Reese J - Blue Water in Chicago

This was taken at the naval piear, in Chicago in the middle of March 2024. It was taken with my phone camera. I edited it by using the camera raw filters on photoshop. I increasted the texture on the waves, and gave it some darkness to the corners. I also brang out the colors in the sky. It could be better if I had used a better camera. But it's ok how it is.

Angel M - Untitled

 I took these photos separately on different days but they were both taken at my house with a Canon camera. I edited it by creating a collage of all these images using different techniques like learning and distortion. I also used a lot of different photoshop filters like the camera raw filter and nik collection filters.

Braden K - Droopy Leaves

 The title of this image is “Droopy Leaves” and it was taken in my front lawn at noon. It was taken with my Nikon D70. I edited it by going into camera raw and changing the vibrance, highlights, shadows, and other basic settings. I think my image could be better if I did some more creative editing, but I couldn't brainstorm anything that would look good. 

Liam O - Prism

 This image is called frames of childhood. Its supposed to represent growing up in a drawing kind of way. I took it with the camera mr rigsby provided. I edited it by taking frames of kais running and then layering those images over and over and over and over again. I think it could be better if it was more cropped in and maybe not focusing on the background as much. 

Aimee A - New Church

 I named this photo “New Church” and took it when I went uptown on Oct 11th, I took it with my Canon camera. The way I edited it was that I cropped it from the right and the left, brought out the texture a little, and I made the color brighter. I think it could have been better if I would have removed the black net in the left corner but I still love this image and it was one of my favorite photos I took for my Architecture assignment.

Anna G - Starry Eye

 The title of this image is “Starry Eye”. I took this photo in the studio a couple weeks ago with one of Mr. Rigsby’s cameras (Canon EOS Rebel T6). I edited this photo by making the colors slightly brighter, but most of the photo is practical effects that I achieved through using the colored lights in the studio and a star-light that I made with paper and a flashlight. I think this photo could be better if the only warm light was in the star area as there is some warm light on the chin and I think only having it on the eye would add more focus to it.

Julia M - Blue

 This picture is called “Blue” because the dog’s eyes are blue (pretty basic I know) all I did pretty much was go to adjustments and mess with the curves and levels and sharpen his fur and the irises of his eyes to pop. I think it looks pretty good, I don’t know if cropping it would have made it better.

Sarah J - Summer's End

 This photo is titled Summer’s End. I took it on a drive up to Smokey Mountain National Park near the end of summer, a couple weeks before school started. It was taken with my iPhone XR and edited in Photoshop by adding a bit more saturation, some glow, and warmth to make it look sunnier. I believe the photo would be better if I had taken it above the plants lining the road so the viewer could get a better view of the scenery behind it, but overall, I like how it turned out, since it better captures how I viewed the moment rather than how it looked on camera. 

Kais C - Held Back, But Reach Your Dreams

 This was taken in the studio room with different hand models one being Mr. Rigsby and another my main person being Liam O. It was taken with a Canon Rebel t7. I edited it I wanted the hands reaching out towards something while being held back, I want the hands to look painted as if someone had painted it. I think I wan the butter fly to have more motion. 

Renea M - Dorm

 The title I chose for this is “Dorm” because it was the dorms of UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham). The place it was taken is UAB, time was around 11:45, on October 24th, 2026. Taken with my Iphone, edited by increasing and decreasing the cinematic-split tone. Decreasing light 1 and increasing light 2. Messing with the vibrance and color, and as well the color balance 1. I feel like it doesn’t need to be better but maybe it should because the tree part is in the way but overall I love this photo and the editing. 

Kingston C - A Spark of Pink

 The title of this photo is “ A Spark of Pink”, and I took this shot outside of my apartment complex on the 28th of October. It was taken with a Nikon camera, and I blurred the background and made the red and pink colors on the Pink-muhly grass more refined and darker. I would like the stem to be a little less bright but other than that I like the blurred background and colors of the grass.

Lilly S - The Sun'll Come Out

 The title of this image is “The sun’ll come out”. It was taken with my iPhone 12 on October 18 in the Lover’s Leap area. I edited this by decreasing the exposure, highlights, and shadows. I also increased the brilliance, contrast, brightness, black point, saturation, and vibrance. I think it could be better if it was captured at an angle that revealed more of the sun shining through the tree branches. I loved watching the sunset in this area! 

Reginald L - History

 The name of this photo is “History” and it was taken on October 20, 2026 in Fairfield,AL with my Iphone 13. Taking this picture was kinda cool because I got to walk and look around and see things that I haven't seen before. It wasn’t really hard to take these pictures and my editing techniques were to just make the images look old but new at the same time and to just make the images look clean as possible.

Addison G - Droplet

 The title of this image is Droplet. I took this photo with a syringe and a puddle of water. I took this photograph in my backyard and was taken with my Canon RX100. I used camera raw and used colored filters to create the gradient/ombre finish. The photo didn’t turn out as a I wanted to be honest. I was hoping for more of a ripple effect from the droplet hitting the water. I think this was due to the puddle being shallow but overall still a great photo. .

River B - Foggy

 Title of this image is Foggy. It was taken at Mcadory High School a few weeks ago. I edited it by cropping it and fixing the lighting. It could be edited better if I cropped it a bit better and did some more tweaks. It was a fun night and thought this pic looked cool from that night.

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!