Mary Alex R- Azalea

I titled this image “Azalea” because this is a picture of an azalea flower in my neighborhood that I took this weekend. I took this with a zoom lens on my Nikon D-5100 camera. I brightened up the flower petals and leaves with the dodge tool, and added a black vignette around the edge to draw the attention to the flower. I wish the center of the flower was slightly more in focus, but I’m overall very happy with how it turned out. 

Kaleb P- A Ray of Light

This photo is called “A Ray of Light.” This photo was taken on April 10, 2025, in my grandparents' backyard. It was taken on my iPhone 13, I didn't edit it at all i think i could of edit it a little by getting rid of all the things in the background.  

 

Magie P - Abstract

 I took this photo in my mom’s garden for the nature assignment. To edit it, I just adjusted the lighting and colors a little bit with masks.

Rachel N- Rembulan

This is Rembulan, which means “the moon” in Indonesia. I took the photo after I got home from practice. I took it in front of my apartment on November 4, 2024, with my iPhone 15 Pro Max. I edited it by playing with the lighting to make the moon more visible. It could have been better if I had cropped it.

 

Samantha M - The Bean

  This picture was taken on the Chicago band trip this spring and features my friend Victoria. I don’t quite remember the context for this photo but she tells me it was when two of our friends decided to have me film them licking the Chicago Bean. It truly horrified all of us watching and made for a killer video. You could see their tongues touch the mirrored surface which was why everyone was making a face that reflected Victoria’s. They got sick afterwards. 

    This picture was taken with a “vintage” photo taker app called lapse where it pre-applies a filter to all your photos. You can’t control the shutter speed which is why it is slightly blurry, but I like to think the app saw her horrified expression and gave itself some creative liberty, suggesting a dizzy feeling after seeing our wonderful friends lick the bean. It was just taken with my iPhone. I really like how the bean warps around my friend pulling her to center focus.

Xenon S - Wavy Wall

 The image I took is called Wavy Wall. It is a photo of the top wall of an aquarium display at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago on the band trip. I took it on March 15, 2025 with my Canon EOS R100. When I was editing, I tried to bring out the yellow lighting of the wall and focus on the details of the wall in the foreground rather than the background. I also cropped the image so that the wall would go from one edge of the photo to the other, making it feel like it had more movement. I wish I would have edited it in photoshop to make the background blurrier, but I like the photo a lot. 

Victoria S- April Showers

The title for my picture is “April Showers.” I took this picture at the nature trail behind the school on April 3rd. I edited my image in Photoshop by adding a filter from the Nik Collection to make it look mysterious and to enhance the texture of the leaves. I also added a vignette around my photograph. I think it could be better if the leaves were less blurry. Overall, I am very happy with how it turned out. 

Ethan S - Nostalgia

 This image is named Nostalgia. I took this at my moms house around November this school year. I took it with my Nikon D40. I edited it with the Nik6 Analog Efex. I think it could be better if there were more clouds like the one in the center of the image for more color in the sky. I edited and printed this as a Christmas gift for a friend of mine.

Sarah S - Hunter's Lament

 This is a composite image named “Hunter’s lament”. It is made up of a picture of dead trees in the winter, a close-up of a Roblox toy I own, and a picture of a plastic egg. I took all of the parts with my iPhone 14.    I edited it by heavily manipulating the colors on the background and Roblox toy, also making it frown. The toy blends over the background in a way that emphasizes the lighter tree branches. I copied and recolored each of the eggs and placed them spiraling into the foreground, and added a glowy stroke line around them. I think I could’ve edited this better by making the eggs as vibrant as the things behind them. This image is a reference to the disappointing fate of the beloved Roblox Egg Hunt events.

Javier O- Cold and Hot

 The title of this image is Cold And Hot because the person in this picture is very cold and knew what he was doing when I took it  It was taken in the photo room near the digital photography class and it was taken with a cold camera. I edited by lowering the saturation which made the colors appear more vivid so the person could look more cold and have a little more aura. It oculd be better if maybe the shadows replicated each other and I saw maybe two that would make the photo more lucid.

