I went out to the Horse Park this weekend for the annual Independence Day fireworks and car show. I’ve been there every year for the past 4 or 5 years and I always have a blast. Normally it’s just a Corvette car show, but this year they also added another section which was the old school Japanese cars. While out there I fell in love with this Datsun 510…
Soon after walking around and checking out all of the old school JDM goodness and the sexy Z06’s that made an appearance, it was time to get the show on the road. I spoke with a friendly fireman to get some inside information on where the fireworks would be shot from and what direction they would be traveling. He told me that they blocked off a side road and were planning on shooting the fire works from a particular hill on that road. I headed that way and stopped at the bottom of the hill. I pulled out the tripod, set my camera up and attached my shutter remote. Fifteen minutes later the fireworks were going off in full force! here are a few of my favorites…
Then things got a little crazy. I started seeing A LOT of smoke. Some of the fireworks came down into the field by the road where they were shooting them from and next thing I know they were calling people to help the firemen put the fire out!!! I put my camera gear up and went to help. As I came to the top of the hill I was shocked by what I saw. The fire was much bigger than I anticipated and the flames were well over the tree tops. It was a lot worse than I originally thought. I found a fireman and asked what I could do to help and he said that they had everything under control, even though it didn’t look like it! I had nothing else to do so I broke the camera back out! I’m sure there were a lot of people there that day that got some great photos of the fireworks, but I can tell you this, NOBODY else got THIS shot…
Over all, it was a fun day. Good times with family, friends, nice cars, and I had some excitement! Cant wait to do it again next year.