Sophia H- Paint Splash

The title of this selected image is called paint splash. It was taken in the photography studio in February. It was taken by an iPhone 11 and edited on Photomatix after taking 3 HDR bracketed photos, merging them, and then applying a filter that changed the composition and color effects. I’m not sure how much better it can be, but I am pleased with the result.

 

Maya H - god in the laundry chute

  This photo is a composite I made for the Composite assignment in January. It consists of photos that I took; a photo looking up a laundry chute, a photo of curtains, and a photo of a ceramic cat (god) peeking over the edge of a bookshelf. After combining these photos, I added the posterize filter. 

Daniel F- Shin Awakening

 This photo is titled Shin Awakening. This photo was taken January 24, 2025 on my desk for the sustained investigation. I took this photo with my Iphone 16 camera. This photo required a lot of editing. I started off with changing the color of the back, mouth, and other areas to purple instead of the base red of the original figure. I did this to match the movie scene from Shin Godzilla where his back lights up and he fires a radioactive fireball at the ground that engulfs the city and then he later focuses into a beam. After changing the color I applied the background which I turned the opacity down for and blurred to make it seem further away. The final touch which brings this whole photo together was I added the flame and smoke effects using the smoke effect brush and also rendering clouds. I also used gradients to add the feeling of radiating heat. I think it could be better if I had a little more time to go around and smooth up some edges to make it fit better. I have also noticed I forgot to add foreground clouds to make the smoky effect. This photo was one of my favorites and one that I really enjoyed because I got to use a large majority of my techniques I’ve learned over the years to get it to this final product. I also took this photo as a challenge because the base photo is absolutely nothing like this final version which I think is pretty cool.

Eleanor B- Colored Castle

 This was taken while I was babysitting, it was a race car toy pictured through a glass crystal. I took it with my phone and furthered the fractals by adding more of a kaleidoscope element + overlaying it all with the crystal texture. I could’ve been more creative with the image because it had lots of unique colors and shapes.

Emma B- SHY DONKEY KONG CORE

 This image was taken in the studio at school at 1:22 PM on Feb 11, 2025. It was taken with my iPhone 11 Pro Max using flash. I edited this image by cropping it and using the auto settings in the photos app. It could’ve been better if I cleaned up the background. This is a photo of my best friend Sophia. 

Dalia A-H- Forever Young

I named this Image Forever Young because it reminds me of the album cover from the song. I also named it this because I think in this photo my dad looks very wise here. I took this with my Canon Rebel T1i and my dad was just sitting on the couch and I asked if I could take a photo of his eyes. I edited this photo in ways that would accentuate the spots and wrinkles on his face. I made this photo black and white so that the contrast would be more noticable and I also thought it was fitting.

 

Milan S- Cathedral

 The title is Cathedral. I took this in Austin, Tx on Jan 17, 2025. This was taken with my Iphone 16 pro max. While I was taking the photo I turned down the exposure to make it darker and appear clearer. It would be better if the street pole wasn’t directly in front of the cathedral, overall I like the photo.

Reagan P - Take a Bow

 The title of this image is “Take a Bow” and it was taken with my camera on December 21, 2024, at Oak Mountain High School. This photo is not edited. I did not feel that it needed to be, the only thing I might do is slightly crop it and edit the lighting. 

Harleigh P - Sisters

I named this image “Sisters” because these two cats are sisters. One is super fluffy (Ramona), and the other isn’t (Hazel), but they both have the same face. This image perfectly represents siblings. There are similarities but also differences. 

 

Kenn J- Kids

 The title of the image is called Lil’ Cuzzo’s. The photo was taken during the Christmas break on the back outside of my house. It was taken with a Digital Camera borrowed from Mr. Rigsby. I changed the contrast and the saturation of the image and then edited the brightness to dull it down some. I think the location of the picture could be better and the attire. 

Kye W - Last Minion Standing

 The image, titled “Last Minion Standing,” appears to have been taken during winter, featuring a snow-covered fire hydrant. While the specific location, date, and device used to capture the photo are unknown, it seems likely the image was taken with a digital camera or smartphone and heavily edited for artistic effect. The editing includes high contrast, saturated colors (blue and yellow), a grainy overlay, and a vignette to draw focus to the hydrant. The whimsical editing style gives the hydrant a humorous resemblance to a “minion.” To enhance the image, reducing the grain for a cleaner appearance, balancing the saturation, and straightening the composition could improve its overall quality. Despite this, the current surreal and playful vibe adds charm and creativity to the piece.

Aleli S- Leaves

I took this photo in Moss Rock sometime in September I really like this photo I love how dark it is and how much the green stands out something I could do differently next time is making it lighter to see how it would look

Edgar E- Snowman

 This photo was on January 10, it was taken outside in the middle of the street when the snow was melting, me and friends made this snowman, it was taken with my iPhone, I edited it by putting an effect and less darkness and contrast.

Zykeria M- The Green World

 The title I chose for this Image is The Green World. The reason I chose that title is because of ofcourse all the green that’s going on in the photo. I took this photo on July 14, 2023.I was in the country to visit a couple of family members. I took it with my iphone 13. I think it looks pretty good for the model. The only thing I did to edit this photo was brighten it up a bit and make it a little more green by changing the filter using photoshop. I think this photo could be better if there were a flock of birds in the sky. 

