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Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« on: August 10, 2006, 02:14:20 PM »
I had the good fortune to be former President Clinton's photographer for a massive fund raiser in waterbury, connecticut a short time ago. Political affiliations aside, this was a monumental event for our newly restored Palace theater.

my impressions:

he is smooth, wonderful personality and most cordial to everyone. he dresses to the nines and could be on the cover of GC. i chatted with him all day and i must say that i am impressed. here are a few of the 500 shots that i took that day.

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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2006, 02:18:45 PM »
Hey Louis~~~~AWESOME!!!  How exciting for you!  I've never given his attire any consideration, but his suit looks nice.

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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2006, 02:21:03 PM »
Wow!  Nice shots . . .

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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2006, 03:20:36 PM »
How cool! Your photos are awesome, as always. You do people pics just as well as waterlily pics!
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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2006, 03:59:35 PM »
That is cool Louis!  Nice shots too.

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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2006, 04:01:24 PM »
Congrats to you on the assignment. A chance to photograph and meet a former President is not one that comes along daily. As you said politics aside, what a wonderful opportunity.
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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2006, 04:29:56 PM »
Louis you know there is something wrong about that first shot don't you? It is a good pictute except for the mike growing out of his chin. (Please don't hit me, ducking)...

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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2006, 05:21:00 PM »
hi tracey, he does have a mike growing out from his chin, you just cant see it in the other shots  lol lol lol lol

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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2006, 05:43:54 PM »
Congratulations!  That's quite an honor. 
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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2006, 07:14:42 PM »
Louis,
How did you pull that off? I have always thought that he was smooth too ;)

I lilke the pictures though.

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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2006, 07:19:13 PM »
"and most cordial to everyone."     ...What, humility too?

That second picture is really good. Could have put that on the cover of his book.

How awesome! Wish I coulda been there... I heard a good part of the interview of him when he was pushing his book?he's an outstanding orator. He can even pronounce big words correctly, probably because he knows what they mean too.

Tis a shame we don't have his quality of leadership now...

Guess you all know where I stand.

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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #11 on: August 11, 2006, 06:18:16 AM »
steve and others. i am the house photographer for the palace theater in waterbury, connecticut. we were given three day notice that the rally would be at our theater. the democratic national committee asked the palace if they had a photog and that be me...i really had the run of the place. although with my big mouth, i did get into a couple of snits with the SS.

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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #12 on: August 11, 2006, 09:06:45 AM »
What an awesome opportunity! @O@ @O@
The shots are wonderful. Great job! (8:-)
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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #13 on: August 11, 2006, 11:06:50 AM »
WOW, Louis!

Best pictures of a rapist I ever saw!!!


Seriously, your talents are extreme!  BC was POTUS for eight years regardless of his infamy for his misadventures.  After all, Teddy K  commited murder and look at his career!

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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #14 on: August 11, 2006, 02:08:21 PM »
That is so cool, I actually liked Clinton.  And I was in Waterbury just last Sunday, we took our 2 1/2 year old on the Thomas the Train ride.   :)

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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #15 on: August 11, 2006, 03:01:14 PM »
Louis you are a wonderful photographer...your pictures belong in a book.  (8:-) I'm not a Clinton fan but the pictures you took of him are very nice.

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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #16 on: August 11, 2006, 06:14:50 PM »
Wow! Rape and murder?   :o  Someone surely wandered over from frontpagemagazine.com, where they eat that stuff up... lol

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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #17 on: August 11, 2006, 07:33:18 PM »
lou, the pics rock!

Rocmon & Johns et al - I've tried very hard to not respond to your comments and I guess I've failed cause here I am posting this. There are lots of places for political commentary, I would hope that we can keep this place free of the sniping and hard feelings that seem to go with "my guy is a saint and your guy is a sinner" and all of that ... I agree with one of you and disagree with the other, and hopefully no one here will ever know which is which. One of the reasons this place is so wonderful is it's been a place to escape from all the ugly that is out there and soak up some of the pretty. Let's try and keep it that way, OK? Thanks

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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #18 on: August 11, 2006, 07:43:07 PM »
Rocmon,

I ike it!  You have a sense of humor!  And you poke at both sides!

Johninflorida..

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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #19 on: August 11, 2006, 07:49:46 PM »
Best pictures of a rapist I ever saw!!!
Johns,
What is your problem?
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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #20 on: August 12, 2006, 07:09:33 AM »
Now listen up guys, in my original post, i said, "political affiliation aside" and i meant it. this post was meant to show photos of my assignment and not to kindle ugly remarks. i will think twice in the future about sharing photos that might not be to everybody's liking.  we at the Palace Theater are thrilled that the national dem. committee considered out facility and we only had three days to pull this together.  Our grunts that run the stage and the hundreds of volunteers that worked that night have various backgrounds and political ideas, however they were all left at the door and everyone pulled together to make this thing happen. We were very proud of the result.

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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #21 on: August 12, 2006, 08:51:40 AM »
As you should be!  O0
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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #22 on: August 12, 2006, 09:34:23 AM »
You have every reason to be proud!!

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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #23 on: August 12, 2006, 07:47:50 PM »
Tell us more about the SS, your conversations with the President and his talk to the audience. 
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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #24 on: August 13, 2006, 12:24:28 PM »
Very nice shots Lou. You took 500?  WoW!!!!

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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #25 on: August 13, 2006, 06:37:12 PM »
hello mikey, i guess the only think i can put here is that he spoke at a dem, fund raiser. he is one super speaker. he knows how to correctly pronounce each and every word.

lou

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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #26 on: August 14, 2006, 07:44:54 PM »
Lou, I never ever turn down a chance to see any of your photographs.  Those are
excellent pictures, and he was extremely well dressed.   Glad you got this chance to
take these pictures.   Now put them in your collection, not every day get to rub
elbows with ex-president.   Marie

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Re: Hanging around with Bill Clinton
« Reply #27 on: August 19, 2006, 06:56:40 AM »
Nice shots Lou. I like the second one best. That was a great opportunity, not many people could do that.
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