Inauguration Photo TR (Dial-up Warning)

I got a good seat to view history and took some photos. This is why I love my Job.

Monday the 20th - Setup Day

The South Press Riser
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1127.jpg

Our Position and Angle to the Podium
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1125.jpg

The Worker Bees weren't the only ones there that day
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1135.jpg

The Crowds were already gathering - people just hanging out on the Mall knowing they were gonna get booted at midnight...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1144.jpg

The sun came out and it got purdy
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1156.jpg

The chairs were ready
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1176.jpg

The People's House, all dressed up
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1148.jpg

My Producer acting like he works for a living
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1185.jpg

Tuesday, Jan. 20th - Inauguration Day

After a short night's sleep to the sounds of sirens all over Capitol Hill we finally made it back to the riser at 6:00am. Dawn broke and it got colder, since the wind picked up.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1193.jpg

TV Tokyo was not amused
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1191.jpg

Chillin'... literally - the guy on the left, Jon Decker, was the reporter bitten by Barney the dog.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1197.jpg

Did I mention it was windy? What does 20 degrees w/a 20mph steady wind and no room to move translate to? Fucking Cold
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1203.jpg

First the Celebs showed up, then the dais started filling.

Find Puffy, Beyonce, and Jay Z
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1207.jpg

Sometimes Senators must wear many hats
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1213.jpg

I could have been President, Super Serial... now where's that Global Warming?
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1214.jpg

Surprised these dudes could pry their lips off their instruments
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1216.jpg

Something about Bubba -- you always know when he's around
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1220.jpg

The Queen and the Court - her man looks like he wants to beat the hell outta someone
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1227.jpg

Frau Bush - look how creepy Bubba looks...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1229.jpg

The new First Lady and ... second Lady
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1237.jpg

Guess we gotta let him in too...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1240.jpg

Everyone relax - he's showed up ("Psst - Global Warming!")
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1243.jpg

"You sure you wanna do this?" "Ah, what the hell."
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1246.jpg

I love this picture - it's like "WTF are you doing here?"
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1251.jpg

Haha -- you're old!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1252.jpg

(cont.)

Nice! Was wondering if you were going to post us up. Cool.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1207.jpg


you have a future in papazazzi

But enough of the Tomfoolery and Shenanigans, it's time to get down to bidness.

The crowd was ready
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1257.jpg

Aretha belted out a tune
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1259.jpg

Joey B was Bush's VP for a bit...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1263.jpg

Yoyo Ma, Itzack Perlman, and Black Clarinet player dude entertained us with the United Airlines Commercial
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1265.jpg

The Oath of Office was given... sorta. It was repeated again last night at the White House
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1271.jpg

Power has been transferred peacefully yet again. Say what you will about the USA, that shit doesn't get old.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1277.jpg

Time for Speechification... wait, this isn't Bush. Time for some Truth.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1284.jpg

Ownin' it.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1285.jpg

Wish I had one of these Bad Boys...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1288.jpg

No matter how cold it was in my spot - these dudes had it worse!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1289.jpg

and there you have it. Thank You DC!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1293.jpg

I had to get back to work at this point (no broadcasting during the ceremony) so no more pix. Hope you enjoyed - it was worth every shiver and a day I'll never forget.

Nice.


You have a cool job.

Great pics. Thanks for the behind the scenes look. Must've been very cool to be there.
Gawd those washingtonians wear some fugly hats.
What's that thing Scalia's wearing?
Jay Z's is dope though, although I'd probably only wear it at burning man.

Michelle: No Sasha, we don't call him 'that evil man' when he's this close...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1240.jpg

Well played Tippster, thanks for the great pics!!!

Thank you, Tipp.

Jay-Z's hat is dope. I want that for skiing.

That was really cool, thanks for posting that

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Really cool TR!

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Originally Posted by thefrush

Jay-Z's hat is dope. I want that for skiing.

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You are not pimp enough, nobody is.

Nice pics.

