Digitial Photo Landscape Assignment (a little early. Waiting to post it to the class blog.)

Found this spot at random at some park in Canton? I thought it was too nice of a place to pass up since I had my camera with me.

Fly Creek Cider Mill

Fly Creek Cider Mill

 Made my friend pull over on the way home from Fly Creek to hop out and get this shot.

 

Windmills! One of my favorite views on the ride from Canton to my hometown.

Wish it wasn't so foggy that day so you could see them better.

Another spot I really like on the ride home

GMMD409 Survey Link

Please take my survey about the news media for my Issues in New Media Journalism class.
It is fairly quick and easy and would help me out with a future assignment. I may even pay you for your responses in ponies and rainbows. But no promises.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/X27M6PY

Digital Photo Black and White Assignment

Afroduck! Black & white makes the mud look slightly less unappealing.

Used hue/saturation and some contrast adjustments.

Duck pond at the Fly Creek Cider Mill. 

Used black and white adjustment, brightness/contrast adjustments.

 Line o' crosses. 

Used hue/saturation, brightness/contrast, and levels adjustments.

 Took this at the Utica Zombie Walk, so I felt like it needed to be a little darker than normal.

Black & white adjustment, and brightness/contrast.

 My zombie friend at the Utica Zombie Walk.

Black & white adjustment and brightness/contrast.

 My zombie-fied boyfriend at the Utica Zombie Walk. Reminds me of the iconic Frankenstein face.

Used hue/saturation, as well as levels adjustments and presets. I think I used brightness/contrast, too.

Southwest is getting all snooty again.

http://news.yahoo.com/leisha-haileys-bussing-fight-southwest-airlines-141326678.html

What is it with Southwest kicking famous people off of their flights for stupid reasons? First there were the two Kevin Smith incidents (one because of his weight, the other they wouldn't let him on a flight his bags including his wife's meds were already on). Then they kicked Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day off the flight he was on because he was wearing his pants too low and refused to pull them up.

Now they kicked Leisha Hailey off a flight for a supposedly quick innocent peck with her girlfriend. Hailey was offended by the stewardesses' comments, and the situation escalated to them getting kicked off. All because people are afraid of affection between two people of the same sex. If a straight couple were to do the same thing, the stewardesses would just say "Awhhh, you two are just so cute together" and hand them champagne and party hats.

Southwest prides themselves on being family-friendly, but Leesha Hailey was completely correct in saying, "Hate is not a family value". Why are people so offended by two people who love each other being affectionate?  Maybe the parents' Southwest is catering to just don't want their kids to see what love looks like so they don't have to fake it themselves?

I have no idea why this upsets me, but it does.

http://news.yahoo.com/latest-trend-hip-hop-womens-clothes-094351518.html

Just saw this on Yahoo! News. Apparently the "new trend in hip-hop" is wearing women's clothing. I was already annoyed enough when guys started acting like it was cool to wear pink. Don't get me wrong. This doesn't bother me because I'm opposed to men wearing woman's clothing. I am certainly not in the slightest. But isn't it peculiar that if a gay white man were to wear these clothes he'd be ridiculed endlessly. Actually from my experience, you can wear these things as long as you still harass other people about wearing the same thing.
I still remember in Junior High when a (straight) friend at the time borrowed his sister's shirt because he thought it'd be funny to wear it to school. Some macho douche started a fight with him at lunch, kept calling him a "fag" for wearing it. Who would have thought that if he just waited a couple years, he'd be a trendsetter. Hm.

GMMD409 Comparison Assignment

For this comparison of print newspaper, a television news program, and an online news site, I chose to cover the Google antitrust hearings. Google is currently under scrutiny about whether or not they rig search results. Currently, about two thirds of all internet searches go through Google. They control about ninety percent of mobile internet searches. The FTC, Justice Department, and the European Union are all investigating this matter. 

The rest of the assignment is after the jump break.

Westboro Church serenaded by Foo Fighters before concert - NBCActionNews.com - Kansas City

Westboro Church serenaded by Foo Fighters before concert - NBCActionNews.com - Kansas City


Westboro Baptist Church is one of the few things I really hate and get worked up about, so I love any kind of counter-protest towards them. Anything to see them get shut down. It's made even better by the fact that it's Foo Fighters putting so much into mocking them. Wonderful.