Anna G - Old Future

The title of this image is “Old Future”. This photo was taken in my bedroom over the summer. This photo was taken with my Nikon D1000. I edited this photo by using the contrast sliders and a bunch of layers and just kind of layering them on top of one another and doing weird stuff to them. I honestly don’t know how I ended up with this picture I was just kind of playing around on photoshop. I think this photo could be a bit better if the subject was a little bit more in the center.
 

Darnell C- KEEP OUT!!

It was taken at my house 8/16/25. With a Samsung flip phone. I made the photo darker

I could make the background darker, and the flashlight brighter.

Sophia H- Lizard On Da Hand

 The title of the image is “Lizard On Da Hand”. It was taken in Oak Mountain State Park in the summer of 2025. I took it with my iPhone 11 Pro Camera, and I edited it with my MacBook photo editor by giving it more color and better lighting. It could be better if it was taken by a better angle. 

Ethan S - Mecanico

This image is named Mecanico, because it is an old auto-repair shop. I took this picture near Gadsden about a month or so ago with my Nikon D40. I haven’t edited it much, if any, but I think it stands up on its own pretty well. 

Finley B - Over the Rainbow

The title of my image is “Over the Rainbow.” I captured it in the early weeks of August at my old elementary school playground. I used my iPhone 14 Pro to take the photo. Initially, the picture appeared quite orange and dark, so I edited it to have cooler tones with more pink. I also considered removing some of the trees to improve the composition.

Aleli S- Church Tower

 I took this photo at the beginning of this month in Montgomery. It was a very cloudy day, so the sky was gray. All I did in this photo was make the sky blue and make the church tower brighter. 

Hayden C - Fluffy Flower

 The title of this photo is “Fluffy Flower.” It is titled after the main subject, the stray cat Fluffy Flower. She used to have a counterpart who was simply named Flower, but he disappeared and is now presumed dead. This was taken on September 1, 2025, with my Canon camera in my backyard. I mainly made the photo warmer and brighter to bring out the orange in her fur. I then used dodge on her eyes to bring them out a lot, which is something I usually do. I love bringing out the eyes in the photos I take.

Caroline S- Kodak

The title of my image is “Kodak” and it was taken on a chair in my room in August. I took it with my Nikon D3100. I did not edit the photo and I think it would be better if the camera had focused more on the lens of the camera on the bottom left.

Calliope T- On a Shoestring

 This photo is titled “On a Shoestring” and it was taken on March 2nd, 2025 in Bluff Park outside of On a Shoestring. I edited it by making the colors more vibrant and increasing the contrast. I thought about trying to edit out the cables, but wasn’t sure if it would look right. I think it could be better if I edited out the cables. 

Irais B-C - Drops

 I took this picture in that one old-looking neighborhood by Moss Rock Preserve. I took it about a few weeks ago while working. I took it on my iPhone 16 Pro, and I edited it by saturating the color and bringing it out a little. I also tried not to make it so blurry, but if one were to focus their eyes well, they’d be able to see it. Along with that, I darkened the background to give the drops on the glass more visibility. I think could've made it better by focusing better on the drops and having the background be the most blurry part of it, while still being able to distinguish what it is.

Victoria S- Butterfly Flowers

 This picture is titled “Butterfly Flowers” because it was taken at the Birmingham Zoo in the butterfly garden during the HHS Digital Photography field trip. It was taken with my digital camera. I edited it by increasing the exposure and saturation. I also added a color filter over my image. I think it could be better if the yellow wasn’t so saturated. 

Kye W – The First Cry

 This image was taken in my living room during the evening, shortly after my newborn sibling was brought home from the hospital. I captured it on my iPhone, using the built-in camera app, as they let out one of their first loud cries. I edited the photo by slightly increasing the warmth, lowering the clarity for a soft focus effect, and adding a vignette to bring attention to the center. The blurred edges create a dreamy, almost surreal feeling, emphasizing the raw emotion in the baby’s face. To improve it, I could have adjusted the lighting to reduce shadows and used a faster shutter speed to make the details sharper. This image is meaningful to me because it freezes a pure, unfiltered moment of new life, something that only happens once and can never be recreated.

