When I’m on assignment, some locations are built for dramatic images. Industrial settings fall into this category. The nature of the site combines with the that fact that there are all manner of lights and shapes that look compelling in the dark.…
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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,…
Images here represent a more recent trip to Washington, DC photographing fire trucks for the Seagrave calendar. Unlike several previous visits to DC, I was shooting with a LEAF Aptus digital camera back this time instead of film. I was…
A trip in 1984 was my first time photographing fire trucks in Washington, DC. The fire department was known as DCFD, and the apparatus was painted red with a very wide white stripe around the middle. Back then, the stripe…
Some assignments work out better than others. Every time I go out photographing fire trucks on assignment, I work hard to create great images for the client … that’s my job. Bear in mind that these are not big budget…
Here’s another example of photographing fire trucks with a state capital. This was a film shoot in Madison, WI for Pierce. I had spent the day driving from town to town with a half dozen or so to shoot. Nothing…
Here’s the second article in what will be a series on photographing fire trucks with state capital fire departments. This trip was to Austin Texas for Pierce. It took place several years ago before I switched from film to digital…
Here’s another assignment that I had photographing fire trucks for the E-ONE calendar. I visited the Oklahoma City Fire Department who had recently had several pieces of aerial apparatus refurbished and re-chassied. Oklahoma City is the Capitol of Oklahoma and…
I mentioned recently about a past visit to Chattanooga, Tennessee while I was photographing tow trucks for Miller Industries and for inclusion in my book Tow Trucks in Action. One of my sessions was with Doug Yates of Doug Yates…