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eeneryma wrote:
Brings to mind my father who loved to go to the scenes of fires. He'd listen for the sirens going off at the local fire house, go by there where they posted on a chalk board the location of the fire, and then follow the trucks to the scene. He was an amateur photographer but didn't take photos of this, just enjoyed the drama.
Which leads me to, did you ever consider taking photos of the firefighters? They must be all around you, and in my book, they are heroes putting their lives on the line.
Steve
They wont let the public anywhere near the entire area and the brave men and women are in deep remote areas that even they have trouble getting into. The closest I have gotten to any of them are the helicopters and even that area has been closed off to the public now.
Trust me, I would love to get some up close shots of them back in there fighting the flames but it just isn't going to happen. I know I got close one day though because when they stopped me, they asked me if I was with the press when they saw my camera gear. You can only imagine how fast the gears were spinning in my head at that moment as I gave them some line of crap without actually saying no I'm not with the press.
I could tell they weren't terribly impressed when 3 more officers started to approach my truck.
Dave
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