Montana T- Lamp

 This photo is called “Lamp” and is a detail shot I took for an assignment. I took it in my stairwell and edited it by getting rid of some of the dust on the top of the lamp and lowering the exposure. I love how this photo came out, and I think it’s my favorite one I’ve shot so far in this class. I think it looks great and I hope to take more like it!

Caroline L- Misty Rose

This is “Misty Rose.” It was taken in my front yard during April with my NIKON camera. I edited it by using the Camera Raw filter on Photoshop, and adding a blur to the background, giving the flower a hazy effect. I also used photoshop to correct the tilt of the picture. It could be better if the bud in the top right corner was less distracting.

Lamon J- All At Once

 The title of my image is “All At Once” since the subject of the image is extremely scattered showing almost every detail possible in the image all at one time. This was from our kaleidoscope project and the original image was a picture of a collaborative mural in Birmingham city. When putting together the kaleidoscope I was reminded of one of my favorite movies, Everything Everywhere All At Once. That is, of course, another reason for the title of the image. My main connection between the movie and my image was the orderly chaos to the photo. The poster for the movie is also very chaotic, but the elements in the photo have a purpose and are able to draw your eye to wherever it needs you to look. I hope thats what my image does. If it doesn’t, atleast it just looks cool.

Andrew C- YOU WON'T BELIVE WHAT HE FOUND

 Hey Gamers, welcome back to another review where we have YOU WON'T BELIVE WHAT HE FOUND, where we see what seems to be a brand-new game Links Awakening, being played in the backyard on the all-new console, the Pixel 7, after snow has fallen. This seems to have been made out of many different pictures, I count at least 10, but I think they could have gone for more. Now I hope y'all have enjoyed this review and don't forget to like and sub to allo films and I'll see you in the next review, signing off.

Angel G- Untitled

 This photo was taken at the end of April where I took it in a class activity with which it was taken I took it with my phone. After taking the photo, I edited it using Photoshop to enhance the lighting, increase contrast slightly, and bring out the orange tones of the sunset while keeping the shadows soft. I believe the image could be improved by adjusting the composition—maybe including a more defined subject or using the rule of thirds more effectively. I really like the peaceful mood of the image, 

Cordell W- 10 at Night

This photo was taken at my house at 10 at night. I edited this photo with Photoshop and my iPhone 16.

I think it gets no better than this.

 

Caroline S- Column

The title of my image is Column, because it is of a column in Chicago. It was taken during the band field trip and I took it with my phone. I edited it by sharpening it and brightening it and I think the quality would have been better if I had taken it with my camera rather than my phone. 

Danielle H- Small View at School

 This was taken at the school in the Court Yard. All I did when it came to editing was zoom in a little, and I made it black and white. I like this photo and how it looks.

Anna G- Winter Portrait

The title of this image is “Winter Portrait”. This picture was taken behind my house in January when it snowed. This photo was taken with my Nikon D5100 camera. I edited this image by reducing the vibrancy and increasing the contrast and the detail in order to capture that kind of sharp, cold, pale look of winter. I went back and increased the vibrancy of the apple to make it stand out and catch the eye. I think this photo could be better if there was a bit more of the background to show the snow in the background.

 

Ashlyn G- Fine Details

I titled this picture Fine Details because you can see all the details of the ceiling and architecture. This was taken in Chicago when I went on a band trip to the historical museum. This was taken with my phone, and I edited it by increasing the lighting and sharpening the image so you can really see the details. I wish I had zoomed in a little more when taking this image so you could see everything. 
 

Luke F- Spring Bloom

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Angel E- Flower

This picture is called  flower.i took this picture last week, on the trail walk. This picture was taken with my phone which is an iphone 11.i made it contrast brighter and make the small details more clear. It could be  a bit better if the purple flower was a little bit more clearer.

