. This was taken June 21, 2018. I was getting reading for work, and cuddling with my cat, Harley. I gave him some love, and completed my shift at work. I debated going home, or to my boyfriends house. I had a gut feeling to go home, but realized I had worked a double as a server, his house was closer, and I would just go to my house in the morning.

The morning came, and it was not bright. I stepped foot into my house and realized Harley was sitting in an odd spot. I didn’t think much of it, as he was sick. Hyperthyroidism, a heart murmur, and cancer had slowly taken over his body. The 20 pound and hyper beast had turned into an aggressive boy, and then to a sweet and cuddly teddy bear. He was almost a zombie for months. Constantly loosing weight, equating to less than four pounds. Pure skin and bones roaming through the house, and walking in circles.

It’s hard to see something so pure and amazing slowly dwindle to a corpse. He was just as amazing when he died as when he was healthy. He became more and more cuddly, always gravitating towards me. The comfort of my brother was his favorite, and soon his trust lied in me. He followed me around the house, always wanted to be cuddled up in blankets in my arms, and would caress my face with his paw when I cried holding him.

I came home from college (before I started commuting) as much as possible. I knew his days were numbered.

And they were.

After seeing him in his awkward position, I dropped my bags and asked him how he was doing. He got up and tried to greet me, but something was wrong. He wavered to the left, hitting his head on the wall, and as he fell back right, I caught him in my arms. He wriggled in pain, and I was crying hysterically.

After almost 15 years, how could today be the day?

I ran through the house with him in my arms, tears streaming down my face, and screaming for my brother. I ran up the stairs, to an empty room, ran back down two flights, and ended up in the basement. He shot up and knew.

We put him in the carrier, raced to the vet, and they took him away. The doctor came in asking if we wanted to resuscitate him. Against my brother wishes, I said no. He had been suffering for long enough. They brought him back to die with us. We took him home and buried him, always remembering our sweet bubs.

I hate this photo because it is the last photo I have of my baby boy alive. I regret not going with my gut and being there for him all night into the morning. I met him when I was four, and he was the size of my palm. We dropper fed him, along with his sister, and raised them from small kittens, to amazing adults.

14 years are what I had with Harley, and I wouldn’t take back a single second. I would do anything to have one more day with you. No one can understand how special you truly are.

What makes a good photo? The answer to that question is different for everyone. My favorite photos are ones that hold some kind of meaning and tell a story. The “Your Favorite Photo?” assignment instructed me to choose my favorite photo I’ve ever taken and explain why I love it. I thought this sounded like an easy assignment at first, but quickly realized it wasn’t. It’s so hard to have to choose just one picture, and then have to figure out how to explain what it means to you.

I ended up selected a picture that I took when I was in China last summer. To me, this picture feels like a culmination of everything I experienced. I was in China volunteering at a camp for orphans. The camp allowed the kids to leave their orphanages and experience things they never had before, such as being in a loving environment and trying new things like eating ice cream or going to a water park, which is what we were doing in this photo.

The little girl in the photo wearing the eagle pride backpack is the child that I was paired with my second week. (Fun fact, I gave her the backpack at the end of the week so it’s still in China.) In the photo, you can see a few of the different groups of children and volunteers who were paired together. It was raining as we were leaving the water park, which is why people in the photo are using umbrellas.

My experiences in China made a huge impact on my life, and I am still very passionate about volunteerism and orphan care. I am planning to return to China this summer. For me, this picture shows a glimpse of one of the most important stories that I can tell. That is why it is my favorite photo.

I absolutely love this photo. I got the idea for the assignment here, where i’m supposed to pick my absolute favorite photo. Which is probably the hardest thing for me to do.

Its a fairly easy assignment, so it’s awarded 1 star, but this has been probably one of the most time consuming. I had to actually go through all the photos I’ve taken! Can you believe how many photos are in my lightroom library! Way too many!

I love every photo I take. Even the blurry ones. It’s all part of the process, and it was nice to see how far I’ve come. I used to take absolute crappy photos with my phone, and then I got a dslr, and then I didn’t know how to use a dslr, and now I guess I semi-know how to use one. I really want a new lens though.

SO really, this assignment took hours. A little trip down memory lane was required to go with it. And I couldn’t decide; I was torn between past and present.

The first picture I took with a tripod at Myrtle Beach. It was around sunset, just when the sun disappeared past the horizon. It was a really fun day, so I think the reason why I love this one so much is the memory behind it. Walking the boardwalk and playing arcade games after spending the day frolicking on the beach was awesome. Thats what this picture does for me-bring me back to the story behind the lens.

This second one is of Heff and Declan. I was laughing the entire time while trying to set this scene up. Declan had just finished playing at the park, and he was just in pure heaven with all the snuggles and rubbins he was getting from us so I could take a picture. The lighting was PERFECT! Just glinting through the trees onto Heff’s bun. I loved it!

As you can see, I don’t think I could’ve chose between the two. It was waaay too hard. But I did enjoy the process of this assignment-smiling at the memories we’ve made, the journey thus far.

-Caty

This is just one of the many pictures I have taken of my puppy. One of the reasons why I love this picture so much is it just captures my dog’s, Tanner, personality perfectly. He is the goofiest, happy, loving dog you will ever meet in your life. This picture always makes me smile and there is a 95% chance he is laying like this right now!

This Visual Assignment required me to post my favorite picture I’ve ever taken. While this isn’t a picture I took myself, it is my favorite picture. This picture was taken at Bletchley Park over this past winter break. Bletchley Park was Britain’s World War II top-secret Nazi Germany war code-breaking organization run by MI6. Bletchley Park is also what I wrote my senior thesis on this past fall semester. I put a lot of work into writing my 38 page thesis and it was so fascinating to be able to see this historical place in person!

The instructions for this assignment were:

“It’s simple. Choose your favorite photo you’ve taken and tell everyone why you love it so much.”

The photo I have chosen is actually fairly recent. It is a picture of me and my friend Hannah (Hannah is one the left). We hadn’t seen each other in nearly three months due to work and school, and we finally were able to get together for a movie night and dinner. It is currently my phone’s background image, and every time I look at it, it makes me happy.

I have some of the most supportive friends in the world, and they mean so much to me. I would not be where I am today without them.

Your Favorite Photo?

It’s simple. Choose your favorite photo you’ve taken and tell everyone why you love it so much.

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I took this photo in 2015 at a basketball game between the Wizards and the Raptors. My mother and I happened to lucked into first-row side-court seats, and although I really don’t care about basketball in any way, it would be a shame to let those go to waste!

I’m forever happy I did go, because I caught this picture of Drake looking very sad as he watched his team lose. It’s my favorite photo, because he just looks so pensive. Look at that face. Tell me he’s not seeing his dreams die? Tell me he’s not regretting his life in that moment. So much is going on in that mind–what to have for dinner, what color car to buy. It’s such a mysterious, cursed photo. I adore it.

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BEHIND THE SCENES

I chose this particular assignment from the assignment bank for one reason and one reason alone: sharing this very very very funny picture of Drake I took. There’s nothing deep to mention or say, I think this picture is hilarious and even if I’m the only person in the world who finds it funny, I want everyone to see it. Look how sad he is!

MAKING OF THE ASSIGNMENT

— I took this very very good and funny picture of drake when I was 17

— I posted this very good/very funny picture into WordPress

— I wrote directly into the textbox of WordPress for this assignment.

That’s really all there was to it! It was a fun, easy assignment that I wouldn’t have qualms with doing again. Thank you for the opportunity!