Austin A. - Sleepy Cat

This shot was taken a few months ago while i was on a college campus for an acting competition. It was taken on my iphone and i really liked the way it turned out. I caught him in mid yawn. I turned up the definition  and saturation and i clone stamped out one of his toys.

Emily B. - The Bean

This was shot in Chicago during winter break, a couple days before Christmas. I like the atmosphere of this picture and how the girl's pink hood stands out. I added a bit of contrast and saturation to the photo.

Chandler G. - Chinese Checkers

This photo was taken for the choice assignment and was taken in my living room. I shot it because I like neat games like chinese checkers and it just symbolizes my liking for strategic games. I mainly just made some highlight and shadow adjustments.

Angelica C. - Playground Fun

I took this photo in the fall at a park in Vestavia. This photo is of a girl I babysit and I just like the bright colors of the slide and how it sort of frames her face. I edited it by adjusting the curves and using the clone stamp tool.

Alyx H. - Through the Eyes of Someone Else

I took this picture in class trying to get pictures for my RSS project. I messed around with the brightness, contrast, and exposure on the eye.

Anastasiya N. - Blue Bird

This photo was taken out my boyfriends window, on my birthday January 21st. I like it because of how up close it is and how the bird is in good focus. I made no edits to it.

Alex S. - Untitled

This was shot over winter break in gulf shores when i was at the beach with my mom. I shot it from the deck of my hotel room. I just thought it looked cool how the sun was coming up over the ocean. I didn't edit it.

Abby M. - Yellow

This is a picture of my friend on a projector screen. She wanted to help me with my shadow project and i was so thankful for that. Other than the projector, this room was pitch black so i had to drop the ISO and increase the shutter speed. 

Zach H. - Value

I took this in the school hallway for the elements of art project.  I liked the way the picture looked after my edits. For the edits I adjusted the temperature and a few others things I don't remember.

Sydney A. - Untitled

Sarah E. - Dillon & Nephew

This is a picture of my best friend and his nephew. We were at Superior Grill for his sister's birthday dinner, we were just hanging out, waiting to be seated. He was throwing his nephew up in the air and they were both laughing, which I thought was adorable so I thought I'd take a picture. I love this picture so much because his nephew is in perfect focus and I was able to capture the emotions of both of them.

Robert P. - Untitled

I love this picture because we went ice skating over the break and my friends wore suits to skate. In my mind made them look like penguins. Also i love the simple colors brought and also the close up of them two.

Tanna R. - A Sea of Purple

This image was shot for my Elements of Art project. It is a picture of a sponge, and I laid it on the bathroom floor to take a picture of it. I really like the color of the sponge and how all the lines on the sponge look. I think it looks neat and it's a unique picture. I added contrast to the image. 

Nicole G. - Untitled

My photo was taken a couple of weeks ago for the elements project. It was shot at my house. It was taken for the lines part of the elements project and I like the way the leaf looks. No edits were made to this photo.

Morgan M. - Hammock

This picture was taken over the break after Christmas when I got my hammock. I really like the angle of the picture and the composition. For this picture I made everything but the hammock black and white to emphasize the hammock.

Morgan Ann C. - Shadows of the Seashell

The title of this image is shadows of the seashell. I shot this while I was shooting for the elements of art assignment. It was shot in my room. I was looking for texture while I was shooting this and I like the shadows it creates. I sharpened this picture and made it black and white.

Patrick P. - Candle Glow

This photo was taken when we did our "Day & Night" projects, and it was shot in my bedroom. What I like about it is how the whole background is black and the main focus is the lit candle. The edits I made to it were adjusting the contrast, saturation, and shadows. 

Lindsi B. - Untitled

This is a picture of my Bible study leader Amy. I took this at my church a couple of weeks ago.I like this picture because i like the angle of the shot and how the picture is entirely focused on her. To edit this i changed the brightness and contrast. 

Katie O. - Untitled

I took this picture on New Year's day when I was at my grandparents' house in Huntsville, AL. I was upstairs in the study and I found this Winnie the Pooh bear and just had to take a picture of it. My best friend and I LOVE Pooh. I really love the way the light was coming through the window. When I edited it, I boosted the color and saturation. 

Madison L. - Sparklers

I took this shot for the day and night project in someones backyard. I like the pattern of the sparkler and how bright it is. All I did for the editing was making the color of the sparkler stand out.

Kalene B. - Rainbow

This picture was taken in St. John U.S Virgin Islands, this past week while i was there for christmas break. It was of our view from our house overlooking the bay of the resort.

Lane P. - Mr. LaMontagne

This is a picture I took around the middle of December of 2011. It is a photo of one of my favorite CDs that fell in the floor. When I pulled into the parking lot at school the light was hitting the CD case at a really good angle and I decided to take the shot. I changed the curves and saturation in this shot to make the yellow and white stand out against the black and gray. Enjoy!!

Jessica H. - Flowers

This was a picture i took back in the portrait project. i really like this picture because of how the flower really stands out to the rest. to edit this picture, i made the whole thing black and white, then used a mask and made the flower in color. i took this picture by setting up a tripod and using the timer.

Krissy M. - Untitled

I took this shot for the elements project. It's a flower that i keep in my room. I really like how bright and close up it s. All i did was crop in and boost the contrast.

Jayla J - Untitled

This image was shot when I went to New York City the first week of November. I shot this image on top of the Empire State Building. I shot this image because I felt it was an amazing view of Manhattan. I like how you can see all of the tall buildings. I enhanced the photo.

