How to shoot fireworks at night in Canon 600D, how to set it, whether to use B door or how much shutter speed to set if I block M, I have no wired release.

The most important thing in shooting fireworks is to fix the camera on something to ensure that it will not shake when shooting, because the shutter time is long and the stability requirement is higher. The best way to keep the camera stable is to use a tripod. If there are no conditions, you can also put the camera on some solid planes, such as mailboxes and stone platforms.

2. Remote shutter

Using remote shutter (wired release or wireless shutter) is also one of the factors to ensure the absolute stability of the camera. Although there are many kinds of cameras, almost all of them can find a suitable remote shutter. If not, you can also use the camera's delayed self-timer function instead. But then you need to predict the time when fireworks will appear and press the shutter in advance.

Organize pictures

One of the difficulties in shooting fireworks is to decide the shooting direction of the camera. The challenge you have to face is to find the shooting direction before the fireworks start-anticipation is the key. Here are some tips for your reference.

Familiarize yourself with the scene in advance-planning is very important. You should arrive at the scene in advance and find a good and barrier-free shooting position. Predict the foreground and background of the photo in advance to ensure that there will be no heads of a group of people in future photos. Pay attention to the place and time of fireworks display-ask the staff for some information. At the same time, you should also consider which lens to use in advance, and it is best not to change the lens during shooting.

Check the level-always pay attention to whether the camera position is level during shooting. This is especially important if you use a wide-angle lens and there are surrounding scenes in the picture. Since the camera is equipped with a tripod, it should always be horizontal.

Horizontal or vertical? -In all types of photography, there are mainly two ways of composition, horizontal photography (landscape) or vertical photography (portrait). When shooting fireworks, you can use both. Personally, I think it's better to shoot vertically-especially when the trajectory of fireworks in the vertical direction is long. If you want to take more scenes, or if you want to take photos of multiple fireworks blooming at the same time, then horizontal shooting is also possible.

Remember the composition-I find it easy to ignore the viewfinder and look directly at the sky in actual shooting. At this time, you must have a concept of composition in your mind, and remember where your camera is pointing. This exercise will also help you to predict the location of the fireworks' trajectory.

4. Focal length

The most difficult part of shooting fireworks is to get the camera to take the right photos at the right time. It is more difficult to use a telephoto lens, or to take photos with compact composition. I usually use a wide focal length, but I also try to take some compact pictures during the performance (I use a zoom lens) to see if I am lucky. Close-up photos like the one above have a unique effect and the picture is full of good colors. Don't forget to shoot with a wide-angle lens, and you can get the same effect by cutting photos later.

5. Hole

Another question around shooting is what kind of aperture to use. Many people think that a large aperture should be used, but in fact the light emitted by fireworks is very bright. I think it is more appropriate to use a mid-range to a small aperture, such as f/8 to f/ 16.

6. Shutter

Maybe shutter speed is more important than aperture. Fireworks will move, and the best way is to capture and record their movement with a long shutter. The technique I use is door B, which means that as long as you don't release the shutter, it will remain open. You can press the shutter when the fireworks first appear, and then release it until it disappears (usually a few seconds).

Be careful not to leave the shutter open for too long. It is easy to think that the environment is dark, and you can keep the shutter open for as long as possible. The problem is that the fireworks are very bright, and the shutter will be overexposed if it is opened for too long, especially if you want to shoot multiple fireworks with a normally open shutter. Shooting multiple fireworks takes practice, but most people finally find that shooting a single fireworks is the best result.

7. Sensitivity

In order to get clear photos, it is best to use low sensitivity, such as ISO 100.

8. Turn off the flash

The use of flash will not have any effect, it will only make the camera mistakenly think that it only needs a short exposure time. Remember that the flash of the camera can only work within a few meters. If you are really that close to the fireworks, you don't need extra light. Turn off the flash.

9. Manual control

I found that my best photos were taken in manual mode and manual focus. The autofocus function of most cameras is difficult to work in low light, which will eventually lead to you missing many shooting opportunities. If you focus manually, once you set it, you basically don't need to change it unless you use a large aperture-the depth of field is very shallow.

10. Check the shooting results.

During the whole fireworks display, take time to check the photos taken. Usually I take a few photos at the beginning and then quickly play back the inspection results. Just start checking, don't check every shot in the future, but take time to play it back from time to time.

In addition, don't forget to try different shooting angles and methods, such as silhouette and other audiences. Pointing the camera at the sky can take good photos, but sometimes you can take more unique photos from different shooting angles. Many photos I have seen contain other elements besides the fireworks themselves-people, buildings, landscapes, cities and so on.