Aleli S - The End

 I took this photo of my friend Carson up in Homewood I fixed this photo by cropping it down to more on him so there is a lot less dead space and so you can see more shape and I made it darker so that it looks better and so the photo is less gray I slow added some orange lighting to make it look like it was at night 

Finley B - Delicate

 The title of my image is "Delicate." It was captured in the courtyard of Hoover High School last week. I adjusted the photo to brighten it and enhance its vibrancy, making the colors more vivid. I could have cropped the image further to improve its overall composition.

Ethan S - Sketched

 This is Sketched, I took it outside in the courtyard about a week ago with my Nikon D40. I edited it with Nik 6 Analog Efex and dodging and burning. I think it would’ve been better if the foreground was slightly less blurry but otherwise I’m pretty happy with it.

Darnell C ~ Megatron's Goofy Ahh

 I call this “Megatron’s goofy ahh”. I took this picture at my house during the Story Illustration project, as well as took the picture of my friend Nabeyal at school. I used my mom’s phone to take pictures of the Transformers, and I used the cut-out features and remove the backgrounds of the Action Figures, and used AI to mess around with my friend's face and make him stand instead of sitting, and I also made a PNG of a Megatron 2D drawing that i found online,  to put over the Megatron figure. I could’ve erased more of the white around Nabeyal, but I used multiple layers, so I ended up erasing his body, so ill’s make his body a PNG so that I can just keep the stuff I need.

Nabeyal K- The Hand.

 The title of the image is called “The Hand”. I took this a few weeks ago in the Hands and Feet project. It was taken with a Revelty 7 Camera that Mr. Rigbsy gave us. I edited it using the Photoshop application on the Mac. It could be better by adding more darkness or by applying a few filters.

Kais C- Collage of Hands and Feet

 It was all mostly taken at school inside the studio, It was taken with a cannon rebel t7, I edited them mostly in lightroom, I want more to do like more expression with the photos i wish i could have more to them I felt like I was lacking

Angel M. Untitled

I took this photo in my backyard. It was taken with my Canon camera. I edited it by increasing the shadows and increasing the saturation. It could have been better if I got a shot with water droplets on it since it rained right after I took this photo.

Shelby S- Mushroom Mind

 This photo is called Mushroom Mind. It was taken in the school courtyard during 4th period. It was taken with Mr. Rigsby’s camera and his crystal lenses. I edited it by enhancing the colors with HDR Color and I used Camera Raw Filter to sharpen the photo and add dimension. I could’ve used different techniques and lenses to make the photo cooler.

Surya P - Jack and The Cat

 This image was taken a couple weeks ago in my back yard. It was taken on my digital camera, which is a Kodak Pixpro fz55. I edited it by making the colors a bit more saturated and sharpened the image a little bit. I wish it was a little bit more focused on the cat because it looks a little blurry. But, overall I love the picture because me and my best friend made them together.

Hayden C - Hulk

 This image is titled after its subject, a dog named hulk. He is the dog of one of the girls at my barn. He’s a rather shy dog, but he’s very cute and clearly loves his people. I mostly brought up the contrast and warmth to bring out the browns in his fur and also used the dodge tool on his eyes. I cropped the photo to focus more on him. I wish i’d been able to get a better angle of him, as this one is kind of awkward, although that’s difficult with how shy he is.

Kaleb G- Untitled

 This was taken at home. I edited it by changing a filter to make it more red. If i could think of any other way to edit it would be better.

Anna G- Unraveled

 The title of the selected image is “Unraveled”. This photo was taken at the beginning of summer in my house. This photo was taken with my Nikon D5100 camera. I edited this photo by making it grayscale and upping the contrast in certain areas. I think this photo could be better if the background was more simple so the focus is more on the subject.

Victoria S- Song of the Caged Bird

 This image is titled “Song of the Caged Bird” and it is a part of my Sustained Investigation 1. It was taken in my room on October 13th late at night. I took this picture with my Nikon camera on a tripod. I used colored LED lights and fake candles as my light source. I edited my photo through photoshop by increasing the brightness and saturation of the colors. I think it would be better if there wasn’t so much color noise on my subject's face. 

Rachel N - Migraineogenic

  This is Migraineogenic. It was taken at my house, Oct 22, 2025. It was taken with my iPhone 15 Pro Max. I edited it by playing with the settings especially the saturation and the coloring. It could’ve been better if I lowered the saturation, it feels like there’s too much going on in the photo. When I was editing, staring at the photo makes my head ache. Hence, the name.

