The superpower that I chose for this project is the ability to breathe underwater. I chose this power because it would be very useful in my life. I have been swimming competitively since I was 8 years old (13 years). If I were able to breathe underwater, I would be able to do very well in all of my swimming events. I remember one of the worst feelings in a race was not being able to breathe as easily as I normally could especially towards the end of a race. Having enough oxygen is essential for your muscles to work properly and to perform optimally. I did have trouble sometimes holding my breath for extended periods of time. My coaches used to make us do "under-overs" at the end of certain practices. What this is means is that you would have to dive off the starting block and swim under water for 25 yards until you reached the other end of the pool. Once you got to the other end, you were allowed to come to the surface to take a breath. Then, you had to push off the wall and swim 25 yards back to where you started while swimming above water (by swimming freestyle). These were meant to help us get used to holding our breath as breathing a lot is a race slows you down. I used to despise doing these under overs. Therefor, this super power of being able to breathe under water would be extremely useful.
In order to come up with this concept, I brainstormed for a while to think about what unique power would be would be both useful and somewhat out of the ordinary. I thought about things that I would find specifically useful in my daily life or with activities that I do. Since I have such a strong background in swimming and I am still involved with it now by coaching, I naturally turned to this sport to incorporate into my project. In thinking about swimming, I started to think about what would have been the most useful in this sport. I remember I used to have some trouble towards the end of races with being able to breathe as fully as I normally could. Therefore, I though it would be ideal to have the super power of being able to breathe underwater. I guess this would technically be cheating in an event, yet the idea of being able to do this is really cool to think about. I remember one of my friends used to bring her underwater to camera to practice occasionally. She would take numerous pictures and post them on Facebook. I went back and looked through them and found an image of me that would work great for the idea that I was going for. I also wanted to add a little something extra to the image to emphasize how "amazing" it would be if I was able to breathe underwater. I thought there would be no one better than Michael Phelps to have in my image. The image I found of him works great as it shows him with a gold medal. I also found this background and it really emphasized the intricate details of being underwater in a pool. I knew that putting all of these images together as well as bubbles to really show that I could breathe underwater would make a great image for this project.
I really liked creating this project. I would have to say it is probably one of my favorite assignments in the class so far. I liked the fact that I really had to think outside the box and how personal I could make it. I am really glad I have an actual image of myself under water. It really conveys the feeling of being underwater. I also really liked the Michael Phelps image and how it looks as if he is looking right at me in "amazement." I wanted the image to convey how Michel Phelps, one of the best swimmers ever, would be impressed at how fast I am able to swim with my ability to breathe underwater. I think the images really tie in well with the background. The only thing I probably would have changed is the slight blue/green hue on the image of me. I tried various color adjustments and to fix the image up a bit more. However, I could never get it just right. Yet, I guess it does go along with the feeling of being underwater.
Overall, I really enjoyed this project and the process that went into thinking up the idea and ultimately creating it.
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