How to Photograph Fire

[PuddelUndercover]

@Ulsterman848 yes, because you will die doing that!

[anikinippon]

I shot one of my friends fire breathing and 1/1000-1/1250 is PERFECT for that kind of shot, day or night. It got that flowering effect quite well.

[Ulsterman848]

Does this guy have a death wish adding lighter fluid directly to a lit flame !!!

[radu270597]

1:07 sublimal message!!!

[MisterSilkz]

@radu270597 yeah it says "Unrendered" lol... worked it out first time

[Rocketceres]

I THINK HE REVIEWED THE VIDEO AND THOUGHT, SHOOT THAT'S DANGEROUS, GOTTA WARN THE PEOPLE!!!!

[Rocketceres]

oh no, my expensive camera! where is the extingui... no no no no I mean almost 1000 + dollars. oh my lord!!

[MagicWorld7]

this is so cool!

[furryfireman]

Why are you using f16 you don't need that much depth of field ?

[capnsilverleafPG]

What fuel did he use in the video? All the stuff I have found so far is way too runny and won't stay put like this stuff...

[FIREHAWK1979]

We were taught in the scouts never to pour flammable liquid onto fire or embers.

[myshilohranch]

This is ridiculously dangerous ... I personally have seen fire leap up the stream of lighter fluid and blow up the can in someone's hand. It is my opinion that this video should be taken down and replaced with one where you are not showing this extremely dangerous action. There are many safer ways to shoot fire ... and much more effectively, I might add. Good grief, man!

[Tman27261]

Did anyone else see the 1 frame of "unrendered" at 1:05 :D

[stellamaris347]

@Tman27261 yes, I was trying to pause and read it to see if it was a subliminal message or something...:)

[ErwinListSanchez]

Great video i will try this weekend.

Could you explain how to photograph smoke?

Thank You

[xintah]

I would never dare to spray burning fluid directly into flames in that close situation. But hey, it seemed not to blow up in your face so it must've been safe, right?

[LearnMyShot]

@xintah you are right it's not really safe. You should never squirt fuel on direct flame.

[beathatdrum]

@LearnMyShot complete contradiction....

[shittart583]

@xintah it was lighter fluid which is flammable which means it just makes the flame spark up a bit and get bigger but you never want to do that with something combustible like say gasoline where it basically explodes with a huge flame

[realmavi]

5 person jelous !!

[putampoco]

OMG i going to do this, its awesome

[raduandreyi]

why not 1/1000 s?

[LearnMyShot]

@raduandreyi that can work too. the bigger the fire the brighter the exposure. so you can decrease time as much as needed. I just stopped at the point where motion of fie can be frozen enough to get the look i liked

[M0rthyM0rdoR]

You're nice



[vnk956]

3 dickles moron dont hv a dslr

[candyqueenify]

HAHAH Im looking at all these photography tips and I keep subscribing

[devilsonlychild]

I like ur trial n error method of getting the settings right. I wish i had that much patience. LOL. Thanks for the great videos.

[rajnaik72]

nice tutorial... it is nice to watch a host demonstrating with the video with practical sense... keep it up.

[Ruaille]

Unrendered video for the win.

[applepiewithtoast]

Cool tutorial but I hate P-mode

[picaticatara]

one person burnet their hous down

[LearnMyShot]

@picaticatara really?

[picaticatara]

@LearnMyShot dont be mad

[LearnMyShot]

@picaticatara oh no I am not mad at all, I was just asking it it happened for real. And if you have a photo of it. The exposure will have to be a bit higher but same technique. bigger fire -> more light

[Dennis060796]

@picaticatara : YOU GOT FUCKING BURNED BY LEARNMYSHOT!!! >:D

[CorpsicleBand]

@Dennis060796 sic pun bro

[Dennis060796]

@CorpsicleBand : haha i hope that wasn't sarcasm xP

[RoselieC]

Thank you. I can now take the photos i need for my science project. But will it work with a canon powershot?

[LearnMyShot]

@RoselieC yes it will work no problem

[agpyo06]

Safetywise... not the best. Never add more fuel while the fire is still alive. That can go very wrong.

[LearnMyShot]

@agpyo06 agreed! be careful !

[bleiepro]

Un rendered.

[miyunami29]

awesome..!!!!

[jorgeamdv]

GREAT INSTRUCTOR!

[69tubeB]

Excellent

[shahofuea]

how did you ensure that the background was absolutely dark? Post processing?

[DrBob1879]

Brilliantly explained - thanks.

[christacrispin]

That's very clever. Looks good. Do you need to use heat resistant glass. Thanks.

[LearnMyShot]

@christacrispin you can use regular glass. 

[christacrispin]

@christacrispin Thank you very much for getting back to me.

[LearnMyShot]

we only shoot raw, but can shoot jpeg if you like

[IvicaM90]

Are these shots taken in RAW or no?

[ikeywah]

@IvicaM90 it said RAW on the camera... taking dark shots like this would best taken in raw.

[LearnMyShot]

it's the same thing... depending on camera model. P sets automatic exposure. Full automatic sets everything automatic (iso, pop up flash, exposure....)

[meltdownman1]

What is the difference between Program Mode and Automatic Mode?

[182popeye]

nice, hey could i do something similar using a fujifim finepix s1900>? i havent got a dslr but a compact digital(fujifilm s1900), how do i take good pics of water droplets>?

[johnny48166]

@182popeye you need flash to take pics of water, two flashes works best from what I've learned