Photo II Project Suggestions

Here is a list of suggested projects, in no particular order.  Some of these have been used by students in previous semesters to create wonderful images!

  1. X-treme light:  very early or very late in the day, with long shadows and silhouettes.
  2. Portraits of people partially hidden or textured by shadows.
  3. A particular sport: water polo, softball, wrestling.  Include behind the scenes images from the lockerroom, etc. Canoe paddling works very well. Blur the action by using a tripod.
  4. Moloka’i (or Kaua‘i) folks in their daily activities: fishing, swimming, eating, working.
  5. Graffitti.  Not the vulgar, bad pieces but the ones that have artistic merit, that have some depth.
  6. Streams and other moving water, with the images taken at a slow enough speed to blur the water.
  7. People with tattoos.
  8. Blurred images of people walking in the hallways, between classes.  The images will be made on a tripod with the shutter speed set very slow.
  9. The town of Wahiawa, its people and environment.  Any small town with a distinctive character would work well.
  10. Close-ups of plants and flowers, with parts of the images colored by hand (or in Photoshop)
  11. Surfers at a particular beach, and the general life at that place, the people who hang out there.
  12. Normal things that look like abstracts, depending on the avialiable light.
  13. Images taken with a pinhole camera.
  14. Behind the scenes at your halau.
  15. Hawaiian traditional cultural sites near your home.
  16. Landscapes or seascapes with parts of the image colored by hand.  Filters are required.
  17. ‘Akahi during lunch.  You will have to use a high-speed film for this.
  18. After-school dorm sports and activities, with the action blurred.  This needs a tripod.
  19. Browse among the photo books upstairs and locate one photographer with a distinctive style, whose work you like.  Imitate him or her by taking pictures that are similar in lighting, subject matter, angle, etc.