http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/craig-greenhill/ Craig Greenhill is a multi-award winning senior photographer with The Daily Telegraph in Sydney. He joined the newspaper in 2000 and has won several industry and media awards for his work. They include the Walkley for News Photography in 2006 for his coverage of the Cronulla riots, and the Walkley for daily life photography in his IPL cricket coverage last year. He has also won three News Awards – best photograph in 2006 for Cronulla, and last year he won the double of Photographer of the Year, and best photograph for his exclusive shot of swimmer Simon Cowley after his assault by Nick D’Arcy. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-to-photograph-a-bikie-funeral-and-live/ October last year was the beginning of a bikie war and my introduction to the characters of Sydney’s underworld. My assignment: the funeral of Notorious crime gang member and former Nomad bikie Todd O’Connor at St Mary’s Cathedral. Along with a small media pack, I took up a close-in position for the arrivals, soon finding out that we were not welcome with a family member performing a one-finger salute. As the service began I managed to get some shots from the back of the cathedral of the coffin in place with O’Connor’s mother to the side, sitting wheelchair-bound. After capturing a few frames, we waited outside till the coffin was carried out, usually the time of highest emotion. For this funeral, emotions lead to threats of violence. The Notorious foot soldiers formed a protective ring around the mourning family, facing up to the photographers, and hitting one snapper in the back. I repositioned to the other side of the road enabling a few frames of Kings Cross identity John Ibrahim surrounded by his men… feedback@thepunch.com.au (Craig Greenhill) Behind the picture http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-to-photograph-a-bikie-funeral-and-live/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-to-photograph-a-bikie-funeral-and-live/#item167 Sun, 31 May 2009 01:17:36 +0000 Craig Greenhill | Author bios | The Punch