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!
- X-treme light: very early or very late in the day, with long shadows and silhouettes.
- Portraits of people partially hidden or textured by shadows.
- 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.
- Moloka’i (or Kaua‘i) folks in their daily activities: fishing, swimming, eating, working.
- Graffitti. Not the vulgar, bad pieces but the ones that have artistic merit, that have some depth.
- Streams and other moving water, with the images taken at a slow enough speed to blur the water.
- People with tattoos.
- 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.
- The town of Wahiawa, its people and environment. Any small town with a distinctive character would work well.
- Close-ups of plants and flowers, with parts of the images colored by hand (or in Photoshop)
- Surfers at a particular beach, and the general life at that place, the people who hang out there.
- Normal things that look like abstracts, depending on the avialiable light.
- Images taken with a pinhole camera.
- Behind the scenes at your halau.
- Hawaiian traditional cultural sites near your home.
- Landscapes or seascapes with parts of the image colored by hand. Filters are required.
- ‘Akahi during lunch. You will have to use a high-speed film for this.
- After-school dorm sports and activities, with the action blurred. This needs a tripod.
- 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.