Category: Photo Gallery
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Elevated education: Bucket truck training takes learning to new heights
Photos by Peyton Thomas, COMM 1318 Photography 1 Twice a week, students in the South Plains College Electrical and Power Transmission Technology (ELPT) program gear up to for hands-on training on the Levelland campus. “We have a climbing class, we climb poles, and learn how to work with climbing belt and hooks,” ELPT student Noah…
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Junior judges show their skills: SPC Livestock Judging Contest 2026
Photos from Tynlea Wilson and Jaylee Parker, COMM 1318 Photography 1. Feature photo by Tynlea Wilson. More than 500 contestants from across the state showed off their skills at the South Plains College Livestock Judging Contest at the Mallet Event Center last week. Young people of all ages from FFA and 4H, many carrying clipboards,…
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Fur-tography Poll: Which Pet Portrait Wins?
From playful pups to curious cats and everything in between, each image highlights the personality, charm, and camera-ready confidence of these beloved fur babies. Now it is your turn to decide who takes the top spot. How to Vote:• Browse all 15 photos in the gallery• Each photo is labeled with a letter (A–O)• Scroll…
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More than metal: Tin-Man 2026 at South Plains College
Author & Photographer: Luisa Dosal, COMM 2311-601 Newswriting; File photos from Alex Lowe in COMM 1316 News Photography “You build a robot, you put it in the arena, and you fight to the death,” says Wheeler Osborne, South Plains College instructor of Industrial Manufacturing and Emerging Technologies. In one sentence, that describes what the Tin-Man…
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Picture this: Finding spring
Feature photo by Cale Horton You might have spotted patches of color cropping up in gardens or tree lines. Tiny, bright green leaves started arriving. Baby animals started arriving too. The calendar shows spring officially started last month, and there have been signs of it everywhere for weeks. Students in COMM 1318 Photography 1 recently…
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Arbor Day: Texas style
Photos from students in COMM 1318 Photography 1. Feature photo by Jaylee Parker. National Arbor Day is celebrated each year on the last Friday in April. It’s a day dedicated to planting and appreciating trees. While it’s not a federal holiday, the Arbor Day Foundation explains many communities host volunteer events, have tree-planting ceremonies, and…
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Spot the Difference: Do you have a sharp eye?
Photos by students in COMM 1316 | Photography Think you caught them all? Students in COMM 1316 Photography were challenged to take an original photo and then edit it using Adobe Photoshop. Each image includes five intentional changes, ranging from subtle fixes to more noticeable removals and additions. Below, you can compare the original images…
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Jeans for justice: Denim Day raises awareness for sexual assault
Author: Saige Jolley, COMM 2311.601 Newswriting. File photos from students in COMM 1316 News Photography They are startling. And they’re meant to be. Dozens of pairs of jeans, skirts, and shorts- both men’s and women’s- dangle inside the Student Center on the South Plains College Levelland Campus as part of its 2023 Denim Day observance.…
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Too big to eat: Student art pieces now on display
Photos by Cale Horton, COMM 1318 Photography 1 There’s still time to swing by and feast your eyes on the latest papier-mâché art projects from students in Kara Donatelli’s design class. The super-sized art pieces are on display now in the Fine Arts building on the Levelland campus. “This project was about scale,” Donatelli says,…
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On the right track: The freight trains rolling through our backyard
Photos by Gavin Carr, COMM 1318 Photography 1 They do more than just slow you down at a railroad crossing. The trains you see chugging around Lubbock and Levelland transfer a lot of freight. The engines and cars you see generally operate through the Lubbock and Western Railway. LBWR has been owned by Watco since…
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From scraps to masterpieces
Photos by Koie Hill, COMM 1318 Photography Old clothes might ordinarily be thrown away, but one local artist is choosing to repurpose them instead. Kate Petrin is the multimedia artist behind “Hemlines”, the large art exhibit now on display inside the South Plains College Christine Devitt Fine Arts Center on the Levelland campus. The exhibit…
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Marble madness: Students build rollercoasters in physics lab
Photographer: Clay Patton, COMM 1318 Photography 1 It took a lot of planning, scissors, and tape. But students in physics lab recently turned recycled junk into “rollercoasters” strong enough to race marbles. Physics Professor Kim Bouldin says this lab gets students to think “outside the box”. Although ironically, students sorted through boxes and shelves of…
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Aperture and atmosphere: Students explore the magic of bokeh
Photos are from students in COMM 1318 Photography 1. Featured photo by Gavin Carr. Photography students at South Plains College blurred the background and sharpened their creativity with a recent bokeh project. It’s all about adjusting a camera’s aperture to create a shallow depth of field. The resulting background blur is a technique called…
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Lumos: Painting with Light
OK, so they weren’t in any of the “Harry Potter” movies. But it may have felt like it. And it certainly looked a little like it. Students recently learned how to use light wands or tube lights to “paint” in a dark room. They also used Christmas lights and flashlights. To achieve any of these…
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When images become words: Using photographs to inspire creative writing
Editor’s note: Students in COMM 2311-601 Newswriting help write this story as a class, deciding what direct and indirect quotes to use and how to organize the material. These students include: Luisa Dosal, Giovanni Martinez, Saige Jolley, Michelle Moreno, and Tori Underwood. Several of the photographs are from students in COMM 1318 Photography 1. What…
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What is art? It’s not always pretty.
Editor’s note: Photos are from students in COMM 1318 Photography 1. Featured photo by Jayden Morris. Sometimes it’s hard to tell something is art, even when you stare right at it. Don’t believe it? Try strolling through the Christine Devitt Fine Arts Center on the South Plains College Levelland campus this week. If you look…
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Picture This: Interesting Patterns
Featured Photo by Cale Horton/COMM 1318 Photography I Pattern this. Pattern that. Some of them can be unique. And lot of them are allaround us. You just have to look. Students in COMM 1318 Photography 1 recently did. There assignment was to becreative and find interesting patterns. They were looking for anything that repeats like…
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Exercise indoors: Walking the Dome
Photos are from students in COMM 1318 Photography 1; featured photo by Jayden Morris It might be 11 degrees outside, but it’s warm inside the SPC Texan Dome. And that’s probably why, on any given morning, you’ll find several people walking the upper level of the Dome for exercise. On the Thursday morning before the recent…
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Picture This: Finding Fall
Photos are from students in COMM 1318 Photography 1. Featured photo by Emily Miller.
