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