Carson R - Lookout

This image is entitled “Lookout”. It was taken over the break in Busch Gardens in Tampa with a Nikon d7500. I edited this image by increasing the contrast and desaturating the fur of the meerkat, as the dirt in their enclosure was very red. I also used the dodge and burn tool to edit its face and fur. This is not one of my favorite images but I haven’t really edited any other images recently.

Alyssa C- Decay

The name of this image is “Decay.” I took this photo right after it had rained at Andy’s nursery. To edit this image I applied a filter over the image to darken it and then I decided to go in and add highlights to make the raindrops standout. After that was done I sharpened the edges of the petals and increased the contrast to help bring out the texture of the flowers. This is by far one of my favorite images that I have created so far this year.

Macy M - "howareyou?"

The title of this image is “howareyou?” The photos used were taken at Troy University on December 7th at 2:30pm. I took this with my Nikon D3400. I added a glow and grain to the photos and bumped up the saturation. I then made a black and white copy of both of the photos and put part of the black and white photo over the color photo. I wish their hair looked better. This photo is supposed to represent the transition in moods that occur with different personality disorders. How did I do?

Jasmine W - Lizard On The Moon

This image is called “lizard on the moon” for an obvious reason. This image is a composite of three images, well technically two images : the lizard and the moon. The moon image that I used was originally half of a moon but I did not want to use the same full moon that I continuously used in my images so I decided to create my own moon. I flipped the moon the right side and tried to connect them as best as I could, and I also used to stamp tool to create new or get rid of craters is that they would not look as if it was the same moon but flipped. Also, I contrasted the right hemisphere of the moon. In another tab photoshop, I turn the lizard black and white and magic selected the lizard and a little bit of the surrounding area so that when I put it on top of the moon I could see exactly see what I needed to erase, so that when I magic selected I didn’t accidentally take some of his body off. I created layers to paint some of the different areas dark and turned down the opacity. I  really like this picture a lot, mainly because of the contrast. The one thing I wish I would have tried harder on is the middle of the moon where the two moons connected so there wasn’t so many craters in the middle and that it had some non-crater areas but other than that I think it is a great picture.

Austin C. - Lol That's Funny

The image’s title is “Lol That’s Funny”. It was taken at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens sometime during the fall. I took this photo with my Nikon D3300 camera. I didn’t edit it too much, just some color adjustments and dragging things around. I think it could be better if it was blended more nicely and the colors all fit together better. Also if the lighting and contrast in some areas was slightly adjusted in either way the image would be improved.

Morgan H - Primary

My image is entitled ‘Primary’ because of the use of primary colors. I had taken this photo using my camera in the studio. I had edited it by changing the gradient map and adjusting the angle the colors hit. I had also used the drawing tool and created some interesting shapes. I really enjoy making photos with drawings on top of them, it adds something that a bland photo needs.

Annalisa P- Our Own Tunes

I shot this image during the start of Christmas break while some friends and I where camping. My friend Elliot can play the guitar pretty good and I snapped this one right before sunset. I edited the photo using photoshop and it was taken with my Canon t6. Next time I am going to focus more on the sky so it won’t be so over exposed and throw the colors off.

Zach B - Floating Spirits

This is one of the photos I have worked with for my AP portfolio. Out of every photo I’ve done this entire semester, I would have to say this is my favorite one. I love how well the light strides I made to surround the ape “holds” him up. I placed a blue tint to go over the ape and the worked with the burning and erase tool. I erased the eyes and made the face more intense using the burn tool. The last thing I did to make the photo complete for me was to use long exposure pictures of lights I created. Over all I am very please with how the image came out!

Katie N- 7 Rings

I call this picture “7 Rings” because of the song. I took this picture around two months ago at my Fall Retreat. I edited it by editing out a leaf and adding a whole lot of contrast and saturation to add texture and detail to the ripples. I don’t know how I could make it better.

Omar T-The Sunset

This photo was taken in down town Birmingham and shot with my Canon Rebel T6 and I didn’t do anything to the photo. I liked the photo just how it was and overall the sunset just looked pretty.

Hillary A- Untitled

I took this picture Downtown Birmingham. I took a picture if the statue that is by the pond. Also I took a pic of the sunset and I used it as the background for the statue thingy because the original background was kind of boring.

Anna S- Good Morning Kanye

I titled this image “Good Morning Kanye” because its the first thing that came to my mind since it is of a sunrise. I took it one morning as I was getting ready for school with my iPhone 8. I edited it on VSCO. I turned down the brightness and exposure to advance the colors in the sky. Then I adjusted the saturation and filtered it. I like how clam it is and pleased with the outcome.

Spencer B- Connection

Connection - there are multiple pictures in one and they were taken in nature. I used my phone to take these pictures. I grabbed three different pictures and combined them into one. I used the masking tool to blend the images. I am not sure how it could be better or worse because it is mainly a symbolic piece.

Jake D- Perspective

I like to call this photo “Perspective” simply because of the perspective that I shot this photo in. I like it because of its simplicity and how the sun follows the lines of this part of the umbrella. It captures all the details of the fuzzes on it as well. I also how it looks black and red at the same time. I took this with my Canon EOS Rebel T7i, and took it over Thanksgiving Break. I was at Seaside, walking down the boardwalk near the beach and just started shooting pictures. Eventually I took this one and I liked it a lot. Overall, I don’t think there is too much I would like to change about it. Id like maybe to see a bit more red on the string part itself, but thats it.

Hannah R- Circles

I took this photo for the circles assignment. I took it at night in my car. I edited it by increasing the saturation a lot and by brightening up the colors. I like how it turned out because of the colors, but I think the quality could have been less grainy. Overall I’m pretty happy with it.

Yuliana Z- Two Way Vision

The title of this piece is Two Way Vision. It was taken on December 11th, 2019 in the studio. I took it on my Canon EOS Rebel T6. I edited this photo by increasing the greens on the left side of Faye and her eye, on the right side I used the Nik Collections Indian Summer to make that portion of her eye more brown and distinctive. I also used detail extractor on both portions of her face to make her features pop. The photo could be better if I made the left side brighter to closer match the right side overall brightness. This picture was really fun to work with and it helped me explore using different editing techniques for the same unified picture.

Emily R- Beach View

This image is titled Beach View, this was taken at Tip Top in Bluff Park and the beach picture put in the window was taken in Gulf Shores, both taken in November. They were both taken with my phone, because I did not have my camera on me at the time. I put the picture over the actual view to make it more interesting. I then played with the levels an contrast to get the look I wanted. I really like the concept of this picture, but for some reason I cannot get it to look right, something looks off and I’m not happy with that, but overall I liked editing it and playing with photoshop.

Olivia N- Amazon

The image is called Amazon and was taken at the Birmingham Zoo last October 2019 with a PentaxK100D. I edited the image in Photoshop using the Nik Collection. I edited the picture by adding a filter, increasing the saturation, and having the background blurred around the bird. In certain areas, I increased the contrast in order to have some of the feathers more detailed and focused overall. The picture could have been better if some areas weren’t as saturated and bright in color.

Anna Claire H - Chicago Theater

I took this photo at the Chicago theater. I like this photo because I really like architectural photography. I took this photo with my iPhone during Christmas break.

Faye M--"Dog"

The title of my selected image is “Dog” because the subject is a dog. It was taken during the 2019 Bluff Park Art Show in October. It was taken with a Canon Rebel t6. I used the Color Efex and Viveza 2 filters from the Nik collection in order to do a general touch up with increased contrast and structure, but I then changed the hue to add the green parts of the dog. It could be better if I had gotten closer to the dog, but I like this picture regardless.