 

Liam D- Demon

 The title of this image is Demon. It was originally taken early September, but edited late March. The picture was taken with my iPhone. I edited pretty much everything about the image. I liked the top looked like an eye. 

Emily C- Eggs

 This image is named “Eggs” because the little berries look like eggs on the tree. This photo was taken when our photography classes went on a nature walk around Hoover high school. This photo was taken with my canon camera. To edit this I added more shadows everywhere except the berries so I could highlight the berries. This photo would be better if I could get the photo In better focus. 

Angel M- In April

I took this picture sometime in April with a Canon camera. I edited it by increasing the saturation because the colors looked dull in the original. This image would be better if the background were darker.

 

Jaxon L- The Other Side

I named it The Other Side because it was on the opposite side of where the sunset was happening. I took it on my iphone 16 pro over spring break. I took it in Florida. I turned down the brightness and turned up the contrast. Could have fixed some of the lighting and made the waves look better. 

 

Sadie S- Prom Night

 The title of this image is “Prom Night”. It is a picture of my friend Michelle that was taken in my car on prom night. It was taken with my kids’ digital camera from Amazon. I edited it by making it black and white and then adding a little bit of vignette. I think the photo would be better if it was less grainy and if I took it with a better camera.

Daniel K- Car

 I titled this image, creatively, “Car”. It was taken a few Saturdays ago in a Target parking lot with

my phone camera. I edited it by trying to remove the graininess from the lack of light, but didn’t

find much success. The photo could be better if I spent more time focusing on other editing

aspects, such as removing certain aberrations and reflections. It could also be better if I used

my DSLR and adjusted the settings for low light conditions.

Reagan M - Flower of Twilight

The title of this photo is “Flower of Twilight”. This was taken in April on the nature trail behind the school. It was taken with an iPhone 11. I edited this photo by adding a grainy texture and changing the color palette of the flower. This photo could be better if more details were refined and sharpened.

Rachel S- Riches

 My picture is titled “Riches”. It was taken in my room with my Nikon and I tried to set up a mini studio with a sheet. I edited it by increasing the light to try and make the gold a little brighter. I wish that it wasn't so blurry though. I feel like some of the gold just blends together. And also I wish that the sheet wasn't wrinkled in the back. Overall though i really like this image. 

Calliope T - Spring Flower

 The title of this image is “Spring Flower” because it was taken in my garden in the first few days of spring. It was taken on April 5th, 2025. I edited this photo by darkening the background a little and increasing the contrast. I also brightened the colors and cropped the image slightly. I think this picture could be better if I cropped it a little more and also used a different angle. 

Nora M- Destin

The title of this image is Destin. I took this picture in Destin, Florida during a Dolphin Watching Cruise during the summer of 2023. I took this photo with an Iphone 13 pro. I edited this photo by simply adding a photo filter over it. I think this photo could be better if it was more centered and less bright.

 

Joshua N- Bloom

 I took this image in my backyard around April 4th, and it is of some flower my mom planted. I took it with my iPhone 16 pro, and I edited it with a couple things. I increased the saturation, increased the contrast, blacks, and made it brighter. I also made it a lot sharper so you can see the individual petals, as well as increasing the clarity. I think that it would be better if it was more focused at the beginning, but I am happy with the final result.

Nichlolas T- Bristling

This image is titled “Bristling” because of how it looks and what the subject is. This was taken in my house’s laundry room on March 19. I increased the sharpness by a lot and I think I put a color burn on it. Also since this image is a kaleidoscope I duplicated it and reflected it. It may be slightly misaligned.

Evelyn J- FD McArthur

This image is titled FD McArthur. It was taken at the abandoned elementary school during spring break last April. I removed some trash from the front of the photo and made the photo warmer. This was taken with a Nikon D750. This photo could've been taken at a higher angle, so the chimney wasn't cut off.