Comments on: How to photograph fireworks http://photo.blogoverflow.com/2012/07/how-to-photograph-fireworks/ The Photography Stack Exchange Blog Thu, 01 Dec 2016 09:08:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.6 By: John Mcormick http://photo.blogoverflow.com/2012/07/how-to-photograph-fireworks/#comment-1197 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:12:15 +0000 http://photo.blogoverflow.com/?p=677#comment-1197 youre wrong about digital cameras! please dont spread misinformation around.

]]> By: John Mcormick http://photo.blogoverflow.com/2012/07/how-to-photograph-fireworks/#comment-1196 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:11:17 +0000 http://photo.blogoverflow.com/?p=677#comment-1196 I hate this term “overexpsure”

Im a Photographer and Ive been a Photographer for years the lighting thing is WRONG! people who are originally light toned to begin with will appear light in cam,OBVIOUSLY!..Alek wek still looks dark in any bright lighting,so does wesley snipes and others.. the brighter the better when it comes to lighting because it brings out your true tones.Personal preference. WE HUMANS ALSO DONT TAKE PICS IN THE DARK! Ive seen pics where its a group photo and the light people appeared pale and darker toned people still appear darker toned. Its a basic concept. Dark skin will appear dark skkin regardless, light skin will appear light on cam regardless! Lighting doesnt change skintone, if that were the case wesley snipes and the rest of black celebrities would be looking caucasian. please dont say “lighting” it is not lighting! Pale people will appear pale on cam, dark skinned people will appear dark. lighting only brings out the true tones.

White or Light skin shows out better in front of the camera then dark skin. It has to do with reflection of light. White or light skin reflect light 100 fold better then dark skin (which absorbs it). And if you know anything about cameras u know the object that is being captured by the camera has to reflect the light projected unto it in order to be caught by the camera lens.

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By: Jan Steinman http://photo.blogoverflow.com/2012/07/how-to-photograph-fireworks/#comment-825 Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:34:36 +0000 http://photo.blogoverflow.com/?p=677#comment-825 Too bad it doesn’t lend itself well to digital cameras, but a technique I’ve had great success with in the past is to lock the shutter open, then hold a piece of black tag board in front of the lens as a manual shutter. When a firework goes off you want to record, simply move the tag board away.

Using this technique, you can select a pleasing arrangement (by colour or position) to have on one frame.

But most digital cameras don’t do long exposures well. Almost the opposite of film, they build up noise the longer the exposure, whereas film shows grain primarily in high-key situations and short exposures.

This shot was done using this technique: http://www.bytesmiths.com/Item.php/794637

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