Impressionism with fire

I was assigned to cover a fire training exercise for the latest crop of recruits for the Billings Fire Department. The fire took place in a house that had been donated to the fire department by the county. My “artsy” shot of the day is the first image which is of onlookers through the burned out window. The onlookers are actually in focus but the heat from the fire is causing them to distort in a way that reminds me of an impressionistic painting. The other two images I threw up to give you a little context of the day and scene. The images were shot after the big blaze. Unfortunately, I had to shoot video during that period.

House fire

Today I covered house fire. Our photographers were unavailable, so I snapped a few pics while shooting video. I generally don’t like to do both at the same time because it tends to hurt the quality of both the video and the photos.You can read the story, see the pics and watch the video here:  Crews fight fire at South Side house