These fireworks were from the 4th of July celebration at NARA Park in Acton, Ma. What a nice night! But what a long walk to get there!!!! Worth it though!
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What fun to go back to a fairgrounds – especially after all the rain and bad weather we’ve had this year! Kerrie, a fellow photographer, and I went to “capture the light.” The magic begins to happen around dusk and then continues into the night. Once the midway lights come on, it’s all magic and serendipity. Hand-held exposures at 1/20 th of a second in many cases is what was needed to capture the scenes – and at that at ISO 1000 and better! Yes, I had a tripod in my car – but the car was parked several miles away and only accessible by boarding a school bus and trekking to Nashoba HS. Nah … just leave the tripod alone and hold steady! You be the judge – did I do it? The night ended with fireworks – this was pretty tricky without the tripod, but I think it came out ok.
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Kerrie and I have been assisting each other now for a year and have been having a lot of fun egging each other on to try different techniques. When I assist for her, I become her walking light.
This last wedding, however, was rather precarious! We were on a precipice (ok, so maybe I exaggerate! But it was pretty high up on rocks overlooking a lighthouse – a sheer drop of rocks to the water below!) At first the weather was nice, but as the ceremony neared, the distant rumble of thunder became more frequent. At five minutes before the ceremony, the clouds opened up along with thunder and (shudder!) lightning! The guests were prepared and all opened up color-coordinated umbrellas. Now my task became grabbing an umbrella and sheltering Kerrie while she took the pictures!
Anyhow, umbrella in hand – I managed to take these infrared shots of the wedding:
