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…
Tag: commercial photographer Larry Shapiro explains the process of creating an image of a work truck on the job site
During a recent trip along I-90 into Minnesota, I went through one of the multitude of road projects that are ongoing. This one was very interesting visually … a new set of bridges across the Mississippi River and several associated…
Always on the lookout for an interesting photo opportunity … or constantly evaluating what I see in terms of creating an interesting image … Dorothy and I were watching a crew from the Buffalo Grove Public Works Department handling a sewer…
Ash trees which were abundant in our town, like thousands of others, have been ravished because of devastation from the Emerald Ash Borer. After several years of conventional tree cutting, the task became overwhelming and a systematic approach to clear cutting…
This is a followup post to the previous post of firemen rescuing two trapped victims in an overturned truck. After the victims were freed and the firefighters left the scene, it was up to the towing and recovery company to flip…
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,…