Larry Shapiro

Photographer

Menu
Skip to content
  • Home
  • About
  • Links

Tag: Pierce fire truck photography

  • Fire Truck photography

The official fire trucks for the Salt Lake 2002 winter games

  • Posted on August 27, 2014August 28, 2014
  • by Larry

Sometimes when working for a client, you get rewarded with sweet assignments. Back in 2002, Pierce was the official fire truck sponsor for the winter olympics in Salt Lake City. I was sent out there … before the games ……

Read More
  • Fire Truck photography

Fire truck photography

  • Posted on August 21, 2014
  • by Larry

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.…

Read More
  • Fire Truck photography

FDNY Haz Mat Unit

  • Posted on August 20, 2014
  • by Larry

Several fire truck builders and equipment suppliers made donations to the FDNY after 9/11 to help replace the devastating loss. I visited New York City to photograph several of these units after they’d been delivered. One was this FDNY Haz…

Read More
  • Fire Truck photography

Photographing fire trucks

  • Posted on August 3, 2014
  • by Larry

It’s not always a beautiful sunny day when I am out photographing fire trucks. Sometimes, like this visit to Harrisburg, PA, it’s overcast when I’m there and I don’t know when I’ll have the opportunity to visit again. It was…

Read More
  • big truck photography

Photographing fire trucks

  • Posted on July 8, 2014July 9, 2014
  • by Larry

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…

Read More
  • 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…

Read More
  • 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…

Read More
  • 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…

Read More
© Copyright 2023 – Larry Shapiro
Retina Theme by WPAisle ⋅ Powered by WordPress