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iceburn
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States303 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-10 01:03:12
August 10 2010 00:56 GMT
#1
Today was absolutely amazing. It was the culmination of 4 year s of hard work. I have been working on photography to at first have fun and now develop more and more into a photographer.

Today I was given the opportunity to photograph President Obama.

Run down of the day

Woke up 6am,7am,8am,9am--- finally 9:30

Prep/ check gear one last time. 10oclock out the door.

10:30 check in. Discover that they won't let anyone for another hour.

sit chat photograph people waiting in line.

11:30 get my photo pass and check in. put my gear in a seperate room. walk out get wanded and panted down.

return to room after the the austin police rummage through my stuff looking for any contraband. get my bag head to another room.

get my gear checked again by the secret service. then move on to the staging area. sit down with the press booth around 12:30.

then i stand up to strech and some other photographer stand up as well and start heading to the photo pit. i was like crap i need to get a move on.

so i briskly walked over and join 4 other photographer standing in the pit.

secret service agents move towards us and 3 of them surround us and tell us "excuse us but you will have to remove yourself and be sitting in the press area"

we are not happy about this and scramble to find event staff. this issue sorts itself out and we are allowed back to where we were.

We have been standing since 11 and now have found out spots and are standing there in a very defensive position waiting to get our shots.

Finally at 2:05 Hail to the chiefs plays and Barack Obama walks out.

I click madly getting nearly 600 clicks in his 10 minute speech. As he walks away and media congrates together to start pushing out images and stories. People nearby are asking "how did you get access?" with that question directed to me multiple times as I was clearly the youngest one there.

My reply: 4 years of hard work, shoot and keep shooting youll get the good shots and get the great gigs.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wshing/4876513623/" title="Barack Obama by W.shing, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4876513623_f911d82afa_z.jpg" width="427" height="640" alt="Barack Obama" /></a>
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Parabola
Profile Joined May 2010
Korea (South)111 Posts
August 10 2010 01:01 GMT
#2
congrats dude. your shots are looking good too
The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left.
Craton
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States17251 Posts
August 10 2010 01:02 GMT
#3
So what was the "four years of work" part you were talking about?
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Manifesto7
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Osaka27151 Posts
August 10 2010 01:02 GMT
#4
Congratulations! What a great opportunity
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ShaperofDreams
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada2492 Posts
August 10 2010 01:12 GMT
#5
Great job man! Can you elaborate on the four years of hard work\how you got to that point?
Bitches don't know about my overlord. FUCK OFF ALDARIS I HAVE ENOUGH PYLONS. My Balls are as smooth as Eggs.
trackd00r
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Chile284 Posts
August 10 2010 01:17 GMT
#6
Congratulations!
LOL i loved the photograph
''They put signs, but I can't read''
iceburn
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States303 Posts
August 10 2010 01:18 GMT
#7
Oh yea my bad haha

The last 4 years I have been shooting everything and anything to get experience and exposure. Joining my colleges newspaper was the most difficult as well as the most rewarding thing. A lot of kids with cameras these days don't really work for the opportunities to shoot big things. When I say kids I mean other college students I have observed. They want recognization for everything they do. Some even want to be paid for their inferior work. Anyways back on point after 1 semester of shooting for the paper on a daily basis I applied to be a free lancer for some online publications which gave me access to the music scene in Austin. This allowed me to meet and learn from some of the best music photographers in the industry. I took what I learned and tried it over and over again. After doing a lot of my work for free and just out shooting on a daily basis some bigger outlets started using me and decided to use me for this event today.
TaiYang
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada128 Posts
August 10 2010 01:18 GMT
#8
Congratulations, must feel amazing to have had such a oppurtunity.
...but the parasites say NO!
Loser777
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
1931 Posts
August 10 2010 01:25 GMT
#9
That flickr is awesome O.o ... so much candy!
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TitleRug
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States651 Posts
August 10 2010 01:28 GMT
#10
Congratulations! That photograph looks great!
coLCruncher fighting!
mucker
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States1120 Posts
August 10 2010 01:28 GMT
#11
Awesome, man! A lot of good stuff on your flickr too.
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Senx
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Sweden5901 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-10 01:35:57
August 10 2010 01:33 GMT
#12
Your links are all fucked up, fix em please.

bottom one worked, nvm.
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Lexpar
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
1813 Posts
August 10 2010 01:38 GMT
#13
Fantastic job man. Very impressive!
iceburn
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States303 Posts
August 10 2010 01:43 GMT
#14
Thanks guys I appreciate all the kind words.
decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20026 Posts
August 10 2010 01:45 GMT
#15
Unreal dude. Congratulations.
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
Zona
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
40426 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-10 02:23:50
August 10 2010 01:57 GMT
#16
Congrats, always enjoy seeing a person's hard work pay off in success.

If you wanted to embed the pic, use [ img ] or click on the 4th button from the left above the reply textbox. Like this:

[image loading]
"If you try responding to those absurd posts every day, you become more damaged. So I pay no attention to them at all." Jung Myung Hoon (aka Fantasy), as translated by Kimoleon
hifriend
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
China7935 Posts
August 10 2010 01:59 GMT
#17
Your photos look amazing. Congrats!
exeexe
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Denmark937 Posts
August 10 2010 01:59 GMT
#18
There is an "easy" way to get acces to politicians if you are a journalist:

Just be friends with em D:
And never forget, its always easier to throw a bomb downstairs than up. - George Orwell
stafu
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia1196 Posts
August 10 2010 02:40 GMT
#19
Nice man, well done and congratulations : )
Jugan
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States1566 Posts
August 10 2010 03:00 GMT
#20
wow those photos are FUCKING AMAZING. Congrats dude! Great to have another awesome person a part of the team liquid community ^_^

What kind of jobs/gigs have you done in the past that helped set you up for this one?
Even a Savior couldn't fix all problems. www.twitch.tv/xJugan
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