Experiments in Light
Veronika and I went to the local Fourth of July fireworks a few weeks back—her first time!—and although the look on her face was my main motivation for going, I also took the opportunity to set up the camera for a few fireworks shots. This article from my good friends at Nikon gave me a starting point, so I borrowed a tripod and set out. We ended up being pretty far away and the surrounding landscape wasn't at all interesting, so the pictures here are just experiments in long exposure. I was mostly shooting ISO 200 at f/11 with a shutter speed of between two and three seconds, for anyone that finds that kind of thing interesting.
If you're wondering where the pictures of Veronika in front of the fireworks are, don't bother asking because she takes care of that every time she sees the pictures:
Enjoy: 4th of July Fireworks : 2006.Veronika: There's no pictures of Noni and fireworks?
Me: No, I'm sorry, baby.
Veronika: It was too dark?
Me: Yeah.
Veronika: (disappointed) Oh.