Fireworks Photography Workshop - Long exposure and fireworks. Learn about camera settings, exposure use and composition.

Summary

• Location: Kenilworth

• Dates: TBC

• Participants: Max 4

• Fitness: 1. Easy

• Experience Level: Beginner to Advanced

• Equipment Needed: DSLR or Mirrorless Camera and Tripod

• Photography Workshop Event Details: Fireworks

• Description: This Fireworks Photography Workshop is a one-off evening capturing one of the most exciting subjects in photography — a full fireworks display bursting over the floodlit ruins of Kenilworth Castle. Open to all levels and any camera, it's built around the Round Table's spectacular annual display, and the magical, fleeting moment when long exposure turns streaking light and exploding colour into a single dramatic image with the castle as its backdrop.

  Fireworks look chaotic but reward a calm, technical approach, and that's exactly what we'll work on. The focus is on three things that make the difference between a lucky snap and a controlled image: setting up for long exposure — shutter, aperture and the timing that lets you build a burst on the sensor — composing the frame so the castle and the sky work together rather than fighting, and reading the rhythm of the display to know when to open and close the shutter. You'll learn to anticipate rather than react, and to keep shooting cleanly when the sky is at its busiest.

  It's a small group of no more than four, taught personally and right beside you in the dark, so you get real one-to-one guidance exactly when the action is happening. Better still, we photograph from outside the castle walls, so there's no admission ticket to buy for the display. You'll come away with a set of dramatic fireworks images over a historic castle — and the long-exposure and timing skills to photograph fireworks, light trails and night scenes anywhere. (Please note this is an annual event with the date set by the organisers, so timing is confirmed each year nearer the display.)