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Smith: Here's how to take good fireworks pictures
Times photographer offers expert advice
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A firework display is put on Saturday at Laurel Park in Gainesville. Thousands showed up to celebrate the Fourth of July. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Fireworks have become one of the most revered American traditions to celebrate the independence of the United States. Celebration of the Fourth of July brings family and friends together to have fun on a muggy summer night and watch the sky light up, but fireworks can be one of the most difficult things to photograph. See photos from Saturday's fireworks at Laurel Park.