David Katz, former Michigan Daily Managing Photo Editor (2002-2003) has been the close personal photographer for now President-Elect Barack Obama, ever since Obama’s 2004 U.S. Senate campaign.
Katz was on tap again on Election Night to capture the history making event from behind-the-scenes.
Way to go Katz, we’re all so proud of you!
UPDATE:
I swear i just saw him on CNN today walking into the White House with Obama… go David!
I live on a busy street near a busy intersection in town and today as I was mowing the lawn with the evening rush hour traffic buzzing by, a slew of cop cars zipped through and shutdown the intersection. I knew something had happened so I grabbed a camera from the house, abandoning my lawn mower and ran down to see what was going on….
9 May 2008: A girl, described to be in her teens by witnesses is loaded into an ambulance after being struck while jaywalking at the corner of Packard Street and East Stadium Blvd in Ann Arbor, MI. The van involved in the accident sent the pedestrian “flying across Stadium Blvd” where she landed on the street corner, says Ann Arbor resident Steve Sharik. (Photo by Tony Ding)
9 May 2008: The mother of a teenage driver fields questions from a police officer after her daughter driving the green van struck the apparently jaywalking pedestrian. (Photo by Tony Ding)
9 May 2008: Ann Arbor resident Steve Sharik, right, recounts to a police officer how the teenage girl was struck “flying across Stadium Blvd” where she landed on the street corner, he says. (Photo by Tony Ding)
9 May 2008: A teen driver is comforted by her mother after the van she was driving struck a jaywalking pedestrian at the corner of Packard Street and East Stadium Blvd, during evening rush hour, in Ann Arbor, MI. (Photo by Tony Ding)
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The third installment of my mini-series photo story on the Michigan Marching Band has been finished and is now published online. Please watch Part 1 and Part 2 first if you haven’t done so already, and then check out the new episode!
I sent my Mark II body and 16-35mm lens off to Canon Pro Service for some maintenance and cleaning, so in exchange, CPS was nice enough to loan me a 5D body and replacement 16-35mm lens while my gear is in the shop.
The FedEx package came with everything bundled in a cheezy Canon-branded camera bag. No shoulder straps, so I think i’ll stick to my own shooting bags.
First impression of the 5D is its weight. The sucker is at least twice as heavy as my 20D. And it looks just a big chunkier too. Still, the 5D is designed like the 20D so I had no trouble with its almost exactly same button arrangement and menu system.
One plus is the much more generous LCD screen, and of course as soon as you peer into the viewfinder, especially with the wide-angle on, the view is spectacular—full frame is the shit.
Thats it for now. I’ll post some comparison pictures once I get a chance to shoot with the 5D.
