How to get an Epic Firework Photo

The secret is to bring your own fireworks! That's right, my buddies and I went to the beach to watch the fireworks on 4th of July. I set my camera up on a tripod, turned off the internal mirror, hooked in my remote shutter and set all my settings perfectly to get fireworks from "all those people on the beach who would have them," but little did I know that it would be police city out on the beach and no one could even look at someone funny without the cops rolling up and searching you. No one lit off a firework within a mile of us. The few and far between shots I did get of fireworks were all either far away or I didnt get to it fast enough. So I said, that's it, I'm going to line up my shot BEFORE the next one goes off. So I found this killer spot with the four palm trees and told my step brother to set off the finale in the street in the center. What came out made the rest of those crappy fireworks pictures worth it.





Shot with Canon 5D Mark II
24-105mm Zoom F4-5.6
@ 24mm
ISO 100
f/11
8 second shutter for the first one
23 second shutter for the second