Basic Tips For Diwali

Unless you are a professional, most DSLR or Mirrorless owners take photography seriously only on particular events. Diwali is one such festival which is perfect to release the photographer in you. Sometimes it might be difficult to suddenly get that perfect closeup shot of a lamp or a long exposure shot of fireworks on Diwali.

- Sanchit Mishra

5 Quick Tips:

1. Use a tripod stand to prevent shaky images.

2. Choose an aperture of about f/8 or something similar, to get a lower shutter speed.

3. Use ‘flash compensation’ to keep the image evenly lit.

4. Use a zoom lens for taking images from a distance.

5. For portraits, select a wide aperture and fast shutter speed ensuring that the subject is not shaky.

For capturing fireworks

1. Handheld photos usually result in blurry images as lower shutter speed is needed to capture fireworks in the dark sky. Use a steady tripod while using a shutter speed of around 1/201/60 seconds to prevent blurry images in the dark. Experiment with different lower shutter speeds to get the perfect shot.

2. Frame the image beforehand. Examine the area in the sky where fireworks are insight. As finding a focus is challenging in the dark sky, it is suggested to shoot in manual focus. So, frame the shot using live-view (DSLR or mirrorless) and manual focus (some lenses consist of a rangefinder scale which lets you select focus according to distance).

3. Other than manual focus, choose an aperture of about f/8, which can let you select a slower shutter speed.