[PHOTO] The 5D Mark II and Barack Obama
The official photo of Barack Obama
When watching a video on the new chief photographer of Barack Obama, Pete Souza, I went to download the official portrait on the site of the White House. By viewing the data in the Exif picture, I saw that the box was used than any other that the 5D Mark II! There is even the first official portrait done with a digital box, in the USA! Certainly, times change ...
Pete Souza also highlights the difficulty of being the photographer of the President, for this portrait, still very important because it will be found in every American official and public buildings in the world, he had only five small minutes. There needs to be ... two photos were taken with it. Fortunately he was assisted for lighting.
I think many photographers would like to be in its place, a nice publicity stunt when you know that three days ago, "Pete Souza" was the most searched keyword on Google!
Here is the Exif: ISO 100 - 105.0 mm - f/10 - 1/125s. Hmm ..; 105mm? may be 24-105mm L?
Pete Souza's interview on MSNBC:
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January 16, 2009
At the same time the picture not break bricks. The excuse of 5 minutes justifies nothing, Plato is often no more time to his images (includes the famous portrait of Putin) and he makes images stronger.
There it was certainly something fairly neutral artistically, but it's a bit cobbled way. Nothing but the position of the flag is medium, redundancy with little pins etc..
In Switzerland, our federal advisers discovers the nightlife in recent years various forms of portraits (the President changes every year and he decides who took the pictures and what message it should give) http://www.admin.ch / br/dienstleistungen/00094/00095/00110/index.html lang = en I like that of 2006 and 2008.
Obama could have used his campaign slogan to breathe a little bit of change in his official portrait. Something a little spawning and living.
January 17, 2009
> Bretzelman: it is true that a good photographer must be able to freeze the moment. Even if it lasts only a second! But the stress must be there ...
Redundancy with the pines is almost traditional.
The U.S. is very classical picture. In terms of framing, sharpness ... etc. I'm not surprised for this portrait.
The fact that he is elected president is already original! Now he must stay alive!
In every case thank you for your last link! I fall down! I find great ... ca: http://www.admin.ch/br/dienstleistungen/00094/00095/00110/index.html?lang=fr&bild=01191
January 20, 2009
I saw this a few days ago.
What surprises me (well I would say that I'm picky but this level of power ...) is that, having seen the big picture on the official site, I detect a white hair of the President (under the flag on the left lapel of his jacket) and a white teddy on the right lapel.
Ok, I titillates but still ...
The large photo is here: http://change.gov/page/-/officialportrait.jpg
January 20, 2009
it's true! but it gives a non-listed real?
January 21, 2009
January 26, 2009
For a picture that will be, as you say, apparently posted everywhere I find it completely unacceptable that he had been allowed only 5min ... At the same time Obama is "taking this risk". Then we may see things differently: in 5min it took time to 2clichés which one of them was almost perfect so they kept him!
Or another version: he must have done tons of tests with a different subject matte skin at the same place to find the right ExIFS because he knew he had very little time with the real subject.
And finally: it's a pro, he knows the EXIF's, Master's subject, has taken a rail to relax just before and ... presto!