![Black Forest Fire](https://i0.wp.com/wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2013/08/COBO_blackforestfire113.jpg)
Local Freelance Photojournalist Bryan Oller took some of the most memorable photos of the Waldo Canyon and Black Forest fires, and he’s been covering the flooding in Manitou. I spoke with him about the challenges of documenting disasters so close to home.
![Woman on Bridge Over Camp Creek, August 9, 2013](https://i1.wp.com/wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2013/08/colorado-popup.jpg)
![Image from Waldo Canyon Fire](https://i2.wp.com/wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2013/08/DSC0063-scaled.jpg)
![From the Waldo Canyon Fire](https://i1.wp.com/wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2013/08/COBOWaldoCanyonFire114-scaled.jpg)
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