Charlie Sin Gallery/ Sara Urbaez / June 27, 2018 5:09 PM
Charlie Sin01Charlie Sin creates his images using a technique known as focus blur.
Charlie Sin02Focus blur makes flyaway sparks look sharp and other bursts of color look soft and fuzzy.
Charlie Sin03Creating images with focus blur takes a lot of patience and Sin often discards many more images than he takes.
Charlie Sin04Sin captures his images during Fourth of July fireworks shows on the outskirts of Los Angeles, where there is less light pollution and the background is much darker.
Charlie Sin05Sin's photographs often don't look like fireworks on first glance.
Charlie Sin06Using Sin's focus blur technique requires a lot of patience.
Charlie Sin07Sin began shooting his images of flower-like fireworks in 2013.
Charlie Sin08Sin photographs fireworks near his home in Southern California every Independence Day.
Charlie Sin09The fireworks in Sin's *Night Flowers* series can look like marigolds, dandelions, and poppies.
Charlie Sin10Sin has been working on *Night Flowers* for nearly five years.
Charlie Sin11Sin hopes to one day go to Japan to photograph fireworks shows there.
Charlie Sin12Some of Sin's images even look like palm trees.
Charlie Sin13The hills and mountains surrounding Los Angeles give Sin a dark backdrop for his photos.
Charlie Sin14Some of Sin's photographs look like bouquets.
15This isn't a bouquet—it's a grand finale.
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