During a multiple-day trip to New York and New Jersey, I had a flight cancellation which created an additional overnight for me. Fortunately, my nephew, Ben Fink Shapiro lives in Manhattan and was kind enough to offer me a place…
While visiting Victoria, BC previously on a truck shoot with Dorothy, we took a walk after dinner around the Victoria Harbour. The buildings surrounding the water were extremely colorful and their reflection on the water doubled the beauty. I was…
Okay, perhaps I should have toned down the title here, but I’ve written two previous posts about the gorgeous country that I encountered in British Columbia and how it impacted my decisions to provide images of their new fire engine…
As a followup to last night’s post about the snowcapped mountains visible while returning from Terrace, BC, I’ve included a few images from the site scouting for locations in Terrace to use for the truck shoot. We drove across a…
Last September I travelled to Terrace, BC for a truck shoot. I flew from Chicago to Vancouver where I transferred to a turbo-prop for the final leg of the journey into Terrace. The country was absolutely beautiful. Mountains, rivers, forests,…
An assignment last summer took me to Montauk, NY at the tip of Long Island. The only logical location for my truck shoot was with the historic Montauk Lighthouse. Afterwards, I stayed for dinner. The recommendation was to dine at…
On our last full day in Spain, Dorothy and I took a 20 minute walk to the Parque de Bomberos Sur, one of two Granada fire stations. We received a warm welcome from the on-duty bomberos which included an offer…
After a brisk 20 minute walk from our hotel in Seville, Dorothy and I visited the Parque de Bomberos. We had a tour and traded our broken Spanish with the broken English of a very kind firefighter.
A trip overseas without a stop at a local fire station is not an option for me. Dorothy accepts this and almost always accompanies me. In Spain, I was able to visit Parques de Bomberos in Madrid, Seville, and Granada.…
After visiting Spain for seven days, flying into the Madrid-Barajas Airport just before sunrise was beautiful. In the east, the sun was rising just beyond the mountains. Looking to the west, the moon was full and reflecting a yellow hue…