so I have nikon d-5000. I have no clue what setting it has to be on, like low key or high key. when it's dark, it says subject is to dark. can you help me? please I have trouble understanding stuff, so if you could make it easy for me to understand
fireworks are like flares, your good camera should take pictures no matter what.. Get a sparkler and put it in a dark yard, take multiple picture of if with different settings. Should give you a better idea..
yeah but the fireworks are way up in the sky, it would be easy to get a sparkler cause it would be close up
does the camera have a video setting? Mine wouldnt take dark pictures but i could extract the stills from videos, idk if that helps.. Im really bad with cameras. they dont like me.
It depends how you want them to look. Your camera should have a full manual setting, use that. It you want them kinda trailey use a higher f-stop and a longer exposure, if you want them crisp use a lower f stop and a shorter exposure. You'll have to play around with diffrent settings depending on the condidtions, but changing just the f stop and exposure you should be able to tweek it and get good pics.
if you have the manual, read it. lot of people take pictures of fireworks and there should be some help in there look up how to change and adjust all your settings - knowing your camera and what does what will only make your photography come out looking better with less effort
I've been taking photos with SLR cameras since I was around 9, and firstly, NO FLASH. That is just ridiculous, a flash will do nothing, anyway. A flaming fire work is brighter than a flash will ever be, and the last thing you want is to blow out the photo with too much light, not that using a flash would do that when taking a pic of a firework from a distance, assuming you are at a safe one for photos. Also get yourself a tripod, without one a firework photo is almost impossible, unless you dont mind blurriness/distorted-ness. This is an example of one I took a couple of years ago. Low quality (thanks tiny-pic), but I'm thinking this is what you're after. I took this with my old Nikon D50. I used an 18-200mm lens. I set the camera to a slower shutter speed, not sure specifically, but I used "M" mode, which means Manual. This mode allows full control of the camera. Learn it, if you bought a D5000 and don't know how to operate this mode, you've wasted your money. Learn ISO as well, it is also very important, the lower the ISO the more clear the photo, but remember the lower the ISO the longer it takes for the photo to be "burned" into the sensor, creating the picture. So in this case a firework photo would be VERY hard to capture at a low ISO (like 200). Longer the exposure, the more time for the photo to expose. It's all about exposure, since there is no film, and a sensor that takes it's place, it gets much more technical, but still easy. Just know that exposure is the key in photography, shorter=darker, longer=brighter. Every photo will need it's own specific settings, there is no correct mode or setting for a "firework" shot. It entirely depends on the setting you are in and the light you are working with. For an idea, take an LED light, or a lighter even, set your camera on a tripod, and set your camera in M mode, play around from there This will also teach you to take amazing night-scape photos with your camera, something like this:
http://imaging.nikon.com/products/imaging/lineup/digitalcamera/slr/d5000/index.htm I'm pretty sure the only thing that camera doesn't do is wipe your ass for you....
The D5000 wont do anything different than a plain old point and shoot, for someone who has no idea how to use it. The biggest problem nowadays is people forgot how to use a camera, the basics, the idea of it and how it works. The point and shoot cameras were so big for so long, and many people and kids never even heard of an SLR camera, so they think by buying a digital SLR they will be able to take high quality photos and it will do everything automatically, which is not at all the case. Where older folks, or people familiar with SLR's from the film days, will have no issues making the transition, and be blown away by the results. A D5000 in Auto mode will take no better a photo than a point and shoot for $29.99 and the local Wal-Mart. Megapixel means nothing. The average mega-pixel for a camera is way beyond what you will ever need, honestly, nobody is making poster size prints of their shots, so when they say "oh this point and shoot has 12.0 mega-pixels, it's a scam, people just are used to bigger is better. When really for an average 4x6 print, you can get away with 2.0 mega-pixel. Just more useful photography rambling
I have a learning disability and don't understand things well, maybe I will ask someone to help me learn the book, go threw it with me
another way to take firework photos that is really easy is to put the camera in M mode(on a tripod), then go to the shutter speed setting and turn the dial until you get to bulb. that means that the shutter is open all the time. then get a piece of black card, and hold it over the lens until the fireworks are in the sky, then move the card and put it back when its over. this way you can get more than one firework on the same photo, and if you compose it right it can look really amazing. you will need a remote shutter control otherwise you'll have to hold the shutter button down the whole time
my step dad help me figured out the fire work setting we are not sure if the shutter speed should be 1-2 seconeds?
