Working the Wire

Caption: In this long exposure photograph, a volunteer announces the end of the 25th Big Shot, as students and volunteers using flashlights and camera flash units light up the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian for a photography project by the Rochester Institute of Technology, on the National Mall in Washington, on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. The Big Shot, which is made after dark, uses a technique known as painting with light. The landmark is lit by hundreds of volunteers using a long exposure, after which only the lit up building and grounds are seen in the image.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Got to relive my college days tonight in shooting RIT’s Big Shot, this time for the AP and not as a student. Despite the rain it was a good time, even saw some of my long lost fellow alumni. Above is my shot from the opposite angle, trying to show the crowd participation as well as the handheld lights dancing on the building.