Abbey W- A Whole Bunch of Nothing

The title of this image is "a whole bunch of nothing" Its a composite image made up of about 5 images.  All though there is a lot going on i love the feel of this image. I added tons of different filter and played with the contrast and saturation. I like how its almost a "dark" feeling picture. It could be better if there was actually a subject. 

Katie W- Walking Dead

I took this picture for the "Story Illustration" assignment. My "Story Illustration" was The Walking Dead. I edited this picture by adjusting the levels, the brightness, then I added a black and white layer and made lessened the opacity. I really liked how this picture turned out!

Shelby C- Road

I took this photo in oak mountain, When I went a few weeks ago. I like the Angle of this photo. and to take the picture i had to lay down in the road, and hope nobody comes around the corner.the sun is mostly natural, and I edited this by adding highlighting and shadowing.

Emily W- Dahlia

I took this picture at a flower show at my local church. The flower is a Dahlia. I edited it by adjusting the curves, levels, brightness, and contrast. I love this picture, it's one of my favorites. 

Shelby C- Sunset

This photo was taken at Oak Mountain a few weekends ago. I love the reflection on the water,With the sun just a litte over the trees. I edited this picture by Changing the Shadows and Highlights and Curves.

Jenna O - Bang Bang

I took this picture over the summer in Erie, PA. My cousins had brought a ton of fireworks. We came up with the idea to shoot a few handheld devices. I only boosted the contrast and the brightness for the colors. I love the angle because I wasn't really trying to take a good picture, it really just happened this way. I also like the how the focus when on my cousin and but the colors in the string are bright enough to see well.

Samantha D- Aldridge Gardens

I took this photo at Aldridge gardens sometime during July while i was playing around with my phone. I adjusted the contrast, the tone and the saturation to make the scenery look more vibrant.

Victoria D- Lines Expect It

I took this picture last year of wooden paltes.  I sharpened the picture, saturated the colors, and lightened and darkened certain areas to make the image pop more. I like this picrure because of the colors being so vibrent and I love that you can clearly notice the texture of the wood. 

Abbey W- Close Camera

I took this photo in our photography room with a white back drop. I edited this photo on photoshop by messing with the brightness and contrast, toning it, playing around with different filters, and I painted with black to bring back some of its natural look. I also sharpened it when I was done. I wish the bottom where you can see the sheet didn't have a pattern and was all blurred. I really like this photo though because I like how the Polaroid cap stands out. 

Owen S- Happy Image

Exposure: This photograph was taken multiple times each at a slightly different exposure. The first few were taken on aperture priority but this program feature did not render a property exposed image.I decided to switch over to full manual and decide on 1/80 sec (at 2.8 and iso 100). 

Focus: This image is in focus. I chose to keep the sharp focus of this image because soft focus is so often over used in portraiture, I bought a nice lens I'm not going to rub chapstick on the front element to soften the focus you know?

DOF: This image was shot at f/2.8 giving it a very shallow depth of field. This is just the look I was going for because my subject was properly isolated, despite being rather close to the background.    

Lighting: My light for this photo was totally natural. This photo was taken around 6:30 in a late summer afternoon so the light was very nice, especially since the cloud cover diffused most of the direct sunlight. As for white balance I shot in RAW and adjusted in Lightroom.

Rule of Thirds: This was a portrait orientation shot so I diddn't want to put the subjects face too far out of the center of the frame.

Framing: For a traditional portrait shot the arming is fine.

Color: For other images this set I desaturated the color as to emulate the look of an antique color photograph, this one however I kept the colors more natural looking seeing as how I had a human subject. 

Leading Line: While there are no lines in the photograph drawing the eye brought he image the eyes of my subject are placed just where I want them (intersection of the rule of thirds lines).

Dark v Light: The background of this image is sufficiently dark to separate the subject and ring her forward in the image. 

Balance: I think the background could be a little bit darker but the image works fine as is.