Kalie B. - Kitty CAT

This photo was shot during Christmas day when i got my new camera. It was shot inside my house in my kitchen. I shot this photo because I just got a new camera and i was taking bunch of photos.I like this photo because he stands out and the angle of the photo. I didn't make any edits but i used portrait mode on my camera. 

Kaleb B. - Raindrop

I took this picture during the break. It was taken in my moms car on her sunroof. I took this picture because i woke up and when i looked up I saw raindrops and it looked pretty cool. To edit this picture i inverted stand played with the levels.

Johb S. - Birdhouse

I Shot this photo the 3 of this month and it is a church in vestavia. I really like the space the photo gives off and how the birdhouse is in the center of the photo. i edited the color and the curves in the photo.

Jamie B. - Color

This photo was shot in December of 2011. It was shot in Econ in Mrs. Wilson's class. It was shot because the yellow of the converse shoes was really vibrant and it was a good color shot for our 7 elements project. I made the image black and white then masked the layer and added the yellow back to the shoes. 

Jade R. - Untitled

I shot this picture on new years eve at home. Me and my mom were making pizza so i took a picture of the sauce. I really like it because its focus is the sauce but in the background you can see my mom making her pizza ad i think it adds to the ambiance. I made no edits to it. 

Grant B. - Untitled

The photo I have submitted was shot for the Night and Day Assignment a couple of months ago at the Summit. I like how it was real life and I just had a camera. They were tired of taking photos so they just started being themselves. The edits on the photo involve a crop, I changed the curves, and I changed the contrast a little.

Ellie W. - Untitled

I took this photo at Five Points South in downtown Birmingham while my dad and I were taking a photography class.  It is a curb that was painted and now the paint is chipping away.  I just like how there are really only two different colors in this photo.  I also like how the curb is cracking.  I enhanced the quality of this photo by adjusting the levels and the contrast.

Carson P. - Scales

This was shot about month ago in my bedroom. 

It was shot for the elements of art project that we did. I used it as texture. I like how close up it is and how defined the snakes scales are. It shows each individual line and cut and really catches the eye of the viewer.

I boosted the brightness a lot because it was shot in a low lit environment. It turned out good anyway!

Jacob W. - Oil Lamp

This image was taken in December when we were working on the Elements project. I took it in my living room on a side table. I took this shot because i thought it showed shape very well. I like this photo because of how the shadow is placed on the wall. I edited this image by desaturating it and cropping in on it.

Hays H. - Perfect Form

This photo "Perfect form" was shot in my living room, it is part of a lamp. i really like the form of it,and the warm light coming from the bulb above.

Caroline C. - Raybans

I don't remember when the photo was shot. It was taken outside. This photo was taken because I thought it would look cool. The edits were just to boost the saturation. 

Brandi T. - Untitled

Traffic-I took this picture before the break. I thought it looked cool because the light just turned green and the brake lights were still on. The cars weren't aligned and that's what made this picture better. 

Emily B. - The Lampost

This was shot in my neighborhood at the beginning of December. I like how the lamp post sort of makes the photo look like it was taken in Narnia. I added a little contrast and deepened the colors to give the photo more effect.

Austin A. - Wolf Pack

This is a picture of Nathan Seale, Kayla Senft, and I, in the Hoover High parking lot. It was taken after a theatre rehearsal earlier in the year. The main thing i like about this picture is the lighting because it made our eyes look really good. To edit this i added a background copy and a layer mask to blur the outside of the picture to keep us the focus of the picture.

Drew N. - Christmas

This picture was taken last year on Christmas day. Thought this was really cool because it hardly ever snows on Christmas in Alabama. This was taken at my girlfriend's house in Bluff Park. No edits made, thought it was pretty cool in itself.

Andrew H. - Untitled

This picture was shot over christmas break in my room. I took it because I like the way the woods look together. I adjusted the color for effect.

Anastasiya N. - Untitled

This photo was taken at my house, about 3 weeks ago, while my mom was decorating the house for Christmas. I like the sphere shape of the bowl and how the flower looks inside it, I think it looks fascinating. I enhanced the lighting and that is about it. 

Tanna R. - Don't Jump

Kaleb B. - Lines

Chandler G. - Shoes

This photo was taken over the Christmas break for the holiday choice assignment. It was taken in my living room. I took a picture of this because I liked the setting of the brown shoes on the white carpet. I made a couple of adjustments using Iphoto but that's about it.

Brenda S. - Untitled

I took this picture on my way to my house. I really like this picture, because I like the different colors of the sky and I think the tree adds a special touch to the picture. 

Angelica C. - Sleeping Baby

I took this photo in December of my swim coach's baby  before practice while the baby was taking his nap. I  took this picture because he looked so peaceful and that is also why I  like this picture. I cropped and adjusted the exposure, curves, and colors of the picture.

Alexis B. - Untitled

It was shot about two months ago. It was shot on the street in old mobile. I took this picture because i fell in love with this door, i loved all the stickers on it. It was like the door told a story through the years of stickers being put on it. I just enhanced the colors and cropped it a tiny bit.

Alex S. - Purple

I took this for my about me project earlier the year at moss rock in the preserve. I like it because of how the log extends into the background and all the surrounding around the picture. I like how the purple contrast with the black and white also. I edited it using the magnetic lasso making the part i wanted colored.

Abby M. - Untitled

I took this picture of my cat on my bed with my phone a few days ago. We were being lazy and she fell asleep. I hate how pixelated  it is, but i guess since its from my phone it only makes since.  I would make the resolution better,  but  I like everything else.