Tips on taking Fireworks photo: I have a Canon 6D Mark ll with EF 24-105mm f/4l is ll lens. I want to try and photo fireworks and would like some tips on settings. This is a new camera...

ringo454 Loc: Weymouth, Ma.

I have a Canon 6D Mark ll with EF 24-105mm f/4l is ll lens. I want to try and photo fireworks and would like some tips on settings. This is a new camera for me and I'm still learning. Any help of tips would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance. BGS

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Simple. Go to youtube and enter

taking fireworks photos canon

in the search bar. You'll get a page of tips.
--Bob

davidrb Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel

ringo454 wrote:

I have a Canon 6D Mark ll with EF 24-105mm f/4l is ll lens. I want to try and photo fireworks and would like some tips on settings. This is a new camera for me and I'm still learning. Any help of tips would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance. BGS

Basically, cameras (DSLR) all work the same. Exposures are still made the same. Experience is a difference that can only be learned. Fireworks are among the easiest photographic subjects you can find. How difficult can it be to photograph artificial light against a totally black background? Aperture and ISO are incidental in your exposures so go basic, f/8 and 100 are very satisfactory. Shutter speed is your way of creating the image you want. By using BULB mode you can capture the shell's trail from launch to explosion and even add a second shell. Since your photos should require no post processing jpeg works quite well. A tripod and a cable release are all the additional gear needed. No cable release? People have been known to open a shutter and use a piece of dark cloth to cover the lens, effectively using the cloth as the shutter. Photographing fireworks is the opportunity to display any and all of your photographic skills. It requires patience and planning. Be as creative as you want, it is quite simple to do. Most importantly, have fun with it!

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

ringo454 wrote:

I have a Canon 6D Mark ll with EF 24-105mm f/4l is ll lens. I want to try and photo fireworks and would like some tips on settings. This is a new camera for me and I'm still learning. Any help of tips would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance. BGS

FWIW: My Flickr album of Fireworks shows a few hundred shots progressing over many cameras using various settings, all settings shown in EXIF. You need a remote triggering method, either wired or wireless & of course a tripod. I think that for the most part, ISO 100, f/8-f/11 and 1-2 seconds of shutter gets you in the ball park easily. You can experiment with aperture and shutter speed throughout the show. Try to set up your tripod based on the wind, so smoke from the shells is not between you and the exploding shells, when you hear the shell launch, trip the shutter to get the initial explosion.

https://flic.kr/s/aHsjATjKMd

Pete D

Also experiment with light settings as it will change the color hue of the fireworks.

Ob1 Loc: Utah

Here are my fireworks setting notes

Fireworks Photography
Tripod
Live View on Camera
Wireless remote
F stop 13
ISO 100
Shutter speed 5 sec.
Set lens focus on first shot using AF then set camera to manual focus and all shots will be in focus

Adjust your f stop up f16 or higher if the shot is too light.

Adjust the shutter speed shorter or longer according to the background of fireworks. Longer shutter speed lighter background, shorter shutter speed darker background.

Adjust your f stop first.

Have Fun

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

Whatever method you use, remember that multiple bursts tend to over expose.

Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI

Just as an aside here. One thing to also try, besides the "serious" photography, is to have someone in your group record the display on a smart phone camera in 'slo motion'. The effect is very interesting. But the best part is that the sound is also recorded and it too is very much slowed down. The sounds are very strange and even hilarious.

Gampa

https://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/how-to-photograph-fireworks-infographic/

Kuzano

ringo454 wrote:

I have a Canon 6D Mark ll with EF 24-105mm f/4l is ll lens. I want to try and photo fireworks and would like some tips on settings. This is a new camera for me and I'm still learning. Any help of tips would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance. BGS

Shot in 2011 with a Fujifilm S2Pro and Nikon AF 28-80 G (gelded) lens. See EXIF info on Download.

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DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina

Ob1 wrote:

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I endorse your approach, with a small divergence. I prefer shorter shutter opening to avoid “drifting” of the fireworks explosion. Adjust fstop or iso accordingly.

rambler Loc: Masssachusetts

Try to get a photo that shows some foreground, too, not always just the fireworks. It can be interesting to see where you are.

Bill_de Loc: US

From Nikon but the methods are not brand specific.

https://www.nikonusa.com/en/learn-and-explore/a/tips-and-techniques/taking-pictures-of-fireworks.html?cid=img_en_us:EML:LE:na:062319:eml:P:LE-June23-Supplemental:Fireworks:Fireworks:article&ET_CID=2867260&ET_RID=326512661&SC_ID=0032400000mCuK6AAK

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Merlin1300 Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX

Check the EXIF's on the attached.
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn
Wild Horse Park, Mustang OK - - Any 4th of July you want - -

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via the lens Loc: Northern California, near Yosemite NP

Something from the Nikon site for your review:
https://www.nikonusa.com/en/learn-and-explore/a/tips-and-techniques/taking-pictures-of-fireworks.html?cid=img_en_us:EML:LE:na:062319:eml:P:LE-June23-Supplemental:Fireworks:Fireworks:article&ET_CID=2867260&ET_RID=440131016&SC_ID=0031o00001ZYPluAAH