Isabelle G- Soccer Shot

The title of this image is Soccer Shot This was taken on November 2, 2025, at 11:20 am at the Sicard Hollow Athletic Complex. The picture was taken with my Canon 40D. This was edited by removing people that were in the background, increasing the lighting, increasing the color, and decreasing the luminance to -17.72.  It could be better if I had used my longer lens, allowing me to focus in on my brother. I like this image because it shows my brother in action as he is about to kick the soccer ball.
 

Cassidy D- Butterfly

 The name of this picture is simply “Butterfly”. It was taken in Trussville on September 27th. It was taken with my iPhone 14 Plus. I brought the highlights down, wanting to bring out the wings more. I could’ve gotten a better angle, but I had to take a picture before it flew away. This represents my love of nature and the urge to capture its beauty. 

Angel B - Mother Nature

 This picture was taken on Lover’s Leap on August 24th, 2025. It was taken with my iPhone 16. I edited it by lowering the light, brilliance, highlights, shadows, brightness, and contrast. I raised the exposure, and the blackpoint. It could’ve been better if I lowered the contrast and exposure a bit for a more calm and serious vibe. Other than that though, it looks pretty solid! I took this photo when I was going through the forest with my dad. We were going on a fun little adventure.

Chase M- On The Pond

 The name of the photo I picked for this is called On The Pond. This photo was taken on a random lake I found. I took this picture on October 2 2025. This photo was taken with my iPhone 14.  I edited this picture by first using the erase tool to get rid of any trash or imperfections in the lake, then I turned up the saturation of the color green, and blue to make the picture pop more. I think this picture could of been better if would’ve shot the photo at a different angle.

Anna R - CDs

 The title of my image is “CDs” because it is an image of my CDs next to each other. The picture was taken in my room on November 2nd of this year. The image was taken with my camera, which is a Canon Eos 80D. I edited the photo by making it black and white and increasing the contrast. I also took this photo with my phone flashlight as a light source. I believe this photo could be better if I lowered the exposure a little so the faces and details on the CDs could be more visible.

Josiah G- Night & Day 1

Josiah Gandy, Night & Day 1. I took this photo outside on my porch balcony, and I think I took this photo 2 months ago in September. I had taken this photo with my phone camera. I had edited this photo by bringing up the olors all the way, decreased the saturation, gave it some black point, and had given it a tiny bit of radus. I think I could have edited it better by using photoshop instead of using the photo app since photoshop has more edits in it. No, there is no information I want to share about the image. 

Julia M- Still "Unlife" BBG

 I took this image on halloween night around 6pm with my “Sony” digital camera, this photo was taken at my neighbor’s front yard, I edited the image with photoshop and I used the brightening tool to bring out the zombie’s face and add a glistening effect on some of the other body part props. I really like this image and I think it looks pretty interesting, I guess if there was one thing I would change it would probably be taking more shots of the zombie and the whole setup.

Denver C - All In

 The title of my image is All In. I took this photo on Nov 2nd at around 11 p.m. I took this photo with my Nikon D3000. I used an Iso of 1600 with an f stop of 1.8 and a shutter speed of 1/160 seconds I edited this photo by tweaking the light and color witht the cam raw filter. I think it could’ve been better with a slightly better focus and better lighting.

Taha O- Home in Ruins

 The title of this photo is “Home in Ruins”. I took this photo in an abandoned house somewhere around my neighborhood on November 1st, 2025. I took this photo with my phone. I edited it by using the black and white filter and messing around with the darkness and shadows. I also used the burn tool on the book to make it stand out more, and i also put text on it. I tried to make the text look rougher so it would look more realistic. I feel like I could've added much more, but I couldn't really come up with anything else.

Tully S- Radiant Sky

 This image is called Radiant Sky. It was taken about a month ago by the Met. It was taken with my Canon EOS 2000D. I turned the brilliance up and brought out shadows while lowering the highlights. I truly don't know how I can make it better because, in my opinion, it came out so good.

Aubrey M- Rocky Shores

 The image of my picture is called Rocky Shores, and it was taken on October 25, 2025. It was taken at Smith Lake at my lake house. It was taken with my iPhone 14. When I edited it, I brought down the highlights, blacks, shadows, and whites. And I turned up the contrast, clarity, and de-haze. Lastly, I used a little bit of a black vegnette. Not sure how it could be better, but I really liked hw it turned out.

Carter C - Uptown Lights

 I titled this image Uptown lights, it was taken downtown in early September. I took this shot with my iPhone 15, with this photo I decided not to edit it since the raw look was perfect to me. I think it could be better with cropping out some of the things taking away from the main subject being the Uptown sign.

Aimee A- The Final Toss

 I named this photo “ The Final Toss”. I took this photo at my sister's college on a Wednesday, and I took it with my camera. I edited by bringing the Exposure down and the brightness a little bit up, and by cropping it more. I think it could have been better if I blurred out the background a little bit more, so it would only focus on the three main people. 

Jayda S- A Five-Story Coffee Wonderland

 The title of this image is “A Five-Story Coffee Wonderland”. It was taken on May 15th, 2025, in the Chicago Reserve Roastery. It was taken with an iPhone 13. I edited it by turning up the exposure, brightness, vibrance, and shadows. I think it could be better if I put the gold poles more in the center. The Chicago Reserve Roastery is the biggest Starbucks in the world. It is a 35,000-square-foot, five-story building. 

