Brooke F- Guitar

I titled my image Guitar because it is a picture of a guitar. I took it for the Still Life Assignment at the place I take guitar. I look it with my iPhone 5c. I edited it by increasing the contrast and the vibrance to make the color look more defined. I would like this picture better if I took it with my camera instead of my phone.

Haley G- Close Up

I took this photo at my house for the close up assignment. I took it with my fine pix z camera. I mostly enhanced the saturation and vibrance of the photo. I colored the leaves green because they were a brownish color. I changed the hue and saturation to give a more purple color to the flower. I changed the layer to overlay and thats pretty much it. I picked this photo because I really enjoyed the colors of the photo and the angle I took the photo with. I wish the bottom leaves weren’t so blurry but other than that I would not change the picture. 

Anna Kathryn D- Flower Child

I used three diferent pictures for this image. I used a picture of Hopes eyes, a picture of pansy flowers, and a picture of rain on a window, all of which were taken with a Nikon D50. In photoshop i used different layers and filters. I started off by making the background picture, the eyes, lighter and adding contrast. The filter on the flowers is vivid light and the water is lightened color. I lightened her eyes drastically by using the dodge tool. I think where I added more lashes to her bottom eyelashes, i could have blended them in better to make them look more real. 

Sydney B- Composite

This is one of my pictures from the Composite assignment. I used five different images in this picture all of which were taken when I went to New York in December. The pictures were taken with my Canon Rebel and I loved how the pictures came out individually. I edited each image separately by first editing the brightness and saturation and also the vibrance. Then I changed the effects of the images until I found the one that fit best. and in between two of the images I added a layer where I just lightly colored the pictures purple which you can see in the trees. This is my favorite picture I’ve done all year and i enjoyed this assignment very much.

Tait C- Mojo

The name of this photograph is Mojo. I took this photo with my Canon Powershot camera. I took this in a studio type setting with a indirect light and a practice hitting mat as the base of the picture. To edit this photo I enhanced the color of the grass. I also cropped the photo in so the ball would be off center. Finally I painted over the Mojo writing and Nike symbol to make it stand out a little bit more. The only thing I would like to change would be to remove some of the green pixels on the right side of the ball. Overall I am pleased with this photograph.

Logan M- Truth in his eyes

“Truth in his Eyes”

I took this in my basement over the weekend with my Nikon D5100. The reason I chose my basement is because it is dark and I could control the lighting with clamp lights on the floor supports and the ceiling. I did a few things to edit this picture. Firstly, I cleaned up blemishes on his face and especially around the eye. Next I added a brightness an contrast layer to up the contrast in his eye and around his skin. Then, I added a vibrance layer to desaturate all of the image except his eye. I then added a color layer to color his eye and give it a cool gradient. Lastly, I used an overlay layer to brighten and darken the image selectively. This allowed me to clean up the picture. I could have made it better by allowing more light in the initial exposure or by getting closer to my subject. This was difficult in my basement with a basic telephoto lens.I really enjoyed editing this shot!

Matthew C- Bright Sky

The name of this picture is bright sky i took this photo during the composite project i dint edit this picture that much besides bumping the definition up a bit it could be better if i brighten up the colors a bit. 

Jade B- Bus in Huston

this is a composite. i took this picture using a nikon d3100 it was taken on a bus in houston tx. i played with the hue/saturation and the the opacity with the many different layers. this picture is still incomplete to me and look for more ways to fix it everyday 

Hannah G- Lake

This picture is called Lake. I took it when I was at camp earlier this year. I didn’t do much editing. All I did was increase the saturation a little bit. I like this picture because you can see the reflection in the water and the cross up on the hill. 

Raphael F- MMXIV

The title of this image is MMXIV, which means 2014 in Roman Numerals. This picture is a collaboration between 3 different pictures, one that I took at home, and two others that I took while I was on vacation in Germany. I took all two out of the three pictures that are composed within this one with my iPhone, and the background image was taken with my Nikon D5000 SLR. I edited this image by manipulating the opacity on the multiple layers and coloring the background to give it a very antique feel while also adding a bit of a Roman theme to an otherwise bland background.

Rebecca G - Chess

The title of this picture is “Chess”. I took it on Thanksgiving break with my Nikon digital camera. I edited it by cropping it to make it closer, adjusting the brightness and contrast and boosting the color. I wish that the colors were a little brighter.

Alex D- New Orleans Aquarium

The title of my image is New Orleans Aquarium
It was taken in New Orleans on January 3, 2014 at 11:55 AM
This was taken with my Nikon Coolpix S3100
I didn’t crop the picture or enhance it.
The picture could of been better if the bottom right was not blurry

jack L- Overlooked

i chose this photo to put in the blog because its one of the better pictures i have taken lately. it is of a flower i took outside of school. i tried to get as close as i could but i couldn’t get any closer. i added a slight vignette to the outside of the photo and darkened it a little bit . i think it came out pretty goodl

Kinsey V- Lucky

This picture was taken in the courtyard with one of Mr. Rigsby’s cameras. I edited this picture by boosting the saturation and contrast, then using the color replacement tool, I picked this green color to paint on the plant. I then dimmed the opacity so it wasn’t so obvious I edited it. This photo could be better if there were more of the same kind of plants just to even it out, but other than that I think this picture turned out nice. 

Mary C- Colorado Lights

This is a composite image I made using a picture I took when I visited my grandfather in Colorado over the winter. I also used some messy paint pallets and different lights. I really like how this picture turned out, it reminds me of fun times with my family. 

