fireworks on the beach.

It's kind of a given that anyone with even the slightest bit of shutterbug lurking within them will have their camera out and at the ready for their local fireworks on the Fourth of July. No one can resist trying to get a unique shot of something so fun and beautiful to photograph…and who can blame them?! Imperial Beach, the town I [still] reside in just south of San Diego, had their first firework show this year. They set off the rockets from the pier and everyone gathered on the beach to watch them light up the sky. I'll admit, it was one of the better shows I've seen in my time. I, liked every other camera-wielding individual out there, took quite a few shots of the show, but this one was my favorite.

sparkle and fade.

I often take a ton of photos at an event or on a trip...then I load them to my computer, erase the card and forget about them.  This photo is from the Fourth of July last year that I spent with Joel and Ashley at the Antietam battlefield in Sharpsburg, Maryland.  There was a huge thunderstorm rolling in as the fireworks show went on and it was just breathtaking.  The clouds opened up on us the second they finished and we walked back a mile in the drenching rain with giddy grins on our faces.  I stumbled upon over 250 photos I'd taken from that night and decided it was time to share at least one of them. july4th