Here’s an example of another assignment that I had photographing fire trucks with people. I went to the town of Eureka in northern California. Known for redwood trees, I knew that I wanted to incorporate that aspect of their environment…
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This will be the first installment in a series of posts about photographing fire trucks with people. For several years I was contracted to provide the calendar photography for Pierce Manufacturing. I travelled on-location to the fire departments that owned the trucks…
In my mind, responsible fire scene photography includes doing your best to catch the action and document the incident. Sometimes those tasks are the same, but many times they are not. We all want to shoot the massive smoke and…
A bit more about fire scene photography in Detroit. First of all, time is often … of the essence. Here is an instance where we spotted the header in the sky minutes before there was a dispatch. Since we had…
More fire scene photography in Detroit as we took in this vacant dwelling fire on Cahalen in the very early morning hours of Wednesday (June 18th). The street was crowded with parked cars which limited my ability to have clear access…
I am in Detroit for a few days shooting fire scenes with Steve Redick. After a slow (and very hot) start to the day, we caught a few well-involved dwelling fires after dark. I’ve never been here before but have…
Part 3 of my series on photographing big trucks at a West Virginia coal mine features images that I took for myself. None of these giant trucks or other earth moving machines were part of the assignment. Aside from wanting…
After I finished with the beauty shot, it was time to get some application shots. Since the truck we were using was not in service, we traipsed out to a spot where another Western Star 6900 was getting dirty. Now…
I’m a kid at heart, and as such I enjoy playing with toys. I’ve been extremely fortunate many times to have had the opportunity to play with big trucks … sometimes real big trucks. And, the reason was always because…
Today was the annual muster and rally at the Quinn Fire Academy in Chicago. One of the highlights was a 1923 Ahrens Fox fire engine from the Fire Museum of Greater Chicago. When I photograph an antique rig, I grab…