Shutter Mike Photography

I came up with a few more tips for photographing fireworks while shooting the fireworks show last night.

• Use manual focus rather than auto focus.  Set it once and then leave it alone.
• Don’t fuss with the aperture setting.  An f-stop in the neighborhood of 8.0 worked really well for me.  I set it and forget it.
• Leave your ISO pretty low.  I kept it on 100.
• Manage your exposure using the shutter speed.  If your camera has a bulb setting that is the ideal way to go.  Just remember that too long of an exposure will over expose.  It may be night, but fireworks give off a lot of light.