Wendy S- Flowers

The title for my image is “Flowers”. It was taken in my neighbor's yard which had a field of these flowers, I took this picture with my iPhone I edited by fixing the brightness, warming the colors, and brightening certain colors.

 

Caroline M- Lotus

 The title of this image is Lotus. I took this photo on March 24, 2024 on my spring break trip to Austin. To edit this I used the remove tool to remove all the dirt from the lily pads and remove some leaves from the water. I used a bunch of vibrance to make the pink stand out more and I used the selective color to turn the leaves a more orange-ish color. Im very happy with how this photo turned out especially knowing how the original photo looked.

Dylan T- Vivid Spring

 I took this picture at Orr Park in Montevallo over spring break with my canon rebel T7. I really liked the angle of it it looked like a long hallway of trees if i had to describe it and i thought it would make for a nice picture and it did. I didn't do much but play with the colors a bit and make it look more vivid and im pretty satisfied with how it turned out.

Nathan E- Inner Demon

 This is a photo I made when I was bored in class one day. I used a Snapchat filter then took that photo and adjusted it from the colors of the shirt which I pated back in and then I took an eye photo I had and warped the colors then coped or related the eye so it fit in both eyes.

Helen S- Depth

I titled this image Depth. I took it at my house about 2 weeks ago. I used my Canon Powershot camera. I edited this image by cropping the image in and using the burn tool. I used the sharpen tool to sharpen parts of the eye and eyelashes. I think this image could be better if I used a higher quality camera and a zoom lens. Overall I’m very proud of this photo because of the detail I was able to capture.

 

Kenn J- Autumn Shining

 The title of this image is Autumn Shining. This was taken not too long ago in the digital photography room. This was taken with a Cannon Digital Camera. This was a composite layered image with multiple sections one was not edited and the other I changed the brightness and contrast and i played around with the camera raw filter. I think it would be better with some more lighting on her face. 

Dori H- Butterfly Touch

 The title of this piece is “Butterfly Touch”. I created this image about two weeks ago however each individual image used to create it was taken throughout the school year. To create it I used my friend’s arm and masked it to make it come outward from the image. I also morphed the arm to align it with the mirror and to angle it to the correct perspective. I then added the butterfly and added my signature glow. I do wish the glow was more evenly distributed, I feel as though it is slightly leaning towards the right side, making the left side of the butterfly empty. It’s a small detail that isn’t too noticeable but I will still likely change it to make the image slightly better. I’m not sure but I might also pull the butterfly closer to the hand. I really like this image and It was super fun to work on, I hope to create more like it soon.

Alex BH- Whiskers

 This image is called “Whiskers” because of how prominent his whiskers are in this image. This photo was taken in my room on April 3rd, 2024. I took this with my Olympus Stylus. I used the camera raw filter to edit the exposure and brightness while adjusting the cropping. It would be better if i had gotten more of his ears in the photo.  

Steven L- Ocean

It’s a simple picture of the sea, there is nothing particularly important about it. I took it when I was at the beach for a day, and I edited by applying a motion blur motion and a HDR filter. Lastly I increase the brightness and the shadows. I think it looks good, not my best picture but I like it. 

 

Emily K - Puerto Rico Building

 This picture is titled Puerto Rico Building because I took it during spring break in Puerto Rico with my Canon rebel t7. I brightened up the image and messed with the blue tones. I think it could be better if I dodged some of the darkness under the awnings. But overall, this was a fun assignment and I had a great time taking pictures in Puerto Rico!

Maci J- Spring Bud

 The title of this image is “Spring Bud”. I took this photo in my backyard sometime in March with one of Mr. Rigsby’s cameras. I edited this photo by making adjustments to the clarity and used the dodge tool to make some areas brighter. I think the quality of this image is good enough I just think it’s kind of a boring subject. This photo was supposed to be one of my transition photos between winter and spring; I think it kind of achieves this purpose but it’s not one of my stronger images. 

Brandon B- Take My Hand

This image is title “Take My Hand”, and is an I took of my hand with fake blood on it.  I took this image on April 1st in my garage around four in the afternoon.  My editing started with removing my hand from it's original background, making it as it's own layer.  Next I created a background with a picture I took of clouds, and used a blending/smudge brush to blend it into the seen background.  I added White and black color to the background mix to show some light and dark at the top and bottom respectively.  I masked some of the background around the wrist of my hand.  Next I used a screentone brush in green to splotch around the image for added detail.  From there I flattened the image in order to apply curve adjustments and Nik collection filters.  This could be better if I spent more time on the masking and details at the end.

