Sometimes, photography is just about being in the right place at the right time. So it was this last Sunday morning. I was at my studio loading up the car with photo equipment to do a wedding up near Leavenworth. As I pulled out, I saw this fire right behind my studio (but not near enough to be a threat). Being a good photographer, I whipped out my camera and began photographing. At first I could not tell what was on fire as the fence was closed. Someone, I presume to be the resident of the property, then opened the fence to reveal this van on fire.
First, it was only the van in flames, then two trees went up as fast as you can imagine, followed by some wires attached to the pole. When these went, they caused an explosion of sparks.
Then, the police arrived, and a few minutes later came the fire trucks. The fire was quickly extinguished and I left for my wedding shoot. For a few minutes, it was a pretty spectacular fire. I am sorry for the person who owns the van, but it was something to see.
When I was a little boy living in San Mateo, I saw a three story, all wood basketball area engulfed in flames. To this day, it still is the most spectacular fire I have ever witnessed. In both cases, no one was hurt which made the fire spectacular. When someone gets hurt in a fire, the fire cannot in all good conscious be called spectacular.
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