setup prior to taking firework photos
Posted on Saturday, November 14th, 2009 at 8:40 am
What you should prepare prior to taking firework photos as follows:
- Be on location as early as possible and select the best location. The best location is the location where you can see the fireworks without any obstructions and there is interesting foreground or background as buildings, bridges, river, lake, etc.
- Set your camera on Tripod firmly
- Set the parameters in the camera as follows:
- Mode: M, Manual
- Auto focus: Off or Manual
- ISO: 100
- Shutter speed: Bulb, B
- Aperture: vary from F5.6 to F11
- Focal length: Infinity
- File type: Raw file is preferred because you have more flexibility to process your photos after.
- Memory Card: 2 GB at least so that you will not lose your opportunity to take photos due to memory full.
- WB: Auto
- Set good composition by including nice foreground or background as building(s), pool(s), lake(s), bridge(s), river(s), etc. Use rule of third to get the nice composition. There are 2 ways to frame your fireworks photo which are horizontal or vertical. It depends on how your fireworks look like. If your fireworks are one big and long shot, you may need to frame your photos vertically. In other words, if you want to capture wide angle of fireworks, you may need to flame your photos horizontally.