Zander H - Flower on a Date

This was taken at a fancy sushi restaurant in the Avalon in Alpharetta, Georgia. This was taken with my iPhone 15. I edited this photo by slightly increasing the saturation and barely increasing the brightness to make the color of the flower pop a bit more. It could’ve been better if it was taken on my camera or at different angles.

 

Anthony S M- The Final

So what I did at the start is I got my collectible and I made them did pose from the TV series after that I added a little bit of glow effect and details around them I made his skin tone a little dark but light at the same time and I made his outfit and a much shader of a different type of blue and then I changed a little bit more of his outfit I made his gloves and boots a little more lighter made the yellow part a little more golden mesh and I also added a aura around him mix with blue lightning that I added different types of layers over it to make it seem coming at you or something like thatI also added the dust effect to make it seem like all the power that he has is just flowing away and in the background I added a TV series but at the same time I also made it darken by coloring different layers of black and then overlay it But overall I really like how I did this and I wish I could probably do a little more but I am proud of it. 
 

Elyssa W - Snow Day

 I titled this image “Snow Day” and this image was taken in Locust Fork on my friend's property. It was taken on January 11th on my iPhone 15 Pro and I chose not to edit it. I was happy with the warm tone and the way the sun was peeking through the trees. I do wish however the snow wasn't so melted.

Maggie O- Stranded

This photo is called Stranded. I took it with my Canon t-7, on January 10 during the snow day. It’s a picture of my neighbor's truck, covered in snow. To edit it, I lowered the saturation of the photo, but raised the saturation and vibrance of the red in the truck to draw attention to the contrast between the truck and the snow. I then used the Analog Efex to add more light coming down from the trees. I could have made the snow a bit brighter and removed the branch covering the hood, but otherwise I'm extremely happy with this photo.

 

Remo M - Hand Carving

The title of my image is “Hand Carving” and it was taken on a Canon EOS M50. I took 2 separate pictures one of my friend's hand with fake blood on it and the weapon in between their fingers, and the other one was my killer with his hands down to make it seem like he was holding the weapon. I edited by making the mask green and lowering the hooks of the weapon further down the hand. After I lowered the hooks I edited the model's hand to make it look like the hooks are digging into their hand. 
 

Brook L- Bottles, Bottles, Bottles

I titled this “Bottles, Bottles, Bottles” . This was taken in my room a couple of weeks ago and it is a picture of three red flower vases. I put a blue tint over the photo and took away some water splotches. I think this could've been better if I had better lighting or had a more flexible area to position the vases.

 

Paige L - Woah

The name of this image is “Woah”. It was taken in the back room of the digital photography classroom. It was taken December 3rd 2024. It is taken with a iphone 14 pro max. I changed it to be black and white and toned down just a bit with exposure 

 

Ella H- Bottle Pour Draft

 This image is a draft image for my AP Sustained Investigation. I took this image in the studio with Mr. Rigby’s camera. To take this photo, the studio was completely dark and the camera was set to a shutter speed that allowed the light to pour from one bottle to another; the shutter speed was around 30-45 seconds long. I used light fibers to “paint” the light in the photograph. Because this is a draft, not much editing has been done. The only editing I have done so far is decreasing the exposure and increasing the vibrance and saturation. 

Evie G - Fountain

 This photo is named “Fountain”. I took this image with my iPhone 13 in early December at the University of North Alabama. I saturated the image to give the image a dreamlike and nostalgic feel. I also edited some of the people in the background out to eliminate distractions. I wish I could have gotten a clearer shot of the fountain and made the background a little brighter. 

Mylin F- Gold Water

The  title for this image is Gold Water. This was taken in my backyard. I took this with my Canon and I edited this picture by using the black and white filter then recoloring the parts the waters touches 

Daniel F- Perfect Organism

 The title of this photo is Perfect Organism which is inspired by the quote from the movie Alien which is also where the Xenomorph in the photo is from. This was taken with my phone inside my house using a lamp as background lighting. I took this photo with my iPhone 16 in portrait mode on December 4th 2024. To edit this I upped the contrast and darkened the shadows to get the silhouette effect. Then I changed some colors and upped the saturation a lot to get the interesting colors seen in this photo. After all that I added in the light rays shown in the photo then I also added in smoke effects. I think this could have been better if I had been able to get rid of the black bar behind the front of the head in the photo. I was inspired by Alien Romulus for this photo and my main goal for this was to get a really good silhouette of the inside of the skull behind the clear dome which I think turned out well. For this photo I used my Mezco One:12 Collective Xenomorph figure.

Nathan E - Mind Mapped

This is showing the complexity of the mind and how we travel roads in many places and each place has a memory attached. Its of my friend with a globe from a store that I combined into one photo.

 

Shelby S - Heart Of The Soil

 The title of this image is called Heart of the Soil. The images were taken in the studio and at Moss Rock, and the nature picture blended in was taken in August while the human pictures were taken sometime in November or December. These were all taken with Canon cameras. I edited this picture by using different blending modes and using subtle changes with the Camera Raw Filter app. I could’ve found better photos to use for this composite image and probably different editing techniques.

Michelle R - sky

 The name of this photo is the sky. It was taken in Bessemer on 10 January. This photo was taken with my phone. I edited this with tones down lighting and darkened the clouds. I feel it would have been much better if I was closer and got specific details. 

Emma B- Snow Day

 This image was taken in my backyard on Jan 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM. The image was taken with my Canon EOS R8. I didn't edit this image at all. If I were to, I would adjust the contrast, exposure, highlights, shadows, etc. This was the first snow day of the new year!