Thursday, October 23, 2025
Ethan S - Scrapper's Burden
This is Scrapper’s Burden, a picture I slapped together in like 2 hours during class across 2 days. I made it solely for the blog and it’s intentionally dumb. Scrapper, the green dude next to Optimus, is wailing in anger as four of the other Constructicons form a partial Devestator, in a gorilla stance. I took this picture on my phone in my room like a week ago. I edited it by dodging and burning a lot, painting the background, sharpening, blurring, smudging, and some more dodging and burning for good measure. The background is roughly based on Autobot City. Probably could have been better if I’d worked on it longer than a few hours.
Nabeyal K- Grey Hands
The title of the image is Grey Hands. It was taking a week ago in the school courtyard. It was taken with a Canon Rebel that Mr Rigsby let me borrow it. I edited it using filters in Photoshop. It could be better with more filters.
Darnell C - Transformers
I took these photos at my house on September 14. It was taken with a Samsung flip phone. I edited this by taking individual shots of the background characters and making them bigger to get a more accurate scale. I made Megatron transparent. I also added light effects to the eyes and other lights on the figure's vehicular parts. I could have made it better by fixing the positioning of the characters to differentiate the 2 teams.
Kye W- Playful Focus
This photo was taken in early October 2025 at my house during the evening while hanging out with friends. I took it with my iPhone 14 camera using portrait mode. I edited it by increasing the warmth and adding a slight blur to give the image a soft, painted look that matched the playful expression and energy of the moment. To improve it, I would adjust the lighting balance to reduce shadows on the background wall and sharpen the focus slightly. I chose this image because it captures a candid, fun side of my personality and shows how photography can express mood and spontaneity through motion and expression.
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Caroline S- It's Not Clocking to You
The title of my image is It’s Not Clocking to You and it was taken at my grandparents house with my Nikon 3100. I didn’t edit it, but it probably would have been better if I had edited it.
Calliope T - Trivia
This image is called “Trivia” and it was taken at the IB trivia night in the high school library on October 1st with my Nikon D3300. I edited it with photoshop and I brightened it up a bit and lowered the contrast to make the focus brighter and the background darker. I think it could have been better if the motion of his hands wasn’t blurry. I could’ve done a smaller shutter speed to capture the motion in place.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Anna G- Lovers Rock
Shelby S- Toga
The title of this image is “Toga”. It was taken in the courtyard during a school day. It was taken with my friend’s Canon camera. It was edited by using a vignette, and saturation. I could’ve made it look more vibrant and clean.
Monday, October 20, 2025
Liam D- Hand of Light
It was taken in the studio around October. It was taken of my friend who volunteered, and the lights are from another friend whom I stole them from It was taken with Mr. Rigsby's camera I changed the hue and the contrast to make it look softer and to make her skin clearer it could be better if it had more lights
Victoria S- The Selection
This image is called The Selection because it is a recreation of The Selection book cover. The subject in my photo is my friend, Caroline Lee. I took several pictures of her in different poses in my backyard using natural light as my light source. I then edited the pictures one at a time in Photoshop, cut out the background around Caroline, and combined all the pictures in one Photoshop file. Next, I copied and pasted the ruffles in her dress to add more layers to it. I blurred the pictures of Caroline in the background and added a glass texture over them to make them look like they’re a reflection in a mirror. Lastly after I added the text, I added a crystallized photo over the entire photo, lowered the opacity, and added a blending option. I think this picture could be better if the dresses had all been the same hue. Overall, I am very happy with how this turned out!
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Nicholas T - Serious Cramping
The title of the image is “Serious Cramping”. It was taken below a light in my room on September 28, 2025. It was taken with my DSC-W800. I increased the contrast and shadows of the image to make it much darker. I really wanted to remove the vent in the background.
Aleli S - Focus
I chose this photo of my friend Carson, which I took about two weeks ago at his house. , I would have wanted to add more white lights to reduce the orange hue, but I think it adds an gold feel to the photo. However, I don’t like that the focus is on the background rather than on Carson.
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Irais B-C - REDRUM
I took this picture about a week ago at Aldridge Gardens with my boyfriend. I took it with my iPhone 16 Pro on the regular camera setting, turning down the brightness a little so it could focus properly. I edited the photo by sharpening the edges in the pine straw and pine cones and allowing the red in the blood to be more vibrant. I also added a vignette and then added another layer to make the hand/arm a bit brighter. I personally really like the outcome of the photo, but I know there are little things here and there that I could've done to make a slight change.
Maya H - The Substance (with text)
This image is the one I used for the Story Illustration assignment. It is based on the 2024 body horror film The Substance; I based my image on a couple of the posters for the film that feature an eye with multiple pupils and irises, sort of one duplicating/splitting into the others. To get this effect, I took photos of my friend's eye looking in different directions, then I combined the images in Photoshop to get the multiplied pupils and irises. This ended up being significantly more difficult and complicated than I anticipated.
