I mentioned on the two other nights that I really wasn't satisfied with the pictures. On the last night, the wind turned around and behaved itself. The evening sky was fantastic, and I was able to shoot some of the best evening pyro I've ever done. (At least I think so.)

My apologies for my dial-up friends. There were so many good shots this night that I wanted to include most of them. I did split the page up, but it'll take a while for all the images to fill.

Again, it was tough for me to identify who did what, so if you can recognize who really did what, let me know and I'll set it stright. (I didn't keep any notes. Not a good thing.)

Note - the number of pictures does NOT indicate preferential treatment by me towards any single pyrotechnics company. It's just a matter of how the camera liked the shots. Sometimes the weather doesn't cooperate, sometimes the camera doesn't cooperate. When I see a good shot then I like to include it here. If that means one company has more pictures represented, then it means that they had the luck of the draw that night. I love fireworks and I want to support any company that will come and put on a show for us. I'll also shoot for any company that would have me - I just love fireworks. Simple as that. Let's just say they all did a GREAT JOB with their displays! I was wow'd and amazed at all of them. (They all left me wanting more and laughing & howling at the end!)

We try and fill the sky with color, and God says "Oh yeah? Beat this."	I knew the third night was going to be great when the Arizona Sunset showed up in all it's glory.		Class C	Class C
You can see the new cresent moon through the clouds.
	Here, you can see the Moon and Venus.	And here's why we always need to wear our PPE. (Personal Protective Equipment) This is one of my favorites of the night.
		You can even see the earth-shine on the moon. (30 second exposure, hence the smearing of Venus)
Old Glory In a lot of these shots, if you look closely, you'll see the flag - illuminated and flying in the breeze.	P.I.T. Crew The PIT Crew (Pyros In Training) took to the stage on the last night.	P.I.T. Crew This was a group of kids too young to be allowed into manufacturing, but old enough to want to do a pyro show.	P.I.T. Crew This was the end of a three-day class, lead by Jose Marquez.	P.I.T. Crew The kids learned about choriography, safety, timing, music - a lot of the things that makes a good show great.
P.I.T. Crew Using nothing but Class C cakes (legal for them to handle), then did a GREAT JOB!	P.I.T. Crew Even the PIT Crew needed some bees!	P.I.T. Crew Oh - and they also learned the importance of wearing your PPE.	P.I.T. Crew	P.I.T. Crew
P.I.T. Crew	P.I.T. Crew My hat's off to this group - you ROCKED!	Northern CA Central Valley Pyros NCCVP did another cake demo that lit up the stands. This is a view of the public seating area.	Sammy Brugema of Pyro Spectaculars put on a show that had something I had never seen before.
See those splashes of color? They were from rockets - something you very rarely see in a fireworks show.

These pictures were all shot at the WPA's Western Winter Blast #18, 2007. These pictures are thumbnails images. To see a larger image, click on'em.

All of these pictures are mine and copyrighted. You have permission to use them for your own personal use. If you want to use them in any form of publication, you'll need my permission. These pictures have been compressed for the web and higher quality versions are available. Do me and everybody else a favor - if you're going to publish them make sure they're the higher quality images then work with me. I, and your audience, would appreciate it.

Number four question I get is "How many pictures have you taken so far?"
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