Fourth of July at the Queen Mary with Fireworks.

4th of July Fireworks – Queen Mary

March 3, 2026

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On this Fourth of July, I went to Long Beach, California, to shoot the fireworks show at the Queen Mary.

Shooting fireworks can be tricky, but it really isn’t that hard. Shooting with a fairly stopped-down aperture and a slow shutter speed is important. Most of these photos were shot at around an f/16 with a shutter between 10-30 seconds. I also shot with bracketing of 3 photos at two stops for these photos. The camera was set to aperture priority. This gave me three shots, all with slightly different shutter speeds, for more variety.