Fireworks Photos

[hoosiergirl7]

I want to know how people take such great shots of fireworks - Illuminations and Wishes. My pictures turn out so-so or not great. However I see all these photos on this board of great fireworks.

Can someone or several people share their secrets??? I would love to be able to take some great pictures of Wishes & Illuminations on my next trip.

Thanks!!!

[BernardandMissBianca]

have you tried posting your question on the Photography forum?
DH takes our pics, we set up a tripod, and he adjusts the aperture and all that. But I have no idea what he really does! LOL

link to the photo forum:
http://disboards.com/forumdisplay.php?f=97

[toverly]

It's a funny thing. I thought I was getting nothing on my nightime parade and fireworks photos. When I downloaded them, I played with the brightness and color button on the program. I sent them to Snapfish and they came out great. I thought I would only get grainy hard to see things but they came out fantastic. If I had known I would have taken photos of everything.

[KerTggr]

There is actually a tip for this already on the photo board. Here is the link:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1474329

Also shows some amazing examples of shots people have gotten.

HTH

[jeni16]

My photos didn't turn out very well from our June '07 trip either. We're going back in April '08 so I'm hoping to get better pictures then. DH is buying me a new camera & one of the requirements is that it must take good nighttime photos.