 

Wendy S- Oreo

The title for this photo is my Dog's name “Oreo”. It was taken at a parking lot on a weekend, It was taken with my iPhone. I edited it by removing some leaves and cracks on the road, I also brightened the brown on his eye. It would be better if Oreo were looking up a bit more so that his whole face was in the shot but other than that it was a nice photo.  

 

Emma B- Not Listening

 This image was taken in the studio at school on February 7th, 2024. I took this image with the Canon t6. I edited the image by combining my different exposure photos into one which is called an HDR. Next, I chose a filter to be applied on top of the image from the HDR selections. Finally, I went into Photoshop, removed her fly-aways, and smoothed the background. It would be better if I had a better background.

Michelle R- Sorpresa

Sorpresa in English means surprise. It was taken at a parking lot and it was taken on Valentines Day. The photo was taken with my Canon camera. I retouched some spots and lights the color within the flowers and I also darken the background to center the flowers and the inside of the car. I believe if I could have spread out more of the white balloons I would have even inside the car. Everyone deserves flowers, not just girls but boys too.

 

Aidan P- Abandoned Mall

 This image was taken January 6 at the abandoned Montgomery Mall with my Canon Rebel T7. I used a customized Low Key filter from the Nik Collection and after that I went to the Camera Raw Filter to change some specific parts of the image. It was a little blurry and grainy in some parts of the image if you look at it big. I did enjoy taking the picture though and it was definitely fun to explore to the mall.

Mia N- Black & White

 I took this picture a few weeks ago in the photography studio at school. I took it with a Canon camera. I edited this picture by putting two pictures together and making it black and white. I edited the lighting and exposure,I think that more details would probably make the picture better.

Caroline M- Anna's House

 The title of this image is Anna’s House. I took this on October 15, 2023 with my Nikon D3300 at a Girl Scout camp. I didn't do much to the photo but adjust the contrast. I wish it was a little more in focus and that I either removed or changed the color of some of the leaves.

Dylan T- Composite 3

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Anthony SM- Back on 11/31/22

I took this photo back on 11/31/22 when it was Halloween me and my friends went to a call meet and took of couple of photo and a chill guy let us take some photo of his car and i let my friend do some poses there was another one but i don't think i can show it so i'm just show this one. :D  

Marcie M - Amethyst Haze

 I took this image in my backyard one early foggy morning and I edited it to make it purple and ethereal. I like the slight blue tones and the light to add a bit of variety to the colors. I wanted to make this image pleasing to look at and I also wanted to experiment with unnatural tones/colors for a nature scene. 

Nikolaus H- Food Mart

This photo is named ‘Food Mart’. It was taken in an abandoned mall with my Pentax k1000 about a month ago. This photo is unedited in order to show the most of the original feel of the space. I do think I could’ve improved it by darkening the blacks and adding highlights. 

 

Helen S- Mixed Emotions

I titled my image “Mixed Emotions”. I took this picture in late February/early March of this year. I worked with Emily and Emma, and Emily was the model. I took this with Mr. Rigsby's camera he keeps in the back studio. I blended 2 images together. I made the background image black and white and kept the top image in color. I wanted to make the background black and white to make the lights and tone of the other image stand out more. I think the blending from the colored image to the black and white image could have definitely been smoother but overall I am really proud of both images and the final result.

 

Kenn J- Starlight

 The title for this image is Starlight. This was taken in the photography room and it was taken this month for out light painting assignment. This was taken with a digital camera and was then edited in photomatic. The thing i would wish the gaps in the picture where there isn’t much light

Sophia T - Vintage Romance

 The title of this image is called “Vintage Romance” and was taken in a building in Homewood that has recently been gutted. This image is a part of my most recent series that is based on old-school love. I used the double exposure preset in Nik Collection on Photoshop to give the image a dazed effect - reflective of the feeling of falling head over heels for someone. I also made some simple adjustments to this image: decreasing the exposure, increasing the color saturation, and increasing the contrast. Overall, I am happy with how this image turned out. My beautiful model made it easy for me to have many great photo options to choose from. I’m open to suggestions on how to make this image better. 

Paris C- Height

This image is named height because of the tallness of the animal in the photo. It was taken at the zoo last april on a school field trip. It was taken with my phone due to the fact I had forgotten my camera. It was edited by adding more contrast, some cropping, controlling the brightness, and makingthe colors more vibrant.

