Today it's national holiday here in Switzerland! That is a good oportunity to have a barbecue, to burn off fireworks and to take some pictures of fireworks!
First of all you have to know where the fireworks burns off. If your friends burn it of, it's not so a problem. If you like to photograph a public firework, you may ask the organisator previously where it will be burned off. If possible, choose a place which is a little bit higher, so that you get into a horizontal line with the firework. Using a tripod is essential. Change in to the manual mode (M) of your SLR. Go down with your ISO to around 100. Use a middle apperture around f8 until f16.
Now you can use a shutter speed in between 2 and 30 seconds. If you have a remote shutter control, use it! You also can use the bulb mode. If something happens at the sky, press the shutter until the explosion ended and then release the button. This way your shutter is open as long there is action in the sky.
Have a lot of fun and don't play with the fire ,-)
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