Photosophy (Blog)
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Media Monday - “Audiences Negotiate Meaning in Media Messages”
2024-02-05 22:40:53 UTC
In this week’s Media Monday video I explain how two people can watch the same piece of media and have two very different reactions, the dangers of irony and levels of meaning in “Apocalypse Now”. I also include a “rude” (depending on your negotiated meaning) example of parody from Austin…
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Sunshine On Leith!
2024-02-03 16:53:53 UTC
Hello, Sun! So nice to see the long shadows of Leith, Ontario again.
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Media Monday - “The Media Construct (Versions of) Reality”
2024-01-30 15:37:19 UTC
In this week’s Media Monday video, I discuss the idea that the media, rather than we ourselves, construct our reality. I explain how these constructed messages have attitudes, interpretations and conclusions built in. I question whether the word “real” can ever be applied to the media. And I agree (sort…
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Media Monday - “All Media Are Constructions”
2024-01-23 01:13:09 UTC
Media Monday Video #2 is now live. In it, I discuss the first key concept of media literacy which is the idea that ALL, I repeat, ALL media are constructions, including Facebook, YouTube, the video and this post:)
Hope you’ll give it a watch and let me know what you…
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Media Monday - “To a fish, water is invisible.”
2024-01-18 14:03:10 UTC
I’ve finally started making some videos I’ve been planning for quite a while now. The first series is called “Media Mondays” and, when completed, will summarize the 8 concepts I taught in my English Media class. If you understand and apply these 8 concepts to all the media you consume…
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Snowsquall Drive
2024-01-14 19:26:33 UTC
Went to town this morning. Drive in was fine, but started getting progressively worse the more south I got. Probably explains why all the highways south of us are closed.
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Snowsquall Walk
2024-01-13 20:53:59 UTC
We haven’t had much snow yet. A blizzard was forecast for yesterday, but it never materialized here, at least. Today, we are getting some follow-up snow squalls. Which adds a nice touch to the landscape
I took a walk through our local Hibou conservation area with my friend, Bill, today.…
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Right Here Right Now
2024-01-05 20:56:23 UTC
First post of 2024 captures what I plan on spending more time on this year - the beauty of the everyday.
We spend so much time looking at heavily stylized photos taken in faraway places we forget how much beauty there is right under our noses.
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Favourites of 2023
2023-12-31 22:36:10 UTC
Here are some of my personal favourites from the past year. It was another great year. And there are still so many photos I’ve never even looked at. Hope everyone has a happy new year. Looking forward to branching out in 2024.
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Merry Christmas
2023-12-24 20:44:38 UTC
Moon over Owen Sound Santa Claus Parade 2023
Merry Christmas! May it bring peace to all.
My wish is that we all learn to live with less. Less anxiety, less stress, less money, less stuff, less suffering.
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