Long As I Can See the Light

The other night, I wanted to do something that I thought would be fun for kids. So we got out some glow stick necklaces and a red LED key light and drew pictures in the dark. The kids were in awe at the first photo I showed them. "How did you do that?!?!?!" they asked me.  I was tempted to say "It's magic", but I ended up telling them that the camera was picking up the light in the dark and "remembering" it...sorta like recording a video. I hope that easy explanation made sense to them.  

The first picture was actually taken by one of the kids. I had the camera set to bulb and told the 9-year old when to start and stop "filming". She was pretty stoked about actually being the photographer. When I did the eyes, I held the LED light on for a little longer to get the those "eyelashes". 

The second picture was something the 9-year old wanted to draw. I thought the spacing between words was pretty good.

The third photo was drawn by a 5-year old. The window from the house in the back actually took the place of one of the happy face's eyes.  It was totally unintentional, but ended up to be perfect placement.  LOL!