Photo Contest Winner: Evoking Emotions
Editor’s Note: Ashley Kaono is one of two winners from our “Not Your Typical Hawaii Beach Scene” photo contest. We asked her to share with us her passion for photography and how she took the winning photo.
- See more finalists from our “Not Your Typical Hawaii Beach Scene” contest here
- If you’d like contact Ashley about her photo, please email her at ashley.kaono@gmail.com
Aloha kakou, my name is Ashley Kaono, and I am from Honolulu, Hawaii.
My photo, entitled South Point, was not taken, but rather made at none other than South Point on Hawai’i Island. The photo includes myself, and my boyfriend, Brian, as we were swimming back to the shore after free diving off of the point (ironically one year to the date, March 14, 2010).
Also known as Ka Lae, located in the Ka’u District of Hawaii Island, South Point is a particularly beautiful in that it’s water is the perfect shade of blue, full of sea-life, and has clarity beyond compare.
I entered this photo in to Civil Beat’s “Not Your Typical Hawaii Beach Scene” contest because it indeed wasn’t a typical beach scene. It has the familiar elements of blue water and, in this case (2) people, but it’s perspective is unique — I felt that this photo was different from most ocean/beach/water photos in that it wasn’t something I’d seen a lot of.
What makes a photo particularly beautiful, or intriguing, in my opinion, is our innate response to the portrayal of something in that photograph, whether it’s a person, a place or any thing. I guess what I mean to say is that when we see a photo, if it’s a good photo, it invokes more than just our attention. I hope “South Point” conjures something similar…
I’d like to extend my sincerest thanks to Civil Beat, and all of the readers who “liked” my photo!!!
