Worthing Lions Fireworks

Worthing Camera Club is heading to the Worthing Promenade on Thursday 5 November for a photography outing to capture the Worthing Lions Fireworks. It's a free event, running from 7:00pm to 8:00pm, and the club is setting up on Worthing Beach, west of the Pier on Marine Parade (BN11 3QB).

If you're thinking of coming along, there are two bits of kit the club recommends: a tripod and a shutter speed between one and three seconds. That's the sweet spot for fireworks — long enough to trace the streaks of light as they fall, but not so long that the whole frame washes out. It's a good one to practice on if you've never shot fireworks before.

The outing is run by the Worthing Camera Club, a group with a long history of competition. Their Regnum Crouch Print Competition goes back to around 1950, when they were inaugurated by the Chichester Club as 'Regnum' and held an annual print competition whose winning club received a shield donated by Charles Howard. A few years later, when other clubs including Worthing joined in, notable Worthing member Edmund F. H. Crouch donated a shield for the slide. They also run the South Downs Astrophotography Competition, which usually closes in mid-January.

So, if you fancy a night out with your camera, head down to the promenade west of the Pier on Thursday 5 November. It's a free event from 7:00pm to 8:00pm.