Medevac

Vycor

As some of you know I shoot a lot of fire/police/ems photos. One of the departments near me had a motorcycle go into the woods so they requested a helicopter, so naturally i was there with my camera, almost got knocked over when the helicopter landed from all the wind, wasnt prepared for it to land so close.

Skippy

Vycor wrote:

As some of you know I shoot a lot of fire/police/ems photos. One of the departments near me had a motorcycle go into the woods so they requested a helicopter, so naturally i was there with my camera, almost got knocked over when the helicopter landed from all the wind, wasn't prepared for it to land so close.

That would be quite an interesting job to do Vycor,
photographing Emergency Vehicles and Staff.

The cost of putting the chopper in the air is quite astonishing.
Many years ago my older brother was involved in a serious Hang Gliding accident where his glider collapsed after he jumped from the rim of a cliff.

I believe the cost of the chopper coming in,
retrieving him from the cliff wall and raising him up back on the top of the platform from where he jumped,
was somewhere in the vicinity of between $5,000 - $7,000.

Hooray for Emergency Services People, they do a wonderful job,
how many people have had their lives saved because of the wonderful service our Police Fire Ambulance and other Emergency Services provide.

Nice reporting there Vycor ... Skippy
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swintonphoto

Wow - great captures. I particularly like #1 & #4. Exciting/stressful moments captured.

Vycor

Skippy wrote:

Hooray for Emergency Services People, they do a wonderful job,
how many people have had their lives saved because of the wonderful service our Police Fire Ambulance and other Emergency Services provide.

Nice reporting there Vycor ... Skippy
.

I know i've personally saved two lives. I was award a pin/cert for one and i was supposed to get a pin/cert for a 2nd but missed a meeting and just never got it. I don't talk about them though. This is actually first time ive mentioned saving a live since... the incidents actually happened.

Im a volunteer EMT, or was, still certified but have a passion for the services so i combine the love of photography and it works out.

I offer my photos free to the departments because its great when they email me saying "thanks for the photos they were great"

Its interesting also to be behind the scenes and seeing what goes on. They arn't fantastic photos but things you don't see everyday.

DaddyO

Thanks for sharing the photos +. What happened to the accident victim?

Spectre

Nice shots!

Agreed that your job seems to be an exciting one.

One thing you might try if you get paired with a helicopter again is to bring down the shutter speed to about 1/125 to show motion of the blades.

Vycor

Yeah def. I thought bout that also i saw them, and im like "ehh wish those blades were blurred". I def will next time. heres a nighttime image that made the local paper for a helo landing... they landed this on a small residential type street after a shooting/car accident:

dogwood

Nice job with the blurred blades on that second set. It was the first thing I noticed, then I went back and read your post.

Yeah, helicopters are tricky to shoot around-- they kick up all kinds of grit and they are noisy and if you have a hat or anything loose, they'll knock that off too.

I worked on a firefighting helitack crew one season so I spent lots of time in and around helicopters. The thing that always cracked me up was our briefings. The helicopter was a contract helicopter meaning the pilot and helicopter were contracted out by the agency rather than owned.

The pilot/owner was REALLY adamant about keeping things inside clean. So adamant that when we briefed passengers prior to flying, we actually told them if they became air sick, they should either remove their hard hats and puke in them or puke down the front of their shirts!

Spectre

Vycor wrote:

Yeah def. I thought bout that also i saw them, and im like "ehh wish those blades were blurred". I def will next time. heres a nighttime image that made the local paper for a helo landing... they landed this on a small residential type street after a shooting/car accident:

These two are great shots, period.

Vycor

Was very dark. Had my tripod setup waiting for them to walk to the helicopter. I got there after they landed.

Spectre

Vycor wrote:

Was very dark. Had my tripod setup waiting for them to walk to the helicopter. I got there after they landed.

I think the dark of night helps emphasize the situation.

Vycor

Heres a few more from that first helo landing (the nighttime one, it happened a few weeks ago).

Basically someone shot at this car, the car crashed. one of the occupants died at the scene, the other was flown via helo to a hospital