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Scenic images along the Des Moines River

  • Posted on May 30, 2015
  • by Larry

When I was in Ottumwa, IA this week, I went down to the Des Moines River to look around. Know as the city of bridges, they have four bridges downtown and a damn. The water flowing through the damn was…

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  • Fire scene photography

The importance of composition and exposure in photography

  • Posted on August 17, 2014
  • by Larry

We’ve been taught that the viewer’s eye will be drawn to the brightest portion of an image … which promotes the need for an understanding of lighting, composition, and contrast. But what if you have an image that begs to…

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  • photojournalism

Saving mediocre images that were captured in RAW format

  • Posted on August 4, 2014
  • by Larry

Try as we may, photojournalism does not always allow us as photographers to maintain total control over image capture. In the hectic process of both following the action and keeping control of all aspects of the exposure … sometimes we…

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  • big truck photography

Photographing work trucks

  • Posted on June 28, 2014June 28, 2014
  • by Larry

I spent several years photographing work trucks for Freightliner. Some assignments were more interesting than others, some more fun, and some just plain lucky. I had the good fortune to be granted access to the field side of Kennedy Airport…

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  • Fire Truck photography

Photographing fire trucks with people

  • Posted on June 24, 2014June 24, 2014
  • by Larry

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…

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  • Fire Truck photography

Photographing fire trucks with people

  • Posted on June 23, 2014
  • by Larry

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…

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  • Fire Truck photography

Photographing fire trucks

  • Posted on June 22, 2014
  • by Larry

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…

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  • big truck photography

Photographing big trucks

  • Posted on June 16, 2014June 16, 2014
  • by Larry

After I finished with the beauty shot, it was time to get some application shots. Since the truck we were using was not in service, we traipsed out to a spot where another Western Star 6900 was getting dirty. Now…

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  • big truck photography

Photographing big trucks

  • Posted on June 15, 2014June 16, 2014
  • by Larry

I’m a kid at heart, and as such I enjoy playing with toys. I’ve been extremely fortunate many times to have had the opportunity to play with big trucks … sometimes real big trucks. And, the reason was always because…

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  • Fire Truck photography

Boston Ladder 17

  • Posted on June 13, 2014
  • by Larry

Here’s a shot of one of the first new KME Severe Service Predator 109′ AerialCat ladders delivered to Boston. Boston Ladder 17 is an example of the type of trucks I really enjoy photographing. I’m not referring to KME or any…

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