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Outstanding Local News Cameraman in US. . .

The Photographer of the Year- Darren Durlach, WBFF, Baltimore from Poynter Institute on Vimeo.
I’ve just seen the winning entry for the prestigious US National Press Photographers Award for 2009. Frankly I’m humbled. The winner was Darren Durlach, a Shoot/Edit from a local station in Baltimore (think “The Wire”). Although traditionalists might be tempted to criticize [...]

Lensmans Corner: Bgan’s, what are they and how do they work?

It was Christmas night. I crouched close to the fire built by some of the Marines and tried to warm my hands against the cold. We were in Southern Afghanistan, at Forward Operating Base Gibraltar. It had been three days since I’d last showered and I was so cold in my tent at night that [...]

“It’s good to trust.” Somalia, June 2009.

As we climbed out of the tiny ten seater aircraft and stepped onto Somali soil I was nervous. We were in territory controlled by the Islamist militia Al Shabab, a group with ties to Al Qaeda and a reputation for beheading those who didn’t agree with them. We were the guests of The World [...]

Welcome to Hell. Congo, September 2008.

“Hay my friend, why are you taking my picture?” I looked up to see the six Congolese soldiers standing over me; they seemed inquisitive rather than angry. I’d been filming Displaced people carrying their belongings along the road that lead north from Goma in the Eastern Congo, people who had left everything except what they [...]

Under Fire in Afghanistan. Helmand, Christmas 2007.

I’d always wandered how it felt to be shot at, to hear the crack of bullets breaking the sound barrier above my head and to feel the adrenaline flood through my body.
When it happened it was strangely surreal, like it was happening to somebody else. My heart rate barely seemed to rise above its normal [...]