Aleena B- Avatar

The title of this image is called Avatar. This image has many components to it to create how it looks, first adding a background layer and manipulating it with motion blur and mixing layer colors. Finishing the background image, I pulled another image of my friend’s eyes from a previous project and began messing around with different color changes, saturations, and concentrations ending up with his entire face inverting into this blue color. That’s when I got the idea of making him into an avatar because that’s what it reminded me of, then leading me to painting on another layer the marks on his forehead, brightening the eyes, and spotting white freckles on his cheeks and other regions. This is honestly my favorite image out of all I’ve ever done this year; I’m very proud of this. 

Ivy U- Ky

This picture is a picture i took of my friend Kylie at a baseball game while she wasn’t looking. i named the picture Ky because thats her nickname. i edited it using photoshop and making the image black and white then coloring her eye back in. i really like how it turned out.

Sean M- Mountains Ferris Wheel

This picture is titled Mountains Ferris Wheel. It is a combination a landscape portrait of the Smoky Mountains, a ferris wheel at Disneyland, and a fireplace. added multiple filters to achieve the color of the sky and mountains. Each layer has independent filters that changed the look of the overall image with their reactions to the layer on the background image. I really like the way the image turned out, and i can’t think of anything else I would do to it.

Isaac E-Berries

I took this picture for the close up assignment. I found these berries on a bush outside my house, and thought they would be a good subject for a close up. I added a glass filter, and boosted the saturation. I think the picture is great ad it is, and doesn’t really need anything changed.

Chloe W- Sunset on the Beach

This picture was taken while I was on a college visit in Myrtle Beach. To edit this I only covered up the people who were walking on the beach. This could be better if I boosted the blue in the sky and got rid of the halo by the sun.

Shelby A- Nature

The title of this photo is Nature. I used this in the Composite assignment so I did a lot of editing. I took this with my cannon EOS.  I took 2 of the 3 pictures at Veterans Park and the other 1 at Star Lake. I wouldn’t change a lot in this picture, but I wish some things stood out more. Over all I like it. 

Bailey T- Flower Daze

The title of this image is Flower Daze. I took this picture of Mary Kate’s eye in the back room with Mr. RIgsbys camera. I Combined this image with a picture I took of a daisy. Then i added a picture of a firework from universal studios to the pupil of the eye. then i changed the color of the flower around to eye to blend more with the skin tone. lastly I added a filter to make the whole image look like a sketch. 

Ashley G- Colorful Forest

This is called Colorful Forest. It is a composite photo made up of a picture of trees, leafs on a bush, forks, and ice. I used ice to make the trees colorful. I took the pictures with my Canon T3 Rebel. I really like all of the colors that came out in this photo.

Jade B- The Cross

I took this picture with my nikond3100. it is a composite that i did for one of the projects. I moved over a cross and allowed some of the background to show through thats where the trees come from i duplicated the cross and added a filter to it. 

Claye G- Tulips

  This is a picture of some tulips blooming in my yard. I found this tulip tree easily because it was the only thing with a lot of color, and I really like the purple. It shows that spring is coming finally! I edited it by giving it vibrance to add to the color and brightening it. 

Karley K - Combat Boots

This picture is called “Combat Boots” and I took it one day in the courtyard of my friends boots with one of Mr. Rigsby’s cameras. I edited it by increasing the vibrance, contrast, saturation and messed around with the curve levels to give the boots a purplish hue. I really like this picture and wouldn’t want to change anything. 

Hannah S.- Rings

The title of this image is Rings because it is of my rings. I took this in the studio here at school and I took it with Mr.Rigsby’s Camera.
I raised the contrast and the exposure but overall i did not do much editing.

Gauge I- Red House

This photo is titled red house. It was taken in my neighborhood on January 29, 2014. It was taken with my canon powershot. I edited it my turning the saturation up. it could have been better if there was more so now on the roof.

Cory P- New Season

The title of this photo is “New Season.” I took this picture down on the baseball field behind home plate. This particular photo was taken with my iPhone 5. I edited this picture by cropping out the tarp we had just placed over it after a bad day of rain. This picture would be better if I could have the whole logo in the photo at the bottom, and if there were no trucks in the background.

Jackson W- Tennis

The title of the image I selected is Tennis.  I named it this because it is a picture of a tennis racquet and tennis balls.  I took this picture at tennis practice one day for the close up assignment.  I used my iPhone to take the picture because I didn’t have any other kind of camera with me.  I turned up the saturation to really bring out the color and added a filter to it to add texture.

Allison S.- Untitled

I couldn’t decide on a title for this image so i just left this as “Untitled”. I took this picture over Christmas break with my Canon SL1. While editing this I bumped up the contrast quite a bit and manipulated the curves. To get the wavy effect, I used the distortion tool and just played with it until I was happy with it. This is one of my favorite pictures from this year and I wouldn’t change anything about it. 

Leah R- Light Bulb

I really like this photo. The only thing I did editing was cropping. I took this in Homewwood.

Lindsey H- Rain Drops

I took it in Tuscaloosa a couple weeks ago. It was raining and my dad had just waxed my brother car, so the rain drops were starting to standup on he’s car and i thought it would make a really cool close up picture. 

Iman S - Snow Days

The Image i chose is called Snow Days. This photo was taken on January 28, 2014 at Hoover High School. This was taken with my Nikon CoolPixs camera. I did not edit it much because I like how the original photo turned out. This picture may have been better if the foot prints were not in the snow. 

Zoya D- Manipulated

The picture i have chosen for my Photo Blog is called “Manipulated”.

I love the colors I chose to change the picture 

I chose this picture as my favorite because The colors are different and I love the angle. 

If I get to change the color then it is based on me.

I wouldn’t change anything about this picture

Besides changing the color, I also whitened the measuring cups a little, and darkened the edge of the canvas.

I also changed the lighting level a little. 

I took this picture at home