If not, your camera probably has a landscape mode (symbolized by a small mountain
range). Switch your camera to landscape, and it??™ll automatically focus at infinity for you.
Infinity, incidentally, will always be the right focusing distance when shooting fireworks. Unless
you??™re incredibly close to the detonating fireworks, that is, in which case focusing your camera
should not be your top priority.
Zoom In on the Action
So, you??™re almost ready. You??™ve got your camera mounted on a tripod, it is set to infinity, and
you??™re waiting for the fireworks to start. While you might be tempted to zoom way in to get
close-ups of the action, I recommend that you zoom out a bit. If you keep the camera set at the
wide angle end of your zoom range, you??™ll be able to capture more fireworks in a given frame.
Of course, you can experiment and change your zoom range throughout the evening, but start
zoomed out far enough that when you begin the exposure, you can catch the fireworks rising up
into the air and then exploding, all in the same frame. This way, you??™re guaranteed to get better
pictures right from the start. If you zoom in more tightly, it can be difficult to know exactly when
and where the fireworks are going to do their thing, and you??™ll end up missing the action.
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