Today’s assignment had me out in the burning, hot North Carolina sun, waiting for First Lady Laura Bush to show up and tour a national park. The press all congregated around noon (with the really nice White House press coordinators), we placed our gear in the first photo op area (to be scanned by Secret Service), and then basically waited around for a few hours in the murderous sun.
It seemed like we hung out for a few hours and then found ourselves running around all crazy for around 15 minutes, clamoring to get useable video of Lady Bush. All of this ‘camoring’ I refer to took place in 15′x15′ roped off areas that they quickly herded between - to keep us at a safe distance from her.
Also, we were informed on several occasions, “Do not take photographs of Mrs Bush from behind.” Seriously, they really harped on this one point quite a bit.