Alex B H - Pabu

 I named this image “Pabu” because the ferret pictured is named Pabu. This was taken at Nikolaus’ house on Jan 24th 2024. I took this image with my Canon Rebel T3. I used photoshop and the camera raw filter to edit this photo. 

Kay A- Talking to the Moon

 The name of this picture is “Talking to the Moon” I took this picture on December 26, 2023, on a Trip to Atlanta with my iPhone 11, I edited by using the dodge filter to make the moon a little bit brighter while I also lowered the shadows for the rest of the picture so that it would be more focused on the moon, I think it could be better if I lowered the brightness of the building a little bit more. 

Steven L- US Flag

This image is called “US Flag,” and I took it with my teacher’s camera at school. I applied an HDR filter and I edited the brightness, vibrance, and the contrast. It looks blurry because there are three pictures in this photo merged together. It’s pretty basic but I still like it. I’m open to any suggestions on how to edit it. 

 

Vincent S - A Lone Ghoul's Breakbeats

 This picture was taken with a Canon camera towards the end of February for the light painting assignment. I had the idea to have the subject hold a light in her hands and another group mate had the idea to pose her to look sort of heartbroken. None of the pictures really came out that well, seeing as the exposure wasn't long enough for much to even be seen, but I solved it using Photomax’s HDR function which brought all those individually lit photos together pretty well. While editing, I made a high saturation copy of the photo, and a black and white copy of the photo, layered the black and white version over the high saturation version, and used masking layers to make the only color in the photo be the highlights. To finish it, I used a drawing tablet and the brush tool to make the photo look more ghastly and fill in the empty space. The image reminded me of a song from my favorite band, so I threw a reference in the title. I don’t think there is much more I could have done with it so I’m pretty happy with how it came out.

Paris C- Height

 This image is named Height because of the tallness of the animal in the photo. It was taken at the zoo last April on a school field trip. It was taken with my phone due to the fact I had forgotten my camera. It was edited by adding more contrast, some cropping, controlling the brightness, and making the colors more vibrant.

Maci J- Spores

 The title of this image is “Spores”. I took this photo with one of Mr. Rigbsy’s cameras (not sure what kind) and I also used a 10x macro lens. The subject of this photo is a group of leaves that I noticed had grown spores. I edited this photo by making minimal adjustments to highlights, contrast, and I increased the texture by a lot (without making it too grainy). I wish I could have gotten a lot closer to the spores and that the entire leaf was in focus. Something I do like though is the background because the blurred flowers give it a needed pop of color. 

Emily K- Faces

 This picture is titled “Faces” and it was taken in the studio at school with a Canon t7. It is composed of many different angles and facial expressions of my model. I combined them in their relatively accurate placement but slightly off so that you can still tell that it is a face. I also adjusted the contrast and brightness of every layer and made the entire photo black and white. I think it could’ve been better if I played around with the clarity and brightness a little more but overall, I am proud of this piece. 

Nathan E- Arour

This is a photo my group and I made and took during our light painting activity.

 

Dori H- Mechanical Anglerfish

 The title of this image is “Mechanical Anglerfish”. The fish was made with a collection of pieces of metals I've taken throughout the past two years. The main base image I used was a large piece of metal vent that I took in a bookstore and the light bulb was taken in an abandoned building in Bessemer. I first drew the base shape of the angler fish and used a clipping mask to lay the images overtop the fish shape. After making the fish, I added a glow from the lightbulb and drew dust particles that you would typically see in deep seawater. I do want to go back eventually and edit the lighting of the fish to make it look like the lightbulb is the only light source. I’d also like to add more of a contrast to the image because the dust particles look slightly flat in my opinion.

Brandon B- Rays

 This image is titled “Rays” and was taken with my iPhone in the spring of 2021 on my way to school.  It was taken on a foggy morning of some houses on the hill.  I edited this by mirroring the house and tree on the right.  I then used the masking tool to retain an individual sun and background detail.  Additionally, I used curve and hue adjustments to present the particular lighting and color.  Finally, I used a combination of contrast filters and the skylight filter for a final touch.  If I spent more time on the masking I think the smaller details of the image would look much better, but overall I’m pretty content with how this one turned out.

Caroline M- High Point

 This photo was taken January 15th at high point climbing center. I increased the contrast and decreased the brightness. I wasn’t a fan of the colors of the wall so I used color correction to change the colors. I wish it was a better quality photo.

