Night Prowler - Lucy Yeates

 

Night Prowler - Jessica Holler

    For my concept I wanted to create a chaotic scene inspired by insanity and intrusive thoughts. The spiraling red background symbolizes a tangled and overwhelming mess of thoughts inside people’s heads. The overwhelming frustration from these pressures is pushing the subject to hysteria until they reach an eventual breaking point. The fragmented faces of the subject are blurred and morphed together, screaming and grabbing onto their throat, implying the subject is wildly throwing their head around in panic. Through distortion, movement, and color contrast I wanted my piece to be a reflection on how overwhelming emotions can distort perception or make you feel like you are losing control.

    All of the components in my piece were original photos that I took at home. For the background I made light trails in a dark room with a phone flashlight, then recolored them and overlapped multiple of them to create the busy effect that I wanted. I used my roommate as the subject and used a variety of blur filters and tools to blend the angles together.

Night Prowler - Jackson Wells

 

For my assignment I tried to find a strong contrast between my subject and the background. I wanted to have a distorted subject, as if he was being electrocuted. I took a few different takes, from different locations to get the final result. 

Night Prowler -- George Stern

 

Night Prowler -- George Stern

Seraphim's Exposure

My concept started with the inspiration of Harold Eugene Edgerton's long exposure work. And in the process my girlfriend posed in front of a strobe light and camera set for long exposure. We tried different poses to express movement, but as we played around more with the medium, fairy or angel like images became the most visually interesting imagery we were producing. I have always been interested in Seraphim, higher dimensional beings, reminiscent of our forms but so eerily detached. Taking her initial image and flipping it distorts the perception of the human form, pushed further with eyes, sourced from a close up shot of me in the same room. I collaged these together as a form we melt together. The photographing process will also very vulnerable, and I thought I would lean into this, putting the collaged creature into a setting of vulnerability. At the moment of initial touch of a celestial planet. I wanted to invoke a sense of grace and mystery. The image is sourced directly from NASA, complimenting the blue eyes often described in texts of the old testament. I went through and added the most detail at the point of contact. A waving form of energy, and atmosphere bending at the touch. So often objects thought to be solid are displayed as completely at the whim of higher dimensional beings in media. A sense of warping and bending to will is displayed in the waves emanating from a single touch. I went back in and added an ethereal glow, and highlighted specific stars to further create a diversion from the night sky we know, and dive into a space detached from human touch. 

NASA Space Image: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/milky-way-views

Night Prowler - Michelle Sobolewski

 

For this project I aimed to explore the theme of "the release of energy" through long exposure photography. For this I used 2 different light sources- a handheld light bar and a cluster of string lights- in a variety of photos, moving them around in different ways to achieve different effects. I also took some photos of myself in the long exposure to see how to capture some of that released energy through a person. Switching between my camera and my iphone also gave an interesting look as some of the pictures used look more smooth (the string lights) and some look more choppy and segmented (the self portrait). These photos were taken in an empty room I often find myself working on projects in, though it cannot be seen clearly in the final edit. 

All photos used are my own.

DreamEscape - Jacob Taylor

 

The goal of DreamEscape is to convey to the viewer a sense of whimsy and alarm that someone such as myself has depression and anxiety, experiences when they dream during sleep. To accomplish this, I created a dreamscape that was set at night, filled with cool colors, fog, and an unidentifiable figure on the left third of the frame. I placed myself in the lower right third with most of the landscape ahead of my figure. I am sporting a sun hat and backpack to signify I am going on a journey. The painted light strokes can symbolize the whimsy of creation, but can just as easily represent the butterfly sensation of anxiety and nausea, the "knotted stomach." All of the images that compose this composition were photographed by me for this specific assignment. The metallic sculpture is the "Il Grande Disco" on Bank of America Plaza, and the fountains were photographed in uptown as well. The rest of the images were taken at my house. The light streaks come from a halloween black light. I used a variety of shutter speeds from .5" to 10+" seconds. Fortunately, I had a fog machine on hand to a misty, cold quality to compliment the cool colors. I wanted to play with blending modes to mesh layers together, and I feel like I did a decent job with that, but I want to learn more about how multiple blending modes with differently lit layers interact with each other so I'm making decisions in the camera to get a better outcome in photoshop.

Night Prowler - Jordin Lopez

 

For this project, I really wanted to do something that it's seen a lot for night photography but also have that feeling of night photography usually has. My idea was to use buildings with lights in their windows at night and then fill them with subways pictures. There is a level of voyeurism to this. I wanted to create the illusion of nothing is different, so unless you really look into the work that one would notice the difference. This idea stemmed from one night at my partners house and how so many people were looking into his windows of his apartment. There is a sense of lack of privacy that large cities and buildings have that with the addition of public transport, it follows through creating this idea of city life, people are just a drop in the sea. Nothing gained, nothing earned. 


