Altertates to Fireworks & Bonfires

I was going to put a tutorial on how to shoot fireworks but there really are thousands on the web, which all say put camera on manual focus and focus to infinity, ISO to 100, set aperture between f8 & f11 and just vary your shutter speed between 1 and 10 seconds. Position the camera roughly where the rockets are exploding and you'll get some great shots especially if you an use a cable release. A good alternative to firework shots usually missed on bonfire night is the fire itself. As with fireworks you need to be in full manual mode but the aim is to get quick shutter speeds to try to freeze the fire, so you may need to up your ISO a little.

This is a shot I got last night, I thought it had quite a menacing quality. This was taken at f/6.3 for 1/250 sec at ISO 400. There are still a few more nights of reckless pyromania so get out and see what you can get.