I thought this angle made for a striking photo from today’s inauguration of Barack Obama.  Simple but effective.  When I checked out the National Press Photographers Association site tonight I found the back story to how it was made.

There’s something about photographing breakfasts that usually turns me off. After all, taking talking-head photos at microphones isn’t exactly challenging. The exceptions are the Wild Irish Breakfast’s humor, and the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. events.