Helpful hints to take pictures of fireworks
No matter what tip you have in play, make sure to check your results every so often during the fireworks display. Take multiple shots at the beginning and check on their quality and make adjustments as needed. Once this is done, you will not have to check after every shot, but do monitor your shots periodically to prevent having taken an entirely bad batch.
Here are a few helpful tips when taking pictures of fireworks:
"Find Out the Direction of the Wind - You want to shoot up wind, so it goes Camera, Fireworks, Smoke. Otherwise they'll come out REALLY hazy."
Shoot From a Distance - By shooting from a little further back and with a little more lens, you can set the lens to manual focus, focus it at infinity and not have to worry about it after that.
Take full benefit of zero processing costs and shoot as many pictures as possible (more than you'd generally think needed) in order to raise your chances of getting that "perfect" shot."
"Make sure you are ready to take pictures of the first fireworks. If there isn't much wind, you are going to end up with a lot of smoke in your shot. The first explosions are usually the sharpest one."
Exposure Tricks - Have some black foam core handy and set your camera to bulb. Start the exposure when the fireworks start with the piece of foam core in front of the lens. Every time a burst occurs move the foam core out of the way, this will result in multiple firework bursts in one exposure.
Pre-focus if at all possible (you will need to be able to manually focus or lock down focus for good) before the show starts so other elements in the frame are sharp. You will only need to focus once, but it is easier to do this ahead of time instead of during the fireworks display.
Also experiment with taking shots that include a wider perspective, silhouettes and people around you watching the display. Having your camera pointed at the sky can get you some wonderful shots but sometimes if you look for different perspectives you can get a few shots that are a little less cliche and just as spectacular. Most of the best shots that I've seen in the researching of this article have included some other element than the fireworks themselves - whether it be people, buildings, landmarks or wider cityscape perspectives.
Here are a few helpful tips when taking pictures of fireworks:
"Find Out the Direction of the Wind - You want to shoot up wind, so it goes Camera, Fireworks, Smoke. Otherwise they'll come out REALLY hazy."
Shoot From a Distance - By shooting from a little further back and with a little more lens, you can set the lens to manual focus, focus it at infinity and not have to worry about it after that.
Take full benefit of zero processing costs and shoot as many pictures as possible (more than you'd generally think needed) in order to raise your chances of getting that "perfect" shot."
"Make sure you are ready to take pictures of the first fireworks. If there isn't much wind, you are going to end up with a lot of smoke in your shot. The first explosions are usually the sharpest one."
Exposure Tricks - Have some black foam core handy and set your camera to bulb. Start the exposure when the fireworks start with the piece of foam core in front of the lens. Every time a burst occurs move the foam core out of the way, this will result in multiple firework bursts in one exposure.
Pre-focus if at all possible (you will need to be able to manually focus or lock down focus for good) before the show starts so other elements in the frame are sharp. You will only need to focus once, but it is easier to do this ahead of time instead of during the fireworks display.
Also experiment with taking shots that include a wider perspective, silhouettes and people around you watching the display. Having your camera pointed at the sky can get you some wonderful shots but sometimes if you look for different perspectives you can get a few shots that are a little less cliche and just as spectacular. Most of the best shots that I've seen in the researching of this article have included some other element than the fireworks themselves - whether it be people, buildings, landmarks or wider cityscape perspectives.
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