How to Photograph Fireworks

With the 4th of July celebration rapidly approaching for those in the U.S., this is a great time to work on your fireworks photography. While most people are busy eating lots of BBQ ribs or trying to set up the biggest fireworks display on the block, photographers are busy preparing to take lots of fireworks photographs. Fireworks photography is not as difficult as you may think. A little planning and know how will help you capture great fireworks photographs. To help you capture the "perfect" fireworks photograph I have two lessons on fireworks photography. The first is a basic lesson on how to photograph fireworks and the second goes into more advanced issues to help you fine-tune your images. I also have a link to a great article from Sue Chastain, our Graphics Software Guide, on how to remove ugly backgrounds from your images when necessary.

Fireworks Photography Lessons

We also have a fireworks thread in the forum where you can share you images with other forum readers. As I did last year, I will be selecting several images from that thread for inclusion in an image gallery on About Photography as well. The images selected for the image gallery last year were fabulous and I look forward to seeing this year's images!

Happy Shooting!!!

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