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Ferocious Fireworks


With a little thought and preparation you can capture great pictures of these night-time celebrations. You’ll need a tripod to ensure the light trails are pin sharp – alternatively, get yourself somewhere you can keep your camera steady throughout the length of the exposure, and train your camera on the area of sky where the explosions are due to happen. For the first few rockets, just practise your timing – you want to press the shutter about a split second before the big bang, and practice will make perfect.


TOP TIPS to get you started Sparkle sparkle


Missed firework night? No problem – just grab some sparklers and a willing friend to create magical writing in the comfort of your own back garden. Set up your camera on a tripod and frame the shot up before you start, then ask your friend to start drawing or writing (don’t forget it’s got to be backwards – or just flip the shot later on your computer) and let the shutter fly.


NIGHT PORTRAITS Never ventured out after dark with a camera before? Olympus’s built-in scene modes will help you get to grips with the basics of late-night photography before moving on to the semi-automatic modes. Switch the dial to Scene Mode and choose Night. The two modes called NIGHT and NIGHT+PORTRAIT choose longer exposure times to ensure as much light is captured by the camera’s sensor as possible, so keep the camera steady while taking the picture – you could even try using shutter delay (the feature that’s usually implemented when taking group pictures) to make sure that the act of pressing the shutter button doesn’t blur the picture at all.


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OLYMPUS MAGAZINE ■ OCTOBER 2013


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