Category: Light Graffiti

In this project, My group and I had to stand in front of the camera in the dark gym. We had to keep the ISO settings low to let in the least amount of light, so that the flashlight can contrast the darkness. We set a timer, about 20 seconds, to take the picture, so that we would have enough time to draw a picture. What worked in this project was that we were able to get good quality pictures and use different colors to draw with. What didn’t work was that there were some finger prints on the camera, so it made the pictures smudged. What would be cool would be to add different elements of colors. To see the rest of my photos, click here. 

The objective of this project was to make words, pictures, or images in the dark using a special filter on the camera. The hard part was writing words since you had to know how to write them backwards. Editing the photo was pretty easy like changing the contrast and controlling how bright the light should be. My 6 images are taken below.

We took our pictures using our phone lights to draw the image. Our settings made it so that the shutter stayed open for longer, and that more light was absorbed. What worked was using our phone lights and moving them around to draw an image. What didn’t work was keeping the shutter stay open for a short amount of time. It was frustrating to draw the images, as it was hard to plan out where to draw. To take the project to the next level, maybe we could have done it outside, when it was dark. You can find the rest of my photos here.

My group took our pictures in our school’s main gym. Turned off all the lights so it would be pitch black so the camera could take in as much light from our flashlights as possible. On the camera’s setting, we had to leave the shutter open for as long as possible. We also had to put the ISO on the lowest setting it could go to make the background dark as possible. We used IPhone flashlights, glow sticks, colored lights, colored picture from google. First we figured out what we were going to be drawing also the pose of the person. Secondly was taking and drawing the actual picture and creating an image. What worked for my group was having multiple people drawing behind the person. Also pointing the flashlight right at the camera not away from it. What didn’t really work was it was very difficult to think of a design and try being creative and different from others. The frustrating part of this project was not having enough time to get more designs as we wanted to. Also the time limit on the camera. I could have done this after school and done a bigger picture with my own camera. Also, you could have made a little movie. In conclusion, I have learned some cool things during this project. You can find the rest of my photos here.

Our assignment was to take light graffiti photos which was kind of a challenge but easy once I got it. I order to take the photos, I needed to set my cameras shutter really low between 30 seconds and a minute. Sometimes I would set it to bulb if I was unsure how much time I needed. I also had to make the ISO really low so it would capture the outside light. One thing that worked was the flashlight showing up in the photos. I a lot of things didn’t turn out the way we wanted, like the drawing was messed up and the words were spelled backwards. It frustrated us so much when we were writing words because you can’t see what your writing. My ideas for going next level is taking it outside and make like a painting. Click here for more of my light graffiti photos.