Photo of the week

-- Steve McCrank

One benefit of being a photographer is getting invites and access to

events that the average Joe doesn’t. I suppose that is why the job market

for photographers is saturated with people willing to sacrifice a mighty

pay check for a little adventure. At least, that’s my story.

Thursday morning was one of those little adventures. I was invited by

the Orange County Sheriffs Department Harbor Patrol to ride along and

watch as they trained other harbor patrol departments on how to combat

boat fires. Now, I wasn’t an eyewitness to history in the making and I

don’t think the Pulitzer Prize committee will be giving me a call, but it

was definitely something you don’t see everyday, and I felt privileged to

have had such close access. Experiences like these are why I keep showing

up to work the next morning.