GRADE 11 PHOTOGRAPHY: LIGHT AND LONG EXPOSURE EXPERIMENT!
Students in Mr. Kristof's period 3 Grade 11 Photography Class participated in exciting demonstrations today as they learned about shutter speed and long exposure on DSLR cameras. Each student used a bright flashlight to make circles and, later, squares in the air. As you can see, the results are very interesting!
The camera was mounted on a tripod, the room was darkened and the camera's shutter remained open for 30 seconds. During that time, students tried to be as still as possible, while making their patterns with the lights pointed toward the camera's lens.
As you can see, the still camera recorded all of the motion paths of the lights during these half-minute exposures.
Next week, our budding photo artists will start taking pictures with our 35mm film cameras, but won't they be surprised after pressing the shutter, when they realize that there is no image on the back of the camera as they have become accustomed with their smartphones! They'll have to wait with anticipation until the prints come back from processing. After that, the rest of the semester explores artistic composition and thematic works with digital cameras.
