Okay people, it’s summer. This means the wonderful month of July. Which means the 4^th of July. Which means fireworks! I love looking up the schedule for the state of Connecticut and seeing all of the different places they will be doing firework displays. Throughout the entire month of July and even August there are different displays being shown which gives you so many opportunities to watch amazing shows. It is a chance to hang out with family and friends before you watch the fireworks, and then sit back and relax while you watch them. There is one thing that gets super annoying though while watching fireworks and that is everyone’s cell phones… PUT THEM DOWN.

1. You are not a photographer.

I doubt you are a photographer. If you are, you wouldn't be using your cell phone, you would be using your actual, expensive camera. You would be changing the aperture, not the filter being used.

2. We are watching the same thing you are, Snapchatting it is pointless.

I saw that purple one, and the one that looks like sparklers, and that really cool one that turned into a heart when it burst. STOP POSTING IT TO YOUR SNAP STORY. I am just going to skip through it and so is everyone else.

3. You will not look at the pictures again.

For a few years straight I took pictures on my phone of fireworks. And each year, I would upload them to my computer the day after I took them. I would look at them that day, and I don’t think I have looked at them once ever since. I have a bunch of random firework display pictures on my computer somewhere and I don’t even know where to look anymore.

4. They don’t look as good through a screen.

Seriously though. They don’t look as good behind your phone. When you are trying to take pictures or videos through your phone, you are staring at them through the screen. The colors are not as bright, and it looks a lot smaller. Just lock your phone and look up. Trust me, it’ll look so much better.

5. The light gets distracting to those behind you.

Just like at the movie theater, the light from your phone gets annoying. We don’t like to see it. I want to avoid looking at it, but just like when you’re reading a good book and your eyes jump down the page and spoil it for you, my eyes keep jumping to your screen. Just please put it away.