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. 

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! 

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.

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.

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

I titled this image “Flower Shrub” because I think it is a Red Buckeye shrub so I thought the name was fit for the photo. I took this on April 7th on the nature walk that we look in class. I look it on my phone and I edited it by cropping around the sides, turning the brilliance and exposure up, and turning down th shadows and brightness. I think I could have made the flower more of the focus by trying to blur out some of the background and changing some of the brightness settings. 
 

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

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. 

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.

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

I named this picture “Home,” because this is a picture of my house. I took it with my Iphone 15 pro max, when it was already dark outside. I removed some things with photoshop, like a bag of concrete that was on the ground, ruining the picture, made the light brighter, and then added a filter to it. Overall I think I did pretty good. 
 

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. 

Maddie M - Music Panorama

 The title of my image is “Music Panorama”. It was taken on March 17th, 2026 with my Canon EOS. The image is a total of 60 photos combined to make one. I edited it in photoshop by using the Photomerge option and not blending them. Then a warped the photo to make it fit in the area and finally adjusted the brightness. It could be better if I took a few more photos for the top row so the very top of the building wouldn’t be cut off. 

Braden K - Blue & Gold Mall

The title is “Blue and Gold Mall” and It was taken in Franklin in the “Factory at Franklin”. It was taken with my Nikon D70 and I edited by adding a gradient for two colors, increasing the brightness and saturation, and changing the hue of the chairs. I think it could be better if I removed those people in the background. 

Cassidy D- Lila

The title is Lila. It was taken in my room in the summer with my iPhone. I didn’t edit it too much since I liked how it turned out. I could have backed up a little bit.

Renea M- School

 The title of this photo is “School” because I really did not know what else to title it, and it was just a photo while trying to get a panorama. It was taken at school during 3rd period, and the date taken is March 16th, 2026. Taken with the class camera we have for Photography which I have no clue on what kind of camera it is. I edited it by increasing the contrast, lowering the brightness, exposure settings as well, and removing some of the objects in the picture. Could be better by the editing being better and really experimenting with the effects, and filters in the photoshop application. 

Kendal R - Snow Day

 This Image is called “Snow Day” and it was taken on my Canon EOS Rebel T7. I took this picture on March 16th, at Hoover High School. I made some lighting changes and I made the snow more visible. The colors could be a bit brighter but overall, I mess with this shot. 

Aubrey M- Color Run

 The title of this photo is Color Run, it was taken last year after Color Run, with my Nikon camera. I added a motion blur and turned down the exposure, dehaze, and turned up the contrast. I don't know how it could be better so if anybody has any suggestions let me know. 

Lilly S- Sunset Lake

 The title of this image is Sunset Lake. It was taken at Star Lake on January 30 with my IPhone. I edited it by slightly turning up the exposure, brilliance, contrast, shadows, black point, and some color properties. Also by turning down the overall brightness. I think it could be better if I took the picture a little more to the left, so more of the clouds were captured in the frame.

Reese J- Night Sky

The title of this image is called Night Sky, it was taken in my backyard on march 3, 2026 just hours before the blood moon. It was taken with my olympius 0d-e. It was not edited because the way the camera caught the moon with the clouds already looks unreal in my opinion. It maybe could be better if it was edited a little but not to much.

Ava J - Glow

 I named this image ‘Glow’. I took this picture at nighttime in downtown Birmingham with my iPhone. I edited it by decreasing the light and increasing the color. My editing was to make sure the lighting in the picture was highlighted, for extra effect. It could’ve been better if I had stood at a different view or perspective to take the photo, but I pretty much like everything else

Susan D - Blue

I named this image Blue, I figured it fit the theme and both sky and water is stereotypically blue. It was taken from a window of a hotel when I was traveling, at the time I didn't have my camera so i utilize my phone camera. I edited this by adding dehaze, using the dodge brush, and some color and saturation changes. I think I could have made it better by adding a color filter but after seeing the color I got from dehaze and clarity I didn’t feel the need to do that. 

Jayda S- Chi Town

 The title of the image is “Chi Town” and it was taken in Chicago, Illinois on March 13th, 2025. It was taken with an iPhone 15 pro. I edited it by turning up the contrast, texture, clarity and sharpening the image. I think I could be better if I go closer to the buildings so you can see how big and tall they really are. I loved this trip. It was so fun and freeing. Chicago is one of the best cities. 

Reagan H- Legos

 This image is titled “Legos” since it’s a picture of some of the legos sets I have in my room. I took it on my old phone in my room on November 4, 2025. I edited it by cropping out some of the sides and turning the brightness down some so that the keytar is the main part of this picture since it’s the most colorful thing in this picture. 

Tucker C- Detail

 This is one of the photos I took for the architectural assignment. I took this photo near a strip mall by my house with my Nikon D-40 camera. I didn't do much editing-wise, just added some contrast and brightness to reveal the windows and some cropping. I believe this photo turned out okay. I chose this photo mostly because of the cool stains on the wall and the design of the windows. Overall, I think it's a decent photo, but I would rather like if I took a wider image to include more of the wall and to make the window more on the left side of the photo 

Denver C- Hideout

 The title of this picture is Hideout. I took this photo in downtown Birmingham on March 21st. I took it with my Nikon D3000. I edited it by making it more vibrant and a little less bright. It would be better if I got the bird more in focus.

Angel B - Love at First Sight

 This photo is named, “Love at first sight.” It was taken during January around 4:40 on a Saturday. It was taken with my iPhone 16. I edited it by lowering the exposure so the sunlight could be more visible through the trees. It could’ve been a lot better if I cropped it or even had a different angle where the sun could be more flat out visible.