{"id":3624,"date":"2014-01-20T20:41:50","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T20:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=3624"},"modified":"2014-01-20T21:02:43","modified_gmt":"2014-01-20T21:02:43","slug":"how-my-photo-made-the-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=3624","title":{"rendered":"How my photo made the BBC news"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bbc-screengrab\"<\/a>Last Friday one of my photos wound up on the BBC website and although the subject matter was a potential tragedy for those affected, I’m still very proud to see my work on the BBC news website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To be honest the biggest surprise was just how many people noticed the small “by line” on the photo and got in contact. I also got plenty of questions about how my photo ended up being used, so here are some answers…<\/p>\n

Was it commissioned<\/span><\/strong>
\nNot this time. Following weeks of wet weather we had one day of rain too many and the small stream that flows through the village in which I live, decided to flood in a way that I’ve never seen. I snapped a few photos just as record.<\/p>\n

So how did it end up on the BBC website?<\/span><\/strong>
\nI was supposed to be travelling to London but trains were all cancelled and the roads blocked, so I was reading the Local BBC twitter feed to find out what was running. By chance a new tweet pop up asking for any photos of the flooding and I thought… why not. The local BBC retweeted my photo and a few minutes later I was contacted by a lady from the BBC website asking if they can use my photo.<\/p>\n

Did you get paid?<\/span><\/strong>
\nIn this case I didn’t ask to be paid and to be honest payment was the last thing on my mind.<\/p>\n

Do you usually work for free?<\/span><\/strong>
\nNo I don’t. Had I been commissioned to photograph or video the flooding then it would be another matter but this was simply me sharing a piece of the history of Copthorne.<\/p>\n

Would you do it again?<\/span><\/strong>
\nAbsolutely I would.<\/p>\n

Did the BBC alter your photo?<\/span><\/strong>
\nMy original photo is below. It’s a multi image panorama made up of 7 or 8 photos and cover a field of view that’s just under 180 degrees. I sent the BBC a high res version with permission that they could crop it as required and that’s exactly what they did.<\/p>\n

\"Copthorne-Flooding-blog\"<\/a>
\nSo how bad was the damage?<\/span><\/strong>
\nIt looked worse then it was, no one was injured and although the road and a few gardens were flooded, the houses were mostly fine. Some damage was self inflicted when a couple of drivers decided to brave the flooded road. A big mistake!<\/p>\n

Did you get flooded ?<\/span><\/strong>
\nNo we were just fine.<\/p>\n

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