How to shoot fireworks with iPhone: The complete guide
To capture fireworks photos with iPhone, you'll need a camera capable of taking long exposure photos. Because the shutter speed of the iPhone camera is limited by hardware to 1 second, you can’t use the iPhone stock camera app to take photos of fireworks.
Luckily, creative developers found ways to overcome the hardware limitations of the iPhone camera and created apps that enable you to take photos with longer shutter speeds.
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how you can capture stunning photos of fireworks with your iPhone. You’ll learn, what you need and how to get the shot.
Table of Contents
- Sample photos of fireworks shot on iPhone
- Recommended Camera Apps and Gear
- Preparing your iPhone and Slow Shutter Cam App
- How to Photograph fireworks with iPhone
- Adjustments you may need to make
- Summary
Sample photos of fireworks shot on iPhone
Before we begin with the firework photography tutorial, here are a few sample photos of a firework I took with my iPhone in my hometown, Linz, Austria. I took the photos from a nearby bridge to get a good view of the show. I took all of these firework photos using an iPhone Xs, Slow Shutter Cam App and a tripod.