Nichlolas T- Bristling

This is a kaleidoscope image that I titled “Bristling”. It was taken last school year for the kaleidoscope project. It is the result of photographing a broom close-up in my laundry room. I used my DSC-W800 to take this photo. On the usual fanfare of kaleidoscopic imagery, I increased the contrast and brightness, as well as adding a purple border around it. The images might not be exactly even with one another.

Rachel N - Above

 This photo is called Above. It was taken in Chicago during my summer vacation on July 28, 2025. It’s a picture of buildings from below. I took it with my iPhone 15 Pro Max. I didn’t edit it. It could be better if I had edited it, but I feel good with this picture.

Nabeyal K- The Ultimate Sandwich

 I took it in the mall and it was taken 2 years ago. It was taken with my iPhone I could have made it brighter and I could have cropped it.

Angel M- River

 The photo I submitted is a picture I took during a trip to Washington D.C. I took this using my Canon camera. I edited it by increasing the saturation and shadows to make the image seem less dull.

Caroline S- Catu

 The title of my image is Catu because that is all I am able to read off of the building. It was taken this summer in St. Louis beside the arch. It was taken with my Nikon Coolpix and I edited it by brightening and sharpening it. It could be better if the quality was better.

Victoria S- Little Lamb

This image is titled “Little Lamb” because it’s a picture of a sheep. It was taken at the Birmingham Zoo during the HHS Photography field trip. I took this picture with my Nikon camera. I edited this photo in Photoshop and increased the brightness and saturation. I don’t really know how to make this picture better. Maybe I could’ve tried taking it at a different angle. I think my favorite part of the photo is the sunlight casting down on the sheep like a spotlight. 

Angel M- River

 I took this during a trip to Washington D.C. I took this using my Canon camera. I edited it by increasing the saturation and shadows to make the image seem less dull.

Ethan S - Panthera Onca

 This is Panthera Onca, taken at the Birmingham Zoo during the 2025 zoo field trip. I took it with my Nikon D40. I added depth of field, I sharpened, adjusted brightness and color, and I added a vignette. I think it could have been better had I had access to a longer distance lens. The name of this photo comes from the scientific name for the jaguar, Panthera Onca

Shelby S- Pena Palace

 The title of this photo is called Pena Palace. It was taken in Sintra, Portugal during the first week of July. It was taken with my phone camera. I edited it by using vibration, saturation, exposure, contrast, and vignette. I could’ve taken the people out or added some different textures to it.

Anna G - Jagywer

 The title of this image is Jagywer. This photo was taken at the zoo when we went on a field trip to the zoo last year. This photo was taken with my Nikon D5100. Edited this photo by adding more contrast. I think the photo turned out really well and I don’t know what I could have done to make it better.

Darnell C- This Will Bring Her Back

  “This will bring her back!!” It was taken in a digital photography class on August 8, 2025. Was an iPhone 8. I distorted it by using the camera edits.  If I could darken the background, it would look better. It was very last-minute

Aleli S - Bruce

 I chose this photo because I think its cute I really like how close the cat is to the camera and how you can see how great its eyes are I don’t think i did much to this photo I mostly just made it lighter i wish that the camera was more in focused b/c you cant really see the front of its face  

Calliope T- Closer Look

The title of this photo is “Closer Look.” It was taken on April 17th at lover’s leap in Bluff Park. I took it with my Canon camera--I forget what specific camera it was. I edited this picture by darkening it a little bit because the light was too harsh, and also making the green a little more vibrant. I think it could be better if parts of it were more in focus. 

 

Liam D- A Journey to the Stars

 The title is A Journey to the Stars.It was taken last year around August or September. I took it with my phone as well as my camera I used photoshop to extend the “bridge” which i think a was originally a wall. I darkened everything and made a cloud into smoke/clouds. I wish it had more going on since it's kinda boring looking back at it. The dogs name is lettie 

Kais C- Hidden Beneath the Shrubs

 It was taken off a bridge on the side there was a lot of bushes so i couldn’t see alot but im proud of this. It was taken with my iphone 13 i edited it in lightroom wit an autumn feel to it giving it a tint i wish it was clearer and sharper looking less blurry in some places.

