The Time and Place project was easily my least favorite of the projects. That being said, I feel that I was able to learn the most from this one.
For my project I selected the DVD cover art for the television series King of Queens. Although it may seem that there isn't much thought that goes into choosing a sitcom for this project, it is quite the contrary. Having recently purchased our first home, my wife and I have had to make some tough decisions regarding certain luxuries in life, forgoing a cable bill in order to ensure that the mortgage is paid on time being one of them. Whenever we come across some extra cash, we throw a portion of it into what refer to as the entertainment fund, which we will use for dining out, catching a movie, or, in this case, satisfying our lack
of cable with TV on DVD. This sitcom happened to be a natural choice for us, as our lives closely reflect those of the characters in the show. Up until the economy took its unfortunate turn, I was holding down a blue-collar job while my wife worked as a secretary, much like the show. We were friends with a married couple who were going through a divorce, also like the show. Most importantly, being newlyweds ourselves, we struggled through very similar situations to those that the main characters faced, giving us the opportunity to sit back, laugh, and better cope with the pitfalls life had presented us with, making us a stronger couple in the long run. I was faced with many challenges with this project, the first being a lack of more professional equipment. A better camera and scanner would have given me higher quality images to work with. It also does not help when your computer is struck by lighting half way through your project. In the end and given the circumstances, I feel that my finished product is quite decent. I spent an exceptional amount of time trimming out my selections, so much so that my wife, who is always ridiculously supportive of my work fell asleep watching me. And she would have been there for quite a while had it not been for my snoring, not to mention the extremely annoying beep that my computer was making thanks to my holding down ctrl + T for an excessive ammount of time. The only problem that I have with this project is the graininess of the image. This is directly related to my lack of better equipment. However, given my budget, and what I had to work with, I am quite proud of what I was able to accomplish.
For my project I selected the DVD cover art for the television series King of Queens. Although it may seem that there isn't much thought that goes into choosing a sitcom for this project, it is quite the contrary. Having recently purchased our first home, my wife and I have had to make some tough decisions regarding certain luxuries in life, forgoing a cable bill in order to ensure that the mortgage is paid on time being one of them. Whenever we come across some extra cash, we throw a portion of it into what refer to as the entertainment fund, which we will use for dining out, catching a movie, or, in this case, satisfying our lack 
of cable with TV on DVD. This sitcom happened to be a natural choice for us, as our lives closely reflect those of the characters in the show. Up until the economy took its unfortunate turn, I was holding down a blue-collar job while my wife worked as a secretary, much like the show. We were friends with a married couple who were going through a divorce, also like the show. Most importantly, being newlyweds ourselves, we struggled through very similar situations to those that the main characters faced, giving us the opportunity to sit back, laugh, and better cope with the pitfalls life had presented us with, making us a stronger couple in the long run. I was faced with many challenges with this project, the first being a lack of more professional equipment. A better camera and scanner would have given me higher quality images to work with. It also does not help when your computer is struck by lighting half way through your project. In the end and given the circumstances, I feel that my finished product is quite decent. I spent an exceptional amount of time trimming out my selections, so much so that my wife, who is always ridiculously supportive of my work fell asleep watching me. And she would have been there for quite a while had it not been for my snoring, not to mention the extremely annoying beep that my computer was making thanks to my holding down ctrl + T for an excessive ammount of time. The only problem that I have with this project is the graininess of the image. This is directly related to my lack of better equipment. However, given my budget, and what I had to work with, I am quite proud of what I was able to accomplish.
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