Newly appointed White House photographer Pete Souza has snapped the first official portrait of President Obama which was released on Thursday.
It is a strong image that captures both Obama’s quiet intensity and focused gaze, a depth of kindness in his eyes, and a slightly upturned mouth that, while not quite a smile, manages to convey warmth and assuredness.
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The first portrait of President Obama has officially been released. It’s the first portrait of a President taken by a digital camera. The EXIF data says that the picture was taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II, probably one owned by the White House’s newly appointed photographer Pete Souza. The shot was taken on January 13th, 2009 at 5:38 pm with no flash, using a 105mm lens stopped to f/10 at a 1/125 exposure, with an ISO of 100.
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Pete didn’t own the camera, here is his statement about the portrait:
Athens | OH | USA | Posted: 10:54 PM on 01.14.09
->> I want to give a big kudos to my friend, freelance photographer Andy Cutraro, who helped me with the lights and let me borrow his 5DMarkII for the shoot.
from here:
http://www.sportsshooter.com/message_display.html?tid=31893