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Kais C- Call the Cards
It was taken October 6th 2025 in Mr. Rigsby's studio. It was taken with my Canon rebel t7 camera. I edited it in Adobe Lightroom, messing with the light and texture. I think if I had more and more time with it I would have way better way more to it give me feedback on how I can improve
Finley B - A Touch of Music.
The title of my image is “A Touch of Music.” It was captured in the courtyard at Hoover High School during my photography class. I used a Nikon D3100 to take the photo. I edited it to be black and white with a subtle increase in contrast. For a stronger focus, I could have experimented with different angles or zoomed in closer.
Sophia H- Noir Moon
The title of this image is Noir Moon. I took this picture in my backyard during mid-September. It was taken with my iPhone and edited on my MacBook's photo app editor. I added a B&W filter and also a vignette. I feel like it could be better if I spent more time editing/ taking the time to get a better picture, since it was last-minute and very fast.
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Surya P- Preperation
I took this picture at football practice a week or two ago. It was taken with my Nikon D750. I edited it by bringing out the color in the football and making the blacks and shadows in the image more prominent, so that the football stood out more. I wish the W on the football was a little more in focus, but overall I really like it.
Monday, October 6, 2025
Hayden C - Fourth Place
The title of this piece is “Fourth Place,” and it comes from the obvious subject of my photo: my fourth-place ribbons. It was taken in the studio with my Canon camera. I used a bright white light on the left and a softer yellow light on the right. I did this specifically to make sure things did not end up too monotone and washed out from the amount of white in the photo. I edited mainly by bringing highlights and whites up and lightening shadows to bring out the colors. I leaned toward cooler tones in temperature and warmer in tint to both make the white pop out whine also bringing out the gold in the ribbons. I used the spot healing tool to clean up any ribbons that may have been smudged, got dirt on them, or any weird-looking highlights that had appeared while editing. I wish I’d added more ribbons to the top left to make use of the entire frame, as the blank spot begins to look weird when you stare too long.
Rachel N - Lamp
This is Lamp, it’s named that way because it’s a photo of lamps. It was taken in Indonesia; I don’t have an exact date when I got it. It was taken with a Samsung A71. I edited them by adjusting the lighting and cleaning the lamp a bit. It could’ve been better if I had lightened the brightness a little bit.
Friday, October 3, 2025
Liam D- Pans Labrynth
This was taken in the photo studio. The camera Mr. Rigsby provided. I edited it using the lock to make her white then digitally edited everything I wish that I took a little more on the table
Nabeyal K- Breaking Bad
This is called Breaking Bad. It was taken 2 weeks ago in the studio. It was taken by my camera. I edited it by adding smoke and moving myself and my friends around at an angle. Being completely honest, I don't know what could make it better lol.
Kaleb G- Chicken
The imagine is of a chicken that I took a picture of at an airbnb I took a picture of it with my iphone and probably could be better if there was a lot more background stuff in the image.
Kye W – At the Cross
My photo, At the Cross, was taken indoors in September 2025 using my Canon Rebel T7. I edited it with darker tones, textures, and a vignette to give it an aged, biblical style. The image shows a woman mourning and holding a wrapped figure that represents Jesus after His death, while hands reach toward Him to symbolize humanity’s need for salvation. If I could improve it, I would brighten the hands to make them stand out more. Overall, the picture expresses the Christian meaning of grief, sacrifice, and hope in Jesus.
Calliope T- Eye
The title of this image is “Eye.” It is a picture of my sister’s eye and it was taken in my room on September 13th. I took it with my Nikon camera and I used the flash. I edited it by cropping it in and removing a couple little spots. I also brightened up the eyeshadow a little bit and darkened the eyelashes. I think it could be better if her eye was a little more in focus.
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Nicholas T - When it Falls
The title of this image is “When it Falls.” It was taken in the courtyard in September. I took it with my DSC-W800. I added a small vignette and sharpened it up a bit. If I’d gotten closer to the tree then that would’ve improved the focus of it a bit.
Kais C- Batman: Revenge of Darnel
This is a collage of photos but all or most of them were taken inside the studio in Mr. Rigsby's room. It was taken with my Canon Rebel T7. I heavily edited in building and the light in Lightroom, also using lights in LightRoom, A tone down in the lighting, I think could fix it and make it perfect
Shelby S- 1989
The title of this photo is called 1989. It was taken in the studio one day last week. It was taken with my friend’s Canon camera. I used a gradient fir the background, added seagulls in the background, and selected my model as the subject. I think I could’ve used the lighting different to make it look more realistic.
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