These images are from my recent flight out of Reagan National Airport at sunset. These provide a good example of the limitations of shooting with a camera phone instead of traditional camera. In the first image, the center weighted meter…
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It’s amazing what we can experience … when it’s not our time … which is what two occupants experienced today when during a one-car crash, 4×4 fence posts pierced the car windshield missing both of them
A short film of fire trucks responding from a fire station in Rogers, AR.
I followed a huge header in the sky today which took me to a wildland prescribed burn in a nearby forest preserve. Firefighters with the Forest Preserve District of Cook County were conducting the burn for several reasons. Depending on the…
Some additional versions of the Still-life of an old garage that was featured a few days ago. These images feature edits and adjustments to the tonality that create more drastic changes to the original.
It’s never too late to expect snow in Chicago … especially when we’re surprised with unseasonably warm weather … Here are a few images of flowers in the snow after we received a good three inches after having had the yard…
Firemen from Long Grove, Buffalo Grove, and Prospect Heights (IL) worked today to rescue two trapped victims of an overturned truck. I was at the crash site and documented the removal of both patients and the recovery of the truck…
The sunsets now seem to be beautiful and dramatic every night. Tonight while driving home, I had no place to stop to capture the brilliant sunset. There was no low horizon accessible … until I came to a stop at…
It is not at all uncommon to find female firefighters working at fire scenes in the cities and suburbs doing any of the jobs required. Whether it’s a chief officer, a company officer, a firefighter, or pump operator, the work…
Sometimes work is just too fun for words … like the times that I ask to have a house set on fire for photos … and I get it! The image here is from several years ago and featured the…