While on assignment in Tennessee, I was introduced to Yates Towing and Recovery. The company is owned by one of two brothers, both of which own their own towing and recovery companies. At the time, they had Century rotator heavy…
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I made another stop while photographing fire trucks with people for the American LaFrance calendar in York, PA. The York Fire Department consists of full-time and volunteer firefighters from several fire companies. Two of these companies had American LaFrance apparatus,…
Another series of assignments photographing fire trucks with people was for the American LaFrance calendar. Owned at the time by Freightliner, they had begun showing images of their trucks shot on location with firefighters. I had seen the calendars that they produced…
This post is more about photographing fire trucks with people from an assignment in Eureka, CA. In the last post I wrote about the first dramatic location that I used, a lumber mill with huge piles of cut logs. I…
Here’s an example of another assignment that I had photographing fire trucks with people. I went to the town of Eureka in northern California. Known for redwood trees, I knew that I wanted to incorporate that aspect of their environment…
This will be the first installment in a series of posts about photographing fire trucks with people. For several years I was contracted to provide the calendar photography for Pierce Manufacturing. I travelled on-location to the fire departments that owned the trucks…
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,…