4th of july wedding

I have a wedding coming up on the fourth and I was just wondering if anyone has any good lighting tips on getting some nice portraits with fireworks

Well I would think that you would need flash to light the subjects and freeze their motion and a longer shutter speed to get the fireworks. So second-curtain flash and have them hold their poses as still as can be, and a tripod/shutter release would be a must. Probably need at least f8 as well possibly more. I guess I have never tried intentionally getting the background in focus along with people. I'm usually wanting the background to blur out.

When I shoot fireworks it's usually at around f8 focused at infinity with bulb shutter mode and I just keep it open however long I want. I also sometimes cover the lens with black cardboard between fireworks explosions to get more than one burst in a shot.

Super easy? Set camera for the fireworks exposure you want, have the subjects in an utterly dark place, take a flash in your hand and point it at them to push the "test" button whenever you want during the exposure. Just don't get yourself in the picture.

good luck. have fun

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Super easy? Set camera for the fireworks exposure you want, have the subjects in an utterly dark place, take a flash in your hand and point it at them to push the "test" button whenever you want during the exposure. Just don't get yourself in the picture.

by doing this is it easy to over expose the subjects since it will be a long exposure?

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Then take your couple, put them in the scene and light them up. Lots of ways. Ettl would probably be good, i would steer towards manual flash and i think i would be in AV mode.

Your gonna need a tripod and OCF and lighting your clients from a different angle than the camera axis would probably result in awesome shots---sounds like a lot of fun and webpage material to me.

howd it turn out?