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The second of three fireworks displays in Vancouver that took place over a week in July/August, during the Celebration of Light fireworks competition. This display was by the Canadian team, with the UK and Thailand the other participants.

I wanted another angle with the fireworks appearing in front of the backdrop of downtown Vancouver, so for this night I went to Lighthouse Park, out in West Vancouver. This is on the opposite side of the Burrard Inlet from Spanish Banks, where I took my previous fireworks shot.

Lighthouse Park is quite heavily wooded, so to avoid having to walk out alone through the dark and bear-infested (in my mind, at least) woods after the display, I roped in a couple of photographers to join me on the trip! (That way, you don't have to outrun the bear, just one of the other photographers!)

Unsurprisingly, as this is a much less-visited location anyway, there were very few people here. We saw two other small groups of people, but they we...

Born in the UK, I moved to Vancouver, BC in 2011. My career in photography has grown from a long-held passion for capturing the beauty of the world, aided on the technical side by my background as a software developer. I specialise in fine art photography of landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes in and around the Pacific Northwest, with work exhibited internationally. Many of my photographs feature the beautiful city of Vancouver, but as well as capturing its iconic cityscapes, I can often be found exploring the BC and Washington coastline for new photographic opportunities, as well as developing my portfolio of night sky photographs featuring the Milky Way and the Aurora Borealis.