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.