About Christian Parkinson

caparkinson is me, Christian Anthony Parkinson. I’m a Cameraman and Picture Editor working in International News. I love to travel, to take pictures and write about the places I go and the people that I meet. This site is my Scrapbook, an evolving archive of the stories that I cover, the films I make and the hints and tips that I pick up along the way.

Taking a break in the desert close to Lake Fagubine in Mali

I’m from Leicester in England but am currently living in South Africa where I work in International Newsgathering. Being a Cameraman is a great job and I’ve been lucky enough to see and experience so much in a short space of time. I started my career as a Runner with Channel Five News in the UK with the goal of becoming an On-screen Reporter. Fairly quickly I realized that my future lay behind the Camera and I began to spend my days off going out on shoots and asking every stupid question I could think of. After a stint as a Studio Cameraman at ITN and then as a Multi-skilled Operator at BBC Northwest I finally joined BBC National News in 2004. In the years since then I’ve travelled the world and covered stories ranging from the Beijing Olympics to the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s been a fantastic journey and it is still far from over. I hope that www.caparkinson.com will give you a taste of my life, an insight into who I am and a place where you can come  for advice and information on working as a traveling film maker.

Part of the first BBC team allowed into Zimbabwe, July 2009

Please note that this website is in no way affiliated, connected, endorsed or otherwise supported by the BBC. Any views expressed in this website are my own and not those of the BBC.