“Rest and Relaxation” by Hannah Hargraves is a derivative of “Noon – Rest from Work“ by Vincent Van Gogh, which is licensed under Public Domain Mark (PDM 1.0). The image was originally downloaded on 02/04/2026 and edited using Befunky.
Hannah Hargraves
On Looking Up
St Paul’s Cathedral Visit Reworked by Hannah Hargraves licensed under CC-BY 4.0 St Paul’s Cathedral Visit Reworked by Hannah Hargraves licensed under CC-BY 4.0
In the summer of 2024, my family and I visited London and Paris to celebrate my bachelor’s degree. One of many stops was St Paul’s Cathedral in London, a stunning church that is almost overwhelming with its beauty and vastness. Tall ceilings are accompanied by stained glass and murals.
When cropping this photo, I wanted to focus more on the details. The original image has a lot to take in, so I found a focal point and zeroed in on it. I cropped the image to focus on the beautifully detailed ceiling, the gold making it almost glow as if a light was shining on it, drawing my eye. The photo is simplified, cropping out the people and many details of the church that catch the eye to focus on one point in the room, the ceiling.
Once I cropped the photo, I also brightened it up a little to allow the details of the image to be clearer and the warm color to shine through. The photo is not centered following the rule of thirds, with one circular detail in the corner and the other uncentered.
Rainbow Reminiscence
As a child, before my family put a pool in our backyard, my dad would turn the sprinklers on hot, sunny summer days for my sister and me to run through. Barefoot, we would run through the spray of the water, screaming and laughing. When the sun hit the water just right, a rainbow would form through the cold spray, making it feel like magic. Other afternoons in my grandparents’ yard, we would do the same, donning our swimsuits and running through the water as our grandparents looked on, smiling from the back porch. My grandmother had many wind chimes in her backyard garden, and on summer days, such as the one I described, they would always chime, moved by the occasional summer breeze. When I found this picture, it reminded me of childhood and the sounds that come with it, including the sweet wind chimes of my grandma’s garden. Alone, this image is not complicated, but a picture of a child having fun and playing in sprinklers with a beautiful rainbow forming behind. Paired together, this picture of a child playing in the spray of a sprinkler and the nostalgic sound of the wind chimes of my childhood create a bittersweet look at childhood for me. It reminds me of my grandparents’ house, which, after their passing, was sold and is no longer a place I can ever visit again, except in my fond childhood memories. The picture and sound together paint a picture of nostalgia and longing for childhood, something that is long over and only lives in memory.
Putting a Face to a Name
Hi class, my name is Hannah Hargraves, but here’s more about me than a name and picture on a Canvas roster.
I graduated in 2024 from UNF with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in English with a minor in Mass Communications. This is my final semester in the iSchool, and I will graduate in May with a Master of Science. I currently live in Tallahassee and work at a cute little coffeeshop and bakehouse called Ground Ops as a barista. I also recently started working as a Scholar Support Desk Assistant at the Dirac Science Library on campus at FSU.
Outside of work and school, I love to read, and I just finished the newest Hunger Games book. In addition to reading, I also enjoy writing, specifically poetry, which I write in my journal or notes app whenever inspiration strikes. I love to travel whenever I have the chance, and most recently, I went to California and spent a whole week wine tasting at different vineyards. When I graduated from my undergraduate studies, I went on a trip with my family to London and Paris to celebrate. I also love discovering cute local coffee shops and trying their matcha (my favorite drink). I like to work out and try to go multiple times a week between work and school. Thrifting and antiquing are something I love to do in my free time, and I often go with my best friend, stopping to get coffee and matcha on the way. With my friends, I enjoy movie nights, sweet treat runs, going to the movies, and going to the local parks, etc. I also have a kitten named Petunia, whom I play with and cuddle every day.
I enjoy documenting my life through vlogs on my prized digital camera, as well as photos on the same camera of everywhere I go. Documenting my life is not always just done digitally, but through my journal in which I write in daily or scribble poems in every so often. I was intrigued by this course and interested in how to document things digitally, as I already sometimes do.