Nicholas T - Into the Deep

  The title of this image is “Into the Deep.” It was made for my composite project last year. I took these images with my DSC-W800. I made it with an image of a basket, lamp, filters, and masking effects. I wish there was less black, empty space.

Aleli S- Marigolds

 I took this photo last week. The person in the photo is a close family friend. We took it in her backyard. I really like this photo. I love how dark it is. If I had to change something, it would be the lighting on her. She’s a little dark, and the photo is a little yellow, but besides that, I really like this photo.

Leo M- Angel's Hands Intwined

The title of the image is An Angel's Hands Intwined. It was taken in the photography studio, and it was taken of two of my friends, named Irais and Chasidy, and their hands, which was very kind of them. It was taken with the camera that Mr.Rigsby provided, and I edited it by changing the brightness as well as the hue, making it some kinda color but also making the entire photo very dark. I then inverted the colors so that the white pale skin would be almost divine-looking. It also turned the once yellow lights red. I think it could be better if the background were more interesting or if I added feathers falling like wings or something. 

Finley B - Transparent.

The title of my image is "Transparent." Both photographs were captured in the studio last week, featuring model Anna, using a Nikon D60 camera. I edited the image to overlay a silhouette of a hand with a more intense photograph within the hand's outline. In the future, I might adjust the contrast or enlarge the hand further to enhance the composition.

Calliope T - Ceramics

 This image is titled “Ceramics” and it was taken in the ceramics room on October 23rd, 2025 with Mr. Rigsby’s Canon camera. I edited it by lowering the exposure just a bit because the lighting wasn’t great and I also brightened up the colors some. I like that it is defocused on the background and the hand in front. I think it could be better if some parts of the picture, like her hand, were a little bit brighter.

Kye W- 2016

 This photo was taken in 2024 in a dark studio setup using my Canon Rebel T7. I used a single red light source to create a dramatic and eerie effect on the clown mask. I edited the image by increasing contrast, darkening the shadows, and enhancing the red tones to make the mask stand out. If I could improve it, I would adjust the focus to sharpen the details of the mask’s cracks. I wanted to capture the unsettling balance between playfulness and fear that clowns often represent.

Irais B-C- My Soul is Always with You

 This refers to an anime that really means a lot to me: the scene where they're reaching out for each other. I took it on my iPhone 16 in the studio with my handy-dandy helper. I started by taking a picture of his hand in one pose, and then used another picture of the same hand, but flipped it and made it seem as if the hands were reaching for each other. I started by defining the hands and getting the details out there. Then I saturated the colors and brightened them to make them stand out. I think it turned out really cool. :3

Sophia H- Close Up

 The title of the image I have chosen is “Close Up”. It is a pink flower in my backyard during early October. I took it with my iPhone’s camera and edited it by adjusting the lighting and colors in Photoshop. I don’t really know how it could be better. I think I did a good job capturing the intricate details of the flower up close.

Caroline S- Pianist

 The title of my selected image is Pianist. I took it in the jazz band room for the hands and feet assignment a few weeks ago. I took it with my Nikon 3100 and I edited it by dodging and burning. I think it could’ve been better if I had dodged the hand a little less, because it is really bright in some areas.

Maya H- Dog's Mouth

  This is a photo of my dog's mouth; I took it for my Sustained Investigation Series 1. While editing it, I mostly sharpened and clarified it as well as increasing the contrast and vibrance. To create the mirrored/kaleidoscope effect, I first cropped the edges off of the original image so the subject would take up more of the frame; I then created a new file that was double the length and width of the image; after that, I put four copies of the original image into the file, put them each into one of the four corners, and then rotated and flipped each of them so they would reflect the one opposite of it. 

Ethan S - Scrapper's Burden

 This is Scrapper’s Burden, a picture I slapped together in like 2 hours during class across 2 days. I made it solely for the blog and it’s intentionally dumb. Scrapper, the green dude next to Optimus, is wailing in anger as four of the other Constructicons form a partial Devestator, in a gorilla stance. I took this picture on my phone in my room like a week ago. I edited it by dodging and burning a lot, painting the background, sharpening, blurring, smudging, and some more dodging and burning for good measure. The background is roughly based on Autobot City. Probably could have been better if I’d worked on it longer than a few hours.

