President Barack Obama’s site, Change.Gov, has released his official presidential portrait. Courtesy of said site:

It was taken by Pete Souza, the newly-announced official White House photographer.

It is the first time that an official presidential portrait was taken with a digital camera.

Pretty cool stuff. The folks over at Engadget have looked through the EXIF data embedded in the photo and gathered the following data:

…snapped with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II on January 13th, 2009 at 5:38 pm with no flash, using a 105mm lens stopped to f/10 at a 1/125 exposure, with an ISO of 100

Obama’s historical inauguration will take place on Tuesday January 20th, 2009.

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Alright so I’m just sifting through the hundreds of pictures from our 2008 Mexico trip and will begin posting them to my Flickr feed shortly. I’ll post a couple every day over the next week or so. Enjoy!

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If you’re a fan of night photography (as I am), or are just looking for some inspiration, then you’ll love this collection Smashing Magazine has compiled.

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