Obama, the Future President

There’s a saying: “It’s the journey, not the destination.” I normally subscribe to this little nugget of wisdom, but this was not the case in my effort to photograph the future president. For me, the journey sucked but the destination was great.

I was based in Virginia for about six months in 2008 on a yacht project. The presidential campaign in was in full swing and I heard that Barack Obama would be at the Virginia Beach convention center for a campaign rally on the weekend. It would be a great opportunity to see him speak and be apart of something exciting.

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Fire Dancer on the Beach

This is a good example of how many complex shots come together. You have a plan then everything changes and you have to improvise and get creative.

This is a shot of Christina fire dancing on a beach in Mexico. I had intended to photograph her much earlier in the evening. I wanted the sky to have some nice evening blue to complement the orange fire, but we missed the window.

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