Kingston C- Purple Sky

 This is called Purple Sky. I took it at the Hoover library with my Samsung phone; the photo was taken in a little outside spot. With the editing, I messed with the hue a bit and brought the brightness down. If I had a real camera when I took this, it could have looked a bit smoother.

Anastasiia O- Plant

 The title of this image is “Plant”, even though it's fake. I took it in my room with my phone. I edited this image by making the colors more vibrant and adjusting its curves, lighting, etc. Cleaned up all the little imperfections on the wall behind it and the shelf it is on. I think this picture would have looked better if I had wiped the dust off the plant before I took the picture. 

Sophie A - Verde

The title of this image is Verde because it’s the Spanish word for green, and the main color in this photo is green in different shades. It was taken on November 3rd of this year with my iPhone early in the morning on the top of my bookshelf beside my window, which is where the natural light is coming from. I diagonally cropped it so that the legos on the side weren’t in the frame, and so the succulent could be the main focus. I feel it could be better if it was an even closer up shot of the legos with a blurred background, but honestly I think there could be a bunch of different ways this photo could be better. The scientific name for the succulent this lego is based on is Sempervivum Tectorum, also known as ‘Hens and Chicks’. 
 

Jack S- MtLeConteSummit.

This image is titled MtLeConteSummit because it was taken at the peak of Mt. LeConte in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN. It was taken on Sunday, October 12, 2025. This photo was taken with my Sony A6000 and its kit 28-70mm lens. I edited this photo by increasing the saturation, temperature, contrast, and lighting of the photo. I’m not too sure how to make this photo better. 

Sarah J - Umbrella at Night

 This photo is titled “Umbrella at Night”. It was taken on my back porch on the night of September 29 with my iPhone XR. I edited it by turning up the saturation and warmth, as well as turning down the sharpness and definition. I could have done better if I had fully outstretched the umbrella, then it wouldn’t have as many creases, which caused a lot of unwanted shadows (especially near the top). 

Anastasiia O - Monster

 I titled this picture Monster, because that’s what the picture is of. I took this at home with the Canon camera. I removed all the color from this picture when editing and made it brighter. It would have been better if it a backed up a bit when taking it.

Marvin M- Flowers

 The title of this image is called “flowers,” I took this photo when I went to a garden with my mom. I took it with my iphone. I edited the shadows and made the white a little brighter, I think it’s fine the way it is. 

Josiah G- Untitled

I  took this photo at my house in my room. It was very cold and I was shivering. I use my Samsung galaxy s9 to shoot the photo so it might look a bit grainy when I take it. I edited by bringing down the saturation exposing the black-point to about 46 percent and turned down the brightness to 25 percent. How I think I could've edited a bit better is by giving a lot of saturation, not giving it any black-point and giving it a lot of color. 

Wrilen W- Flowers

 This photo was taken on my kitchen table during the afternoon and it was taken with a Kodak Pixpro AZ528 and with a tripod. I edited the photo by sharpening the image with a smart sharpener and the unsharpen mask. I lowered the brightness by -9 and added a curve layer, with an input of 108 and an output of 141. I don’t have an opinion on how it could have turned out better and I don’t have any other information on this photo. 

Alana M- Motion

The title is Motion or Motion Students. Taken at the BJCC Arena on July 26th 2025, taken by an Iphone 14. I edited by using the photoshop application by using the photo editor filter and just by lowering the brightness just a tad bit and increasing the contrast all the way to give the color a main character kind of deal. The color saturation increased to make it more colorful and have the stage, lights, and thousands of Motion Students stand out all at the same time. I increased the vibrance to help the color be more like an orangy type of color. Maybe more like a peach color but the colors of the shirts of each student stands out so that’s good. Exposure increased to also help the lighting. I could have made it better by titling it better, making it sharper but by using the photoshop app it doesn't particularly have that option I don’t believe. This photo stands out to me the most because it’s an event where different other church campuses come together to praise, worship, eat together, make new friends, listen to good different pastors talk about the Bible and God more. We also have small groups. It’s a short vacation away from the world to build our relationship with Jesus. 
 

Adien E- Celcius

 I took this in a publix I really like this picture because I love energy drinks. I didn't do much editing to this photo other than adjusted the contrast and highlights. I think this picture is a little blurry but I still love it. Im happy I chose this picture for the blog!!!!!!

Lilly S- RB Trail

This photo was taken on a trail in my neighborhood (Ross Bridge). It was taken on September 27, 2025 with my iPhone 12. I edited it by adjusting the saturation/color, and turning down the exposure. I think it could be better if there weren’t leaves on the pathway or I had taken it from a lower angle. I was happy with how it turned out. 
 

Reese J- Cloud

 The title of this photo is Cloud and it was taken at tip-top grill lookout in bluff park at 7:35 pm on august 16. This picture was taken with my panasonic FZ40 camera, and i edited it by Making the sky darker because it was overcast at the time, I also edited this picture bymaking the yellow, red and pink in the picture stand out more. This picture maybe could be better if i had the sun shining in the background. This was the first picture that i took at dusk.

Clay G- Beach

The title is the Beach, It was taken in Florida at seaside. It was taken with an iphone, I just turned up the brightness a little to edit the photo. It could maybe be better if I changed the colors a little bit. I got no other information I would want to share.