When my wife and I were in New Orleans last week, one of the sites we visited was the St Louis Cemetery #2 just outside of the French Quarter. Enormous in size and visible from the elevated interstate highway, it was…
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Mother nature sometimes has a habit of pairing incredible beauty with strong destructive forces. In this instance, the smoke haze from a wildland fire created a filter creating a dramatic Red sunset over southern California. This shot was captured out the window of…
Today we spent time in the town of Bellagio … we travelled there by ferry. Bellagio is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located on Lake Como. As we arrived at our restaurant for…
While on assignment in old Montreal, I had the opportunity to photograph a bridge expanse at dusk. I was fortunate to be on a shipping dock with a large open area that afforded me a great view of the bridge, the…
Fire scene photography isn’t just about smoke and flames. There’s not always going to be big fire and billowing smoke, or firemen covered in soot, or a dramatic rescue. Sometimes you get there and … we’ll it’s just a fire…
I’ve mentioned before that there is never just one way of editing photos in Photoshop. And, for that matter, there are many ways of editing images without Photoshop. Several software packages are available as standalone versions as well as plug-ins…
This shot is one of my favorites. It features a 90′, 1971 1000 Series American LaFrance Aero Chief quint from Libertyville, IL. The fire occurred on October 27, 1995 at the Coffee Masters, Inc. facility on Concrete Drive in Lakemoor,…
Whether you’re working with vacation photos or landscapes, image files most often benefit from a few tweaks. Sometimes, enhancing photographs is dramatic, and other times it’s relatively minor. Here’s an image of of an Irish countryside with a a view of the coast.…