What is the piece of transparent material held at head height on a support
pole to the right of the twin microphones at the lectern? Might it be the
POTUS teleprompter ?
jh
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From: "Joel Wilcox" <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 10:18 AM
Subject: [OM] Pres. Obama at the Univ of Iowa -- on-topic gear
> The POTUS made a campaign stop at the Univ. of Iowa fieldhouse. A
> ticket to get in fell my way on Tuesday, so I decided to stand in the
> same room with the man and about 4500 other humans, mostly students.
> Waited THREE hours, standing in one spot. Surrounded by very short,
> lovely and well-mannered freshman girls, whom it was not however
> convenient to attempt to engage in conversation (though I talk to
> freshman girls every day). Offered a unique vantage point that you may
> not see very often in official photographs. Most shots were made at
> about 7-8 feet off the floor, which is my overhead reach, as I used live
> view on my newly-acquired E-620.
>
> http://myweb.uiowa.edu/jfwilcox
>
> I enjoyed the shooting part, felt bad for the folks behind me, and will
> never do it again. I think.
>
> The photo on my homepage is my favorite. There is a link to a small
> gallery that has the rest of the photos, including one of the POTUS with
> Pete Souza, the official WH photographer.
>
> Joel W.
>
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