Accumulation of Light

Devon Liljequist and Kathy Ingram take aim at some skylight reflections.
Devon Liljequist and Kathy Ingram take aim at some skylight reflections.

Advanced photography class has started again, and it looks like it will be another good one. I was supposed to have six students, but two couldn’t make it.

We started outside, photographing my car, since it was relatively warm. I like to give the “painting with light” exercise when I can, for two reasons. One is that it gives unusual and exciting results, which gets their creative cogs turning, and the other is that it illustrates in a very obvious way how light accumulates on an image sensor.

Debbie Liljequist makes pictures in the auditorium at the Pontotoc Technology Center.
Debbie Liljequist makes pictures in the auditorium at the Pontotoc Technology Center.

It did eventually get cold (and I lent a fleece pullover and a blanket to two of the lesser-dressed), so we went inside and prowled the halls of the vo-tech, looking for images. They really caught fire creatively, photographing each other, themselves in mirrors, and all kinds of architecture.

It felt like a good session.

My crew for the evening, Kathy Ingram, Devon Liljequist, Debbie Liljequist, and Shayla Sutton.
My crew for the evening, Kathy Ingram, Devon Liljequist, Debbie Liljequist, and Shayla Sutton.

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