Blog 01: Working The Shot

Derek McGannon Blog 04 10/27/2021 What's New   I started this healing process trying to fit Nido and Steve into the right places but it was not working becuase steve's smart object was wider and nidos was taller. I also noticed that Nido was grainy because I had to zoom in to use his cutout. I decided to use better and higher resolution images with more pixels to work with. I cleaned up the edges so my quick select tool did not have the backgrounds bleeding through. I went a little farther and added text bubbles to clean up the flow of the meme and make it more of a comical discussion between both businessmen. I reformated the money into different areas but I plan to do more with that before the final project What's Next I plan to blend the books in Nido's right hand with his jacket so they disappear. Its a slight intrusion and would cause a distraction if left in the final image (Waterhouse, 2017). I also plan to make some of the +$500 texts look 3D by placing it a lit...

 MEME: Rough Draft Derek McGannon 10/6/21 IDEA:     The point behind this meme is to shed light on how ironic one of High Point's Rules are. There is a five hundred dollar fine per limb placed in an HPU fountain. This is ironic because one of High Point's most respected traditions is for seniors to place their hand in the water fall fountain behind Slane. While there is no fine for this specific fountain, I thought that it would be funny to see it as a money waterfall or a scam. Nido and his business partners making money off of tricking kids into committing a finable offense and one day he is going to collect. So far:     So far I have two layers of quick selected Dr. Qubein and Mr. Wozniak and placed them to have a conversation. I have also added layers of for the text. I made sure to make both cutouts smart images so I can edit them later for the meme's final product. What's Next:     Next comes the perfecting process. I will be making my smart imag...

Business Card September 20, 2021 Derek McGannon Blog 02 Intro The creation of a business card was fun for me becuase it challenged my skills in InDesign. I found photoshop natural and fun, but InDesign brought about a different way of thinking for me. I wanted to go with a simplistic design that was also tasteful and different. The standard business card is outdated and my goal was to twist the standard design slightly as to not overwhelm a viewer with something completely different. Creation I started with the standard US Business Card size of 3.5'' x 2'' on a blank canvas in InDesign (Vistaprint). With my bleed at .137'', I formatted with a end goal in mind. Staying in inches rather then other measurements makes presentation an easily imaginable picture. With my set up ready, I was ready design. Designing Introducing a photo was my first step. I chose a formal photo that was welcoming enough that I could use this card in any setting. I started at the bleed and...

Introduction Welcome reader, you have successfully reached my blog post for COM-1113-01, a Graphic Software Packages class. In this blog I will be narrating my take on many professional techniques to photography. "You’ve got to find the angle that gives you something that really works, or maybe something even better" because "working the shot" is an art form not a science (Kennedy, 2012). Deriving a Theme Working the shot requires a subject that can be looked at completely different at every angle, creating meaning from perspective. This subject or theme is a key starting point and crucial to the creative process.     My theme was derived out of a passion of mine which allowed me to see the subject in a more personal way. The piano is a very intricate instrument that can create pure emotion through sound. This specific piano, a model of the 20th century Steinway & Sons grand piano, hides history amongst its approximately 12,000 individual parts. This theme gives...