Katie H - Glitter

 The title of this photo is “Glitter.” It was taken at a tennis court in March of this year. It was taken with a Nikon camera. I edited it by brightening the photos and adding the glitter background. It could be better if I added another element to the image. Overall I think it turned out pretty cool and Olivia is a model, that’s all. 

Alana W- Coming of Age

 The title of this image is Coming of Age and it was taken on October 28, 2020, in my home for the Hands and Feet assignment. It was taken with my Canon Rebel T6 camera using both my younger brother and my father’s hands. I edited the image by first editing all 9 photographs by adjusting brightness and contrast, exposure, making the images black and white, and cutting out each image one by one, and adding a white background. I then added them to a 9 picture photo collage and making the border black. I really like this image because of the theme of aging and I feel like it could have been better if I was able to get a smoother Cut on my brother’s and father’s hands.

Sasha C- The Red ird

This was taken at the Birmingham Zoo, it was taken in the morning with a Nikon D3200. I edited by changing the brightness and adding some filtering to make the bird stand out more.

MITCHELL C- Untitled

 This image is unfortunately unnamed but I absolutely love it nonetheless. It was my cousin's Labrador Retriever and I took it with a Canon 6D camera and 80mm 1.8. I converted it into a black and white to add interest and impact and decided to have an extremely shallow depth of field for depth. Instead of having the focus point on his eyes, I thought having it on his nose was much more interesting. Also, having him fill the entire frame was extremely effective in the overall mood and tone. I honestly cannot think of anything that I would change; I’m sure that if I were to ask around, that answer would change, but from my own opinion, and only taking in consideration of what I think, I really like it just how it is!

Merit O- Ella

 The name of this image is Ella. I took this picture when I was in Maryland for a wedding. I took the picture with my canon rebel T5. I didn’t really do anything to edit the picture because I like how it came out. It was around sunset or “golden hour” when I took it so I liked how it came out. 

Jack J - The Empress

 My image is titled “The Empress.” This image was taken at Cahaba River Park on October 24th with my friend Alivia. I took this with my Canon Rebel T3. I edited this by adjusting the saturation and then adding a Nik Collection filter. I was mainly shooting for a witchy aesthetic when taking this image.

Kameron M - Battle

 The title of my selected image is battle, I named it that because the board wear shows the “battle” (as its called in the skate community) I go through to land a trick. I took this pic in my driveway about a week ago with my Canon. I edited it using the Nik collection and used quick selection and layer styling to add a stroke in different areas. I could have made this image better by spending more time on the layer styling and refining the stroke around the board.

Clay K- Mercury Ornament

 This is a Picture of the ornament off of my grandma's old Mercury. The picture was taken at my grandmother’s house in one of the fields. The picture was taken with A nikon D500 the image was sharpened and cropped. I could have spent more time working on angels and editing. 

Jerusha K- Piccolo

I call this picture Piccolo. I took this picture in the band room by a well-lit window area during class one week. I used a Canon EOS 6d to take the picture with. I edited this picture by increasing the brightness and decreasing the contrast a little bit to create more depth and I sharpened up the picture and increased the saturation so it would look so pale and put a black and white filter over. I really like how this picture turned out but a thing I would change is to make the hand and piccolo a little more focused.

Emaleigh S- Cotton Fields

This image was taken about two weeks ago in a random country town in Alabama. It was taken with my Grandmother’s Nikon studio camera. I edited it by adding some vignette and definition with some saturation and a little more light. This photo would be better if my hand didn’t look kinda weird. Overall I really like the picture though.

Cayla M- Off Guard

It was taken in 2015 its an edit so if you look closely you can see the bikes. His picture was taken in a studio. The bike picture was taken on an LG phone outside. I just made the bike picture black and white and blended, and lined it up to match perfectly. The bikes could be less blurry. 

Katie H - Space

 The title of my image is “Space”. It was taken at my house one night. It was taken with a Nikon camera. For editing, I started by taking a picture of the sky and overlaying it on the image of Harry. I erased it where his body was to make it more like a background and then made the image black and white. I drew the lines with a cartoon like marking and then added thinner colors on top. I faded the ones on his face then adjusted the colors to make him have more of a blue tint. It could be better if I added another element to the photo. I may do that in the future but as of right now, I think it looks pretty cool! I hoped to display the message that every single person, despite religion, race, political ideologies, etc, are all intertwined and should love equally. It was kind of difficult doing that but maybe by a little more editing, will make it better.

Bryson S - Valley of Clouds

 I took this image on a beach trip last year, it was the most beautiful cloud formation I had ever seen, happened during sunset, and had such vibrant colors that I had to take a picture. The image itself was captured with my phone’s forward facing camera, and I edited by slightly enhancing the saturation. The image doesn’t have a real focus, it’s kinda just pretty without reason. That kind of baseless beauty is needed in a world so literal.

Ainsley M- Glitter

 This image was taken last weekend with my Nikon d3500 at my house. I used a 50mm lens, and this is one of the first times I’ve gotten to use it since I got it a couple of weeks ago. We used natural light that was coming in on the right side of the image, and I think that really helped with the detail you can see in his eye. I started off editing it by cleaning up some of the glitter on his face, and then went in with the sharpen tool and used it to bring out a little more detail in his eyes and the glitter in the highlighted areas. After adding a black and white filter I adjusted the lighting, and then made sure there was enough contrast in the photo. I feel like certain aspects of the image could be better, but honestly, I am very happy with how it turned out!

Evelyn C - Savvy Sky

 The name of my image is Savvy Sky. My pictures consisted of a sunset I took outside in my neighborhood and a branch of leaves and flowers from Aldridge Gardens. All these pictures were taken with my Canon Rebel T6. This picture has a lot of manipulation. I mainly used the brush tool with various layers along with the smudge tools in order to enhance the colors of the plants that I used after manipulating them with the brightness, contrast, and vibrance. I believe it could have been better if I had a bit more color on the bottom like some hue of a color. But besides that I really like how this came out because it’s something that I hadn’t done before.

Hayden M - Sunset Supra

 I called this image “Sunset Supra” because it was taken at sunset of a Supra on the highway. This was taken somewhere on 459 on the way to a car meet last weekend. It was taken with my Sony a7iii with the Sigma 35mm lens. I did a bunch of editing but the main differences are I made the image l a little warmer and added the more intense sunflare. Honestly this is one of my favorite images I've done in terms of editing but I wish I got the whole wheel in frame. 

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Alana W- 4018-1

 The title of this image is 4018-1 and I named it this because of the numbers showing on the sign found on the railroad track. It was taken on October 26, 2020, at the Ross Bridge Historical Park. It was taken with my iPhone 11 and I dited by adding a bit of contrast, making the image black and white, and adjusting the brightness. I feel like this image could’ve been better if the top wasn’t cut off.