We had a small gathering for the Earth Hour on Saturday, 26 March 2011.  We have been participating Earth Hour since 2008. This is our 4th year.

Some Kids who joined us this year for the first time made lanterns using recycling materials;  decorate a empty jar with papers, ribbons, confetti, cello, and etc. I tied the jar on a stick from the garden with wires.

We did other recycle crafts using plastic bag to make some badges – cut the plastic bag into the shape, draw on them, place on the felt, place the baking paper on the top, then press by the iron. The artwork sticks onto the felt and cut the felt along the shape. (when you use the iron, place the baking paper on the top and press for 20 sec. or so)

When we turned the light off at 8:30pm, a candle light concert was started. Talented kids played flute, clarinet, piano and violin.

After the concert, kids enjoyed light arts. I asked kids to draw with the flash lights and I  took the photos.  I divided kids into two groups – boys and girls. Boys are young kids between 6 to 10, so the drawings were basic, but quite effective. Girls discussed what they wanted to draw, and they drew a cat, a bunny and peace sign. Girls worked well as a team and their drawings were impressive.

Please have a look at their artworks.

Note:  Last 5 photos were not taken on the Earth Hour.   Photo taken by Nikon DS3100 with slow shutter speed.

I would like to share my experiments about the light arts. I have been trying using different kind of lights.

In the last post, we used Fire Sparkles. This time, I would like to show you the effects by LED colour lights.

The first image was used blue, red and white LED lights.  My son moved the lights and I took the photo with slow shutter.

I found these colour LED lights at $2 for three at the shop near my home.

My son wanted to buy them to put on his fingers to be like a super hero.

I wondered what kind of effects that we can see using different colours of lights with slow shutter shot and you can see the effects below.

Camera Setting:  Manual Setting – Speed – Slowest with my camera 8 sec.  F6.4. Self timer.