Vincent S - Bubbly Memos

This is a composition of a whole bunch of images I had of my friend, some of which I took with my phone, and some with my Canon camera. I didn’t have many ideas of what to make before I started, but when I saw my old Circles Project next to the folder with all of her pictures, I kind of just made this. All I did was cut out the backgrounds of the original image, and used masking layers to make her look more ghostly and sort of natural in the water orbs. I think to make it better I could have put more effort in making the brightness across the individual images more consistent, and I think the background could be a little less flat. 

 

Anthony S M-The Suit

 I took this photo in January on a Saturday. I use one of my action figures and posed him. Then I used other different photo to overlay/ mage then i use the color purple to make it seem like the same color of his suit like in the comic after that i put the brightness to to show some of the stuff then i darken the photo a little bit and i like my results so i think it okay. 

Sophia T - Chess

 This image is from my most recent sustained investigation assignment. I took pictures of my beautiful friend, Dori sitting on both sides of a chess set. I wanted her to wear opposing outfits to represent human complexity and the fight to act one specific way in front of everybody. I then compiled the images of Dori sitting on either side of the chess board to create one cohesive image portraying someone playing chess against themself. I had to alter the lighting and contrast slightly because some images turned out lighter than others, and in order for it to look like one image the lightings have to match. I think that I would like this shot more if I smoothed out the background in Photoshop and added some more props so the set didn’t look so empty. 

Wendy S- Swan

The title for my photo is “Swan” It was taken at the Birmingham Zoo. I took this photo In January when I went out with a couple of friends. This photo was taken with my iPhone i edited this photo by changing the brightness and adjusting some of the colors and shadows. It would be better if it weren’t blurry and the net wasn’t in the shot but overall I liked it.   

Dylan T- Circles

 I call this photo circles pretty basic i know but i took it outside the super target up the road with my Canon Rebel t7 I think around September for our circles project i really have no clue. I really didnt do much but outline the circle and grayscale everything else I think I could've taken it a bit to the left so its straightened and maybe the stopsign would be out of the way but overall I'm pretty satisfied with how it turned out I'm open to suggestions though.

Michelle R- Bama

I titled this image Bama. It was taken 1-23-24. It was taken with my canon camera. I took it in downtown Birmingham at night. I lightened the colors to bounce from the wall to be more visible. I lowered the opacity to make it seem as it was fading in with the road and background. I believe the background could have been a little lighter to also bring it out and show it more.

 

Evan S- Unknown Destination

 This photo is called “Unknown Destination”. It was taken a few months ago at Railroad Park.It was taken with a NIKON d300, and was edited with Camera Raw Filter, Nik Analog Fx, Nik Color Fx, and other miscellaneous tools. I think the focus could have been better.

Aidan P- Cassette Recorder

  This image is titled “Cassette Recorder” and was taken on 1/6/24 in the abandoned Montgomery Mall. I used my Canon T7 Rebel camera and out of all of the images from the mall this one was the best. I started with a dark filter from the Nik Collection with some changes to it to give it some more detail and color. After that I went to the Camera Raw filter to change some smaller things such as saturation, brightness, and grain, ect. Last thing I did was darken some specific parts of the image because the light was messing up the look with some parts of the image. I do wish a few parts of the image were a little more clear but overall I like the image.

Marcie M - Ephemeral

 I took this image in my backyard one foggy morning. It was way earlier than I usually would wake up, so as much as I hate waking up early, the quaint and hazy weather made it worth it. I took this photo with a Nikon D7000. I edited it to give it a color to make it look a little more ethereal and calming with an air of gloominess.

Helen S- Looking Glass

 I titled my image “Looking Glass”. I took this image at my house around christmas time. I took this image with my Sony A6500 camera with a portrait lens. I think it could be better if I got more of the glass in the image. I also wish the image had more contrast to it.

Maci J- Rose Bud

 The title of this image is Rose Bud. I took this photo in my backyard sometime in January. All I really did to edit it was use the Camera raw filter to make the details stand out more and cropped on the left side to make the images more even. This photo is very simple as it is so there’s only so much editing I could do to it. It’s not very interesting, it’s just a flower and the quality could probably be better. 

Paris C- Lion

I named this image Lion obviously because of the lion. It was taken last year at the zoo it was taken with my phone since I didn’t have my camera. I edited this image by cropping it, adding some contrast, making the shadows be more visible, and making it black and white. It could be better with the crop part but it still looks nice.

 

Alex BH- Trees Out of the Window

 I named this image, Trees out of the window, it was taken through my open bedroom window on September 30th, 2023. I took this image with my Canon EOS Rebel T3. I used photoshop to color correct, crop, and sharpen the images. If it were taken on my roof and a little more steady I would like it more.