Well, there we go, kinda surprised actually. It was all very easy to find took a little bit and found some of it by accident but i found it all none the less
Category Archives: Past Student Work
Helpful Resources At Lane!
Rock on, Teresa! “Blue Cyc Wall” Where you go when you’re broke!
Find this guy in the main art gallery! Art-O-Mat Library time!
Neat sculpture! Online E-book in the library on Media Arts! Hey Mary Jo Kreindel!
Trying to save gas? Well…. Plan your future the right way! Just your….. common area.
There’s only one roof as wavy as that one Thought about giving them some constructive
…… The Students First building’s! criticism
I Spy
During this Scavenger Hunt I discovered how many places I didn’t know existed. I’ve been going here for 3 years, one would like I knew where everything was. The Art-O-Mat, I probably walked passed that a dozen times before I realized it was what I was looking for. Trying to find different ways to take a picture so it wasn’t plain was difficult.Some of mine are just pictures of a door. That was one thing I struggled with how do I make this door look interesting?
Some Hopefully Helpful Resources for Media Arts Students at LCC
Scavenger Hunt
Multimedia Scavenger Hunt at Lane
About bcshervey
I’ve been cast, by choice or by default, in any number of roles: academician, author, daughter, editor, ethnographer, (ex)wife, (grants)writer, mother, photographer, researcher, teacher. Many have been played simultaneously; others are from what feels to be a time long gone by. As I face the abyss of middle age (as socially constructed as it might be), I am trying to reconnect with parts of my creative and professional past to be able to take them into the near and distant future.
I grew up in Sullivan, Illinois, and had the good fortunate to do my dissertation on my hometown. I will get to that in a minute.
For most of my childhood, my mother was an editor for the local newspaper and my father was the county planning and zoning commissioner. Each of their professional roles influenced much of what I chose to study and do. I remember my mother’s early years with the newspaper very clearly including Linotype, and when they switched to photo-ready layout. After school, my sister and I would hang out at the newspaper office and at the courthouse (probably driving folks nuts at both places). Time spent at the newspaper office and getting to know how it all operated definitely instilled in me a passion, if not awakening a latent talent, for writing and photography. The role of a weekly newspaper in a rural county with one stoplight plus the palpability of a local government in action set the stage for interest in community theory and local ethnography.
The local institution that defined life in Sullivan and, subsequently, my dissertation, was The Little Theatre on the Square. Since 1959, The Little Theatre has been the only Equity theatre between Chicago and St. Louis, bringing in all variety of theatre people (stars, techies, apprentices), tourists, and new businesses. As I discussed in my dissertation/book, the theatre changed the cultural tenor of the community, especially through the 1960s and 1970s, of a very insular, homogenous farming town. More to the point of post, working at the theatre as a 14-year-old, first as an usher than as the photographer’s assistant, pretty much altered my perceptions and definitions of life starting with the role of theatre and the view of the world through a camera lens.
The course of my academic adventures–undergraduate and first graduate foray–took me through news writing, international politics, Russian history, urban policy analysis, architectural history, museum studies, and oral history/ethnography. Ethnography defined the focus of my doctoral work, providing a similar level of inquiry and potential for storytelling as I had known through photography. In other words, both allow for socially acceptable nosiness. Teaching added a whole other dimension of potential exultation. I didn’t begin my PhD program with any intention of teaching but quickly and totally captivated.
The upshot is that I am trying to rekindle those things that had previously captivated me. When Plan A–a teaching gig–didn’t come through, I followed Plan B–working as a grants writer for a community college. This all occurred just as the economy was imploding. (Working in grants development during a recession is not for the faint of heart.) I did find much of the grants process enjoyable and satisfying. A very significant downside was that too few people in positions of authority, power, and influence had any real understanding of the grants world, and I was just apathetic enough to not educate the masses or evangelize for the cause. Consequently, after being deaccessioned from a grants gig this summer, I decided it was time to recalibrate my navigational system and head in a different direction. I know the general direction in which I am heading, but I am just not sure yet of the exact compass point.
GoPro Image
Psychedelic Exposure
Prepare for an awesome visual adventure guided by Evan Sharboneau through his tutorials and videos showing some jaw dropping photography techniques. Some of these photos can be created using simple tricks and techniques, while some may need more gear to accomplish and still some may even use Photoshop. Whatever the case they are extremely creative, fun and leave me feeling inspired.
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This wine glass with its contents frozen in mid-air puts a different spin on capturing the motion of liquid. It appears that the liquid may just spill at your shoes but of course safely contained within the frame.
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This photo is an example of double exposure, created using nothing more than a DSLR camera. I absolutely love the soft, whimsical effect this creates. The possibilities are open on this one, there are so many options for backdrop and fillers.
![photo extremist pic 1](https://pinkheather1.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/photo-extremist-pic-1.jpg?w=245&h=300)
Another example like the one above but this time there is multiple exposures rather than just two exposures.
![photo extremist pic 3](https://pinkheather1.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/photo-extremist-pic-3.jpg?w=758&h=758)
This one is pretty cool, right? It can be pulled off easier than you might think with some basic stuff you probably have around the house.
![photo extremist pic 2](https://pinkheather1.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/photo-extremist-pic-2.jpg?w=278&h=300)
Whoever lives here must have just won the lottery right? Sadly for them it is a mere illusion.
There is so much quantity of fascinating pictures and ideas on this site, if you are looking to learn some cool tricks and techniques or even just even just to check out some cool art, I highly recommend a visit.
About Me.
By: EJ Olson
My name is EJ Olson, I’m a multimedia Design major at lane Community College. My free time (what little I have left, anyway) is spent making music, writing, binging on anything NBA related and retro gaming. I’m studying at Lane in order for me to hone my skills, so as to help further my ambitions of working with film, music or becoming a graphic designer.