I dont know what are the "must do" but here's a "dont do".
Dont over-expose as blown-outs tend to happen fairly quickly.
The photo below is taken at 2-seconds, and blown-out is very apparent.
Fast shutter speed I think is key. I am by far no expert. I could spend a couple days messing around with fire though. Then I would get my camera and try taking some pics of it. Here's some of mine - I categorized them for your convenience...
Also depends on what kind of fire and whats the background. This is exposed for 2 sec...and is NOT overexposed because the flame is blue (and not too bright) due to fire on alcohal.
...but since it was taken for the "Comfort" challenge (Basic) I could not clone out the armpit stains so I did not submit. Unfortunate, because it clearly had a chance just from sheer intimidation and the threat of village burning. ;-)
Also depends on what kind of fire and whats the background. This is exposed for 2 sec...and is NOT overexposed because the flame is blue (and not too bright) due to fire on alcohal.
Your mistakes on this entry for the "2 second Exposure" challenge were:
1. Alcohol doesn't make very good flames (but DON'T use gasoline in a spray bottle - trust me on that one)
2. Your exposure was exactly 2 seconds
Also depends on what kind of fire and whats the background. This is exposed for 2 sec...and is NOT overexposed because the flame is blue (and not too bright) due to fire on alcohal.
Your mistakes on this entry for the "2 second Exposure" challenge were:
1. Alcohol doesn't make very good flames (but DON'T use gasoline in a spray bottle - trust me on that one)
2. Your exposure was exactly 2 seconds
;-P
Thats NOT the only mistake I did :) I submitted the WORST picture from the lot and I selectively desaturated it too. I really got battered on this one. But were few things to learn -
- use petrol or octane
- use back-lighting (with contrasting color. Purple works just great with yellow flame)
- use burst mode (flame dies soon...and trust me - you dont want to fill the glass with more liquid :))
- use petrol or octane
- use back-lighting (with contrasting color. Purple works just great with yellow flame)
- use burst mode (flame dies soon...and trust me - you dont want to fill the glass with more liquid :))
questions...
1.so correct me if im wrong,i get a purple light for my lightiing?
2. how do i use "burst mode"
3. my camera is not a slr..its a powershot s2 is and the aperature only goesup to 8, what are my options?
long shutter speed?
- use petrol or octane
- use back-lighting (with contrasting color. Purple works just great with yellow flame)
- use burst mode (flame dies soon...and trust me - you dont want to fill the glass with more liquid :))
questions...
1.so correct me if im wrong,i get a purple light for my lightiing?
2. how do i use "burst mode"
3. my camera is not a slr..its a powershot s2 is and the aperature only goesup to 8, what are my options?
long shutter speed?
//adam
-Alternate- use purple (or any contrasting color) and well lighted background
-Most prosumer P&S have option of clicking photos in sequence (till the button is pressed)
- actually it goes DOWN to 8! the up would be 3.2 or 2.8 or something like that :) {bigger the number, smaller the aperture. the number actually is see as 1/xxx where xxx is represented aperture)
ND filters are great. I don't know why I still haven't got any.
If you own a pair of sunglasses you own a crude polarizer and ND filter. Not ideal, but they work.
How you shoot fire depends on what sort of effect you want. Crisp tendrils of flame, 1/60th or less, Blur and glow more than 1/10th. The key trick of shooting fire is not burning down your house, or at least if you do make sure you get a good shot out of it.
