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Tag: commercial photographer Larry Shapiro explains the process of creating an environmental portrait of a firefighter

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Firefighters battling a fire in Chicago

  • Posted on March 9, 2016
  • by Larry

A few more images to go with yesterday’s post featuring portraits of firefighters battling a fire in Chicago.

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  • Fire scene photography

Firefighters battling a fire in Chicago

  • Posted on March 8, 2016March 8, 2016
  • by Larry

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…

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  • Fire scene photography

Environmental portraits of firefighters

  • Posted on June 28, 2015
  • by Larry

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,…

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  • Fire scene photography

Faces of firemen after battling a fire

  • Posted on May 23, 2015May 23, 2015
  • by Larry

Here are a few more images showing faces of firemen after battling a fire in Deerfield (IL) on 5/22/15.

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  • Fire scene photography

Faces of firemen after battling a fire

  • Posted on May 22, 2015
  • by Larry

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…

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  • Fire scene photography

Faces of firemen after a fire

  • Posted on May 12, 2015
  • by Larry

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…

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  • Fire scene photography

Firemen working at a fire scene

  • Posted on April 30, 2015
  • by Larry

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…

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  • Fire scene photography

Female firefighters working

  • Posted on March 15, 2015
  • by Larry

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…

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  • photojournalism

Fireman with a dirty face

  • Posted on March 14, 2015
  • by Larry

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…

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  • Fire scene photography

Woman’s Club of Wilmette Destroyed by Fire

  • Posted on February 17, 2015February 17, 2015
  • by Larry

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…

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