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Photographing Fire Preformers

  • 04-04-2010 11:53pm
    #1
    Lolnouska
    Closed Accounts Posts: 136 ✭✭


    I'm shooting a friend of mine who is a fire performer and i was wondering what speed and aperture is good for photographing fire?
    It's new to me but i've seen some beautiful photographs of it and was wondering if anyone who has done it before could give me some tips!

    Thanks a mill


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  • #2
    Chorcai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,283 ✭✭✭Chorcai


    http://photographingarizona.com/2010/02/06/photographing-fire-performers-part-3/

    http://www.pyroninja.com/firespinningblog/?KJwvpM9S

    Hope these help, would love a chance to take some photos !! Lucky you :D


  • #3
    Bacchus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,719 ✭✭✭Bacchus


    I had some fun taking fire shots in Thailand a while back. I only had my compact on me but anything around 2/3 seconds worked well for me. The performers were doing a lot of spinning so the pictures had a cool, fire trail effect in them. It took a lot of trial and error but I managed to get some nice shots. Have fun!


  • #4
    Lolnouska
    Closed Accounts Posts: 136 ✭✭Lolnouska


    Thanks a mill for the help guys, feeling less stressed about it now! :)


  • #5
    sheesh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,081 ✭✭✭sheesh


    this sort of stuff is easy put the camera on a rock and let it off


    195F8A8DC76443A58E7B584433D32777-800.jpg


  • #6
    Paulw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,381 ✭✭✭✭Paulw


    Depending on exposure and what you want, it can be easy or complex.

    Here's some I took recently.

    4457107812_4a36f15321.jpg


    4457107670_a8c37c16e8.jpg

    Exif available on Flickr.


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  • #7
    Cantaloupe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭Cantaloupe


    Was at a house party a few months ago and happened to have my camera with me and got a few shots, nothing too spectacular but exif on Flickr..

    4085346923_15f3f7dc86.jpg


  • #8
    joeKel73
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,689 ✭✭✭joeKel73


    Tried this once. I'd say setup the tripod and alter the shutter speed until you get the length of "sweep" of the fire you want. Then change the aperture to change how "filled out" the fire is... a smaller aperture will give you more detail in the flame.

    3352145429_ab9b8cc163.jpg

    3352145609_7b28ea565b.jpg


  • #9
    joeKel73
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,689 ✭✭✭joeKel73


    Oh and use flash if you want to capture a still of the performer in the photo ... i never thought of that at the time! ^^


  • #10
    Xandra
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29 ✭Xandra


    If you like a slow capture technic like those of foto joe, you can try it at home by using a torch instead of a real fire.

    Ask someone to move the torch around while you tried to capture the light from the torch. You can even do it alone by putting camera on tripod.


  • #11
    Lolnouska
    Closed Accounts Posts: 136 ✭✭Lolnouska


    thanks for all the help!
    really appreciate it!:D


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