Canada Day Fireworks
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This photo was taken during the fireworks display in Orangeville, Ontario on Canada Day, July 1st, 2013. This was my first attempt at photographing fireworks and I was so happy with how they all turned out.Time
As darkness fell upon our small town, I parked my car a block away from where the fireworks were to be set off. I set up my tripod and my remote outside my driver's side door and waited. At the scheduled time of 9:00pm, the bang of the fireworks began and I started snapping shots. This particular photo was shot at 9:15pm.Lighting
The first lighting issue I had to be careful of was the change in the sky. The show started just a dusk set in and the sky got darker as the show played on. I kept an eye on my display to be sure that the exposure was correct for the darkness of the sky. The other lighting condition I had to be careful about was the street lighting as the fireworks were being set off from the roof of the community centre in the middle of town. Luckily I was parked in a dark parking lot of a warehouse nearby so didn't have an issue with lights affecting the outcome. I didn't use any flashes or other outside light sources... just the beauty of the fireworks themselves.Equipment
I used my Canon Rebel T3i with my 55-250 telephoto lens. I had my camera set up on my tripod and had my wireless remote in hand. My camera was set at ISO 100, F8 and in Bulb in manual exposure mode.Inspiration
I love fireworks and have always wanted to capture the beauty of them with my camera. I have a bucket list of photos that I want to be able to take and fireworks was at the top on my list. Now that I have taken them in the sky, my next bucket list item relating to fireworks is to take photos of some over a water source and capture the reflection of them on the water. I planned on doing that on Canada Day in 2014... I had scoped out a spot and had everything packed in my camera bag but then got a migraine. Arrggh.... I am determined to get some shots in 2015 :-)Editing
The only post processing I did was noise reduction and cropping.In my camera bag
I actually have more than one camera bag. Once usually stays at home and contains all of my lenses, filters, and other accessories. When I go out to an event or to take shots of a particular subject, I usually take two or three lenses. If it is a horse show (which I specialize in), I take my 70-200 lens for shots of the horses and riders in action. I also take my 18-55 lens for candids of everyone back at the stables. If I am doing landscape shots, such as fall colours, I take my 18-55 lens, my wide angle and sometimes my telephoto. For photo shoots, I will take my telephoto and my standard lens for wide shots. No matter where I go and what I am taking pictures of, I usually have filters, lens hoods, a tripod, remote, cleaning tools, etc. in my camera bag. My camera comes with me everywhere I go. I make sure I have a purse big enough to carry my camera and sometimes an extra lens. I also have my iPhone with me at all times too and sometimes use it to take a picture or video.Feedback
Relax and enjoy! Some subjects, including fireworks, do not always needs a big production so just chillin' and enjoying the solitude can be so relaxing. Set up your camera on a tripod. Make sure you have it on manual exposure, set the camera to ISO 100, F8 and BULB, and have your remote settings ready with remote in hand and enjoy the show. Check your display every once in a while to be sure that the shots are exposed correctly (the lighting changes from dusk to complete darkness) and then just click the remote button on and off, on and off, on and off... etc. Enjoy the show! Oh, and bring bug spray :-)
