Tried to photograph this past weekends fireworks. These are from Breckinridge Park in Garland/Richardson (Campbell and Brand). Here are the tips I read and used:
"Set your camera to Manual mode: ISO 200, aperture f/8, and shutter speed between 5 and 15 seconds. After you take a few pictures, take a look at how they are turning out, and adjust the shutter speed accordingly (leave the ISO and f-stop alone)."

I used my kit lense 55mm, so they are a little far away. Next year I plan to bust out the 300mm to get "closer".

These are unaltered...Enjoy!!!





















Here is the whole album if you are bored: http://timsam.smugmug.com/gallery/88...82995385_bNmUp

Feel free to comment...I need all the help I can get!

 

nice, Breckenridge is real close to the house, but I know traffic can be a witch for fireworks. Me and twalls just watched from a neighborhood street

 

You were too far away from the fireworks. If you could not get closer then use a zoom lens.

Also a little slower shutter speed would have worked.

Here are a few examples of some of my fireworks shots..

 

nice shots... my uncle was shooting our display... i was curious how this is done best

http://www.dsimmons.net/July4th2009/index.html

 

DUDE...i work with your uncle! He's in my group!
Small World!

 

dude, seriously?!? You work with David Simmons? That is a SERIOUSLY small world.

 

Yeah, he sits one row of cubes over!
I go to him with some of my "issues" haha.

He claimed you too...haha. Imagine that!

 

Yea, I just got a call from my old man laughing about this small world... craziness. Funny though