Posts Categorized: Raising Ladders Photography
A consulting gig on 15th and East Capitol, NE.
4:06 a.m. - Engine 8 is dispatched on a single-engine local alarm for smoke in the area.
4:15 a.m. - Everyone else is dispatched to deal with what they found.
A great video clip can be found at this link; credit to Vernard Green on Medic 8 at the time.…
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The Best Camera.
You know what they say... the best camera is the one that's with you.
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Photo Contest / Fredericks Training Days
I'm extremely pleased and quite proud to announce that my photo submission for the 2011 Andy Fredericks Training Days was selected as the winning entry!
We received dozens of submissions featuring photographs from all over the country. In the end t…
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Hockey Tournament Pictures – still up!
They've been available for a few weeks now, and I wasn't sure if all participating team members were made aware that they're still up for sale. Below are a few favorites of mine; if you see anyone you recognize, please let them know!
The gallery col…
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RaisingLadders Photography on Facebook, Indy, and a few other items.
I've finally put together a Facebook page for the photography business; with the increasing functionality of FB's pages for services/businesses, it's almost like you don't need a home website anymore (don't worry, I won't be discarding RLP.com—I'm …
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DCFD Hockey Tournament
Quick note: I've been re-building my photography website and creating promotional materials for several upcoming events, so that's been taking up the majority of my spare time recently. In a similar vein, however, I will be photographing the DCFD Hoc…
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Raising Ladders Photography, open for business!
Phew. Between work and a recent house guest, it's been a little crazy around here. From a writing perspective, the past two shifts have been kind of unremarkable, so I don't have any crazy stories off the top of my head. However, enough int…
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Many thanks to WeLoveDC!
My interview with WeLoveDC was posted to their website on Wednesday morning. (I'd have gotten around to this earlier, but I was working that day and spent the entirety of Thursday sleeping... it was a long night.)Lots of credit is due to Katie, the i…
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Projects.
On the way back from a call, I often think that there were certain situations/moments that would have lent themselves very nicely to a photographer's presence. It's the potential action shots, mostly; but there are of course some interesting, com…
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Details.
A page from The Writer's Block, a cube-shaped book (get it?) full of random ideas to jump-start the creative half of your brain. I was flipping through it the other day and found this page."Paramedic Engine 15 and Ambulance 15…
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WeLoveDC.com; publicity for RL!
Tom Bridge, co-founder and author of WeLoveDC.com came across Raising Ladders the other day, and he liked it so much that he posted a brief write-up in the WLDC daily feed.WeLoveDC.com is a collective blog written by a diverse population of authors who …
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A different view of D.C.
The John H. Glenn Jr., Washington, D.C.'s 70'-long flagship fireboat. It was built in 1962 for the FDNY, and was purchased by DCFD in 1977 for one dollar.All the air inside my drysuit escaped with an audible whoosh as I stretched the rubbe…
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The next hoop.
Some good news is being passed around today. I've received word that a handful of us paramedics are being pushed along into the next stage of the DCFD pipeline, starting Monday. There's some meetings, some more paperwork (I'm sure), but it at…
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