Mood: I like the mood of this photo, it came out the way I wanted.

Feeling: I think this is a happy image. thats nice.   

Emily W- Polaroid Camera

I took this picture in the school courtyard. I went next to that stone stage area and put the camera in the grass. I adjusted the brightness, contrast, and the color balance.

Emily B- FirstComposite

This is my first composite of the year! I love how deep the colors are and how low the exposure is. I combined four different pictures in this composite: the screws, the flowers, the logs, and my sister swimming. I just used different filters on every layer and messed with the brightness and saturation until i got it where i liked it. I wouldn't change anything about this photograph, it's one of my favorites that I have made.

Ashley V- Railroad Park

In this picture I edited out three people in the background and added a light from a different picture to enhance the color on the stones. This picture was taken at Railroad Park in Downtown Birmingham.  I really like this picture just because of the serenity of the trees and how its so perfectly proportioned to the stones.

Maia S- water drops

i took this on my back porch in between the rain showers. i really like the water drops on the flower in this photo. all i did to this was boost up the contrast. i am also proud of how in focus the flower it's self is.

Lakeshia.B- Ocean View

I like this picture because of the view of the ocean when i was in San Francisco. I edited by bulering out the bars and boosting the contrast. I played  with the lighting and burned the walls. I wish that  the taller flower weren't cut off by the bar.   

Morgan Ann C-The Grand

I took this picture at The Grand Hotel down in Point Clear right after school got out. i really like how this panorama turned out. I really like how the water looks in this picture. I really didn't do much to edit it.

Mary L- Alyssa Composite

I took this picture last year before school got out. It is a composite. I edited it by pulling several pictures together to create this one picture. I really liked how it turned out.

Catherine S- Horse and Stable

This picture was taken at my friends barn in Helena. I edited it by adding contrast and brightness layers, especially to the horse's coat. I also increased the saturation of the green in the trees. I choose this photo because I like the detail in the horse. I also like how the colors work together and are bold without being overpowering.

Alyssa Y-Disney Composite

I took this photo over the summer when I went to Disney World. After I got home I decided to take some pictures I took and put them together in to one composite. I mainly just like this picture because of the cool colors of the sky around the telephone booth.

Alex E- Golf Ball

I took this picture last weekend in one of the Ross Bridge trails. I found a gold ball on the ground and decided to get a couple shots of it. I think it turned out pretty well and I like the closeness of the picture. I darkened this picture, added some contrast and sharpened it. I also balanced out the colors. 

Katie W- de la tour Eiffel

I went to Europe this summer with my mom to visit my dad while he was working in Germany. While we were there we took a weekend trip to France. While I was there I took a ton of pictures, and this one happened to be my favorite. I did a lot of editing to this picture. The lens flare was natural, but I added a little contrast, along with playing with the shadows and highlights, and adjusted the levels.

Amelia S-Flower Girl

 I took this picture this summer at a wedding. This was the flower girl. The wedding was at the lake and I loved the scenery behind her. I edited this picture by sharpening the colors a little. 

Mariah M.- Jared at the Beach

This picture I took of Jared at the beach this summer. He was my "model" for the day and this was my favorite picture I took. To edit this picture I made the background black and white and kept him in color, but I turned the color down some because it was VERY bright and he was super sunburned! 

Yesenia S - Houston Downtown

This is a picture of Houston's Downtown. I went there during the summer and I just really liked how this picture turned out. I liked how the focus was mainly on the building and the center of the image. It has like a scary scenary that I think it makes it a better picture. Overall, I liked how it turned out.

Stephanie P- Camera

I took this picture for the site image project. I brightened it and then used a mask to make the top left corner to make both of them show detail. To make this picture better i could edit some of the dust out.

Haley Y- Lake Tahoe

This is Lake Tahoe. I took it over the summer. I boosted the color and cropped the picture i also removed some of the smudges. I really like this picture becases of the bright colors and the reflection.