If I ever met myself, I can’t imagine we’d get along terribly well. And I imagine we’d be laughing the whole time.

This panorama was a bit difficult because it kept clipping when I jumped on or off the chair. I tried it a few different ways and this was the best result. With some slight blurring and if you ignore the curved floor, one can almost imagine the epic showdown. Earth 3000 me has finally caught up with Earth 42 me after years of hunting. How will it end?!

This assignment was harder than it looked. In my head I was like oh this will surely be easy. I was dead wrong lol. I was either moving too fast or not fast enough so they phone cut off my photo and I was left will a partial panorama. It took a solid chunk of time before I was able to capture this beauty. I used my phone camera and chose the panorama option and got to work.

The story behind this photo is that were arguing. Clearly something happened to Ron the cow because he was smushed. One version of me makes it known that the cow is not the favorite squishmallow and that the turkey is the best. So when the other version of me came back to the apartment to find Ron smushed, I knew we had to have a chat. The chat was not meant to turn into an argument but it escalated quick and soon I was pointing figures accusing me of smushing Ron the cow.

I enjoyed this assignment altogether and creating this photo! I have a couple super hilarious outtakes as well.

I had a good chuckle reading the description for this assignment! Editing software is a little frustrating, but I know that it is part of the process of learning!
For this assignment, I was told not to use editing software and to take a panoramic picture instead with a cell phone. I luckily had a friend at school today willing to help me out! So we went to the UC!
The provided guide was helpful, but unfortunately, it was for an iPhone. As it turned out, my friend has one, so he saved me twice today!

I am always amazed at how technology has improved. I remember when smartphones were first coming out and never thought that cameras would become so advanced!
Android phones do have panoramic mode, so I will have to see if it works similarly in the future. Please ignore the last bit of the photo, as there was a glitch in the Matrix.

Thanks, Elizabeth, for writing this assignment!

So, like I said, it took me a HOT minute to figure out how to actually do this, so the first 7 or so photos I took look a little something like this:

or this:

or, my personal favorite, this:

But, after a creative rest and some research (check out this website for some Good Instructions), I finally got the hang of it and came out with some Really Good photos. The one that shows the most technical skill is probably this boy,

But this, one, even though its not as impressive technically has an element of storytelling to it!

And one more, because its Good Quality and I can insert a meaning into it!

This photo symbolizes the dichotomy of humankind, a dichotomy found even within individual persons (as showcased!) (I’m mostly joking).

So how did I do it? WELL. First, you get inspired by some insta post about this very subject and try figure it out without research and end up with a bunch of photos like the first three. Then you cave and do actual research. So the real process is to start you panorama at point A, then have the photographer pan until the subject is out of frame. Then, the subject run around the photographer (so as not to be in the frame) and stands Very Still right before the photographer pans to point B. Alternatively the subject of the photo can just kind of. Run to the next point without avoiding the photographer and sometimes it still works out fine! For this assignment, it’s really a practice makes perfect scenario, so don’t get discouraged and try out different techniques and strategies!

This was SO COOL and such a Brilliant Assignment (which I am saying from a completely unbiased and objective place). In all sincerity, however, I did have a really good time with this assignment; messing around with stories and techniques to make the panos look good and losing my absolute mind over the ones that didn’t turn out as good was just SUCH a good time. I definitely struggled before I knew how to do it, but that just shows the power of research! . Overall i’m stupid proud of all of my panos, even and low key especially, the ones that aren’t technically perfect. in conclusion. yall pls do my assignment im so proud of myself and it really is a fun one!

be good to yourself, -liz