I took a digital photography and photoshop class last semester at Academy Of Art University online, which has been my dream school for years now. It was my first semester and I really enjoyed this class, especially when I had to shoot for my reference file because it forced me to go out on weekly missions and take pictures of something in particular.

Thanks to this class and Aaron I now have love and appreciation for photography I thought I already had.

It’s official. Photography is my love hobby.

I went out to Waikiki one night with the mission to take pictures of anything that said “Waikiki” on it. Then it turned into Japanese tourists wearing marijuana leaf designs on their clothing, then it turned into a night of just really great Waikiki photos.

My experiments on settings: