Nabeyal K- Tree of Leaves

 The title of this image is called Tree of Leaves. I took this photo at my house a few weeks ago. It was taken with my iPhone.I edited it by adding light and focusing in on the leaves. It could be better if I darkened it a little bit more

Rachel N - Hydrophobic

 This is Hydrophobic. It was taken in my house on October 26, 2025. It was taken with my Nikon Z5 camera. I edited it by playing with the colors and saturation, and added a droplet to make it cooler. It was essentially for the Architecture, Leaves, or Moods assignment. I did great on editing the leaves. 

Kye W - Stillness in Contrast

 This photograph, titled “Stillness in Contrast,” was taken by me in my classroom on November 12. I used my Canon Rebel T7 camera to capture the arrangement of a lamp, globe, skull, and plant. The image was edited in black and white to emphasize the texture of each object and the lighting contrast between the bright lamp and dark shadows. I adjusted the exposure and contrast to bring out the cracked surface of the lamp and deepen the shadows on the wall. If I could improve it, I would balance the lighting to reduce glare near the lamp shade while keeping the strong highlights intact. I chose this image because it combines themes of knowledge, life, and mortality, giving an everyday scene a dramatic, almost symbolic tone.

Irais B-C - Magenta Escape

 This photo was taken on October 26th in downtown Birmingham before a concert, and I took it on my iPhone 16. I wanted to make this image colored and special. I think I achieved that pretty nicely. I brightened up specific windows to give them a pattern, and I saturated colors as well as changed the hue of them. So for the red, I made it magenta, and for the blue-ish, I made that a violet. I also made the lights by the doors glow a bit brighter. Overall, I think this photo is pretty neat.

Calliope T - Allan

 This image is titled “Allan” and was taken at school in Mr. Windle’s room on October 31st, 2025. It was taken with my Nikon camera. To edit this picture I fixed the lighting by increasing the contrast and exposure and I also brightened up the colors a little bit. I removed some distracting pieces from the background and blurred the background a little bit. I think it could be better if the chair was a little bit blurred too, and maybe if I cropped it a little differently to make the subject stand out more. I like this picture because it took me a while to get Allan to smile for the photo, but I eventually got it. 

Liam O- Moods

  This was taken in the courtyard with Mr. Rigsby's camera. I edited the brightness then turned it black and white. I finally colored the subject and then posterized it using a filter. I wish the subject was more colorful.

Darnell C - Nabi-Zilla

 I call it “Nabi-Zilla”. I took the picture in my Jr. year of high school in 2024, during the Haunted Hallway Auditions, on the theater hall.I took it using my using my Iphone. I cutt out my friends Nabeyal and Louise and put them in a city street i found on google, made them gigantic, and added a rubble effect on the ground. I could’ve edited my friends to be brighter, so they would match the background better.

Shelby S - Boys Don't Cry

 The title of this image is Boys Don’t Cry. This was taken in the studio with Mr. Rigsby’s camera during 4th period. I edited it by placing every individual magazine letter on his cheek, turned down the saturation on his face to 0, then turned the saturation to 100 on the letters. I could’ve used other techniques to add some spice to it.

Surya P - Holding On

 I took this image a few weeks ago in my aunt’s backyard on my Nikon D750. I edited it by darkening the background and bringing out the greens so that the red of the leaf would pop a little more. I also removed surrounding branches and leaves. I think the background could be a little darker and then the leaf could be a little offcenter, rule of thirds type thing. I think this is a really cool image though. 

Ethan S - Days Long Past

 This image is entitled Days Long Past. While I was editing this photo, I pictured myself going through picture albums in the distant future and finding this picture, hence the name. It was taken in the lunch room sometime early August after a pep rally. I edited it with the Nik 6 Analog Efex, I placed the bars over the eyes, and I did some additional blurring. I feel like if I could mess with it a little more it could be better, but I am quite happy with the results.

Caroline S - Collide

 The title of my image is Collide and it was taken in the studio on November 3rd. I took it with my Nikon D3100 and I edited it by putting a filter on it. It could have been better if I had experimented with the shutter speed a bit more.

Kais C- Paint My Walls

I took this at Hoover High School at a pillar at one of the back gates, It was taken with a Canon Rebel t7, I edited it in photoshop to specifically to get a flashlight kinda affect on it and then ending up with this and went to Lightroom to mess with it more to give more characteristics to it like paint. I wish i actually did paint the wall and could paint it, it would look more natural and not so fake.

Sophia H- Highscore

The title of this image is “Highscore.” I took this picture at Bumper Nets on November 10th, 2025. I took this picture with my iPhone 11 and edited it on Photoshop by changing the RGB levels and brightening the vibrant colors on the screen. I think it could have been better if I included more of the screen, but other than that, I really like this piece.

Maya H - Creature of the Night

 This photo was taken in September of this year with my Canon Rebel SL1 camera; it is of a cat sitting under a car. I took it when me and my friends went to Hooters for one of their birthdays—there were a bunch of stray cats in the back parking lot, so I got some pictures of them. This photo is unedited, but I really like how it turned out. 

Kaleb G- Leaves

 I took it from my bathroom the photo was taken with my phone i edited with filtered it could be better if i could somehow add my detail 

Nicholas T - Leaf Litter

  The title of this image is “Leaf Litter”. It was taken in my front yard on Oct 23, 2025 at 8:32 am. The camera I used was a DSC-W800. I increased the contrast, brightness, and sharpness with the camera raw filter and Nik Collection filters. Now that I am looking at the image now I wish I could decrease, or just get rid of, the blue tint on some of the leaves.

Hayden C - 3 3 4

 I chose to name this photo “3 3 4” after the numbers the two subjects in my photo are holding up. I took this with my Canon camera during the final summer fun show on September 6. I took my camera for the day and had fun taking photos of everything and everyone. I took up the contrast and lightened some of the shadows, as well as bringing down highlights. I wish I’d taken the photo without the tent in the frame.

Angel M- Flower

 The title of this image is Flower. I took this photo in my backyard. It was taken with my Canon camera. I edited it by increasing the shadows and the brightness. It could have been better if I had gotten a shot without the loose tree branches in the background.

Anna G- Caroline

 The title of my image is “Caroline” because that is the name of my friend who is the subject of the photo. The photo of Caroline was taken in the studio a couple weeks ago and the photo of the beach/ocean was taken at the beach during summer. The photo of Caroline was taken with my Nikon D5100 and the photo of the beach was taken with my iPhone. I edited this photo so the dark parts of the photo of Caroline were replaced by the image of the beach. I had to make part of the sky on the beach photo darker so the details on Caroline’s face would be more visible. I think this photo could be better if the photo of Caroline had more contrast so there would be less gray areas that are kind of half Caroline picture half beach picture. I originally wanted this to be a solem picture but Caroline couldn’t stop smiling in the photo so I changed it to be a more joyos photo 

Victoria S- Loss of Passion

 This image is called “Loss of Passion.” It was taken in my backyard on November 9th with my Nikon camera. I edited it in photoshop by adding an analog filter and frame over the photo, increasing the overall brightness of the photo, and increasing the saturation of the flowers. I think it could have been better if I showed more of the guitar. This photo is part of my Sustained Investigation 2 which is focusing on the movement of music and the loss of passion. The subject in my photo is an old guitar that used to belong to my cousin before he gave it to me after he quit music lessons. In my photo, I wanted to tell the story of how the guitar had been forgotten and abandoned by making it seem the earth was slowly reclaiming it.