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…
One more assignment to Florida in the hunt for cement mixer photographs took me to this company that had both trucks and a plant that were all part of the shoot. It was hot and humid, and for the first shot…
Photographing work trucks at a construction site for a client requires some advanced planning and discussions with the company that owns the truck, the driver, and of course someone with authority at the job site. Here are three examples of…
On assignment shooting an Oshkosh S-Series front-discharge mixer by McNeilus in Florida. This was a hot day with extremely high humidity … causing everyone to work a bit slower than normal. For me, this offered an extra minute or two to…
For several years I had the pleasure of photographing work trucks for McNeilus. They manufacture cement mixers and refuse trucks, both of which I spent time with (one was more fun than the other …). Like any work truck assignment,…
I took in a small fire this evening in Wheeling (IL). The firefighters made quick work of containing the fire which didn’t leave much for me to photograph except the overall scene. The fire occurred at dusk on a street…
Here are two images from an on-scene patient pickup in Arlington Heights (IL) after a serious motor vehicle accident. The medivac is from Flight for Life based in McHenry, IL. The ability to take helicopter photos at night is dependent on…
Here’s another series of helicopter photos showing a model BK117 run by Lifestar Chicago making an on-scene pickup of a person injured in a motor vehicle accident. This incident in Elmhurst (IL) involved a semi that rolled over resulting in…
While at the scene of a technical rescue where a worker became trapped after the trench he was in partially collapsed around him, I photographed these heavy wreckers from Lin Mar Towing that were part of the emergency response. The tow…