That's quite the bird's eye view of the event.

Lucky man, good job capturing history

Great shots

Cool pics

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1265.jpg
Izzat fatass in the upper left Michael Moore?

Cool TR, thanks for the behind the scenes peek. Once in a lifetime event can't imagine how cool to have been there that close.

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Originally Posted by Summit

Cool pics

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1265.jpg
Izzat fatass in the upper left Michael Moore?

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the one playing the violin? what?

Nice pics mang - hey btw I got 86ed from the concert after you left (by N.!). This tall stoner Crococodile Dundee-lookin' dude in all khaki and a bandana on his head and a Aussie bushman's hat hanging down his back camped right in front of us blocking N.'s view and I tapped him on the shoulder and yelled "THAT'S NOT A KNIFE!!" much to the confusion of everyone, then N. made us leave but it's ok, the show was almost over.

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Originally Posted by Tippster

...Did I mention it was windy? What does 20 degrees w/a 20mph steady wind and no room to move translate to? Fucking Cold...

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Pfft... swimming weather. :D

Thanks for that very cool insider's view, Tipp.

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Originally Posted by thefrush

Jay-Z's hat is dope. I want that for skiing.

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I bet Blurred11s has one.

Great pics, thanks!

weren't you supposed to be operating a video camera or something though?

Awesome photos...!

Can you clean the dust off your sensor next time though? :D

awesome. i was reading it wondering "did you do any work" but then you closed with "and then i had to start working" :)

this was really cool, thanks for throwing it up here!

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Originally Posted by davep

weren't you supposed to be operating a video camera or something though?

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I was - in the TV Tokyo shot of the Chica in the hat my camera is on the left panned away from the stage. I wa sthere to do live shots - when journalists talk live back to their home broadcasts, not to shoot the actual event itself, which was handled by the pool cameras (the ones with the really big lenses - they're the TV version of IS lenses and cost more than your average house.)

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Originally Posted by DrFlask

Awesome photos...!

Can you clean the dust off your sensor next time though? :D

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Dude. I came home, uploaded the px in Lightroom, and nearly cried. I had no idea you could go from clean as a whistle to filthier than a Bangkok boytoy in a day.

thanks tipp those were amazing pictures!

"and his two beautiful daughters kate, and sssaaassshaaa"

Great pics. Thanks for sharing them. I was laughing at the captions.

Very cool... Nice images. I went to Nixon's inauguration and Kennedy's funeral (age 5), but Obama's inauguration is just incredible. I still remember the race riots in the sixties and MLK's assassination. So glad to see us finally get here!!!

Holy shit that glass is thick.

Epic TR.
What were you shooting with?

great shots from the best seats in the house. thanks, I really enjoyed that, probably more than watching it on tv.

Thank you. My wife is acquiring an interest in TGR.

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Originally Posted by karpiel

Holy shit that glass is thick.

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That glass is that thick to keep the wind off of him. :nonono2:

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Originally Posted by AKPogue

That glass is that thick to keep the wind off of him. :nonono2:

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"Wind?" You military guys sure have a funny word for bullets... :nonono2:

Setup was a Canon 5D w/70-200 f/2.8L IS or 16-35 f/2.8L Wide angle Zoom. At one point a buddy came w/his 100mm Prime and we swapped lenses so he could get some closeups.

You should see how much I cropped (digitally zoomed) in post - I'll post up an uncropped version of the swearing in pic when i get home. I gotta say i love this camera and the lenses are just sweeeeeeet.

Now to clean that sensor...

Cool pics !

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Originally Posted by Tippster

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ation-1243.jpg

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Now, that's a perma-tan... (smiling guy behing Obama looks like a carrot)

I was still waiting for the PA announcer to break in and say "And now... the stating line-up for the National Football Conference Champion Arizona Cardinals...."

:D

yo-yo ma is the man

Super cool, thanks for posting those!

Could you tell that Itzack and Yo-Yo were "lip synching?"

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle5573427.ece