The prompt I’m not going to lie, I chose this prompt because it looked easy. Then I realized I would somehow have to take a “bad” photo on purpose. I’m not good at that. I ended up taking this with my hand on the chain link fence on Ball Circle as it was getting dark and the fog was rolling in. I ran out in between showers to take it. It’s definitely cliche and doesn’t serve much of a purpose existing. It’s too serious, you know? Very “I’m Fourteen And This Is Deep.” So I kept with that cringey theme. I uploaded the photo to Canva (I may have screwed…

The prompt Spot the difference! My desk is a mess, so when I saw one of the prompts was to make a spot-the-difference, I was all in. I tried to keep my camera steady and not change the angle between photos, but I wasn’t super successful. Things like my planner and my bird painting are differences, yes, but they aren’t the one you’re meant to find. My desk is a mess. It makes something like this really easy. I just leaned back from where I was working and snapped the photo. Honestly, the hardest part of this assignment is coming up with what to say about it in the write…

The prompt Here we have the unedited and then edited photos of my bed, which change the mood. The unedited one is normal looking, somewhat inviting on a cold, rainy day like this but nothing special. The edited one I wanted to make more magical. I used the editing tools on my phone to up the exposure, brilliance, highlights, shadows, brightness, saturation, vibrance, noise reduction, and warmth while decreasing the black point and contrast. I also added a strong white vignette to the edge. The result was more magical, but it also gives me a World War II era old-timey feel. I think that might just be my floral bedspread…

The prompt The poster: I only ever did Girl Scout day camps when I was younger (most of them at Algonkian Regional Park) but I thought something with a more intense theme than “animals” or “princesses” would be cool. I’ve started thinking more about the apocalypse and what I would do to survive. I have a journal with instructions on how to do everything from filter water to make cheese so that if everything falls apart, I will at least know how to survive. I just thought an apocalypse survival camp would be cool. The poster wasn’t too difficult to make, I used Canva to design it and then put…

The prompt The photo: The prompt says you should guess what it is, so write in the comments what you think it is and then come back. There’s a photo of what this is in full further down but just ignore it. Scroll fast. You did it? You’re back? Good. This is a closeup of a paint-by-number I finished last night. I shot from the very bottom of the painting where it as hanging on my wall and pointed straight up. The full painting is of a busy cafe at night. I spent weeks working on painting it so I’m really proud of it now that it’s done and I…