A few more images to go with yesterday’s post featuring portraits of firefighters battling a fire in Chicago.
Tag: commercial photographer Larry Shapiro explains the process of creating an environmental portrait of a firefighter
I spent much of the day photographing firefighters battling a 4-11 Alarm fire in Chicago. I post images of the fire scene and trucks at shapirophotography.net and chicagoareafire.com, but I thought I’d show the personal side of the scene here instead of…
I took in an attic fire this weekend in an unincorporated area of Lake County. The firefighters had the fire out by the time that I arrived, but that doesn’t mean that there weren’t images to create. For one thing,…
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…
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…
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…
It is not at all uncommon to find female firefighters working at fire scenes in the cities and suburbs doing any of the jobs required. Whether it’s a chief officer, a company officer, a firefighter, or pump operator, the work…
At a fire scene, some would say that if you want to know which guys were doing the work, you have to look for the fireman with a dirty face. Others might argue the point for a number of reasons. Regardless…
Here is a series of images that represents the aspects of the scene where the Woman’s Club of Wilmette was destroyed by fire this afternoon. I don’t have time for more information as I’m headed to the airport for a road trip. There…