Nabeyal K - The Orange Firework

 The name is “ The orange firework”, It was taken next to the Vulcan Park on 4th of July. It was taken with my Iphone. I edited it by making it a little more darker. Something I could do better is to crop on.

Shelby S - Eyes of the Next Generation

This photo is called Eyes of the Next Generation. It’s a close-up black-and-white portrait of my eye reflecting a protest, representing how I carry the struggles of women before me and remain aware of the fight that still continues. The image symbolizes my responsibility, as part of the next generation, to see injustice clearly and continue using my voice to demand equality and recognition.

Maya H - Golden Spiral (Sacred Geometry)

 I took this photo earlier this month with my Canon Rebel SL1 and a 10x close-up lens; it is of a dead bug on the porch at my house. The title of this image is "Golden Spiral (Sacred Geometry)", which refers to the idea of the golden spiral, a logarithmic spiral that often occurs naturally within nature—such as the pattern in which seeds grow in sunflower heads—in conjunction with sacred geometry, which is the idea of certain shapes having sacred or symbolic meaning, as well as that the repeated occurrence of such shapes in the natural world is evidence of some sort of divine creator. This title is referring to the way in which the bug has curled up post-mortem. This image is unedited aside from significant cropping, done to focus the image more on the bug. 

Anna G - Umbrella

 The title of the selected image is “Umbrella”. This photo was taken in Pal Springs, California over the break. This photo was taken with my Nikon D5100 camera. I edited this photo by removing some of the distractions in the background and playing around with the camera raw filter. I think this photo could be better if it was brighter and had more relflections and was just overall more dramatic. I also feel like the old man kinda belnds in with the telephone pole behind him so maybe I could have done something about that.

Angel M- Surrelist Sollage

  I made this image last semester. I made it by combining multiple royalty-free images from the internet. I edited it by adding multiple Nik Collection filters and blending options.

Rachel N - Stars in her Grasp

 This is the Stars in her Grasp. It was taken on January 26, 2026, at the studio. It was taken with my iPhone 15 Pro Max. I edited it by playing with the colouring and making the lights look shinier because in the original photo, the light wasn’t as visible as in the edited photo. I also cropped it because it looks better if I just give a close-up of the lights and hands. It could’ve been better if I put some more time into editing this photo.

Victoria S- Records Falling

This image is titled Records Falling. I took this in December at the Preserve. I took it with my Nikon camera. I edited it by increasing the warmth and exposure. I took pictures of different records I brought as props and added a motion blur over them to make them look like they were falling from the sky. I wish the records on the ground looked a little more realistic and less flat, but other than that I am happy with how this turned out. 
 

Aleli S- Untitled

 I really like this photo. I think it’s really cute. I love the way that she’s not looking at the camera. I think she was talking to someone when the photo was taken. The one thing I don’t like about this photo is the light in the back. How you can see it. Her head was a little bit too low down, and the light that I was using to give the blue light

Caroline S- Sunday Driver

 The title of my image is Sunday Driver. It was taken on November 26th, 2025 on my Nikon D3100. I edited it by brightening it and cropping the steering wheel to be more centered. It would be better if I had continued to edit it in photoshop.

Nicholas T - Concrete

 The title of this image is “Concrete.” It was taken with my DSC-W800. This was taken on my sidewalk and edited last year for the Kaleidoscope project. I mirrored the image across four different quarters of the canvas. I could’ve increased the brightness and contrast.

Surya P - In His Hands

 I took this image on my Nikon D750, in Madrid Spain over the summer. When editing, I cropped it and centered the man more. I also made it black and white, lowered the exposure, and turn up the blacks in the image to make the man blacked out. I’m not sure what I’d do to change it, maybe if I had shot it with the cross more visible I think I’d like it a little more. 

Irais B-C - Drive, Don't Talk

 I took this photo on January 11th of this year and I took it going up the hill of Oak Mountain State Park. I took the photo with my iPhone 16 on the regular camera setting. I edited the photo by tinting the picture as a whole to a dark yellow gray color and then I erased the mirror part of the tint so the colors of the sky would be brought out. I then saturated the oranges, yellows, blues, and reds. I sharpened parts of the image to really bring out details like the trees and window reflections. I then blurred the trees to give main focus to the mirror. I probably culdve cropped the top a little to center it more but other than that I am really happy with the result. (fun fact- the photo is named after a song by makeout reef)

Hayden C - In Motion

The title of this image is “In Motion,” and it was taken with my Canon camera at a fun show in Huntsville. This was the last time that this rider would be riding her horse. It was a bittersweet show, and I tried to get as many pictures of them as I could. This was difficult with how dark the arena was, but honestly, a fun challenge. I enjoy the symmetry within this photo and how the horse and rider are being “framed” on either side by two other horses. I just wish the lighting had been better while shooting. 
 

Anna G- The Dreamer

 The title of the selected image is “The Dreamer”. The photo of the building was taken a couple of weeks ago when I visited SCAD. This photo was taken with my iPhone. I edited this picture by inverting the contrast of the building and adding a colorful layer on top of it to make it look kind of watercolory, and I drew the picture of the person walking up the building, and I added a picture of a star that was under a Creative Commons license and added more small stars to the background. I think this photo could be better if the image of the star were of a higher quality and didn't look as pixely.

Kye W - Warm Contrast Portrait

 This image was taken indoors against a painted brick wall under controlled lighting, likely in the evening or in a classroom studio. It was captured with a digital camera, using a shallow depth of field and off-center framing to emphasize the mood. I edited the photo by increasing the warmth and saturation, adding intense orange and green tones, and adjusting contrast to deepen shadows and create a dramatic color cast. The image could be improved by softening the lighting on the subject’s face and refining the color balance so skin tones appear more natural while keeping the artistic effect. Overall, the photo explores emotion and atmosphere through color, shadow, and minimal background, aiming to create a bold, expressive portrait.

Rachel N - Monitoring

 This is Monitoring. It’s an assignment we did on Story Illustration. This is a direct reference to the Monitoring by DECO27*. I thought it would be really cool to recreate the MV, so I tried to make it as similar as the MV. It turns out pretty great for me. It would have been better if I had clean up the rough outlines of the drawings. 

Angel M- Flower

 The title of this image is Flower. I took it in my backyard sometime last semester. I took it with my Canon camera. It was edited by increasing the saturation, increasing the brightness, and adding a double exposure layer.

Calliope T - Longing

 This image is called longing because I think that the subject, the colors, and the movement in the photo all show that emotion. It was taken on December 11, 2025 in Mr. Rigsby’s studio with a Canon camera. I edited it by making the colors a little more vibrant and making the blues have a more teal tint. I also darkened the blue of the shadow and brightened the pink. I think it could be better if there was just a little more focus on his face. 

Caroline S- Another Life

 The title of my image is Another Life. I took this photo at my grandparents house during my cousin’s birthday. I edited it by brightening some of the colors a bit, but the photo would have been a lot better if it wasn’t so blurry.

Nabeyal K- Just Rained

 The name of this photo is Just Rained. It was taken at my house last year. It was taken with my camera. I edited it by adjusting the brightness. It could be better by cropping in.