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Editing with Lightroom and Luminar

  • Posted on January 28, 2017
  • by Larry

I took in my first fire of the year this week (26 days into the new year!) I arrived well after the dramatic smoke and flames had been dealt with. Nonetheless, I looked for interesting opportunities for images. Here’s a…

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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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Wildland prescribed burn

  • Posted on March 31, 2015
  • by Larry

I followed a huge header in the sky today which took me to a wildland prescribed burn in a nearby forest preserve. Firefighters with the Forest Preserve District of Cook County were conducting the burn for several reasons. Depending on the…

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Rogers Fire Department house burn down

  • Posted on December 20, 2014December 21, 2014
  • by Larry

Part of my time spent in Arkansas involved photographing a Rogers Fire Department house burn down at the culmination of company training. Since my focus for the trip involved new apparatus from Rosenbauer, the fire department had one of the new…

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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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Fire scene photography

  • Posted on August 7, 2014August 8, 2014
  • by Larry

Fire scene photography isn’t just about smoke and flames. There’s not always going to be big fire and billowing smoke, or firemen covered in soot, or a dramatic rescue. Sometimes you get there and … we’ll it’s just a fire…

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Fire chief supervising firemen

  • Posted on August 2, 2014August 2, 2014
  • by Larry

This photo from a shopping center fire in Lagrange, IL depicts a fire chief supervising firemen directing a master stream from a tower ladder during the final stages of the fire. There were all manner of lights shining on the…

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Fire scene photography in Detroit

  • Posted on June 19, 2014June 18, 2014
  • by Larry

More fire scene photography in Detroit as we took in this vacant dwelling fire on Cahalen in the very early morning hours of Wednesday (June 18th). The street was crowded with parked cars which limited my ability to have clear access…

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Fire scene photography in Detroit

  • Posted on June 18, 2014June 18, 2014
  • by Larry

I am in Detroit for a few days shooting fire scenes with Steve Redick. After a slow (and very hot) start to the day, we caught a few well-involved dwelling fires after dark. I’ve never been here before but have…

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American LaFrance Aero Chief Quint

  • Posted on June 9, 2014June 9, 2014
  • by Larry

This shot is one of my favorites. It features a 90′, 1971 1000 Series American LaFrance Aero Chief quint from Libertyville, IL. The fire occurred on October 27, 1995 at the Coffee Masters, Inc. facility on Concrete Drive in Lakemoor,…

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