Awards

Work for National Geographic and ABC News

In the September 2001 issue of National Geographic, Darlene and Norman's work was recognized. The article entitled, "Can Coral be Cultivated?", written Barbara Brown was photographed on site on the island of Mustique by the Greystone Photographics team.

On December 8th, 2000, www.abcnews.com ran a news article entitled, "Reef Replacement: New Project Hopes to Restore Coral Reefs by Growing Them". This article, while written by Amanda Onion, was photographed by National Geographic's newest underwater photographers, Darlene and Norman McCullough.

This article examined the work of Alan Lowe (www.reefball.com), the American owner of the coral cultivating company, Applied Marine Technologies and his crew. They worked to fly more than 900 pieces of cultivated coral to the Caribbean island of Mustique in hopes to replace damage wreaked by 1999 Hurricane Lenny . All photography and even some of the actual underwater reef ball placement was done by Darlene and Norman.

1999 Marine Life Photo Contest Grand Prize Winner

From the Center for Marine Conservation, Summer 1999 issue of the Marine Conservation Newsletter:

"After carefully considering more than 150 entries - featuring leaping dolphins, stunning coral reef scenes, carefully camouflaged fish and much more - our judges have selected Darlene McCullough of White Hall, Maryland as the winner of our 1999 Marine Life Photo Contest."   - Center for Marine Conservation

Darlene's brilliant photograph "Queen of Tormentos" was taken on an afternoon dive in March [1999] on Tormentos Reef off Cozumel, Mexico. She said, "...the scene in the photo took her breath away when she saw it." The shot was taken with a Nikonis 5 camera with an Ikelite Strobe.

The winning photograph was featured in CMC's 2000 Marine Life Calendar.

National Photography Award - 1999 Masters Award Recipient

The National Photography Awards were established as an annual competition to honor those photographers whose photographic talent and expertise are unmistakably evident in the images they produce. The Masters Award, our highest honor, is only awarded to those entrants who have exhibited unsurpassed ability and expertise in the photographic arts.

Darlene Dawson McCullough of Greystone Photographics was awarded a Masters Award in 1999 for her photograph entitled "Queen of Tormentos".