I started this edit with pictures of a office building in uptown. I was honestly very lucky that this building still had her lights on. From there, I inserted my own images as well as some images of pexel to create these moments of movement. I color corrected quite a bit of things as well as messing with perspective to get the angels on the windows right. One of the challenging things was getting pictures that would fit within these controlled spaces. Whereas, yes, I can manipulate any image into a spot if I really wanted to, but it would lack the organic feeling I was trying to achieve here. 


pexel links: 

https://www.pexels.com/photo/people-in-a-subway-photographed-from-the-outside-17301775/
https://www.pexels.com/photo/people-sitting-inside-a-bus-using-cellphones-8164001/
https://www.pexels.com/photo/people-sitting-in-a-subway-19086018/

https://www.pexels.com/photo/subway-train-in-motion-9390058/

Night Prowler- Aalayna Southerland

Screen Time

For this project I wanted to make something that felt ominous in the light of halloween coming up as well as bringing awareness to the fact that technology can be a distraction. I wanted to communicate that sometimes we are so engrossed in our phones that we fail to be observant of our surroundings. Someone or something could be watching from the darkness. We wouldn't;'t know though as we are so distracted by our phones. It's almost as if phones have invisible strings that pull us in whenever theres a chance.

I took a shot of myself staring at a blank screen in the dark with only the screen providing the light that illuminated my face. Though it may be hard to see I also put a face in the background feeding into the ominous feeling of something lurking in the darkness. I experimented with long exposure to create some of the faint light that is helping to illuminate the background while also helping to almost hide the face. I also experimented creating and using brushes to create the effect of neon lights coming from the screen. 

Night Prowler - Liz Taylor

Light of then

My goal for this project was to evoke a sense of nostalgia through different expressions of light. I experimented with sparklers, red light, and neon lighting to capture a range of moods and visual textures at my apartment. My boyfriend photographed me and used the long-exposure feature on my iPhone 16 Pro Max to take a series of images, which worked even better than I anticipated. This technique proved especially effective in enhancing the overall composition and capturing the luminous movement of light. In Photoshop, I further experimented with various brushes to create light streaks throughout the image—a process I really enjoyed because it allowed me to add motion, depth, and energy to the composition. I also applied adjustments such as color balance, hue and saturation, photo filters, and exposure to refine the atmosphere and unify the imagery.

The majority of the layers in my Photoshop file use blending modes such as Linear Dodge, Lighten, Screen, Color Dodge, Soft Light, and Linear Burn to create a cohesive and visually rich composition. I also experimented with different opacity levels, which became my favorite part of the entire process. It was fascinating to see how even subtle adjustments could dramatically transform the overall look and feel of the piece. The floating lights within the image introduce a sense of mystery and curiosity for the viewer. The focal point centers on me holding a sparkler, with particular emphasis on the glow it emits, highlighting its significance within the composition. Blended into the background are elements of a birthday cake with lit candles and hands reaching toward it—symbolizing celebration and memory. The same figure appears again in the distance behind the main subject, suggesting how we often look back on meaningful celebrations with a nostalgic gaze. Ultimately, the interplay of light, color, and layered imagery reinforces the theme of birthday celebration and the bittersweet warmth of reminiscence.

Sparkler Image 

https://unsplash.com/photos/time-lapse-photography-of-fireworks-_g5ZyPj1mJg

A person holding a sparkler in their hand 

https://unsplash.com/photos/a-person-holding-a-sparkler-in-their-hand-f9l2MQ2DqT0

Turned on red and blue lights

https://unsplash.com/photos/turned-on-red-and-blue-lights-Evp4iNF3DHQ

Purple Led 

https://unsplash.com/photos/purple-led-heart-sign-t2bj6unVYoM

All images free to use under the unsplash license: https://unsplash.com/license

Night Prowler - Aiden Stanford

 

For this project, I wanted to experiment with light trails and long exposures. I went to my backyard after sunset and then I took 30-second-long exposures. During the exposures, I went and made shapes with a flashlight. I wanted to make people and ghosts, to make it look like he's hiding in the shed from the ghosts. I also took long exposures with my red lightsaber to give the shed a glowing light.

 All images taken are my own.

Night Prowler - Alissa Davis

 

This piece is all about breaking the mold and following your own path.  For my process, I knew what concept I wanted to do, so I really tried to explore the composition of the piece by slowly narrowing down the location, then taking photos at different angles to get the right composition.

Night Prowler - Megan Cluck

Watcher

For this project, I used a combination of photos I shot myself, one from a hike in Crested Butte, Colorado, and another from a night photoshoot where I used my boyfriend’s roommate as the subject. I lit the scene using my boyfriend’s cosplay lightsabers, which created the red and blue tones throughout the piece.

