Today was the annual Thanksgiving dinner for the less fortunate on Chicago’s West Side at the Bethlehem Healing Temple. Five area synagogues assist the temple with this event each year by providing the food and volunteers serving in excess of 500 meals.…
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During a recent trip to NYC, I had to good fortune to stumble upon the FDNY Blessing of the Fleet. It’s an annual ritual during firefighter appreciation week. This took place at the South Street Pier along the East River. Much…
On a recent trip to Washington, DC, I was invited to observe a multi-jurisdictional drill. Operation Shield on the Potomac River was a simulated rescue of victims from a plane crash. Several fire boats taking part were from the DCFD and…
I have had the good fortune of visiting Washington, DC several times this year. Easy time I pass through the capitol, I enjoy seeing the landmarks. Although I don’t always have the chance to be downtown and able to get…
A quick shot of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge taken from the Sandy Point State Park while on a truck shoot in Maryland.
During a recent early morning flight from Midway Airport, there was a beautiful sunrise over Chicago from an airplane window. The lights of the city with the sun’s glow on the horizon was very dramatic. There was also a light, thin…
I was in Putnum and Westchester counties in New York State today. While returning to Laguardia Airport for my flight home, there was a beautiful sunset along the Whitestone Bridge. I wish there had been place to stop because the…
During a walk around the tourist section of Myrtle Beach, Dorothy and I stopped into the Sugar Life Candy Store. We’d seen something like this in Atlantic City, NJ. Bins and bins and bins of candy … a huge wall of…
Earlier this year I was photographing the new Rosenbauer Panther ARFF units at LAX. It was just after lunch and I was in front of ARFF 80, the airport fire station midway between parallel runways. Three Airbus 380 planes crossed…
A quick shot of the Jefferson Memorial from across the Tidal Basin. I was without my tripod, so I placed the camera on the sidewalk and propped up the lens barrel with my wallet. While lying on my stomach in…