I visited the Streamwood Fire Department (IL) today to photograph their entire fleet for uploading to chicagoareafire.com. One of the highlights was having the opportunity to photograph their brand new Seagrave Marauder II fire engine. Delivered in the classic Chicago-style…
The concept of an environmental portrait goes beyond the staged and posed setup. Here’s an example of an environmental portrait of a fire chief while on-scene at a fire. This was not posed or planned. It was an exercise in photojournalism…
Try as we may, photojournalism does not always allow us as photographers to maintain total control over image capture. In the hectic process of both following the action and keeping control of all aspects of the exposure … sometimes we…
It’s not always a beautiful sunny day when I am out photographing fire trucks. Sometimes, like this visit to Harrisburg, PA, it’s overcast when I’m there and I don’t know when I’ll have the opportunity to visit again. It was…
This photo from a shopping center fire in Lagrange, IL depicts a fire chief supervising firemen directing a master stream from a tower ladder during the final stages of the fire. There were all manner of lights shining on the…
A visit to Jasper County, SC for the American LaFrance calendar several years ago gave me the opportunity to photograph these pumper/tankers that were built on Freightliner chassis. The idea to create this shot of these rural units on a farm came…
Some time ago I found myself returning to Midway Airport on a late flight. As I walked through the terminal, I noticed a bit of commotion around Gate B1 … police officers, firefighters, lots of active and retired military personnel,…
On assignment for American LaFrance in Kamloops, BC I created this image of the department’s three American LaFrance Eagle chassis, one of which had an American LaFrance/LTI mid-mount tower ladder. We went to a spot that had a fantastic view of the…
Here are two examples of photographing trucks at night. Two different types of light, two subjects with totally opposite colors; one black, one white. Both were created by painting with light … keeping the shutter open until the light source…
A few fire truck photos from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue. Both are Rosenbauer America quints on Spartan Gladiator Evolution chassis. There are several of these in the department in addition to other styles from Rosenbauer. L29 was shot in quarters while…