Friday, May 8, 2026
Isabelle G - Swan Lake
This image is titled ‘Isabelle Gray - Swan Lake.JPG’. It was taken at the Birmingham Zoo on April 16, 2026. I shot it with my Canon 40D. I edited it by increasing the color, decreasing the lighting, increasing the hue, increasing the saturation, and increasing the luminance. It could be better if I had tried focusing more on the swan. I love this photo because it feels very whimsical to me and makes me think of the artist Monet.
Susan D - Otter
The title of this picture is Otter, my favorite animal is an otter so I had taken lots of photos with my Fujifilm XS-20 during my trip to the Georgia Aquarium during spring break. I edited all the people out from the picture which was fairly easy with photoshop, I was going to change the lighting and coloring but after experimenting I decided the original was better as it captured lots of details and various colors I liked. I really like this photo and I hope other otter lovers do too.
Angel B - Nature's Beauty
The name of this photo is named, ‘Nature’s beauty.’ This was taken at the courtyard at Hoover highschool. It was taken with a Canon camera given to us by Mr. Rigsby. (I don’t remember the exact model.) I didn’t necessarily edit it, but I should have. I should have lowered the exposure, and increased the black point for a more cinematic look. I even believe that I should’ve added a vignette
Marvin M- Fish
The title of this image is “Fish.” I took it while I was at my local pet shop. I edited it by removing some shadows and making it a little brighter. I think it could be better if I added more contrast. I really like this image because the fish look cool.
Chase M- Plant Life
The name of the photo is called Plant Life. This picture was taken on April 7th on the golf cart trail. It was taken on my iphone 17. I edited this photo by going into camera raw and playing with the different setting and playing with everything until i found something that i liked. I think that this photo could of been better if moved just a little from the plant.
Addison G- Predator
This image is titled “Predator”. I took it on the field trip to the Birmingham Zoo. I took it with a Canon EOS REBEL T3. I edited the lighting heavily because the exhibit for the wolfs had a dull lighting. I think the photograph turned out well and I honestly wouldn’t fix a thing. I do just wish I could’ve zoomed in better.
Josiah G- Abstract
I took this photo outside near the big forest behind the baseball field. Took this photo 5 weeks ago. Took phot on my Samsung. I had edited this photo by bumping up the saturation by 4 levels, giving a little bit of some dark and light, and tunned up shadows a little bit more. Could have zoomed into the photo a little bit more to refine some of the details that are presented into the photo.
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Hazel A- First Edition
The following image is called First Edition it was taken here in hoover high school in the auditorium on November 6 in the noon with my Iphone 15 pro max as I had forgotten my camera and edited the image by color and vibrance, levels , curves, color balance, selective color, crop and cleaning up some spots, something I could've done better is get a different angle and change the backgrounds color that could match better to the photo and taken a picture of the moves they did during and ending of their jazz performance.
Wrilen W - Chicken
This photo was taken at the Birmingham Zoo during a field trip and was taken with a Kodak AZ528 Camera. I edited it by cropping the photo and giving it a low key effect and with the Viveza effect in photoshop by giving it low contrast and highlights. I do not have any opinion on how it could have been better and I think it looks good overall.
Maddie M - Abstract 2
This image is titled Abstract 2 because it was the second abstract photo I took for the nature assignment. It was taken at the Birmingham Zoo on April 16th. I used my Canon EOS and edited it by overlaying another photo that was taken in the same spot then adding a filter on top. It could be better if when I took both photos I made sure they were in focus better since parts of the image look a little blurry.
Ava J - Future Meets Past
I call this picture “Future Meets the Past”. I took this picture of my younger brother in the Birmingham Museum of Art. I really liked his silhouette up against the paintings on the wall. Also I think the juxtaposition of new and old was really interesting. To edit this picture I cropped it, lowered the exposure, and increased the highlights. I like the way it turned out!
Friday, May 1, 2026
Aimee A- Home Away From Home
I named this photo “ Home Away From Home” and I took this photo at the Alabama theater in uptown on March 3rd at 7:35 pm. I took this photo with my Canon and the way I edited it was by cropping the photo a bit, making the lighting a little darker but making the lights from the signs pop more. I think this could be better if I had cropped it from the sides a little bit more. I named this photo “ home away from home” because I love being in theaters and one of my dream jobs is to work in Broadway.
Sophie A - Golden Kitty
This photo is titled “Golden Kitty” because the matter of reducing a predator to the title of “kitty” is really funny to me. Also, a jaguar is just a big kitty when you think about it. It was taken April 16th with my Nikon D50 on the zoo trip. I edited it by making it more professional looking- increasing the sharpness, shadows, and highlights. I personally don’t see anything else I would change about this photo. I submitted this to the art show so hopefully it gets an award!
Tucker C- Tiles
This photo I took just for fun and wasn't for an assignment. The image is a basket shadow taken at my house. The main editing changes I made to the photo was one removing color and increasing the contrast and dimming. Maybe I would have taken different angles to present the shadow better but overall its the vibrance. I believe this photo turned out okay but could be better.
Carter C - Tennessee Mountains
I titled this image Tennessee Mountains of course because I took it in the gatlinburg area around October 2025. I took it with my iPhone 15 and only slightly edited the lighting making the image brighter. I think this image could be better if it was a sunrise or sunset picture causing the natural lighting to be much better.
Friday, April 24, 2026
Denver C- Til Death Shall We Part
The name of this photo is “‘Til Death Shall We Part.” I took it with my nikon d3000. I took it at a random building at midday. I blurred out everything outside of the focus point. And changed the color and light settings. It would’ve been better with a smaller aperture.
