One secret some professional photographers use when taking incredible fireworks photos is using the double-exposure trick. Instead of keeping an exposure open for an extremely long period of time, they may take one photo when fireworks are bursting, not advance the film, and then take another photo in exactly the same location when more fireworks explode. Since the background is the same, the two groups of exploding fireworks are merged in the sky, making a more impressive photo.

You can do the same thing with digital photography. Ensure your digital camera is secure on a tripod and will not move when you take photos. Use the other tips mentioned in the MalekTips digital fireworks photography section. Then, take two photographs of the exact same location when different fireworks are exploding.

After the event, use Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop, PhotoPaint, or your favorite photo editing software to merge the two photos together. To help ensure the ground does not get blurry, you may want to only merge the sky portion of the two photographs together. You should be able to do this by opening both photos, performing a rectangle or freeform selection on the sky of a second photo, copying that as a layer on top of the first photo, then merging the results.

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