How to Photograph Fireworks – Updated
After receiving 15 emails this week from readers asking how to photograph New Years Eve Fireworks I thought I’d better post a link to our previous post on How to Photograph Fireworks which I wrote previously for 4th of July.
It contains 20 or so tips for capturing this photogenic opportunity that only comes once or twice a year.
I’ve also added a couple of updates to the article that were not previously included.
Enjoy and have a great New Years Eve with your digital camera!
10 Responses to “How to Photograph Fireworks – Updated” - Add Yours
December 31st, 2006 at 12:41 am
Good comprehensive guidance for people that are unsure of how to go about it!
Nice one.
December 31st, 2006 at 8:53 pm
thanks a lot!!
January 1st, 2007 at 4:22 pm
How to photograph fireworks,and very snowy suny day?
January 2nd, 2007 at 1:51 pm
Thanks for the tips! I got a few shots thanks to your little tutorial!
November 4th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
I have not tried taking photos of fireworks .. I have read your tipe and I am now an expert :) .. I shall be making my first attempts at this tomorrow night Nov 5th 2007..
November 7th, 2007 at 5:36 am
Well it’s November 6th and I had a pretty succesful evening photographing the Fireworks on Plymouth Hoe in the UK.. thank you for this advice
July 5th, 2008 at 7:54 am
Hello
I have Sony dsc-f828
I want to take fireworks shot.
I was read something about Bulb mode.
The Sony does not have a bulb mode.
Your thoughts
Also I am misssing my manual so what is nr 30 in manual mode.
Would this be shutter speed
Thanks for your help
SETH
October 29th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Hi
I have Sony H50. I am trying to take the pictures of fireworks but not able to. Could you please help me in how to shoot fireworks and also the settings.
Thanks,
Pavan
October 30th, 2008 at 1:43 am
This picture http://www.petewelsh-photography.co.uk/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=1471 ….was taken at at F4.5 1second + 200iso.
This may be a starting point for you Guys. I was suprised to find that a long shutterspeed was no good for the type of effect i was trying to capture..
I guess if you use a longer shutterspeed and smaller aperture you would get a similar exposure but with longer firework trails..
Hope this helps you
Pete
January 2nd, 2009 at 11:56 pm
I went into this article: How to photograph Fireworks – Updated. But I can’t find the link. When I double click the title, it returns me to the same simple synopsis. Where is the link?
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