Tucker C - Reaching Out

 I took this photo in the class studio for the hands and feet assignment and used one of his cameras as well. The main tools I used were the curve tool in camera raw to give the background that cool look and added the grain filter as well as making the image monochrome/black and white. For the bars I just took a piece of the background and then inverted the color to make it white and added a second hand and lowered the opacity to make it fade into the main hand to give the illusion it was moving which kinda worked. I think it would have been better if the hand wasn't grainy and only the background but overall I thought it turned out okay but was fun to edit. 

Denver C - Dark Church

The title is Dark Church, I took it in Birmingham around 4pm on October 25th. I took it with my Nikon d3000. I darkened it a little bit and upped the contrast a small amount. It could be better if it was straighter on and a little wider of a shot.

Rachel N - The Light Between The Sorrow

 This is the Light Between The Sorrow. It was taken in my car on the morning of October 16, 2026. It was taken with my iPhone 15 Pro Max. I didn’t edit that much. I just played with the lighting to make it more pop. It could be better if I spend more time to edit it but I think it looks good as it is

Reginald L - Hands and Feet

 The title of this image is hands and feet. This photo was taken from home with my iphone 13 for a hand and feet assignment and how I edited it was I first turned down the color vibrance to make the image look black and white but i didn’t turn it down too much because I still wanted some color. After that I adjusted the lighting and color mixer to add the color and lastly I added a blur and some distortion to make the hands look a little bigger.

Lilly S - Saturday Sky

 This photo is called “Saturday Sky”. It was taken the evening of September 19 in an alleyway in my neighborhood. I took this photo with my iPhone 12 and I edited it by increasing the color and decreasing the brilliance. I think it could be better if I walked forward a little more so the parked cars in the driveways weren’t in the frame. I loved watching this sunset as the sky faded, it was beautiful!

Mary Alex R - Chinese Checkers

 This image, “Chinese Checkers” was a combination of several photos that I took this weekend in my homemade photography setup in my closet. I took these photos with my Nikon D7500 using my tripod for the long exposure shots. I combined 2 photos of my lava lamp with a photo of my hand and a photo of my Chinese Checkers board. I didn’t alter the individual photos, but I used the masking tool to incorporate the different photos into this image and lowered the saturation of the whole image. This image could be better if the subjects were more interesting.

Julia M- Drake

This is a picture of a dog I walked at the Greater Birmingham Humane Society last Sunday at 9:40am. I named the photo Drake because that is the name of this dog. What I did was I brightened the eye to enhance the color and glossiness and I sharpened some of the areas that weren’t clear like the nose and some of the whiskers and the eye as well.

Braden K - Flag

The title of my image is “Flag” and it was taken on my front porch. I took the photo with my Nikon D70 and edited it by making the hand and white part of the flag black and white with a soft yellow tint. I think I could’ve done better if I took it with more light, as it would’ve had better contrast and feel less flat.
 

Henry H - In Our Hand

 The title of this image is In Our Hand. It was taking in the studio last week. I edited by changing the lighting, clarity and contrast. I think it could be better if maybe a effect of something was added onto it. I like the angle the photo was taken at and the details in the photo.

Anastasiia O - Pinecones

 This is a picture of a pinecone that I took, in the studio of my photography class. I was kinda just taking pictures of things in there and this one turned out pretty cool. I kinda changed the lighting and made the shadows darker, so the picture is not as colorful, and I think it turned out not too bad. 

Angel M- Fish

 I took this photo in a Petsmart last November. I took it with my Cannon camera. It was edited using Nik Collection filters and Camera Raw filters. It would have been better if the background was sharper

Renea M- Friendship

 The title of this image is “Friendship”. Taken with one of the class cameras we have, and where it was taken is here at Hoover High School in the courtyard. September 29, 2026 is the date it was taken on. I didn’t particularly edit the photo because I thought it would just be good the way it is. It could be better by editing it more into a photo like. 

Hazel A- Juventud

 The title is Juventud, It was taken in the Birmingham state fair on the 26 of september at night, it was taken on my iphone 15 pro max, i edited it by changing, lighten and brightening the color and cropping it and it would have been better if i can change on the angle or do more adjustments but I do know I love this picture.

Kais C- Ruminative

This is Ruminative, It was taken at work of the eye and the picture of me in the eyes are from the studio in Mr. Rigsby room. It was taken with my iphone 16 and a rebel t7. I moved both eyes up and down AND brightened myself up in the eyes. I think the lighting could be better.

Caroline S- Frank the Cat

  The title of my image is Frank the Cat and it was taken over the summer when my family adopted two kittens. It was taken in my mom’s room and I edited it by removing distracting factors and brightening it a bit. It could be better if the focus on the cat’s face was a little less clear.

Reese J- Sunset

 The title of this picture is Sunset. It was taken in my front yard in mid September. It was taken with my olympus om camera.I edited it by bringing out some of the reds and pinks and yellows, it could be better if the tree in the middle was a little less out of focus.

Kingston C- Golden Hands

The title of this shot is called “golden hands” it was taken in the photoroom in Mr. Rigsby class. Not sure what type of camera it was, I messed with the exposure and saturation, I messed with everything that you could edit. I think the string could be a little less bright but overall I like the look of it.

Tucker C- Dad Shot

The title of this image is called Dad Shot. I took this photo on a trip we took to Georgia to a funeral in the car obviously. The photo was taken with my iphone air and the main tweaks I made was upping the contrast but it honestly was kinda the way I wanted it when I initially took the shot so very few adjustments. The photo I think could be better if the seatbelt wasn't in the way but that wouldn't look realistic and maybe have the sky on the left to be more gray to the sky seen in the front window. Overall I was very pleased with the photo especially for the lack of edits I made.

Addison G- The Games Untold

 The title’s name is “The Games Untold” like the cover of the book. All these photographs were taken either in the studio or around my house with items. I took it with Mr. Rigsby’s Canon Rebel T7 and my Canon RX100. I used lots of layering and honestly just messing around with filters for this project to work. I think I could’ve done better to color match my image to the original. 

Sarah J - Sunset over Appalachia

 This photo is titled Sunset over Appalachia. It was taken in Maggie Valley on the evening of July 16, 2026 on a camping trip in Smoky Mountains National Park and taken with my iPhone XR. We also went to this location at night to see the stars, but unfortunately, my phone couldn’t capture that as well. I edited it by making the greens more prominent, lowering the black point, and upping the vibrance and saturation just slightly. I tried my best to bring out the beauty of each of the colors in the original photo without oversaturating it and making it look unnatural. I believe this photo could be better if I cropped it better and made it less grainy, but, overall, I really love this picture.