I must say, working as a photojournalist before sunrise to past sundown is definately exhausting. However, it is always an amazing experience as everything you see has a chance at becoming history.
With 30 minutes to go untill Giulliani showed up, I was rumaging through my Jeep untill I found out what exactly I had done. I left my Photo side-bag at my house. I was in such a hurry that I left it right by the side of the door (I am sure my roomates were angry). So, all I was left with was my rather large travel back-pack. Oh well, I looked like a ninja turtle and was humbled just a bit.
I was rather hesitant about Giulliani before. I must say I know absolutely nothing about his political views or agenda, but he appeared to be a genuine and very energetic man. In front of cameras and away from them, he always kept a sincere demeanor about him.
Though the shoot with Giulliani was more of a boxing match between news crews, photogrpahers, security, and staff members, we were able to get through the crowds here and there to take a few pictures.
However, perhaps the best part of the entire shoot was my helicopter ride. Though maybe not the brightest idea, we were able to convince the pilot to remove the doors and windows to allow for better aerial photography. Looking back, I probably wanted to tape over my seat belt release, but I'm still alive so it worked just fine.
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