Surya P- Turtle’s Lanterns

  The image I selected is called “Turtle’s Lanterns.” It was taken in July 2025, in the Casa Batlló. A house in Barcelona, Spain designed by Antoni Gaudi, in which he included recurring themes of ocean life and the sea. The photo was taken with my Nikon D750 with a 120mm lens. The raw image was already pretty dark, but I really wanted the focus to be on the windows so I created a subject mask and made the exposure a little bit brighter. As well making the photo cooler because to the photo and balancing the contrast a little bit. I think if I could’ve gotten a little closer to see the detail in the glass circles, it could’ve been pretty cool. These specific windows in the house are inspired by turtles swimming in the ocean, I think it was well represented in my photo. 

Sophie H- Tranquility

  The title of this image is “Tranquility”. It was taken in my front yard around mid to late July after it rained. I used my iPhone to capture the photo and edited it with Photoshop. I blurred the leaves in the background, I made the green leaf in the middle stand out more by brightening the leaf by itself, and cropped the rest of the photo out because it was standing in the way of the vision I had for the image. It could have been better if my camera had better resolution.

Finley B- Simba

 This image is titled “Simba”. It was captured at Birmingham Zoo during a photography field trip last year. I shot it with my Nikon D60. I enhanced the photo to showcase the intricacies of the lion's mane and highlight the contrast between the light and shadows. I could have improved it with a bit more cropping.

Irais B C- Nissan Skyline

 This picture was taken by the store Ellis Piano, and it was taken around the first week of June of this year. It was taken on my iPhone 16 Pro, and I edited it by removing a lot of stuff in the background to make the car the main point of the picture. I also edited the sun to not make it so bright, and I touched up some of the colors, along with the reflections of the window. I think I could’ve made it better by removing the glare of the sun on the window. Also, maybe by making the sky less blurry. I was excited to see that car just casually strolling around. I’m really happy I was able to take a picture of the moment.

Maya H- India

 This image is titled "India." This is a photo of my friend, India, dancing onstage during Mamma Mia last year; I took it from backstage. I don't remember exactly how I edited it, but I think the main thing was clarifying it some and making the colors more saturated and more vibrant. 

Hayden C - Faster than fast, quicker than quick!

 The title of this work is “Faster than fast, quicker than quick!” after the quote from the Cars movies. This was taken in late April of 2025 during the Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix with my Canon camera. I edited it by making the colors warmer, since it was overcast most of that day. I then used the burn tool to make the red not so red. I then added a vignette to bring the focus in on the guy and the car in front of him. The guy in the photo was wearing a lot of official Prema team stuff, which led me to believe that he was an official team member. This intrigued me, so I decided to take some photos of him looking around because I wanted to get pictures of team members doing their job.

Maya H- GUINEA PIG

 For this photo, I did a super long exposure (~1 min. I think??) of a movie playing on my laptop. Said movie is Guinea Pig: Devil's Experiment from 1985, and the scene I photographed is one in which a woman's eye is pierced (through to the other side) with a needle. As far as editing goes, I just adjusted some things like contrast, exposure, saturation, etc. as well as removing dead pixels. 

Zykeria M- Nightlife

The title I chose for this image is Nightlife. I took this photo in Panama City Beach the week of spring break. I took it with my cracked up iphone 13. This photo is really simple but still very pretty to me. I didn’t edit this image at all. I left it as it was because I didn’t really see where I needed to edit it, I just liked it as it was. I really don't know what could make this image better because it’s so basic. It was hot and windy, just the perfect combo and we were right on the beach. I enjoyed my stay. 

 

Aleli S- Blue Line

 I took this photo at the Finley Center at the Hoover Blue Line banquet. I used my Nikon camera to take this. I edited this by enhancing the colors on the picture, so it wouldn't be so dark I think this could be better if I had made the face more in focus b/c its not very clear 

Elyssa W - #22

 This image name is #22 and was taken at Evangle Sports Complex on April 1st. I used my Nikon D3400 and cropped it using the Photos app however, I did not edit this. I am happy with how this image turned out.

