Post 2

When I was out taking pictures I went to a new water source. The river was very pretty but the weather conditions were extremely frustrating and not the best for trying to take good photographs. I often found myself sliding around or getting water droplets on the lense of my camera. When I went back to look at my pictures I found some of the images to be blurry because of the water. I am not sure if this is a good or a bad thing. At times the blurry spots annoy me and other times I feel like it fits perfectly with the theme of water and the river.
Another issue that I found myself dealing with was what I was going to photograph. When I got to the river I was drawn to various lines that would would cut across the body of water. This was often tree branches but also bridges, pipes, and pieces of ice. I think that I am going to continue photographing these natural lines as an allusion to the river and its natural properties.

Post 1

Currently with this project, I am enjoying my topic of the Cuyahoga River but I feel a little lost with my images. I found a lot of great images online. There are some wonderful historical websites that have photographs of downtown Cleveland along the Cuyahoga, as well as images from the famous fires. I am hoping to tie these into my project some how because I think that they are such an interesting piece of history that many Clevelanders have not seen before. One option that I have considered for my first project is to collage my images in a way that almost looks like a time line.

I have thought of doing some type of a historic wheel where viewers could spin the paper to reveal more images of the River and how it has progressed/regressed over time. Observers would view it in various segments but I believe it would still all flow together. Execution is still very confusing for me and I am not even sure if I am on the right track for project ideas. In general, I am hoping that I will be able to go home at some point to capture images of the river myself, in order to relate my own story and history with the river to the project.