OIP

For my final online identity project I'll be expressing myself in three modes, photography, web/ html, and texrt to explain who I am and what I do. In my photography, you'll see things through my perspective, seeing the world through my eyes. The web/ html will demonstrate the things I've learned since becoming a photographer, and the text will go into more detail about my transition from being only a photographer to being a digital artist.

Chuck Norris

1. The identity we're creating for our client is of a personal/ funny nature.
2. Our client is Chuck Norris, and we're reaching out to his humor, and, current and potential
fans.
3. Our goal is to show Chuck in a light hearted manner.
4. I believe our client would approve of our presentation of him. He is portrayed as tough,
disciplined, and spiritual. Of course some of these things come out in humorous ways.

Working thesis

In retrospect, the medium that had the most impact on me has been Adobe's Photoshop. In my paper I will address the role Photoshop has played in both my personal and professional lives. I will also explore the evolution of photography because of the capabilities in Photoshop through both research and anecdotal evidence.

medium focus

The medium I'm focusing on is film and digital film. This encompasses both still images and video production. I'll be analysing and discussing both the changes to the medium and also how the changes have affected me. I will further narrow my focus down to the editing software "Photoshop" and the variety of uses for changing your images.

Digital Immagrant, and loving it!

So I was born in the mid Seventies when technology started taking a turn in the direction it's led to today. I do remember Atari, blowing out Nintendo cartridges and having seizures playing "Sonic the Hedgehog". Technology didn't play a huge role in my life until I joined the Army and was in school for my job training, a combat photographer/ videographer. The Army figured that looking through the lens was the same regardless of the output mode. Good for me, it's really broadened my horizons.

While in school I didn't even know how to launch Photoshop to fix my under/ over exposed pictures. It was really embarrassing having 18 year old "kids" help me do such a simple thing as double clicking. It really took off from there. I fell in love with Photoshop. I remember a colleague having to do some major work on a picture of the Group commander. We couldn't figure out how to fix it. That night I had a dream, an epiphany if you will, on how to fix it, and it worked. Since I've left the military I've earned a degree in graphic design and am well on my way to a degree in digital video production. The Tech- Autobiograhy will be put together in web format with all images and code created by me.

I'm currently employed as a production assistant shooting and editing video. Learning design software has really helped in my video career. The graphics in my projects are all created by me, which means no waiting on designers. I'm still doing photography, weddings and other events but mostly personal stuff. I've taken a liking to portrait photography mixed with Photoshop "beautification".

Digital natives/ Immigrants

I find myself in the grey area between Native and Immigrant. I remeber learning things the "old" way through writings, but also remeber being put in front of the TV to "keep myself occupied". An example of my migration would be my typing class in high school. In the early, eary 90's, typing wasn't offered until high school and was done on a type writer. I feel that I have to recieve information fast, but, still have to print out things to read from my computer.

Tech history

My earliest memories of "technology" are using our Atari and jealously playing my cousins Commodore. After that, my teen years were spent being a long haired "new hippie" who was anti- technology. Aftwer joining the military as a combat photograhper, I HAD to learn photoshop to fix my photos. I was a horrible photographer. Now I have a degree in digital graphics . The entire Adobe suite is my friend.