Michelle R- Jellyfish

I titled this photo a Jellyfish. It was taken at Mcwane center. It was taken on March 27. It was taken with my iphone. I darkened the expositor around to focus more on her. I also brightened the jellyfish so they stand out. I feel I had taken from a better angle or put her in a different potion for the photo. It would have captured it fully.

 

Milan S - Cozy House

 The title is Cozy House. I took this on Shades Crest Road on Mar 25, 2025. I took it with my Iphone 16 pro max. I edited it by putting the vivid warm filter over it, then turned down the exposure slightly, and also turned down the brilliance just a little to make it darker. The only thing I would change would be to be a little more clearer.

Harleigh P - Grand Turk

I titled this image “Grand Turk’’ because I was in the Turks and Caicos Islands. I took this photo over spring break. I loved the water because of its clarity; you could see everything in it. I edited the photo by taking out some blemishes in the actual photo and straightening the levelness because it was slanted. 

Remo M - Swing Alt

 The title of my selected image is “Swing Alt.” It was taken on a Canon EOS M50 on December 15th, 2024. I took it to my sister's apartment at night. I had my model pose in front of the camera like he was about to slash his weapon. I edited by putting double exposure on the image to make the image feel more tense. I feel like the editing might have been a little much, but I personally like the picture a lot. 

Zander H- Fall Feelings

 Fall Feelings: This photo was taken from the TipTop Grill overlooking Ross Bridge, a golf course, and the fall foliage in the surrounding area. I really appreciate the mix of colors in the trees and the impact it has on the environment. I captured this with my Canon Rebel T7 and didn’t apply any editing to it. I feel like this could be a more exciting photo with some edits to enhance the colors, brightness, and contrast, and perhaps by replacing the sky, but I still find it satisfying, and I like it. 

Sophia H - Lights

The title of this image is “Lights”. I took it in the backroom of Photography E161 at school. It was taken during the 7th period in March. I took it with Mr. Rigsby’s camera with some light wands on high exposure. I edited it on the photo editor on a Macbook. I don’t think it could be that much better, but I still like it.

 

Reagan P - Hold

 The title of this image is “Hold” and it was taken at Oak Mountain High School on December 21, 2024. This was taken with my Sony camera, and I did not edit it. I feel like it could have been better if i slightly edit the lighting and saturation.

Dylan T- Novacane

I named this image Novacane after the Frank Ocean song. I took it maybe a month or two ago in my backyard with my Canon Rebel T7. I didn’t edit it much because I felt like it was already almost identical to Frank’s cover, so I just brightened it up and brought up the vibrance a little bit. I'm pretty satisfied with how it turned out, but I'm open to suggestions.

 

Maggie O- Teenage Years

This photo is called “Teenage Years”. It was takne on my Fujifilm xt30-ii at Trinity College in Dublin. The photo portrays 4 boys sharing a bench in the courtyard, enjoying their lunch. They share this space in the sunlight, showing the peacefulness of their teenage years. To edit this photo I increased the warmth, made the boys a little sharper, and removed people on the left side of the screen. I could have made the removal a little cleaner but otherwise I am very happy with this photo.The warth and haziness help to convey a peaceful and dreamlike state, almost as if out of a movie.

 

Emily K - Young Curiosity

 This photo is titled “Young Curiosity” and it was taken on February 5th at Aldridge Gardens with my Canon Rebel T7. I cropped it and made the whole picture warmer. I also added a Gaussian blur on a new layer to give it a dreamier feel. I think the warm tones are kind of off looking so I could play around with that to make it better. 

Shelby S - 365 Party Girl

The title of this photo is called “365 Party Girl”. This was taken in the studio with Mr. Rigsby’s camera. I edited it by using blending modes and some hues to add more color balance. I took these pictures alone, so it was harder to get my arms down. This assignment is definitely a two-person job.

 

Edgar E- Red Tree

 This photo was taken on March 24th in the afternoon. It was taken with an iPhone. I edited it by adding 3 analog efex filters and I added more contrast and some other things. It could be better if I added something else or if I changed the effects, but in my opinion it is beautiful.

Spencer S- Marlboro

 I took the original picture with my old Nikon D40x, to be completely honest I was just messing around and I'm not sure what I think of it.