{"id":796,"date":"2012-06-04T22:30:25","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T03:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/?p=796"},"modified":"2012-06-12T08:46:58","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T13:46:58","slug":"hangin-with-the-prez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/?p=796","title":{"rendered":"Hangin&#8217; with the Prez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gamut One Studios had a brush with fame last Friday when photographers Jeff Schmieg and Dewey Koshenina had the unique opportunity to photograph President Barack Obama.\u00a0 President Obama spent the mid-day touring and speaking at Honeywell while our swift and skillful photographers captured it all on camera.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Prez.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-799\" title=\"Prez\" src=\"http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Prez.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"838\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Prez.jpg 800w, http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Prez-286x300.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>The President has an extremely tight schedule, so when you are photographing him, you\u2019ve got to be quick and on your game.\u00a0\u00a0 Gamut One Studios, a contracted Honeywell vendor, was brought in to photograph the President\u2019s visit and provided Honeywell with over 400 press ready images within hours of the event.\u00a0 Images were uploaded to a private web gallery where the Honeywell staff could quickly access and distribute images as needed for public relations, documentation and promotion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Tour.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-801\" title=\"Tour\" src=\"http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Tour.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"909\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Tour.jpg 800w, http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Tour-264x300.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>Seeing how the whole White House machine operates behind the scenes was very interesting.\u00a0 It was a complex process but most notably, a very well oiled machine that is highly choreographed for maximum efficiency and security.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/SS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-806\" title=\"SS\" src=\"http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/SS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/SS.jpg 800w, http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/SS-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>As you can probably imagine, the day was full of protocol, politics and stoic secret service agents. That doesn\u2019t phase Jeff, our \u2018nerves of steel\u2019 photographer who has smoothly photographed tactical response teams while expert marksmen pointed automatic weapons at him.\u00a0 Provided with White House Press Pool credentials, Jeff followed the President as he toured parts of the manufacturing floor and met Honeywell employees.\u00a0 Jeff was then allowed inside the rope-line to photograph the president up close during the speech.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Jeff.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-803\" title=\"Jeff\" src=\"http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Jeff.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Jeff.jpg 800w, http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Jeff-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>Rubbing Elbows with the Associated Press and White House Staff  photographers who cover the president every day brought new insight into  the workings of this political operation.\u00a0 Dewey photographed the event from the main press stage for another view point of the action.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Dewey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-797\" title=\"Dewey\" src=\"http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Dewey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Dewey.jpg 800w, http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Dewey-300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>Capturing the spark and excitement that people had when meeting President Obama made our job even better.\u00a0 The kids (and many adults) in attendance were beyond excited&#8230; beaming with perma-grins as they showed off their autographs and photos while they soaked in the whole experience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Crowd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-812\" title=\"Crowd\" src=\"http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Crowd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Crowd.jpg 800w, http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Crowd-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>We got some cool press pool badges that make great souvenirs from the event.\u00a0 I think Jeff and Dewey will wear them all week&#8230;you just never know when you may want to impress someone!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/press1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-810\" title=\"press\" src=\"http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/press1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/press1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/press1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/press1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/gamut1studios.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/press1.jpg 1090w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gamut One Studios had a brush with fame last Friday when photographers Jeff Schmieg and Dewey Koshenina had the unique opportunity to photograph President Barack Obama.\u00a0 President Obama spent the mid-day touring and speaking at Honeywell while our swift and skillful photographers captured it all on camera. 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