Here is a series of images that represents the aspects of the scene where the Woman’s Club of Wilmette was destroyed by fire this afternoon. I don’t have time for more information as I’m headed to the airport for a road trip. There…
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A dramatic golden sunrise reflected on the water. I waited close to 30 minutes hoping for the right lighting for this beautiful sunrise, and it paid off with full dynamic range keeping both shadow and highlight detail.
Here are a few images from a house fire in Prospect Heights (IL) from early this morning (11-2-14). It was a devastating fire that destroyed the house. There were minor injuries to a police officer and the mother and father,…
I’ve mentioned in previous posts that it’s not always possible to have the right lens for every situation with fire scene photography. For some time now, I’ve taken to carrying two cameras at most daytime fire scenes and some night…
Something a bit different tonight, here are two fire scene videos that I posted from back-to-back fire scenes that I shot last week. The first was a 3-11 Alarm at 6308 S. Halsted in Chicago: The second was a…
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…
Here are a few images from a cold winter night when a call was made to the Chicago Fire Department to help out a suburban neighbor with a stubborn fire in a tire warehouse. CFD at O’Hare sent an Oshkosh…
Whether you’re working with vacation photos or landscapes, image files most often benefit from a few tweaks. Sometimes, enhancing photographs is dramatic, and other times it’s relatively minor. Here’s an image of of an Irish countryside with a a view of the coast.…