Here’s an example of a low light, existing ambient light photo of a Chicago fireman working at a nighttime fire scene. In this next version, I turned it into a firefighter silhouette in the Snorkel basket to create a different feel.…
Category: Fire scene photography
Here is a series of images that represents the aspects of the scene where the Woman’s Club of Wilmette was destroyed by fire this afternoon. I don’t have time for more information as I’m headed to the airport for a road trip. There…
A house in Evanston (IL) was destroyed by fire today (1/9/15). Frigid temperatures combined with an older home that had multiple dormers, add-ons, and void spaces creating a complex battle for the firefighters from several towns who came to assist at this…
Part of my time spent in Arkansas involved photographing a Rogers Fire Department house burn down at the culmination of company training. Since my focus for the trip involved new apparatus from Rosenbauer, the fire department had one of the new…
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 took in a fire the other night in Island Lake (IL). I got there well over an hour after the initial units arrived, and not surprisingly, most of the fire had been extinguished. I took some shots around the scene…
Here are a few images from a house fire in Prospect Heights (IL) from early this morning (11-2-14). It was a devastating fire that destroyed the house. There were minor injuries to a police officer and the mother and father,…
A few shots from a winter fire scene in Wheeling (IL) a few years back … the fire started in the van in the driveway and communicated into the mobile home where the family was living.
The final portion of my recent journey from Ohio back to the Chicago area culminated in me spotting this burning house not far from the highway. I followed the fire and was able to get a few quick shots as…
I’ve mentioned in previous posts that it’s not always possible to have the right lens for every situation with fire scene photography. For some time now, I’ve taken to carrying two cameras at most daytime fire scenes and some night…