The massive amount of data stored by a RAW file allows for great detail to be realized through editing. I save all my RAW files and occasionally re-process them with updated software to see how algorithms have advanced. Here are…
Category: Fire scene photography
I took in my first fire of the year this week (26 days into the new year!) I arrived well after the dramatic smoke and flames had been dealt with. Nonetheless, I looked for interesting opportunities for images. Here’s a…
I spent much of the day photographing firefighters battling a 4-11 Alarm fire in Chicago. I post images of the fire scene and trucks at shapirophotography.net and chicagoareafire.com, but I thought I’d show the personal side of the scene here instead of…
I was with my friend Vito today and we took in a hazardous material scare in Washington DC. It was a reported suspicious powder at CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) near the US Capitol. Though the substance turned out to be…
Dorothy and I are in south Florida today and were at the scene of a Miami-Dade County car fire as firefighters were extinguishing the fire. It was a first for her …
I visited the Brownsburg (IN) Fire Department yesterday and took a run with them into neighboring Pittsboro. There wasn’t much going on, but it was interesting to e in a different area and see different apparatus.
I took in an attic fire this weekend in an unincorporated area of Lake County. The firefighters had the fire out by the time that I arrived, but that doesn’t mean that there weren’t images to create. For one thing,…
Here are a few more images showing faces of firemen after battling a fire in Deerfield (IL) on 5/22/15.
A fire today in Deerfield, IL gave me another opportunity to capture faces of firemen after battling a fire … since I arrived after the fire was basically out. In all cases, I utilized a long lents (Canon EOS 75-200 F2.8…
A friend and I took in a house fire today in South Barrington (IL). This was another huge home in an area with fire hydrants, so all water to fight the fire had to be trucked in. The fire was…