I'm so jealous of the photographers, and his daughter with the camera, who get to be around that iconic form, and rock star presence that is Obama. As the media has shown, and we all know, he's bigger than life...and damn it, I want to have my camera in there too! I want him as my muse, too.
Over my years of shooting, there are a few people in my life that I never tire of looking at, both in reality and through a lens....that spark a dance of spirit and creative possibilities. The images come forth, sometimes through perseverence of waiting and looking, sometimes in a flash of recognition, sometimes as a collaboration as both of us leap into the "zone" creating something combined. The experience of working with a muse is exquisite.

So how can I work with him...satisfy this longing?...... TV screens!

I'm not too sure about copyright laws on this, but it seems to me that pulling a 1/60th of a second from a video feed is more about appropriation than copying....I hope to hell that's the truth of it, anyway.

I need my fix.

so the media has had a field day with this.   rightfully so.  barack, respectfully said, "lay off the kids,"  which is respectable because his are wee little ones that unless have some crazy action figure addiction, they're probably clean as sifted corn.  but let's be honest, the kids have been the subject of a lot of scrutiny in the past.  so let's look back and remember the past first kids... any favorites? 

what has really irked me about the Palin nomination is the commentators and anchors wondering how palin would fulfil her motherly duties.  so what happened to the progressive family?  it really seemed like we were back in the 60's and, heaven forbid, there was a women in the workplace.

anyways, this is a just wanted to share with the art star community the magic that was this photoshopping.  i wish i could take credit for it. though i don't agree with making this such a public issue, it was very well played.  and there you have it.  i hope everyone imagines john mccain in the running shorts bouncing like paulie bleeker.