Taking photos of fireworks

Published August 4, 2008 Interesting Sites , Photography 3 Comments

I’ve been looking around for a “shutter release” for the Canon XSi for taking photos of fireworks.

Here’s what I found

This is the Canon RS60 E3 which is $24.38 on Amazon. The cord is only 2 feet long.

the Opteka XL Remote Release Cord which is $17.95 on Amazon and the cord is 10 feet long. Seems like thats a better buy !!

Does anyone have prior experience taking shots of fireworks ? Which shutter release is better? Any recommendations?

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Update: Aug 5, 2008

Here is a website with tips on shooting fireworks.

Seems like the basic recommendations are:

1- Get a tripod

2- Get a shutter release / remote control

3- Shoot in manual mode – Long exposure time

4- Find the best location (no lights, no obstructions)

1 maikulian August 4, 2008 at 11:34 pm

HOW do you take pics of fireworks anyhow? What is the right way, speed, shutter etc. This has puzzled me for long, and my pics are all lame. Any tips?

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2 Art August 5, 2008 at 8:35 am

Check out this site

http://www.photobird.com/learn/top5tipsfireworks.html

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3 maikulian August 6, 2008 at 1:46 pm

Thanks!

Actually, on that site, there was a link to even better tips site, this: http://www.nyip.com/ezine/holidays/firewks.html
Looks like my problem has been the ISO -too fast makes them lame.

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