A properly exposed time delay shot …
Toronto. I remember taking photos of fireworks one summer many years ago using 35mm colour slide film and bracketing my shots. I was surprised when the film was processed and the fireworks were captured – with some burnt out highlights and detail in the shadows rather than the intended silhouettes.
On December 27, 2019 Harry Guinness wrote an article called, “How to Take Photos of Fireworks” for the blog, “How-to Geek“. The difference in this article, is that the author expects you to use a digital camera and be able to adjust the aperture based on instant feedback (images too light or too dark).
Whe I used film, I also used a tripod and time exposure but without the luxury of immediate feedback on over or under exposure. Film processing instead took literally many days before I could view the results.
