Fireworks photography

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New Years 2002 at Seaport Village

Fireworks photography is the process of taking photographs of fireworks at night. It is a type of night photography, specifically using available light of the fireworks instead of artificial light. Without using the flash on the camera, the photographer often exposes the image for a period of time, known as long exposure.^[1]^[2] Brighter fireworks sometimes support shorter exposure times.

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The following samples are ordered from longer to shorter exposure time.

Photo of exploding artillery shell fireworks. Backyard fireworks in Denton, Texas, 60 second exposure
Photo of exploding artillery shell fireworks. 4th of July fireworks in Denton, Texas, 60 second exposure
Roman candle with report. 4th of July fireworks in Denton, Texas, 60 second exposure
4th of July fireworks in Portland, Oregon, 10 second exposure
4th of July Fireworks in San Jose, California, 2 second exposure
more 4th of July fireworks from San Jose, 1 second exposure
Fireworks in Cameron Park, California, 1/40th second exposure
The World Showcase Lagoon at Epcot in Walt Disney World during IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth (the nightly fireworks show), 1/100th second exposure

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Three Fireworks Photography articles from New York Institute of Photography

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Technical terms	35 mm equivalent focal length Angle of view Aperture Chromatic aberration Circle of confusion Color temperature Depth of field Depth of focus Exposure Exposure compensation Exposure value F-number Film format Film speed Focal length Guide number Hyperfocal distance Metering mode Perspective distortion Photograph Photographic printing Photographic processes Reciprocity Red-eye effect Science of photography Shutter speed Sync Zone System Black-and-white

Genres	Aerial Architectural Commercial Cloudscape Documentary Erotic Fashion Fine-art Fire Forensic Glamour High-speed Landscape Lomography Nature Nude Photojournalism Pornography Portrait Post-mortem Selfie Senior Social documentary Sports Still life Stock Street Vernacular Underwater Wedding Wildlife

Techniques	Afocal photography Bokeh Contre-jour Cyanotype Exposing to the right Fill flash Fireworks Harris shutter High-speed Holography Infrared Kirlian Kite aerial Long-exposure Macro Mordançage Multiple exposure Night Panning Panoramic Photogram Print toning Redscale Rephotography Rollout Sabatier Effect Stereoscopy Stopping down Sun printing Tilt–shift Time-lapse Ultraviolet Vignetting

Composition	Diagonal Method Framing Geometry and symmetry Headroom Lead room Rule of thirds Simplicity

Equipment	Camera (Pinhole Rangefinder SLR Still TLR Toy View) Darkroom (Enlarger Safelight) Film (Base Format Holder Stock) Filter Flash (Beauty dish Cucoloris Gobo Hot shoe Grid Monolight Snoot Soft box Umbrella Wireless sync) Lens Manufacturers Monopod Movie projector Slide projector Tripod Tripod head Zone plate

History	Analog photography Autochrome Lumière Box camera Calotype Camera obscura Daguerreotype Dufaycolor Heliography Painted photography backdrops Photography and the law Timeline of photography technology Visual arts

Digital photography	Digital camera (D-SLR Comparison of D-SLRs Sony SLT MILC Digital camera back) Digiscoping Digital versus film photography Film scanner Image sensor (CMOS APS CCD Three-CCD camera Foveon X3 sensor) Photo sharing Pixel

Color photography	Color Color film (Print Slide) Color management (CMYK color model Color space Primary color RGB color model)

Photographic processing	C-41 process Cross processing Developer Dye coupler E-6 process Fixer Gelatin silver process Gum printing K-14 process Print permanence Push processing Stop bath

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