The first time I ever drove across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, I was so taken by the structure that I had to photograph it. But, I was alone, and there was no place to stop. So, I…
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…
While visiting Rye, NY for a wedding, I found myself looking out over Milton Harbor toward New York City about 1AM. The view was beautiful, and the light on the horizon was enticing. The area was silhouetted by the distant…
While relaxing today in Greenwich, CT, we took a stroll through a beautiful park area near the Long Island Sound that incorporated two small ponds. One appeared to have been a quarry of some sort along I95 and the other was just…
A quick image tonight from a guest contributor … my wife Dorothy. Riding shotgun with me on the FDR in Manhattan, she took this image of the Queensboro Bridge. A storm brewing on the horizon offered a dramatic sky, and…
When I’m on assignment, some locations are built for dramatic images. Industrial settings fall into this category. The nature of the site combines with the that fact that there are all manner of lights and shapes that look compelling in the dark.…
Several fire truck builders and equipment suppliers made donations to the FDNY after 9/11 to help replace the devastating loss. I visited New York City to photograph several of these units after they’d been delivered. One was this FDNY Haz…
This is just a quick post to reminisce about an image taken during my youth … an early effort at environmental portraiture on a fire scene. I thought this guy exhibited a lot of character in the way he carried himself. The…
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…