Every time there was the moment the New Year or other celebration days, we find the implementation of the fireworks. And you as a fan of photography definitely will not miss the opportunity photographing fireworks. Photos of the beautiful fireworks can be very proud of who took it to be displayed to anyone.
But photographing fireworks is not as easy as imagined. Want to produce great photos of fireworks?
Following some of his tips:
Mandatory Used Tripod
No matter how great your hands maintain a stable camera, would be very difficult to produce sharp images of fireworks and no ghosting. You must bring a tripod if you want decent pictures of fireworks display in the living room or in the community upload photos. In addition to the standard tripod is a bit inconvenient, you can also use the Gorillapod.
Use the largest Camera Resolution
Use the largest image size that can be produced with your camera. Set your getting on camera Large file size (for example 12 MPx camera is the large size: 4288 x 2848 pixels). This is to support the objectives of the two above tips, so when you to crop images, the images that have been cut still good enough to print large size. Be ideal if the camera has RAW feature, make use of. Do not forget to use a low ISO 100 or 200 so that the noise intact.
Turn off the Autofocus
Since the emergence of fairly random with a fairly rapid movement plus low-light conditions, autofocus camera will be overwhelmed. To use it turn off the autofocus and manual focus, how: while still in autofocus mode looking for a building or object with a distance approximately equal to the advent of fireworks, a key focus to it and then, after that turn off autofocus camera and switch to manual focusing. The easiest way is in manual focus, set the lens focus at infinity. One more thing, do not forget when you change the zoom lens, a new set of focus).
Turn off Flash
You getting on camera flash will not work at all while shooting fireworks because of the short range and could even worsen the picture due to illuminate areas that are not necessary, because it shut down.
Exposure Setting Tips
Better to use manual exposure mode, and for fireworks shooting conditions in general, use the following exposure settings: normal fireworks Speed: Aperture f/16 – Shutter 2 seconds and ISO 100 or Aperture: f/14 – shutter 2 seconds and ISO 200; quick barrage of fireworks: Aperture: f/18 – Shutter 1:25 seconds and ISO 100.
Of course you can freely change the settings to taste if you like, this is only a suggestion. Tip: If you include the building, measure the exposure of the building and change slightly under.