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El Estoque
The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque
The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque
Graphic of a vintage camera

@shotsby___

Manas Kottakota and Sagnik Nag Chowdhury • May 11, 2024

Sophomore Vivek Chidurala loved taking photos since elementary with his dad’s iPhone, but always felt he wanted to do more with photography. He soon happened to stumble upon an old film camera in his...

Ani Kumar observes planes on June 28, 2009 at Palo Alto Airport. Photo courtesy of Anu Murthy

Head in the clouds

Taryn Lam • September 23, 2023
Exploring junior Ani Kumar’s passion for aviation photography
“It's all about being confident in your own values. Maybe I don't have three syllable words, but I do have something else that I can definitely stand behind and be like, ‘This is what I'm good at.’ "

Creative highs and compromises

Aditya Shukla • November 16, 2022
How Instagram creators use the platform to promote their content
Photography has been an outlet for my emotions and it provides me with an important escape. But it’s more than that; each photo I take serves as a capture of my personality at the time, a published copy of my state of mind.

A manuscript for moments

Aditya Shukla, Staff Writer • April 26, 2022
How photography helped me embrace my flaws
The ink drawing depicts a personified mushroom residing in a densely populated forest.

Artists share excerpts from their portfolios

Nameek Chowdhury • February 4, 2022

Using different mediums, artists at MVHS express their emotions, beliefs, and interests through their artwork. Along with displaying their pieces, three students share the motives behind the techniques...

Senior Claire Yang experiments with different types of art, from charcoal still lifes to digital drawings.

Choosing artistic and hands-on electives

Kalyani Puthenpurayil • January 22, 2022
Exploring the creative courses that students take at MVHS
Club officers from the Photo Club, The Art of investing Club, and MV Bookshelf.

Optimism amongst small clubs

February 10, 2021
How smaller clubs have managed to stay afloat during a distance learning school year
The 2019-20 MVHS Photography Club officer team poses for a photo with a poster board template of their Instagram account. Photo courtesy of Michelle Wang

Getting to know this year’s Photography Club

Shivani Gupta, Entertainment editor • March 20, 2020
Exploring what Photography Club has been doing to ensure member presence
Students practice writing personality profiles in a NorCal Media Day session.

Journalism Education Association NorCal Media Day 2019

Brian Xu • October 25, 2019
El Estoque gains exposure to other publications and professionals at annual journalism conference
MVHS' Art department holds an open-to-all art festival

MVHS’ Art department holds an open-to-all art festival

Devika Watave • May 24, 2017
A festival featuring student work in various art forms such as photography
Artists of MVHS

Artists of MVHS

Aanchal Garg • March 8, 2017

Art. Just one word encompasses so many different styles and methods. Art can mean creating a new recipe, sketching a TV show character or even painting your nails. MVHS has artists all around campus who...

Photo club begins monthly photography contest

Photo club begins monthly photography contest

Amanda Chan • January 12, 2016
Club hopes to reach out to more photographers through new tradition
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