Zoom Backgrounds

Show off your community pride at your next Zoom meeting with a beautiful Shaker Heights scene as your background. We’ve picked some of our favorites and sized them for Zoom; all are past winners of the Landmark Commission’s Preservation Month Photo Contest.

Instructions: 

  • Click the download link for the photograph you’d like to use. 
  • The photograph will display in a new browser window; right click the image and save to your computer. 
  • Set as your Zoom "virtual background." Find instructions here. (Hint: If the background appears backwards on your Zoom screen, uncheck uncheck the Mirror my video option on the bottom of the window.)
BACKGROUNDDETAILS
Thumbnail of City Hall porticoWhat: City Hall portico
Photographer: Edward Frierson
Details: Winner of the 2013 Preservation Month Photo Contest

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Thumbnail of Duck Pond in Shaker HeightsWhat: The "duck pond" (Green Lake)
Photographer: Michael Johnson
Details: Winner of the 2015 Preservation Month Photo Contest

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Zoom background featuring spring scene in Shaker HeightsWhat: Spring scene in Shaker
Photographer: Heather Torok
Details: Winner of the 2019 Preservation Month Photo Contest

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Zoom background featuring Lower Lake spillwayWhat: Lower Lake spillway
Photographer: David Berlenkamp
Details: Winner of the 2017 Preservation Month Photo Contest

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Zoom background featuring Winslow Road
What: Winslow Road
Photographer: Paul Markowicz
Details: Winner of the 2016 Preservation Month Photo Contest

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zoom-stargell-looking_on350x200What: Looking On
Photographer: Ryan Stargell
Details: Winner of the 2020 Preservation Month Photo Contest

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zoom-goodson-lower_lake350x200What: Lower Lake from Brook Road
Photographer: Jennifer Goodson
Details: Runner Up in the 2020 Preservation Month Photo Contest

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zoom-winter-crossings350x200What: Winter Crossings
Photographer: Leo McGuiness
Details: Runner Up in the 2020 Preservation Month Photo Contest

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