Reese J - Baritone manipulated
The title of this picture is Baritone Manipulated, It was taken for the still life project earlier this year. It was taken in my bedroom with my baritone on the floor with some music under it. It was taken on November 2, 2025 at 12:22 pm in the early afternoon. I edited it by bringing out the yellows of the instrument and i made the usually white sheet music blue with a rough filter. I brought out the greens. To be honest i don’t really think it could be any better. There is no other information i would like to share at this time.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Braden K - Bloom
The title is “Bloom” for the blooming flowers. It was taken in my front yard after I got home from school. It was taken with my Nikon D70. I edited it by increasing the vibrance, shadows, and texture. I think it could be better if I got closer for more detail.
Reagan H- Flower Shrub
Jayda S- Pinky
The title of this image is “Pinky”. It was taken at the Birmingham Zoo on April 16th. It was taken with an iPhone 17. I edited by sharpening the legs of the flamingo and pond and using the filters to make it more lively. Also I upped the exposure and saturation. I think it could be better if I got a closer shot. This zoo trip was so much fun!
Cassidy D- Down The Rabbit Hole
The name of this image is “Down The Rabbit Hole”. For this, I upped the brightness and contrast. Then, I removed little blemishes without disturbing the overall subject
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Jack S- Mountain Sepia
This image is titled “Mountain Sepia”. It was taken in Late October of 2025 when me and my buddies went up to Camp near Pigeon Forge,TN. It was taken with my SonyA6000. I edited it by adding the framing and the sepia filter ontop of it. I think it could be better by having a more focused subject.
Renea M- 2016 Flower
The title for this image is 2016 Flower. Taken April 9th or 10th during our class nature walk, I absolutely forgot what exact day that was but it had to be one of those days. It was taken with my camera but not my phone camera. I edited by using the Nik Verez effect on photoshop and increased the clarity and dehaze a bit, brightness decreased some, and contrast increased just a little to give it the vibes I want it to be. It could have been better with the camera staying still and not having that blurriness to it.
Monday, April 20, 2026
Hazel A- Best Friends Trip
The title of this image is “Best Friends Trip.” It was taken in Orlando,Florida in the afternoon, waiting in a long line for a newly opened ride. It was taken with my smaller digital camera, a SONY DSC-W530. I edited the following image by doing adjustments with lighting,color,selective color, vivid warm filter and cleaning up by retouching to take blemishes off. If i could make it better i would continue doing more retouches and possibly do something with the background although I like this image in how it is. Another thing to keep in mind this was a good memory of a trip i enjoyed very much as we were able to do many things and go on the rollercoasters and that line was really long stayed there for around 2-3 hours me and another group of friends as we had to figure out what to do to make the time go quicker and at the end the picture that was taken of me and the others was a very funny enjoyable picture as we still laugh about it but worth it for our reactions.
Reginald L- Kaleidoscope.
This picture was taken 2 months ago at school. And how I edited was first cropped a section of the picture then I copied it the picture 3 times after that I rearranged the pictures to make it look like an illusion. And lastly I gave it some color and added a grain filter. I think the overall outcome made the picture look like a post card.
Sarah J - Sleepless
This photo is titled “Sleepless”, and I took it on the night of March 19 in New York City on the HHS Theater trip. It was taken on my iPhone XR and I edited it by using the vivid filter in the photos app. I could have made it better if I had a different angle or defined the buildings more, but overall I like it.
Josiah G- Untitled
Had taken it at my house 4 weeks. It was taken with my phone cameras. I did not put any edits into. It would have been better if I actually had any edits. No other information.
Clay G- Creek
Where and when it was taken- On our walk on the trail. What it was taken with- my phone. How you edited it. brightness. How it could be better- more editing.
Friday, April 17, 2026
Kavi H- Close Up Photo
The name of this photo is “Close Up Photo”. I named it this because it was taken during one of the assignments where a close up picture was needed. I took it with my personal camera and I edited it by changing the coloring and shading.
Angel H- Building
The title of this image is called “Building.” I forgot where this image was taken, although it was near the galleria, it was taken like 3-4 days before the architecture assignment was due. To be honest, I didn’t bother to edit it much, the only thing I really did was lower the brightness and extend the contrast a bit more. It could have been better if I actually tried to edit it but that didn’t happen.
Tully S - Sunset Trees
The title of the image is Sunset Trees. It was taken the week before spring break. I took this photo with my EOS 2000D. I didn't really edit it at all due to how good i think it came out. I don't really know how I could make it better.
Jack S- Birmingham Skyline
This image is titled Birmingham Skyline. It was taken over Birmingham on Feburary 20th during one of my flight lessons. It was taken with my Iphone16. I edited it by removing the planes wing and window frame to make the image more clear. It could have been better if I took it at sunset or had more interesting lighting instead of just being at mid-day.
Anna R- Pounce
The name of this photograph is “Pounce”. I took “Pounce” with my Eos 80D Canon in Savannah, GA at Pounce Cat Cafe. I edited the picture by increasing the brilliance and making the color slightly more warm. I believe the picture could have been better if the wooden counter in the back was gone.
Anastasiia O- Home
Monday, April 13, 2026
Wrilen W- Architecture 3
This photo was taken near Wald Park on Hwy 31 in Vestavia Hills, during the night time. This photo was taken with a Kodak Pixpro AZ528 camera. I edited it by turning up the structure and highlighting adjustments in photoshop to sharpen the photo and add more light to the background. I don’t have any opinion on how this could have turned out better and I think it looks good overall.
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