I feel that this batch of pictures really warrants a brief note for the sake of historical clarity. At the time that this batch was taken, the 2008 presidential election was still being fiercely fought for. At the moment, John McCain is pulling into the lead on the Republican side, and Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton appear to be in ne
neck nationwide. Super Tuesday is tomorrow, where over twenty states will decide their pick for who gets the candidacy.
I started out as a Mike Gravel supporter, but then he dropped out. I switched to Dennis Kucinich, but then he dropped out as well, so I'm now supporting Barack Obama. I actually voted a few days ago via absentee ballot. I in no way support Hillary Clinton, but I felt it would be fun and interesting to go document her visit to Clark University. I did my best to get some good pictures of the event and I'm really happy with the results. I deleted a lot of pictures from this batch but that was to be expected. I often used a kind of "spray and pray" technique. Once I saw a good shot I'd take six of seven, usually deleting most or all of them. I hope you enjoy the ones that made the cut! |
A sign (ha, get it?) of things to come?
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Revisiting an old classic
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Another enthusiastic Clinton supporter
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News vans! Note that all the satellite dishes point south
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The police blocked off a big chunk of Downing Street in front of the athletic center. The ambulance and fire truck were there for an unrelated incident
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One of those wooden barricade things
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The other end of Downing Street was also blocked
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News vans and police barricade
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Same scene from a slightly different angle
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Getting closer to the news vans
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This guy noticed me taking his picture so I waved
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I took a picture of the ambulance before I realized they were acutally there helping an injured person just by coincidence..
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That's one hardcore satellite dish
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The Secret Service put a sign up. I feel I should mention they weren't very secret, it was easy to spot them
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I just wandered into the media entrance. I figured I've got a camera, I'm media
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But are they good solutions?
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Some media folk setting up
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This guy's not going to get much footage with his coffee cup, no matter how stable it is
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A sneaky cop lurking in the back
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More people by the normal door
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Yep, that's the door I took
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Oh yeah, the Patriots lost the Superbowl.. it was the only game they lost this season
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Needless to say, fans were pretty heartbroken
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Aw crap! I leave for 90 minutes and there's a HUGE line!
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Yes, I really am this far away from the Kneller
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Hillary people trying to get people to sign up for stuff
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I got a Ron Paul sticker!
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Some typical Clinton supporters
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What's her name from freshman year is back
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People signing some petition for a bill
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The Ron Paul guy is back!
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I really didn't like how the Clinton fans were snickering at this guy. Very disrespectful
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Some insane group was handing out propaganda
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I don't know much about them other than they think that computers are ruining the world (I guess not their website..) and they think global warming isn't happening
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The choppa! Get back to it!
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This cop was on his phone
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Some of the crazy vegans were handing this out
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The line is moving! I'm advancing past the library!
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The line went all the way back to Main Street, I'm not sure how long it was in total
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Gotta hand it to the Ron Paul guy for getting his message out there
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Caution tape and Hillary signs
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This guy kept eyeballing me
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There's more media people now!
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Lots of people were sitting on the bleachers
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After leaving to take a test, I came back. I bet you didn't even notice!
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Traveling press got to get really close
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The losers with the video cameras stayed in the back
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Some cops behind the stage
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Clinton launches into her speech
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I honestly didn't listen to all that much since it was very similar to the ones I've seen on TV and I wanted to focus on pictures
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It actually felt a lot like that first mission on Metal Gear Solid 2.. taking pictures while the speech is going on. People who have played will know what I mean
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She was very hoarse, presumably from all the speech giving she's been doing in preparation for Super Tuesday
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All alone out on the stage
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I really like this picture.. someone else taking pictures
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I liked this flare effect
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I moved to the back of the gym to get some shots from the center
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These shots were tough to get.. I was in the middle of a dense crowd
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Clinton goes on, in front of the flag
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I thought this shot worked really well with her in the corner
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Don't you point that thing at me
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An overview of the crowd from the back corner
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People in the audience seemed dismayed when I told them I had already voted, and for Obama!
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Clinton speaks to a sea of people
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These guys think they're so cool with their nice lenses
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Hillary shakes hands with the crowd
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There were a lot of people taking pictures with little point-n-shoots. You can see one guy to the right of the Hillary sign
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There were also a lot of professionals like this guy
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A fantastic overview of the crowd with the weird Kneller ceiling above it
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For a few shots here I brought the ISO down to 100 from 400 and stabalized the camera on my leg
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The shots came out a lot clearer
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But they were harder to get
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For some reason Professor Chou really stands out in a crowd
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Everyone went ballistic at the end
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Cops wouldn't let me behind
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This is the closest I got, about ten feet away. I couldn't really see her because there were six layers of people between us and she's fairly short
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Gotta love the Obama guy outside! Go Obama!!
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