Okay … so the headline is a bit sensational … I was at a townhouse fire today in Buffalo Grove (IL) and there wasn’t much to see from the outside. Firefighters made an excellent stop of a fire that communicated…
Category: Fire scene photography
I took in an early morning fire a few days back … it came in as I was on my way home from another fire. I was in pretty good position to respond. I normally would have not been close. I…
Last night, or more accurately early this morning, there was a 3-11 Alarm fire on Chicago’s south side. I spent three hours at the scene and have just begun to view and edit my images. Here are two fun shots…
Here’s a quick shot from a house fire today in Glenview (IL). The house was struck by lightning, and as firefighters were completing the overhaul phase, another round of heavy storms was about to hit the area. This silhouette of a…
Back in the old days … 2001 … I ventured out with my new digital camera and took in a very smokey 3-11 fire at 1974 N. Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago. I was prepared to conquer the world … digital…
We’ve been taught that the viewer’s eye will be drawn to the brightest portion of an image … which promotes the need for an understanding of lighting, composition, and contrast. But what if you have an image that begs to…
Generally, having fun with fire scene photography may seem like it goes against the seriousness of the event. … and in some cases … many cases probably, that’s be accurate. After all, generally someone is losing their home, business, or…
Let’s face it. These days it’s getting harder and harder to get to a fire scene to witness flames and billowing black smoke. There are several factors that come into play here. There are way too many people on the…
Here are a few fire scene photos … no lengthy discussion about the fire or the image creation … just a few images to look at. The captions detail some of the points that are relevant. Talking points are focal…
Photographing a fire scene at night poses several challenges, chief among them being lighting, but smoke, water mist, and rain are a few of the obstacles waiting to trip up a photographer. Realizing also that a fire scene is not a posed…