Taking pictures of fireworks, any advice?

[ekkl]

I will be out and about with the camera this coming Monday night so do you have any tips, general advice for shooting fireworks?

TIA,

[Andrew Thatcher]

Re: Taking pictures of fireworks, any advice?

Stand well back

[peter]

Re: Taking pictures of fireworks, any advice?

Yes its that time of year already, soon be Christmas. I did a quick search on here and found this http://dpnow.com/1302.html Ian did this write up a few years back. Have fun and to all of you and keep safe. I am looking forward to seeing any photos.

[Unregistered]

Re: Taking pictures of fireworks, any advice?

I will be out and about with the camera this coming Monday night so do you have any tips, general advice for shooting fireworks?

TIA,

just go and shoot "pagal!!

[Stephen]

Re: Taking pictures of fireworks, any advice?

just go and shoot "pagal!!

Ha, how it must feel to give helpful advice

[bigbob]

Re: Taking pictures of fireworks, any advice?

Use a low ISO , F 11-16 i found that a shutter speed of about 2-3 seconds gives me the time i need to shoot both the explosion and the trails , but you might need a shorter speed .
And a mono or tripod .

B..

[ekkl]

Re: Taking pictures of fireworks, any advice?

Excellent pics, thanks for the advice, I will remember that.

Went and spent a fortune today on fireworks as we usually go to the local park with the kids. We meet up with a few other families and their kids, parents drink mulled wine and the kids have little goody bags so it is quite an event for them. I always do the lighting though so this year someone else will have to do it whilst I sort out my camera!! Priorities first and all that.

I will of course post some pictures here when done!

Thanks again.