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Shooting Fireworks Shows / Fireworks in night sky

Photographing a fireworks show may seem like a big challenge, but it doesn't have to be. With the right gear and a few minutes of preparation, you can enjoy a great show for years to come. And on the second viewing, it won’t scare small children or pets (unless you want to make the sound effects yourself).

This lesson covers the traditional way of capturing fireworks that works for both film and digital cameras. Here, we examine the importance of lens selection, camera stability and the proper settings for the camera.

This lesson features the Olympus EVOLT E-500 digital SLR camera. The EVOLT 500 has a built-in fireworks feature in its Scenes Menu that make shooting this subject very simple. Here, we show you how to use this setting, but we also demonstrate methods that allow you to customize your settings to achieve different results.


  

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