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Best twenty minutes of fun I've had with camera in hand. Talk about an adrenaline rush!
I worked with the two shotfirers setting up the show and asked if I could shoot the gig fully expecting to be told I would have to stay outside the 100m exclusion zone at show time.
To my surprise they were excited to have me on board because after twenty years of doing fireworks they had no images of themselves at work.
Yeeee haaaa!!
Ok, this is the setup. 50% of fireworks are hand fired, 50% fired electronically. The cardboard boxes in foreground are all wired for remote firing but the mortar casings are hand fired one by one. This is where I stood for most of the shots, can only move left or right a couple of metres so a little bit tight for room.
Have processed these on a lappy so would appreciate any feedback especially with regards to noise. They look ok from my end.
I wanted to shoot from the far end but there was a light breeze and they told me I'd be smoked out of existence at that end, was tempted to risk it but settled for the more logical spot. Good call as it turned out.
Bit of light rain about early on so out come the tarps. Water + electricity + explosives, what could possibly go wrong.
At the start I grabbed a couple of shots of the fireworks but didn't lose too much time on that.
One last frame with the 17-55mm then changed to the 70-200mm and moved close for the action stuff.
Kaboom! Wish I'd worn a hat 'cos some shrapnel rained down on me at times. Had two firies standing behind me ready for action and they promised to put me out if I caught fire. So that was nice of them.
Few shots of the shotfirer doing his stuff. ( Have a few more images to share later)
They will be back later in the year and have promised to let me hand fire a couple of the mortars during the next show, can't wait for that!
I worked with the two shotfirers setting up the show and asked if I could shoot the gig fully expecting to be told I would have to stay outside the 100m exclusion zone at show time.
To my surprise they were excited to have me on board because after twenty years of doing fireworks they had no images of themselves at work.
Yeeee haaaa!!
Ok, this is the setup. 50% of fireworks are hand fired, 50% fired electronically. The cardboard boxes in foreground are all wired for remote firing but the mortar casings are hand fired one by one. This is where I stood for most of the shots, can only move left or right a couple of metres so a little bit tight for room.
Have processed these on a lappy so would appreciate any feedback especially with regards to noise. They look ok from my end.
I wanted to shoot from the far end but there was a light breeze and they told me I'd be smoked out of existence at that end, was tempted to risk it but settled for the more logical spot. Good call as it turned out.
Bit of light rain about early on so out come the tarps. Water + electricity + explosives, what could possibly go wrong.
At the start I grabbed a couple of shots of the fireworks but didn't lose too much time on that.
One last frame with the 17-55mm then changed to the 70-200mm and moved close for the action stuff.
Kaboom! Wish I'd worn a hat 'cos some shrapnel rained down on me at times. Had two firies standing behind me ready for action and they promised to put me out if I caught fire. So that was nice of them.
Few shots of the shotfirer doing his stuff. ( Have a few more images to share later)
They will be back later in the year and have promised to let me hand fire a couple of the mortars during the next show, can't wait for that!
good stuff
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