Benjamin Edwards is a storyteller photographer and educator based out of Bend, Oregon, USA. He's also one of a handful of featured Award Winning Bend Oregon photographers. Whether documenting a once in a life-time wedding ceremony, the crisis in the Congo, or filming a documentary, Benjamin relies on his Faith, caffeine, and love of his craft to ensure the story is told. Benjamin was featured in Photo District News magazine in Sept. 2009 as a “Photographer Making A Difference,” and helped his team win a Hollywood Film Festival award in 2009 for a short film he directed to raise awareness calling for the halt to conflict mining in the DRC. More recently, Benjamin won a 40th anniversary Telly Award for a piece he Directed for an anti-human trafficking non-profit. Benjamin has written the third edition of Nikon: Creative Lighting System Digital Field Guide for Wiley Publishing, which focused on technical aspects of Nikon's flash system. Benjamin was also recognized by Photoflex lighting company as a Photoflex Pro.