Aspiring photojournalists Whytni Venne and Ellie Laws experimented with light exposure while enrolled in photojournalism. Light exposure is largely a function of shutter speed which is the setting on the camera that controls the length of time in which light enters the camera. They set the shutter speed at a low speed in an effort to manage the light and create images.

To start, they kept the shutter speed open for 30 seconds or longer and used the flashlights on their cameras to draw simple shapes and names in the air hoping to capture these unique artistic displays. Not only did it prove possible but quite remarkable in detail.

They then took tape and colored over it with markers and put it over our flashlight. The next pictures were inspired from Pinterest and are of an angle and a person holding an umbrella. During these experiments, they discovered the Bulb shutter speed; it works by holding down the shutter button for as long as you need the shutter speed open. They added another person to help captures these images as they became more sophisticated. They made these drawings by following a reference photo, but to accomplish them they hid behind each other so the camera wouldn’t pick’em up. The person hiding used the colored light to draw the shape around the other person.

For a first time effort, these photos speak for themselves. They are a happy union between physics (science) and art and with a little knowledge and patience others can attempt these to make original pieces of light art.