Painting With Light

In Photography Teacher Tim Jalbert’s class, Yellow, Silver, and Green Cluster students have been learning how to paint with an unusual medium — light! But before they created these illuminating artworks, they learned about the movement of light and how it is captured by a camera. They also learned about the parts of the camera that capture light, and how the shutter is used in the photo process; they then practiced how to adjust their shutter speed, and observed the effect the shutter speed has on their final work. To create this project, students worked in a dark environment and were given various types of lights. They then used a slow shutter speed to capture the “paintings.” They collaborated with classmates to plan, experiment, and create photos that utilize the various methods and strategies learned in class.