I wanted to play with the feeling of being watched, something eerie and cinematic, like a scene from a movie where you’re not sure if the person in the doorway is real or imagined. The ghosted layers of the figure came from blending several exposures to make him look like he’s both there and fading away at the same time.

The red light creates tension, while the blue helps balance it and keep the image from feeling too harsh. Together, they make the figure feel almost otherworldly, like he’s caught between worlds. Overall, the image is meant to feel unsettling but quiet, like a moment where time stretches and you can’t tell if you’re seeing something or remembering it.

All photos used are my own. 

Night Prowler - Sallie Kate Thompson

 Electric Night

For this project, I experimented with many different light sources as well as different blending modes to achieve a very hectic, glowy, whimsical composite. My overall concept was capturing the idea that cities never sleep while also creating a fantasy environment with floating jelly fish in the sky. I wanted the piece to feel very dreamlike. The strobe lights are lights that I took in a bar, while I used images of myself holding a sparkler for pops of light. Other bursts of light were created by taking an image of a sparkler while waving it around. I also took a photograph of a bonfire while viscously waving my phone to achieve the effect of the long exposure. The strips of light at the very bottom of the image was created by using the same technique photographing string lights that hang on our balcony that I took from the ground looking up. I used a dark blue color fill to make it appear as it was taken during the night and created a levels layer to adjust the shadows and lighting to brighten a few areas up. Using my brush tool, I also used the overlay blending mode with a low opacity to make the windows of the buildings appear if they were glowing. Finally, I used firefly to create a more realistic jellyfish and make the "arms" of the jellyfish more visible and colorful. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed experimenting and creating this composition!

L Hutchens - Night Prowler

 

For my concept, I wanted to create an elevated, surreal concert experience in space using a photo I took at a Peach Pit concert. While in the photo pit I messed around with funky angles and took advantage of the colorful lighting used for the performance, and ended up going with this photo of the guitar player. I thought his stance would translate well to give the appearance of floating, and to add to the surreal aspect, I threw in some giant hands surrounding the subject. I edited the hands to have the same alien-like colors of the subject and drew some glowing clouds surrounding everything to increase the atmosphere alongside the stars. This project also serves as a fun juxtaposition to my first project, where I took a concert photo and brought it back to the past, whereas this project feels more futuristic and experimental.

Resources:

Hands: https://app.deathtothestockphoto.com/photo/4741?searchTerm=hands

I have been subscribed to this stock website for some time (not a free photo, but I do have the rights to use it), standard license

Stars: https://stock.adobe.com/images/starry-sky-dark-night-sky-infinity-space-with-shiny-stars-mystery-dark-universe-vector-background/352214862?prev_url=detail

LICENSE TYPE Standard

Stars: https://texturelabs.org/textures/sky_168/

FREE FOR COMMERCIAL USE

Sparkle: https://texturelabs.org/textures/lensfx_235/

FREE FOR COMMERCIAL USE

Night Prowler -- Jordan Harper

 

Memory Summons

My concept for this project was all about memories. I took a picture of a young person's bedroom (from IKEA, not gonna lie) and played with the exposure to darken the room. This matched the darkness of the experimental images I took in my backyard. I used string lights, bigger lights than in the average design for string lights, and spun them really fast to make up for my phone camera's really short exposure time. It made an almost spherical ball (I made a really good sphere with another set but like this one better) which to me looked like an orb or a memory. (The movie "Inside Out" is not a movie I've watched many times but the motif of memories as illuminated spherical objects has stuck for some reason.) I also balled up some smaller lights in my hands and took a "long" exposure image with my phone to capture not only the light shining onto my hands, but also be very bright and lively as they are the subject of that specific image. I added swirls to the visual of the childhood room so that there's the illusion that the image has some fuzziness that comes with memories. I added some vignettes to both the room and the whole composition to also add to that "fuzziness". To connect the top and bottom "halves" of the vertical composition I added vertical lines that look like light trails and match the color palette. The corgi is the only element I used that wasn't mine. I added it because I thought the originally empty dog bed didn't match my concept well. 

Corgi Image: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-corgi-sleeping-on-the-floor-1714454/

This image is under the Pexels license which is free use, no attribution needed, and free for modification. https://www.pexels.com/license/

Night Prowler - Gabriel Florea

 

Residual Light

For this piece, I wanted to create a spooky scene that fit the Halloween season. My idea started with making a dark, eerie hallway and adding a figure that feels mysterious, like something you might catch in the corner of your eye. Using long exposure and a laser pointer, I experimented with light to make a glowing, portal-like effect behind the person. The red tones helped give it a more haunting and intense feeling, almost like something supernatural was happening in the moment.

I shot the figure and background myself, then combined and adjusted them digitally to get the lighting and shadows just right. The swirling light was created through long exposure movement, which gives it that ghostly, energy filled look. Overall, my goal was to make something that feels cinematic and unsettling, as if the viewer walked in on a moment from a horror scene.