While visiting Washington DC, I took in a fatal 2nd alarm fire for DCFD. I arrived after the fire had been extinguished at roughly 3:30AM during a pretty steady rain. I had lunch at Rescue 1 with Vito Maggiolo, and…
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.
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…
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 a brief fire scene video from a garage fire that I took in last night in Prospect Heights (IL). It was a large garage that was fully-involved before the fire department arrived.
Today I took in a fire in Glencoe (IL). The fire was on the roof of a theatre under construction, and looked more intense than it really was. Evidently, pallets of styrofoam were burning on the roof which produced an…