Who I Am

https://mauriciov6211.wixsite.com/mysite

The purpose of this website was to tell the story of my identity through a photo essay, and specifically the four traits that I feel define me the most. For these four characteristics, I decided to go with the city I’m from, my anxiety, my religion, and my friends. My photo essay website is meant to show who I am through pictures and what I want the audience to take away from it is a better and deeper understanding of who I am as an individual.

The process of actually creating and curating the website was easier than I initially imagined. I was able to decide on a layout for my website with relative ease. I had a good idea of what pictures I wanted to use for each category and was able to procure them from family albums or from my phone. I was also able to write an “about me” section and descriptions for each of my selected pictures. The part I was most concerned about when first starting this project was actually working on the website and editing it. However, I was able to figure it out with little to no difficulty.

I made very deliberate choices when it came to picking out the pictures for my WIX website. For the most part, I selected recent pictures that I had saved on my Google Drive. For some, such as pictures from my childhood, I had my parents go through family albums back home and send me the pictures I needed. For others, I had to go to Google Images to look up some photos of the Dallas skyline, because I didn’t have any readily accessible. The section I had most trouble with was my anxiety because I didn’t know how to show a physical manifestation of it, however, I decided to go with coping mechanisms.

My decision making process for choosing a layout for my website was pretty simple. I wanted to go for a sleek simplistic layout that would be easy for the audience to navigate. I also wanted to go with a website that I would be able to use and edit easily. I went through several measures to personalize my website and make it my own. For example, I put my name as the title and wrote an “about me” page to briefly introduce myself to the audience before they start reading.

When it came to writing the descriptive portions of each photo, I stopped to think about what I wanted to say. For each section, I wanted the descriptions to have the cohesive theme of why that trait was important to me. In each photo, I went into a specific reason why I felt that trait defined me. However, that wasn’t all I did. There were times, such as in the religion section, that I told brief anecdotes to get my point across. There were also times, such as in the friend section, that I reminisced about past experiences to highlight the importance.