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Tag: commercial photographer Larry Shapiro explains the process of photographing fire scenes at night

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Fatal 2nd alarm fire for DCFD

  • Posted on June 3, 2015
  • by Larry

While visiting Washington DC, I took in a fatal 2nd alarm fire for DCFD. I arrived after the fire had been extinguished at roughly 3:30AM during a pretty steady rain. I had lunch at Rescue 1 with Vito Maggiolo, and…

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Chicago fire scene image

  • Posted on April 20, 2015April 21, 2015
  • by Larry

I took in a fire in Chicago during the middle of the night, and there wasn’t much to see by the time I arrived. I did though have what I feel is an interesting Chicago fire scene image, and I decided…

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Firefighter silhouette in Snorkel basket

  • Posted on February 23, 2015
  • by Larry

Here’s an example of a low light, existing ambient light photo of a Chicago fireman working at a nighttime fire scene. In this next version, I turned it into a firefighter silhouette in the Snorkel basket to create a different feel.…

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To flash or not to flash

  • Posted on January 26, 2015January 26, 2015
  • by Larry

To flash or not to flash … or Sometimes you feel like a flash, sometimes you don’t … When confronted with nighttime photography that can be captured without supplemental lighting (a flash perhaps), the question of which type of lighting…

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Photographing fire trucks working at night

  • Posted on November 13, 2014November 14, 2014
  • by Larry

I took in a fire the other night in Island Lake (IL). I got there well over an hour after the initial units arrived, and not surprisingly, most of the fire had been extinguished. I took some shots around the scene…

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House fire in Prospect Heights

  • Posted on November 3, 2014
  • by Larry

Here are a few images from a house fire in Prospect Heights (IL) from early this morning (11-2-14). It was a devastating fire that destroyed the house. There were minor injuries to a police officer and the mother and father,…

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Night fire scene photography

  • Posted on October 2, 2014October 3, 2014
  • by Larry

The final portion of my recent journey from Ohio back to the Chicago area culminated in me spotting this burning house not far from the highway. I followed the fire and was able to get a few quick shots as…

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Fire scene videos

  • Posted on September 1, 2014September 2, 2014
  • by Larry

Something a bit different tonight, here are two fire scene videos that I posted from back-to-back fire scenes that I shot last week. The first was a 3-11 Alarm at 6308 S. Halsted in Chicago:   The second was a…

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Chicago 3-11 Alarm fire in a commercial building

  • Posted on August 28, 2014
  • by Larry

Last night, or more accurately early this morning, there was a 3-11 Alarm fire on Chicago’s south side. I spent three hours at the scene and have just begun to view and edit my images. Here are two fun shots…

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Night fire scene photography

  • Posted on August 18, 2014
  • by Larry

Back in the old days … 2001 … I ventured out with my new digital camera and took in a very smokey 3-11 fire at 1974 N. Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago. I was prepared to conquer the world … digital…

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