Corporal Georgina Coupe is the video camerawoman for the British Army’s Combat Camera Team (CCT) based in Afghanistan throughout summer 2012 as part of 12th Mechanized Brigade.
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Engineering a way to success
Posted in RLC, TFH HQ, tagged Afghanistan, Army, British, British Army, cct, combat camera team, georgina coupe, HERRICK, RLC on 29 May 2012 | 1 Comment »
Clearing the editing decks
Posted in RLC, TFH HQ, tagged Afghanistan, Army, British, British Army, cct, combat camera team, georgina coupe, HERRICK, RLC on 13 May 2012 | 3 Comments »
Corporal Georgina Coupe is the video camerawoman for the British Army’s Combat Camera Team (CCT) based in Afghanistan throughout summer 2012 as part of 12th Mechanized Brigade.
Post-op tour leave (POTL)
Posted in RLC, tagged army photographer, blog, British Army, official, steve blake on 4 May 2012 | 1 Comment »
Using china plates, metal cutlery and being able to wear clothes other than MTP were novel changes for me!
Capturing the essence of the battlefield
Posted in RLC, TFH HQ, tagged Afghanistan, British, British Army, combat camera team, georgina coupe, Helmand, HERRICK, RLC, video on 27 April 2012 |
It was an Afghan National Army (ANA) planned and led operation, to clear a previous insurgent stronghold. The role of ISAF was very much to provide advice. Over the operation, we covered a massive 45 km across a variety of terrain.
Recording the stories of British troops in Afghanistan
Posted in RLC, TFH HQ, tagged Afghanistan, British Army, camerawoman, cct, combat camera team, Corporal Georgina Coupe, Helmand, herrick 16, operation, RLC, soldier, video on 16 April 2012 | 6 Comments »
Ignoring the age-old advice of never working with children or animals, we spent a day with two military dog handlers. Andy spent quite a bit of time getting up close with a particularly ferocious looking protection dog Vinco, but came away intact with some great shots.
Wherever you are – my last Afghan post
Posted in RLC, tagged Afghanistan, British, British Army, cct, combat camera team, Helmand, herrick 15, steve blake on 28 March 2012 | 18 Comments »
I wanted to give a flavour of Afghanistan to the people back home. I wanted to show them their loved ones, working, relaxing, patrolling and so on. The theme was set to ‘Wherever You Are.’ My take on the Military Wives Choir video, but from a personal perspective, hoping to give people a realistic insight into life in Afghanistan and places where their loved ones could well be working or living.
One last trip around the bazaars
Posted in RLC, tagged Afghanistan, cct, combat camera team, Helmand, HERRICK, photographer, sgt steve blake on 9 March 2012 | 12 Comments »
It’s always hard trying to explain to people back in the UK what Afghanistan is like, but when you are here, you take what you see as normality, as you are living amongst it. The bazaar had a mobile phone shop, a pharmacy, fruit and veg shop and a mechanics workshop, of sorts.
Operation Horhari Afghan through a lens
Posted in RLC, tagged Afghanistan, cct, combat camera team, Helmand, HERRICK, photographer, sgt steve blake on 17 February 2012 | 22 Comments »
Sergeant Steve Blake is a professional Army Photographer with the Royal Logistic Corps. A trained soldier, Steve is currently serving a six-month tour of Afghanistan as part of the three-man Combat Camera Team (comprising a trained journalist, photographer and video cameraman). Steve and the team are based at Camp Bastion in Helmand province but will spend most of [...]
First drink on leave – peppermint tea!
Posted in RLC, tagged Afghanistan, cct, combat camera team, Helmand, HERRICK, photographer, sgt steve blake on 3 February 2012 | 2 Comments »
Sergeant Steve Blake is a professional Army Photographer with the Royal Logistic Corps. A trained soldier, Steve is currently serving a six-month tour of Afghanistan as part of the three-man Combat Camera Team (comprising a trained journalist, photographer and video cameraman). Steve and the team are based at Camp Bastion in Helmand province but will spend most of [...]
Afghan and British flying machines
Posted in RLC, tagged Afghanistan, cct, combat camera team, Helmand, HERRICK, photographer, sgt steve blake on 12 January 2012 | 17 Comments »
The Lynx was very cold and windy, so sticking your lens out of the door trying to photograph the accompanying Merlin proved interesting. We provided overwatch for them while they landed at the locations, giving us scope to get some images of them static on the ground too.
