Photographing Fire

Canon 5D Mark II

Focal Length 73

Aperture 4

Shutter 1/200

ISO 3200

For photographing shots with fire present it may often be difficult to gauge the exposure due to varying levels of light which is dictated by the intensity of the fire.  Flare ups may cause the shot to be over exposed.  A good way to deal with this would be to use exposure bracketing, or simply take a number of exposures and dig through them later.

Setting a higher numbered (warmer) color temperature (white balance) will yield richer yellows, oranges, and reds which can be appealing for a shot like this.

I also used a wider aperture (larger number) to isolate the piece of meat and smoothen out the flames.  This is a good example of how well the Mark II is able to deal with noise at high ISO's.