*”This assignment was for my parents, who I knew were watching… For my family, friends and colleagues who I knew were quietly cheering for me too. But it was also for the ancestors who came before us…”
It was for every senior photographer and photo-editor who ever mentored me; giving of their time in reminding me of all the little things you must excel at everyday to get to this point in one’s career. Although I didn’t make the trip in January to be in Washington, DC for the inauguration – even though I’d felt for the longest time that I should’ve been there, I held onto some strong feelings the last six months or so that I just might get lucky enough to photograph this new president.Ironically, after arriving 5 hours early to navigate through multiple security checks by “The Service”, and their bomb sniffing dogs a few times, that when it was actually time to go to work on the press risers approximately 100′ from the stage, I had no butterflies. This was a (serious) work night all around, and it lasted until nearly 3AM by the time I was done uploading a photo gallery to the paper’s site. I remember going into “The Zone” about 10 minutes into the President’s speech. No distractions, no equipment failures or slip-ups. This was definitely “A-Game” territory for every working photographer in the house this night.
Thank goodness I packed a small metal step-stool, which guaranteed the rope-line images (left) I made from the back row of the risers.
Yea, little things.
Click this link to view a slideshow on the paper’s site.
*(Check this one off the career ‘bucket-list…’)
Thanks for looking and your comments are as always, greatly appreciated. -cg.
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