Saturday, December 15, 2007

O&O

How could I pass up a chance to photograph two hot personalities like Obama and Oprah? When the opportunity presented itself through one of my professors, who was shooting for Polaris and asked if we were interested in tagging along, I jumped at the chance! 4 of us from my small Picture Editing class went in a Zipcar to Manchester, New Hampshire last Sunday afternoon, and it was a fun outing. I drove them and we blasted music along the way (not my type of music but it was bearable) and after the event ended at around 9.30pm, it was snowing quite hard. I had to drive in the snow which was quite an experience, cos the falling snow covered the lane markings along the highway and I couldn't see a thing! Anyway, I prayed and all was fine.

He spoke VERY well. His delivery was excellent and if I were eligible to vote, I would vote for him cos by the end of the evening, I was converted. He was that good.
Don't you think his wife, Michelle, looks like Condoleezza Rice?!
Mesmerised by the charismatic man.
Oprah said this is the first time she's backing a politician in his race for the presidency, and that she'd "done her homework" and urged everyone to vote for him. One of my friends aptly put it, that she was "converting the converted". Most people at the Verizon Wireless arena, where the rally was held, were already supporters.
She sacrifice her weekend to support his two-day, three-state tour, speaking at rallies in South Carolina, Iowa and New Hampshire.
Had to shoot this lah, since I'm in America.
Giving him the thumbs up! Not only that, she's raised a couple of millions for his campaign ok...and he called her "the lady with the strange name"!

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