OK, time for the technical side of photographing fire performers. This will cover the techniques I use and is by no means the be all end all guide to photographing fire. Through the last two posts I’ve been giving several examples of fire photography and have included the camera settings for each shot. As...
This post is going to be about what equipment you need to take photos of fire performers. Really all it takes is a camera that can be set to manual but more on that later. Lets start with what I use. When I bought my camera and lenses I wasn’t thinking about photographing fire....
One of my favorite things to photograph as of late is fire dancers. I really enjoy low light photography and candids and shooting fire dancers combines both. I’ve always loved portrait work but feel awkward trying to tell models what to do and how to pose. With fire dancers I just sit back and...
