How To Photograph Fire Apparatus

[x635 4,066]

Found this interesting feature online:

"How To Photograph Fire Apparatus"

http://www.firenews.net/contents/app_photo_01.htm

Pretty snooty, but some select good advice.

[Guest]

Although I do like taking pics of rigs, a little to hardcore for me lol. I prob will try to keep the sunlight and agle placement in mind, but I wont be carrying armor all around lol.

Pretty Good

[Guest Photounit]

"Pretty snooty, but some select good advice. "

I agree..... One thing I have to disagree with is photographing apparatus at incident scenes..... To me, this is the best place....... It definitely is not the easiest place and you really have to work at it but if your successful, the shot you get will beat a "static" shot any day.... I like shooting apparatus doing what they were designd to do....

[Guest pentax02839]

Static shots are easy to get. But some of the best pictures are of them in action, doing what they do best. I checked the website out it does seem interesting

[Guest seanc]

Very...interesting. I'm sure to take some of those tips into account next time. Good find!

[AndyC3J 190]

Below is a link to a story which originally appeared on Code 3 Collectibles' website. It is an interview with Jeff Hawkins, a noted apparatus photographer who works for (or at least used to) an American LaFrance dealer in Virginia. He also was the backbone of the ATEV (American Toy Emergency Vehicle) club website and bulletin board until a couple of years back when he gave it up to devote more time to his job, etc.

http://legeros.com/toys/columns/2005-07/

Not quite as "snooty" as the original topic, but quite insightful, regardless. That's one of the things I most regret about what the old Code 3 bulletin board disintegrated into, is not seeing Jeff's awesome work anymore. The man can photograph a rig like few others.

[ny10570 745]

Its not snooty, its specific to the website. The article is about how to best shoot rigs so that the photos will be used and posted on his site.

[JBE 328]

No place for amateurs I suppose. It's like take it the way we want it or don't even bother to send it.