Fireworks
Jun 1, 2014 14:41:43 #
Our local small town has an annual celebration - carnival, fine arts booths, music, citizen of the year, etc, all capped off by fireworks. This year the e,vent, Good Neighbor Days, had two nights of fireworks, a short show each - about 15 minutes. I tried photographing the first night and was not happy with the results. I did a little internet research the next day looking for tips to taking photographs of fireworks. I am happy to say, I took some of the advice and found myself taking quite a few really good (I think) fireworks shots - in fact I had trouble picking three from about 18 keepers. Hope you enjoy them, now I am looking forward to another opportunity to hone my skills on July 4.
Jun 1, 2014 14:47:44 #
Jun 1, 2014 15:04:06 #
Indeed very nice, it looks like there was a bit of wind about that evening. Thanks.
Jun 1, 2014 16:14:16 #
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Jun 1, 2014 19:01:00 #
Jun 2, 2014 07:30:36 #
Great shots calliwa!
Unfortunately, I never get to photograph the Forth of July fireworks here, my wife and I volunteer to help with traffic control. Perhaps it's time to take the camera and tripod over to Disney World and start practicing on their fireworks...
Unfortunately, I never get to photograph the Forth of July fireworks here, my wife and I volunteer to help with traffic control. Perhaps it's time to take the camera and tripod over to Disney World and start practicing on their fireworks...
Jun 2, 2014 23:41:49 #
Jun 2, 2014 23:52:49 #
I love your shots and I'd love a reference for shooting fireworks, too.
Jun 3, 2014 07:37:40 #
Jun 3, 2014 07:46:41 #
Frank logan wrote:
I love your shots and I'd love a reference for shooting fireworks, too.
Frank: This is a site I used for reference. Much of this is intuitive, but the most important thing I got from this is that you need to have thought it through before the event and to have been prepared. The single most important element (and most challenging), I think, is focus. If you know the specifics of where the location of the fireworks are to be, and your camera location, try to set the manual focus on an object at a similar distance and lock in the focus. After a couple of shots, check to see how well focused the shots are, and adjust if necessary.
I am obviously still a novice and got locked in early on the focus at this event - for this time, I tried to be prepared and it worked out for me, good luck was on my side and I hope it is for you as well.
Jun 9, 2014 15:15:39 #
Frank logan wrote:
I love your shots and I'd love a reference for shooting fireworks, too.
Frank - Sorry, it looks like I thought I gave you are reference site but did not. Here is one that I used.
http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-photograph-fireworks/
I also checked out this one and saw there was a different approach, so I used more tips from the first one than the second. Of course, some are the same in each one.
http://digital-photography-school.com/15-tips-for-successful-fireworks-photography/
Good Luck.
calliwa
Jun 9, 2014 15:40:29 #
calliwa wrote:
Our local small town has an annual celebration - c... (show quote)
You did a nice job.
I have a fireworks discussion going on the Main Photography Discussion page if you would like to post some of your shots and explain how you did them, so as to help others.
This will start to come up more and more as the 4th approaches.
Nice job, thanks in advance if you have time to contribute. ;-)
SS
Jun 9, 2014 19:29:17 #
SharpShooter wrote:
You did a nice job.
I have a fireworks discussion going on the Main Photography Discussion page if you would like to post some of your shots and explain how you did them, so as to help others.
This will start to come up more and more as the 4th approaches.
Nice job, thanks in advance if you have time to contribute. ;-)
SS
I have a fireworks discussion going on the Main Photography Discussion page if you would like to post some of your shots and explain how you did them, so as to help others.
This will start to come up more and more as the 4th approaches.
Nice job, thanks in advance if you have time to contribute. ;-)
SS
SharpShooter: I'd be happy to share on this page. If I go to the Main Photography Discussion page, how to I find the discussion relating to fireworks. I want to get my input in the right spot.
Jun 9, 2014 19:32:46 #
calliwa wrote:
SharpShooter: I'd be happy to share on this page. If I go to the Main Photography Discussion page, how to I find the discussion relating to fireworks. I want to get my input in the right spot.
like this.....
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-216114-1.html
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