Welcome back to another diary of photography instalment! I’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t found time to take a day out for photography but when bonfire night came up how could I not pass up the opportunity for pretty photos?
Sadly I was at work the weekend (I work nightshifts and my normal routine is all messed up) so I wasn’t able to make it any bonfires which really upset me so on bonfire night my dad bought some sparklers and I took them into the garden for a little photography session. I’ve not really worked with long exposure photography before so experimenting with it was really fun.
To get the technical stuff out of the way I used an ISO of 100, aperture around f/8 and then for the shutter speed it was around 4″ to 1.2″. I also used a tripod for most of them so that there wasn’t any unnecessary shake on the camera.
My favourite photo has to be this one of my name! Out of the 20 I took, this was the most legible! I set the shutter speed quite slow so that I had time to write out my name but I think I ended up writing it too big, I probably needed to use smaller movements. Nonetheless, I’m happy with how it turned out, it’s in focus and pretty much readable. 
It was surprising cold outside and I was wrapped up in my dress gown and coat but silly enough didn’t have gloves!! If i’d have had gloves I would’ve stayed out longer and got more cool shots but after writing my name I just got some pretty basic, aesthetic shots of the sparklers. On the next few the shutter speed was a little faster. Enjoy!
I really enjoyed playing around with the long exposure and it’s definitely something I’m going to continue experimenting! I hope that you enjoyed looking at the few photos I took.
This is so cool! I would love to try this out one day😍😍
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Thank you x
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Wow these are some gorgeous shots
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Cool photos!!
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Love seeing people’s photography and I put up a photography themed post on my blog recently too! Those sparkler photos are so good I can never slow the shutter speed down enough to catch them aha ❤
Morgan // http://www.justmorgs.com
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Just read yours!! and i loved it x
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These photos are so cool and you can totally see it says Ellie! I’ve never thought about changing exposure time to take different photos but it looks great. xx
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You can do it with all sorts of lights and stuff i really wanna try it more!x
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The sparkler shots are so pretty! x
Sophie
http://www.glowsteady.co.uk
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Thank you!!
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Beautiful photos, I have been doing photography for years, and love playing with lights at night. The results are always so interesting x
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Thank you! and it’s so much fun to experiment x
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I’m not a fan of fireworks but love your photography can certainly look at them gorgeous 😊
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Thank you!x
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Wow! These photos look so cool! Very professional looking shots 😘 xx
Bexa | http://www.hellobexa.com
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Thanks so much!💕
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I love the photos! The sparkler shots are so pretty! And it’s so cool that you were able to capture your name as well! Great post! 🙂
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These pictures are amazing!
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Love doing long exposure shots!! I’ve also used the moon as a light for long exposure ☺️
Tegancarr.blogspot.co.uk
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That sounds interesting!
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They’re so pretty! I love taking photo’s of sparklers! 🙂
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Fun pictures!!
xoxo
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This is such an amazing idea you are so talented! I love the idea of taking photos with sparklers ⭐️
Ellie
http://www.headintheclouds.me.uk
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oh my gosh thank you so much 💜
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These shots are absolutely gorgeous! I remember trying to take good ones of a sparkler a couple of years ago and it went terribly!- https://sophiehearts.net x
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Thank you! i’d never tried before and was so happy with how it turned out x
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Such amazing photos! X
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Thank you so much x
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What a fantastic idea for a blogpost. Your pics are lovely & I look forward to seeing more.
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Thank you x
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Wow, I love your photos!!
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thank you!x
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Wow these are so so cool! Love them😍🖤
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Wow that’s so cool!! I love these pictures. I keep seeing so many on Instagram recently x
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I love this!!!! 😀 The pics are so cool!!!! 😀 ❤
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Those pictures are absolutely beautiful!! I love the idea of this post too!
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Thank you so much x
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Your sparkler photos are incredible!! I’ve tried long exposure like that but nowhere near as good as this!!😍♥️
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oh my gosh thank you!!! I was inspired by one of your long exposure pictures on your photography instagram a while ago and wanted to try it out and was so happy with the results!!!x
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Whaaat no way!! Agh well they’re amazing! ❤
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Thank you!!!x
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Amazing!
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Amazing article.
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