Aleli S- Deal Me a Melody

 I took this photo of my friend Mars in my home studio at the beginning of this month. I named this photo “Deal Me a Melody” because of the deck of cards and the red vinyl record in her hands. I really like how this photo turned out because of the amount of light I used when taking it. I didn’t have to edit it much all I did was clean up the floor and bring her out a bit more.  

Kye W- LSD

 This photo was taken in fall 2024 along a curved road surrounded by trees, using my Canon T7 Rebel. I edited the image by heavily increasing saturation and shifting hues to create a surreal, dreamlike look, emphasizing warm tones in the road and foliage while cooling the sky. The road acts as a leading line that draws the viewer into the scene and adds depth. The image could be improved by softening some colors for better balance, but overall it reflects my interest in expressive color and altered landscapes.

Liam O- Whimsy of Death

 The title of this image is the Whimsy of Death. It was take on a feild trip to the museum and was taken with my iPhone. I edited it with the raw camera filter and edited the shadows an highlights and drew a whimsy little grim reaper which I then made the opacity lower. I think the image could be better. 

Darnell C - Megatron's Galaxy

I call this “Megatron’s Galexcy.” I took it at my house using a Samsung camera. I edited it by adding the background and the planets from Google, and using a photo of my Megatron figure. It could be better if cut the figure out a little better. This was used for the Surrealist Assignment.

Calliope T- Distance

 The title of this image is “Distance” because I think it shows a longing for connection, but being unable to form it because of physical or emotional distance with another person. It was taken on December 11, 2025 in Mr. Rigsby’s studio with his Canon camera. I edited it by making the blues a little more vibrant and darkening the background a little bit. I also cropped it in a lot to focus more on the emotion. I think it could be better if the movement of the lights in the photo were a little more spread over the image instead of just in the few spots. 

Kais C- Gazing Upon

 I took this in the studio and I wasn’t aiming for it to come out like this actually I was aiming for a competently different concept but this game out great it was taken around Decemberish in the studio in digital photography room I think it could be better will maybe less light darken it a bit

Finley B - Sunset Drive

 The title of my photo is "Sunset Drive." It was captured during a late-night drive past the Galleria. I used my iPhone 14 Pro to take the shot and enhanced it to be vibrant with cool tones. It could benefit from being sharper and less blurry.

Sophia H- Identity

 The title of this image is “identity”. It was taken when I was making a mask out of clay in early January. I took it with my iPhone 16 and edited it using my MacBook’s photo editor app by cropping the frame to focus tightly on the facial features and boosting the saturation. I was able to transition the clay from its natural, cool state to a much warmer tone. I’m not sure how it could be better.

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. 

Victoria S-The Music Movement

 This image is titled “The Music Movement.” I took this picture on November 12th at my friend’s house. In this photo I experimented with motion which is something that I’ve never done before. I took pictures of my friend’s hands playing the piano and decreased the shutter speed to capture all the movements of her fingers. Lastly, I put the image in black and white and increased the clarity of the overall picture. I think it could be better if you could see the shape of her right hand a little bit more clearly. Otherwise, I’m very happy with how this turned out!

Aleli S- Mars at Night

I took this photo of my friend Mars at night in the preserve. It’s a two part photo that I edited together to create one photo. I really  like the blue lighting on the photos . One thing I’d change is the appearance of the person sitting on the ground. She doesn’t look realistic; it seems very artificial. Despite this, I still really like the photo. 

Liam O- Chair on a Bridge

 The title of this image is Chair on a Bridge; it was taken by me, obviously, in the dark rain during November. It was taken with my Canon 8 camera, and it was exciting to take as it was in the entrance to the Rossbridge trail. I edited the focus to make it more statistically and grainy as well as the color to make it brighter. I would have liked for the chair to be more grainy or more rotten, as that's the feel I was going for.

Darnell C ~ TwinSkull

 I call this “TwinSkull.” I call it that because the transformer’s name is Twincast, and I added a skull on the face for fun. I took this photo on December 10th, at my house. I took this photo for the Chairs, Doors, or Circles assignment, and while editing, I thought it would look cool to add a skull. I took this photo with my phone. I edited it by putting on a red filter and putting a skull face in the helmet. I feel like the skull isn’t as prominent as it could have been, and I could fix this by taking 2 photos of both the lower legs and the upper torso and editing them to look like he is crouching, so his face could be closer and more noticeable.

Surya P - Side Chick

 This image is of a Sandhill Crane, I took it over the break at Wheeler National Refuge on my Nikon D750. They are initially from the north and migrate down south during the winter. At Wheeler, you can find hundreds of them that have migrated. I edited the picture by editing in into frame, off-center to bring movement into the image. Additionally, I tried to add some dynamic so the background wasn’t flat by adding a vignette and adding linear and subject masks. I wish it wasn’t as grainy, but I didn’t have the lens I wanted on it. I also think it needs a radial mask around the subject to brighten it up, but overall I like it. 

Kais C- The Joinkler

 It was taken november to October and it was taken in the studio, It was taken with my Canon Rebel t7. I think it could be better with more of a subject and fixing the lighting to be less saturated

Sophia H- Distant Car Ride

  The title of this image is “Distant Car Ride.” It was taken near my house with my new iPhone in early January of 2026. I edited it using the iPhone photo editor by increasing the saturation and brightness, also increasing the definition of the main subject in the scene. I feel like it could be better if I were closer to the subject in the photo, but I wanted to get the beauty of the sunset in the background. Otherwise, I think it is a good photo.

Nicholas T - Pot of Gold

The title of this image is “Pot of Gold”. It was shot in November 17, 2025 in Mr. Rigsby’s studio. It was taken with a DSC-W800. I added a vignette, increased the contrast, and added a Nik Collection filter. I should’ve cropped out the open space on the right and bottom of the image.

Maya H - Be Still, My Heart

 This image is titled "Be Still, My Heart." I took this photo on my Sony Cybershot DSC-P100 when I was visiting my cousins in Virginia over Thanksgiving break. It is of Laurie Anderson's exhibit in the MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art); it reads, "'BE STILL, MY HEART,' I SAID, KNOWING THAT ONE DAY IT WILL," painted on the floor. I did not edit this photo, but I think it could be better if I did, specifically if I adjusted the color a little bit, making it a little less warm. 

Finley B - Window Shopping

 This image is titled “Window Shopping” and was captured at the Cullman Christmas Market this past week. I used my iPhone 14 Pro to take the photo and edited it to make it look warmer. I also added some grain to make the colors stand out more. I think I could have taken the picture from a better angle or made it brighter so it wasn’t so dark.

Irais BC - Amber Gaze

 This photo was taken in my room, and it was taken a month ago. It was taken on my iPhone. I edited the picture by making it black and white and then erasing the eye part to make it colorful. I saturated the colors and brightened them. I also darkened up some of the eyelashes as well as the corners of the eye. I like the outcome, so I wouldnt change anything.

Hayden C - Ernie's Stall

 The title of my image is “Ernie’s Stall” and was taken with my Canon Camera. It is of a horse named Ernie who was in the stall he feeds in. I edited it by making everything darker and warmer, then masking the subject to make the background black to make my subject pop out.