Edmonton firefighter Paul McGonigal stands on the roof of a fire station in Edmonton, Alberta on March 10, 2010. Paul McGonigal and a group of firefighters are camping out on top of their fire station this week as part of an annual fundraiser for Muscular Dystrophy. The camp out runs from March 9 to 12. For the Globe and Mail.

Isn't it enough that fire fighters fight fires? Do they need more excuses to
be called heroes? Really?

I had the pleasure to hang out with Paul McGonigal, who has been a fire
fighter for the last 20 years. One week every year for the last several
years he has been camping out on the roof of a fire station, to raise money
and awareness of Muscular Dystrophy (the charity of choice for fire fighters
in Edmonton).

McGonigal is the real deal. A soft spoken, caring and inspiring local hero.

The Technical Stuff: The portraits were shot using my Nikon D700 and a
70-200 mm lens. I really like the look of using a longer telephoto lens
because it compresses the objects in the photo and it also helps to make the
subject really pop out. I also metered to drop the ambient down two stops
and Paul was strobed using an SB900 flash with a Rayflash ring light.