The Presidential Portrait Goes Digital

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday January 15, 2009 @02:21AM from the oh-oh-obamania dept.

alphadogg writes "Barack Obama's election to US president has already brought a string of firsts, and on Wednesday there came another. The official presidential portrait was shot on a digital camera for the first time. The picture was taken by the White House's new official photographer, Pete Souza, and issued by The Office of the President Elect through its Web site. It was taken on Tuesday evening at 5:38 p.m. using a Canon EOS 5D Mark II, according to the metadata embedded in the image file."

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photoshop all the easier... by happy_place · 2009-01-15 02:22 · Score: 5, Funny

...and so the reign of photoshop begins...

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Re:do we really need an article here on /. by Sun.Jedi · 2009-01-15 03:09 · Score: 5, Funny

I don't even see the pixels anymore ... All I see is blond, brunette, redhead. Hey uh, you want a drink?
Re:Public availability by ChinggisK · 2009-01-15 04:33 · Score: 5, Funny

Hey, put a warning when you post things like that! I was lost in his dreamy eyes for a good 20 minutes.