Nabeyal K- Grey Hands

 The title of the image is Grey Hands. It was taking a week ago in the school courtyard. It was taken with a Canon Rebel that Mr Rigsby let me borrow it. I edited it using filters in Photoshop. It could be better with more filters.

Darnell C - Transformers

 I took these photos at my house on September 14. It was taken with a Samsung flip phone. I edited this by taking individual shots of the background characters and making them bigger to get a more accurate scale. I made Megatron transparent. I also added light effects to the eyes and other lights on the figure's vehicular parts. I could have made it better by fixing the positioning of the characters to differentiate the 2 teams.

Kye W- Playful Focus

 This photo was taken in early October 2025 at my house during the evening while hanging out with friends. I took it with my iPhone 14 camera using portrait mode. I edited it by increasing the warmth and adding a slight blur to give the image a soft, painted look that matched the playful expression and energy of the moment. To improve it, I would adjust the lighting balance to reduce shadows on the background wall and sharpen the focus slightly. I chose this image because it captures a candid, fun side of my personality and shows how photography can express mood and spontaneity through motion and expression.

Angel M- Flower

The title of this image is Flower. I took it in my backyard last year. This was taken with my Canon camera. I edited it by increasing the saturation and blurring the background. It could be better if the first flower was in-focus.

Caroline S- It's Not Clocking to You

  The title of my image is It’s Not Clocking to You and it was taken at my grandparents house with my Nikon 3100. I didn’t edit it, but it probably would have been better if I had edited it.

Calliope T - Trivia

 This image is called “Trivia” and it was taken at the IB trivia night in the high school library on October 1st with my Nikon D3300. I edited it with photoshop and I brightened it up a bit and lowered the contrast to make the focus brighter and the background darker. I think it could have been better if the motion of his hands wasn’t blurry. I could’ve done a smaller shutter speed to capture the motion in place. 

Anna G- Lovers Rock

The title of the selected image is “Lovers Rock”. This photo was taken in my bedroom a couple weeks ago for the story illustration assignment. This photo was taken with my Nikon D5100 camera. I edited this photo by adding the black background, making the main subject red using an overlay, adding a grainy effect to the subject, and adding the words in photoshop. I think this photo could be better if there was more in it as I feel that it is very simple, so I wish I had another person in the picture or at least another subject. I also wish that I had spent more time editing the photo, but I spent a lot of my time in class editing another photo for this project that didn't come out the way I wanted it to.
 

Shelby S- Toga

 The title of this image is “Toga”. It was taken in the courtyard during a school day. It was taken with my friend’s Canon camera. It was edited by using a vignette, and saturation. I could’ve made it look more vibrant and clean.

Liam D- Hand of Light

 It was taken in the studio around October. It was taken of my friend who volunteered, and the lights are from another friend whom I stole them from It was taken with Mr. Rigsby's camera I changed the hue and the contrast to make it look softer and to make her skin clearer it could be better if it had more lights 

Victoria S- The Selection

 This image is called The Selection because it is a recreation of The Selection book cover. The subject in my photo is my friend, Caroline Lee. I took several pictures of her in different poses in my backyard using natural light as my light source. I then edited the pictures one at a time in Photoshop, cut out the background around Caroline, and combined all the pictures in one Photoshop file. Next, I copied and pasted the ruffles in her dress to add more layers to it. I blurred the pictures of Caroline in the background and added a glass texture over them to make them look like they’re a reflection in a mirror.  Lastly after I added the text, I added a crystallized photo over the entire photo, lowered the opacity, and added a blending option. I think this picture could be better if the dresses had all been the same hue. Overall, I am very happy with how this turned out!

Nicholas T - Serious Cramping

The title of the image is “Serious Cramping”. It was taken below a light in my room on September 28, 2025. It was taken with my DSC-W800. I increased the contrast and shadows of the image to make it much darker. I really wanted to remove the vent in the background.

Aleli S - Focus

 I chose this photo of my friend Carson, which I took about two weeks ago at his house. , I would have wanted to add more white  lights to reduce the orange hue, but I think it adds an gold feel to the photo. However, I don’t like that the focus is on the background rather than on Carson. 

