The lighting is also from the overhead lights, so that it is casting long downward shadows.

The lighting for the formal picture will be softbox electronic flash units or units directed into photographic reflecting umbrellas.

because in reality, the Presidents arm is straight with his hand resting on the chair. This is obvious even without seeing the original. However, if he were to bend at the elbow, the elbow would definitely be several inches higher that this photoshopper would have us believe. The photoshopper didnt bother to create the elbow needed to make the arm-bend believable. Seriously. The President would have to have a 4' arm to make that pose realistic. Its just not humanly possible.

I'd be fired for trying to pass this off. Trust me.

on edit: an easier way to explain. Picture that right arm straightened. It would be down to his knee.

Note in that gallery of photos of gathered Presidents over the past years that now 3 of 5 are Democratic. In 1981, it was 1 out of 4 and 1991 it was 1 of 5. Of course if Kennedy hadn't been assassinated it would have been 2 of 5 and 3 of 6 respectively or even better.

Good Job!
Even got the shadow of his fingers on the wall!


K&R

of any president ever!

but any picture with That Person in it...

And the exact same Easter Bunny was with Bush as with Obama every year. And those pink socks mean something, too. The power behind the Presidency revealed!

he's color-coordinated with those pink socks and pink tie. I'll give him that.

He only deserves one finger....

I don't exactly mean a thumb, either.....

The angle is off-center, so somebody (probably an Obama or Bush friend) is standing in whatever group is crowding around the formal photographer.

This has the tonal and optical qualities of a cell-phone picture, not a high res formal photograph.

I ran a curve on it to brighten it, and it is clear that Obama's arm is on Bush's chair.