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Taking the Ideal Picture on Bonfire Night

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Bonfire night has just come around and you want to get that perfect shot of that one special light in the sky, but don't know how?. Fear not, as ABOUT magazine is here to guide you in taking that ideal picture that you can flash off to your friends and astonish them with your photography skills.
We have put together a step by step tutorial to help you discover the wonders of light trails and night time photography. Depending on what type of shot you want, you will need to allow enough time for you and your helpers to test run the shot and then create the final shot you desire.
So, what will you need?
Camera!

• Set the camera to MANUAL mode. this will allow you to have full control over your camera so you can the settings at any time if you need to.
• Set the ISO to around 100-200, depending on how dark your location is. The ISO will help with the cameras sensitivity with light, ensuring that the shot will have no noise in whatsoever.
• You will need a SLOW shutter speed for this project as you're are capturing a shot with a lot of light. The slow speed of the shutter will enable us to have enough time to move around with the sparkler (lighted object),whilst the shutter is still open, creating a clear shot as the result.
• Tripod! you will need this to keep the shot straight. As you are using longer shutter speeds, the camera will need to be kept stationary for a longer time.
• You will need a medium F number, so anything from 13 upwards. You will need this smaller

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