While walking in the neighborhood at dusk … with camera in hand … we stopped so I could create an image that I’ve been considering for a while … shooting a Chase Bank branch at night. The new building design features an incredible…
Category: photojournalism
Always on the lookout for an interesting photo opportunity … or constantly evaluating what I see in terms of creating an interesting image … Dorothy and I were watching a crew from the Buffalo Grove Public Works Department handling a sewer…
I was in Chicago on Saturday night leaving a job at the Merchandise Mart when I heard some commotion coming from Kinzie Street. As I walked down Orleans over Kinzie, I noticed bicyclists as far as the eye could see…
I spent some time today at the Lincolnshire-Riverwoods FPD (IL) 75th Anniversary Open House. I was photographing the event and concentrating on the fire department’s interaction with public. What could be easier than trying to capture great images of children…
When I was in Ottumwa, IA this week, I went down to the Des Moines River to look around. Know as the city of bridges, they have four bridges downtown and a damn. The water flowing through the damn was…
I visited Ottumwa, IA the other day and asked about a recommendation for lunch. Without a hesitation, I was directed to Canteen Lunch which I may have been the only person that had never heard of it. Dating back to the…
Here are a few more images showing faces of firemen after battling a fire in Deerfield (IL) on 5/22/15.
I took in a fire this afternoon in Niles (IL) and arrived after the fire had been extinguished. That left me with a few options for images … the overall scene, apparatus, the aftermath, and environmental portraits. I actually chose…
A few nights ago, my wife and I were driving east through Northbrook (IL) as a storm was heading our way from the south. Since we were moving and had no clear opening to the south, it was difficult to…
Here’s my video showing a mansion being destroyed by fire in Barrington Hills (IL) on Saturday, 4/18/15. I also created a brief video with the clips of fire trucks responding to the scene