Fireworks and sparklers

I'm no professional photographer, but I love striving for the best photographs that I can possibly take with the equipment I have.  (And, of course, I have a wish list a mile long for a better camera and lenses.)  That being said...

We recently moved from a small town in Alaska to Las Vegas, and we were happy to see on the 4th of July that the citizens of Las Vegas go ALL out with fireworks for the 4th. In our old house, we could only see a few random fireworks, but here, we could see at least 3 separate fireworks displays from different areas- all in our own backyard! 

I pulled out my camera and took some pictures. Then we pulled out the sparklers and let the kids have a blast.  Here are a few of my photographs from the 4th of July.

This one is my favorite:

{settings: ISO 400, 55mm, f/6.3, 3.2s}

My kids:

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My hubby making a heart. :)  *swooon*

 {settings: ISO 400, 18mm, f/3.5, 6.0s)

 {settings: ISO 800, 46mm, f/10, 1.6s}

 {settings: ISO 100, 46mm, f/5.6, 1.6s}


We spent most of the day unpacking from our move.  How did you celebrate the 4th of July?