Standing along the Mississippi River at dusk gave us a great view of the Crescent City Connection Bridge. Prior to 1985, this was known as the Greater New Orleans Bridge over the Mississippi River connecting Orleans Parish and Jefferson Parish. After…
Everywhere you turns when visiting The French Quarter in New Orleans you’ll encounter some form of street performer … musicians, mimes, acrobats and jugglers, dancers, and costumed figures. There few images represent some of the performers or characters that we came upon.…
A quick trip to The French Quarter in New Orleans offered multiple photo opportunities. Here are two quick images showing some of the local architecture in the Quarter.
During my recent trip to Kansas, I visited the Mission Township Fire Department on the outskirts of Topeka. They have two new units from Rosenbauer America on the Commander chassis. Though they look like twins, one is a traditional engine…
On my way home from the airport last night, I took in a house fire in Cicero, IL. By the time I arrived, there was some good smoke still pushing out of the house, but for the most part the fire had…
I’m in north Texas today and photographed some new Plano Fire Department fire trucks. These two units were built by Rosenbauer America and supplement a department that is almost fully Rosenbauer or General Safety and Central States (both of which…
As my nephew’s bar mitzvah quickly approaches, I thought I’d share a quick portrait from the synagogue. Part of the photography session includes a Bar mitzvah portrait with a torah. Often there are several torah scrolls within the ark and they…
On Thanksgiving morning, dozens of volunteers came together to to serve Thanksgiving dinner for people needing some extra help in northern Lake County, IL. The event was put together buy the Eternal Word Prayer Community and offered the meal to anyone…
One of my stops this week while in Kansas was to visit the Junction City Fire Department to photograph a new engine and an aerial ladder. Although it may seem silly to mention, but the first aspect of photographing new…
While I was in Topeka this week, I drove by the Kansas State Capitol building that had recently undergone a huge renovation. I was there at night, which often produces a dramatic image since the capitol buildings are almost always…