Glow sticks aren’t just for parties as photojournalism students are using the devices to learn various techniques.
“So the purpose of this project is a fun way to understand shutter speed and motion blur,” photojournalism teacher Jeannie Tailliat said. “So the goal for this project is to create a form of photography that is possible through changing and learning about the camera settings in photojournalism that we have learned.”
Using creativity is something freshmen Harini Karma is looking forward to.
“I like how we can express our creativity in general and I also like how we can experiment with the camera instead of getting instructions first hand,” Karna said. “I would like to do this project in the future for photojournalism because they can do this every year so the students can learn how to control a camera and experiment with it so they don’t need to depend on their teachers.
The glow stick project helps students learn how to take a motion based picture.
“It was fun while trying to capture its motion in a certain time and also working with other people so that they can spin the glow sticks in the dark so that was kind of fun,” sophomore Shyla Mir said. “So it taught me how the camera works in certain motions when someone is trying to shake it and catching the motion of its light.”
In addition to learning how to capture motion, the glow stick project helps teach students what a camera can do.
“It’s possible that a student could specialize in light blur photography,” photojournalism teacher Jeannie Tailliat said. “It’s an experience intended to help students understand the possibilities a camera offers as a tool.”
