Grade 9 Art - Light Photography

Grade 9 Art

I have a student in grade 9 that just figured out how to use his Mum's camera. He came to schoo brimming with excitement over some interesting photographic techniques he discovered. In our art group I showed him a South Australian artist, Denis Smith who focuses on light photography.

The next day the student bought his camera to class and promptly set up a dark room in my spare storage area, encouraging other art loving students to be his 'glow stick' models.

We were pretty happy with our fist time results and the student has gone on to pursue photography a little more seriously.  Thanks Denis Smith for you inspiration!!

Step 1: Get a camera with a slow shutter speed.

Step 2: Attach camera to tripod.

Step 3: Click the camera to takee photograph and wave light sicks in various patterns.

There are a range of techniques to experiement with. We just kept it basic for now.

This little exercise has inspired the idea of a unit on photo manipulation or graphic art. I don't really know much about it but tried a little tutorial online.

Result was fun: