How to Photograph Fireworks Shows

Fireworks displays or Fireworks shows are the display of the effect created by Fireworks.Beginners many times you want to shoot or photograph beautiful Fireworks shows but due to lack of knowledge  and experience you couldn't.No need to be panic here I'm going to tell you some basic and quick tips to photograph beautiful Fireworks Shows.

Here you can follow these Basic Quick 10 tips to photograph Fireworks display or Fireworks Shows.

1.USE A TRIPOD TO AVOID CAMERA SHAKE :

DIGITAL CAMERA TRIPOD

The most important thing is to secure your Digital Camera doesn't move or shake during taking of photographs , in this case you should use a TRIPOD this is the best way to keep your camera still.Because in Such case (fireworks shows) we have to use longer shutter Speed which will not capture the movement of the fireworks its also capture the movement of your Camera, in result a blurry picture you get so first recommendation to get a beautiful fireworks photograph USE A TRIPOD.

2.YOU NEED TO FRAMING YOUR SHOT:

vertical framing

After safely placed Your camera you need to Framing The Shot which you will going to capture. This is the most Important and difficult part of your Fireworks Photography is working out "where to aim your camera".In such type of case Planning is important with fireworks displays and getting into the perfect location early to get your good shot.Think about what is in the foreground and background of your shots and make sure you won’t have people’s heads bobbing up into your shots.

horizontal framing

As Fireworks Displays are in Vertical motion my opinion is set your framing in vertical (in portrait  mode) or you can try in horizontal (in landscape mode ) but among in these two framing vertical (portrait mode ) is better to frame your shot.One important thing that you should always consider when lining up fireworks shots is whether your camera is straight in framing or not(if u r going to shot in wide focal length).

3.CHOOSE RIGHT FOCAL LENGTH:

tightly cropped firework shot

Photographing fireworks is having your camera trained on the right part of the sky at the right time.This is especially difficult if you are shooting in longer focal length and trying to get more tightly cropped shots.Zoomed in shots enable you to fill the frame with good color.Cropping of your wider angle shots can always give good impact in your photography skill.

4.WHAT APERTURE HAVE TO USE IN FIREWORKS SHOWS ?

A common question in Photographing Fireworks "what aperture we need to shot" - in this such cases you need to set your Aperture priority is around to shoot in between f/8 to f/16.

5.WHAT SHUTTER SPEED HAVE TO USE IN FIREWORKS SHOWS ?

Fireworks move and as a result the best photographs of them capture this movement meaning you need a nice long exposure.Shutter speed is more important than Aperture.You can also experiment with set shutter speeds to see what impact it will have but I find that unless you’re holding the shutter open for very long exposures.You need long shutter speeds 2 to 3 sec or longer and possibly up to 15 seconds or more.

6.WHAT ISO HAVE TO USE IN FIREWORKS SHOWS:

The higher ISO , there is more sensitive your camera is to light.So you need to use a higher ISO in dark settings, but when you’re shooting longer exposures (long shutter speeds) high ISO can introduce a lot of digital noise to your photograph. An ISO setting of 50-100 is a good to get a better shot.

7.SWITCH OFF YOUR CAMERA FLASH: 

Keep in your mind that your camera flash is only have to reach of for few meters and in the case of Firework shows even if they were this close a flash wouldn’t really have anything to light except for some smoke which would distract from the real action (the flashing lights).Turn off your flash.

8.SHOOT IN MANUAL MODE IN YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA: 

To get control above all the setting in your camera like SHUTTER SPEED,APERTURE,ISO you need to switch your setting to manual mode in your digital/slr camera.By doing this you can get your good Shot.If you are using a point and shoot camera then u need to switch your firework mode many of point and shoot camera have this facility.

9.TURN ON NOISE REDUCTION :

If your camera has it, this setting will help get rid of any digital noise created by your long exposures, even with a low ISO. Note: some cameras will take several seconds to eliminate noise after a shot is taken, preventing you from taking another photograph immediately.

10.TAKE LOTS OF PICTURES AND BE CREATIVE :

Try to shoot lots of pictures because it ll going help you to choose your best shoot among those tons of photographs and also you can delete your bad shoots and be creative in mind to shoot beautiful fireworks pictures .