3 Firefighters Injured in House Fire

[leefert]

Nice shots Ben!  I enjoyed the photostory

[Little Jo]

Nice story and well photographed. The integration of real fire is really stunning.

[kaethe]

great story.  your night photography adds so much drama.  very nice indeed.
kaethe

[Richard]

Thanks, Ben! I loved it !!! ...  ...  ... 

My two favorites were your photos of Engine 1 (entry) and Engine 1 (bailout).

The scene that you set up with the smoke (entry) was very, very convincing!

And fire, like water, is somewhat hard to scale down (especially down to  1:22.5 scale), however, in your "bailout" scene, your fire looks perfect!

As others have already said, the lighting is first class and the photography excellent. And, all accompanied with a darn good narrative ... 

Very impressive, Ben!

All the best,
Richard

BTW ... where were all the cops that night? (Or, did I somehow miss them?)

[playmofire]

Hey guys,

Thanks for the comments so far.

As you know, to get the fire shots the house was actually burning. (the hose close by in case anything got out of hand, which it did.)

The pictures were a different challenge. To be honest, I've never really used this camera at night. I had plenty of lighting when the fire was going, but that came to an end very quickly. So, I set the camera on ISO (high sensitivity) and used the light trailers as much as I could. Everywhere I needed extra light I used a rather dim (so not to over do it) mini flashlight, like in the ambulance shot.

The only shots that kind of came out fuzzy were the ones taken right at twilight, and I've always had a problem with this camera and those shots.

Hope that kind of explained things... I'm no photography expert by any means.

 - Ben

Thanks for the info, Ben.  The idea of the dimmed flashgun was a good one.  If you don't mind it's something I shall explore too when the time comes.

[FireChief]

Thanks for the great compliments everyone. They are much appreciated.

And Richard, I think the cops were busy blocking off the roads, it was quite packed with fire equipment.

 - Ben

[Richard]

And Richard, I think the cops were busy blocking off the roads, it was quite packed with fire equipment.

Thanks for the explanation, Ben.

I wondered where they were ... 

[Jimbo]

Excellent photos and story, Ben.

Well done

Best regards,
Jimbo

[FireChief]

Thanks Jimbo,

I'm glad you enjoyed the story. 

 - Ben

[Gepetto]

Nice story and well photographed. The integration of real fire is really stunning.

I agree completely, nothing looks quite like fire but fire! Good job Ben, very nicely done.



Gepetto