Photo1Q2.15: End Q2 Best Photo

Thumbnail (this is not my best photo for the quarter!)

The main highlights from this quarter were actually form straying away from modern methods of photography. Taking it to the roots of exposure was very intriguing, especially with the pinhole practice and the sun prints. They expose you to such raw concepts in both of them, and you truly understand the importance of each point on the exposure triangle. I look forward to film photography in Photo 2 (from what I've heard, this is what an advanced class does for a year). As for the next semester, I'm just really interested to integrate all of this back to a "complete" photo (meaning coming back to modern, digital photography), but I still am looking forward to more pinhole photography and exploring new concepts and themes.



This photo was taken from the creepy photoshoot near the end of October. It features Noah Maldonaldo along with help from Eldon Wong, Kris Bautistia, and Rylen Austria. I feel that this is by best new quarter 2 photo among everything I've taken since Fall Break because it's really the first time that I actually utilized an artificial light source to light a scene, even more, a portrait. It successfully portrays the "cult" theme that we as a group were attempting to go for. Arguably one of my best photos this year, alongside my Homecoming crowd shot and some photos from an earlier photoshoot I was tagging along with during the summer.



I don't like my right hand placement (the left one from your perspective), but I did enjoy the shot composition. It pains me that my camera body doesn't have a rotating LCD (I hope to get a DSLR with that feature one day), but I made do with the timer on the camera and checking if my subject(s) were in focus. It's aesthetically pleasing.



This was from the day of the Moanalua Elementary Fair and I was just there to watch some of my peers perform their dances. I got there early and I didn't want to spend money on anything, so I just went to the area next to the middle school that leads to Moanalua Valley if you walk far enough. This quick shot is more sentimental to me than being a "best photo". I just have had this bag since my freshman year, and it's been pretty difficult to part with since it's such an amazing piece of tech. I'd love to get this to replace it though.