Irais B-C - REDRUM

 I took this picture about a week ago at Aldridge Gardens with my boyfriend. I took it with my iPhone 16 Pro on the regular camera setting, turning down the brightness a little so it could focus properly. I edited the photo by sharpening the edges in the pine straw and pine cones and allowing the red in the blood to be more vibrant. I also added a vignette and then added another layer to make the hand/arm a bit brighter. I personally really like the outcome of the photo, but I know there are little things here and there that I could've done to make a slight change. 

Maya H - The Substance (with text)

 This image is the one I used for the Story Illustration assignment. It is based on the 2024 body horror film The Substance; I based my image on a couple of the posters for the film that feature an eye with multiple pupils and irises, sort of one duplicating/splitting into the others. To get this effect, I took photos of my friend's eye looking in different directions, then I combined the images in Photoshop to get the multiplied pupils and irises. This ended up being significantly more difficult and complicated than I anticipated. 

Kais C- Call the Cards

It was taken October 6th 2025 in Mr. Rigsby's studio. It was taken with my Canon rebel t7 camera. I edited it in Adobe Lightroom, messing with the light and texture. I think if I had more and more time with it I would have way better way more to it give me feedback on how I can improve

Finley B - A Touch of Music.

 The title of my image is “A Touch of Music.” It was captured in the courtyard at Hoover High School during my photography class. I used a Nikon D3100 to take the photo. I edited it to be black and white with a subtle increase in contrast. For a stronger focus, I could have experimented with different angles or zoomed in closer.

Sophia H- Noir Moon

 The title of this image is Noir Moon. I took this picture in my backyard during mid-September. It was taken with my iPhone and edited on my MacBook's photo app editor. I added a B&W filter and also a vignette. I feel like it could be better if I spent more time editing/ taking the time to get a better picture, since it was last-minute and very fast.

Surya P- Preperation

 I took this picture at football practice a week or two ago. It was taken with my Nikon D750. I edited it by bringing out the color in the football and making the blacks and shadows in the image more prominent, so that the football stood out more. I wish the W on the football was a little more in focus, but overall I really like it. 

Hayden C - Fourth Place

 The title of this piece is “Fourth Place,” and it comes from the obvious subject of my photo: my fourth-place ribbons. It was taken in the studio with my Canon camera. I used a bright white light on the left and a softer yellow light on the right. I did this specifically to make sure things did not end up too monotone and washed out from the amount of white in the photo. I edited mainly by bringing highlights and whites up and lightening shadows to bring out the colors. I leaned toward cooler tones in temperature and warmer in tint to both make the white pop out whine also bringing out the gold in the ribbons. I used the spot healing tool to clean up any ribbons that may have been smudged, got dirt on them, or any weird-looking highlights that had appeared while editing. I wish I’d added more ribbons to the top left to make use of the entire frame, as the blank spot begins to look weird when you stare too long. 

Rachel N - Lamp

  This is Lamp, it’s named that way because it’s a photo of lamps. It was taken in Indonesia; I don’t have an exact date when I got it. It was taken with a Samsung A71. I edited them by adjusting the lighting and cleaning the lamp a bit. It could’ve been better if I had lightened the brightness a little bit.

Liam D- Pans Labrynth

This was taken in the photo studio. The camera Mr. Rigsby provided. I edited it using the lock to make her white then digitally edited everything I wish that I took a little more on the table 

Nabeyal K- Breaking Bad

 This is called Breaking Bad. It was taken 2 weeks ago in the studio. It was taken by my camera. I edited it by adding smoke and moving myself and my friends around at an angle. Being completely honest, I don't know what could make it better lol.

Kaleb G- Chicken

 The imagine is of a chicken that I took a picture of at an airbnb I took a picture of it with my iphone and probably could be better if there was a lot more background stuff in the image.

Kye W – At the Cross

 My photo, At the Cross, was taken indoors in September 2025 using my Canon Rebel T7. I edited it with darker tones, textures, and a vignette to give it an aged, biblical style. The image shows a woman mourning and holding a wrapped figure that represents Jesus after His death, while hands reach toward Him to symbolize humanity’s need for salvation. If I could improve it, I would brighten the hands to make them stand out more. Overall, the picture expresses the Christian meaning of grief, sacrifice, and hope in Jesus.

Calliope T- Eye

 The title of this image is “Eye.” It is a picture of my sister’s eye and it was taken in my room on September 13th. I took it with my Nikon camera and I used the flash. I edited it by cropping it in and removing a couple little spots. I also brightened up the eyeshadow a little bit and darkened the eyelashes. I think it could be better if her eye was a little more in focus.