When FHP put me as their lead-photographer for Sgt. Tracy Vickers memorial service, I was honored to be given the opportunity. FHP has a huge part of my heart, and I wanted to make sure I captured the week of events in an honorable way.
I was confident of my photography ability - but I wanted to be 'a fly on the wall' as much as possible for such a large scale event. By keeping a very respectable distance and using a handy-zoom lens. I was able to capture some images that honored this fallen hero and showcase just how many moving parts go into coordinating a Memorial Service for a Law Enforcement Officer. See a few selected images from the past week honoring Sgt. Tracy Vickers.
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September 30th 2019.
The FHP Honor guard travels in convoy to the Orlando International Airport to receive the U.S Honor Flag to honor Trooper Tracy Vickers. A little bit of history about the US Honor Flag, taken direct from U.S Honor Flag's website. "The U.S Honor Flag has traveled over 7 million miles, by ground, air, and even on NASA's last space shuttle mission to Honor America's Heroes. "Never forget" is our commitment to America's Heroes. Custom USHF gloves are worn to handle the U.S. Honor Flag. These are white gloves with USHF embroidered in blue. The U.S. Honor Flag is never handled with bare hands and never handled twice with the same pair of customer USHF gloves. These gloves are gifted to surviving family members of fallen Heroes. A second set of gloves, known as "Hero" gloves are worn by the fallen Hero, upon family approval. These are white gloves with the USHF embroidered in white. These gloves are never used to handle the U.S. Honor Flag. A third set of gloves, known as USHF "Founders" gloves, are gifted to rifle team members who perfect the 3 volley salute when Honoring a fallen Hero. These gloves are black with USHF embroidered and gold. These gloves are never used to handle the U.S. Honor Flag. The U.S. Honor Flag is not a casket flag. During a Heroes service, the U.S Honor Flag traditionally rests at the head of the casket. The U.S. Honor Flag has also been used as the lead for all movements of a Hero once the tragedy has occurred." * For more information on the history of the US Honor Flag, visit the website here. Luckily, I was fortunate enough to be able to witness a PAT Test for Troop D Orlando this past weekend. Project was to get some fresh shots of the PAT test in action for the website. A fellow Trooper was able to be my model and we grabbed some great shots!
Check them out below and let me know what you think! - Amber It was such a privilege to be able to attend the NAS airshow this year in Jacksonville. What was more of a shock was being able to get up close and personal with not only the Blue Angels, but also a Air force H-47 Chinook! One of the greatest highlights had to be the honor of photographing the Florida Highway Patrol Recruitment team and their fellow coworkers. Imagine a group of very professional looking Troopers and Officers getting yelled at by myself from the top of a 10 ft ladder trying to arrange them all into position. The accent itself makes everyone look sideways. Georgia State Police even hopped in for a few images. Favorite comment from one of them was "She ain't from around heeere". In a thick southern accent. Ahh, I loved working with these guys. Enough of the rambling. Enjoy some sweet pictures from the November 2017 Airshow below. - AmbahNZ Japan is one of my most favorite countries. The people are so friendly, the food delicious and the views are spectacular. Whether it's walking the streets in downtown Tokyo or visiting the peaceful countryside and rice paddies. This place is a photographers dream.
Jeremy Burfoot (Current record holder for the 24 hours distance record) attempted to break two world records on a personal watercraft, and I was lucky enough to be the event photographer for this event back in 2012. This was a great photo shoot due to the fact that we were taking high-speed photographs of the Personal Watercraft which zoomed past at a mere 70 mph. This weekend long event allowed me to grab some great portrait photos of the team getting ready for race day, along with landscape and high speed photography. Check out the photos below! Record 1: 6 hours distance - the previous World Record stood at 507.2km Record 2: 1000 km in the shortest amount of time - the previous World Record stood at 10 hrs and 9 minutes. Jeremy smashed both world records at Lake Karapiro, New Zealand on Feb 7th 2012. Both new World records now stand at 618km for 6 hours and 9 hours and 48 minutes for 1000km. His average speed was 102/kph (63mph). This is part of the Melanoma Foundation's summer campaign to promote awareness of the foundation and melanoma generally. It seems that over 50s males are most at risk for contracting melanoma so check out your Dad's/Hubbys and if there are suspicious moles or lesions get them checked out by a skin specialist.And check yourself out while you're at it. Jeremy is a melanoma survivor who wouldn't be alive today if his melanoma hadn't been detected early enough. Check out our Facebook here |
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