Thoreau students develop appreciation for cameras

Pamela Cotant:

A photography darkroom with trays of chemicals is a strange concept to most youth today who are familiar with digital photos.

So fifth-grader Wilson Kilmer was excited to get the chance to see photos, captured with pinhole cameras, developed in a makeshift darkroom at Thoreau Elementary School.

"We had not used any electricity and nothing mechanical," said Wilson, 11. "It's by far the coolest thing we've done in school."

Fifth-grader Sam Schumann, 11, also liked seeing the film develop.

"It was just really neat seeing it going from really fade to really good detail," he said.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 22, 2012 2:39 AM
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