Keep in mind that this is far from essential. If your camera comes with one, you should use it.
But if you don??™t have one, don??™t sweat it. The goal is to avoid touching the camera when the
exposure starts, so that you don??™t jiggle it and blur the photo. But as long as you??™re gentle and
don??™t continue to touch or lean on the camera after the exposure starts, you??™re probably going to
be just fine. I love those little infrared remotes though (Olympus, in particular, tends to include
them with their models) for totally hands-free operation. If you have a Digital SLR, you can
probably get a remote cord that plugs into the camera.
Set the Focus
Usually, when you take pictures, you don??™t need to worry much about the focus, since your
camera auto-focuses automatically at the moment of exposure. Fireworks are different, though,
because you??™re shooting in almost total darkness. Because it??™s so dark, your camera can waste
time trying to find the right focus at the moment that you take the picture. If you??™ve ever tried
taking a picture in the dark and heard the lens straining to find the right focus to your subject,
you know what I??™m talking about.
The solution? If your camera has a manual focus mode, switch to that, and manually focus
at infinity.
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