CHS sophomore Jesse Shtein knows there is only one photo that truly deserves to be displayed on his lock screen. The picture of Weston Koury, an influencer on YouTube, speaks volumes to Shtein.
“I resonate with him a lot, and I just think it’s a really gorgeous photo,” Shtein said.
This image was his lock screen all of his freshman year before changing it to something else. However, it didn’t take long before he found his way back to the photo of his favorite internet personality.
“I connect with his humor and just, like, everything about him is very lovely,” Shtein said.
Sam Magee feels as though the best lock screens revolve around friendship. The photo she took over two years ago may not look like much to anyone else, but it has an entire meaning and story behind it to Magee.
“It’s a picture of me and my best friend in Domino’s at three a.m.,” Magee said. “My friend group and I went on a late-night walk, and that’s where the night took us.”
Different from the rest, Ivy Ball has not just one photo but a whole collage of photos on her lock screen.
“I love fun photos and memories with different people, so I collaged all the photos together,” Ball said.
Pets, friends and people from all around her life fill the screen of Ball’s phone. Even though all the pictures have their own story, Ball does have a few favorites.
“I really like all the photos of me and my mom,” Ball said. “I love my mom more than anything, so I tried to put her in there as much as possible.”
Tessa Aprea feels most inspired when surrounded by her loved ones. However, since her best friend attends a different high school, Aprea figures the next best thing is seeing a picture of her best friend each time she checks her phone throughout the day.
“My lock screen is a picture of me and my bestie from Pioneer on our girls weekend at my cottage,” Aprea said. “I barely get to see her because she doesn’t go to our school, and I miss her.”
Mariah Ziegler loves exploring new places to take photos, and her lock screen features one of the best photos she’s captured.
“One day I went out and I took a bunch of photos,” Ziegler said. “Then I edited them and made them look more like green and orange and spooky.”
The photo was taken right in her own neighborhood and really helps her demonstrate that good pictures can be taken anywhere.
“It gives me a good vibe,” Ziegler said. “I really like the feeling of the photo.”
To Ziegler, a lock screen is much more than just a photo. A lock screen is something she’s proud of and something that deserves recognition.
Sean Eldon has not only one lock screen but a separate one for each member of his family. When Eldon is around a certain family member, he will change the screen to the corresponding photo, making his experience with them all the more special.
“If I’m just hanging out with my daughter, I have my daughter,” Eldon said. “And if I just hang out with my son, I have my son.”
But the lock screen with a special place in Eldon’s heart is the painting on musician Brian Eno’s album, “Another Green World.” The painting provides a watercolor perspective of looking out a window from a desk, with a tree just beyond the glass and yellow houses in the background.
“I just love the kind of calmness of the painting,” Eldon said. “And it’s got a weird music reference that only I get, and I like it that way.”
Eldon said. “It’s got a weird music reference that only I get, and I like it that way.”
