>> TIME NOW TO LOOK THROUGH THE LENS OF THE VETERAN REPUBLICAN
PHOTOGRAPHERS DAVE ROBACK AND DON TREEGER.
THEY HAVE BROUGHT US SOME OF THEIR FAVORITE AND BEST IMAGES
OF 2016. GENTLEMEN, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE
AND YOU THANKS FOR COMING IN. HERE WE ARE IN A NEW YEAR AND
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK BACK AT YOUR FAVORITE PICKS OF YOUR PHOTOS IN
2016, AND I HAVE GOT TO SAY THAT I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN ON
THE COVER OF THE PAPER AT THE TURN OF THE YEAR, AND THESE ARE
GREAT GREAT SHOTS. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH A
BUNCH FROM YOU, AND THE FIRST ONE, THERE IT IS, DURING THE
CAMPAIGN, HILLARY CLINTON, WHEN, WHERE, HOW DID THIS COME
TOGETHER? THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
IT WAS AT THE SPRINGFIELD HISTORY MUSEUM, WHEN SHE VISITED
I THINK IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY, NOT SURE.
SHE SPOKE FOR 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR, AND THEN SHE STARTED
WORKING ON THE ROPE LINE, AND SO BASICALLY, THIS WAS CALLED A BIT
OF A HAIL MARY WHERE YOU PUT THE CAMERA OVER YOUR HEAD AND HOPE
FOR THE BEST, AND SHE EITHER SAW SOMEONE IN THE CROWD THAT SHE
KNEW OR NOT QUITE SURE BUT THE EXPRESSION ON HER FACE WAS
PRICELESS. >> AND SHE'S KNOWN AS BEING A
PERSON WHO TENDS TO KEEP IT KIND OF SOLID, KIND OF SERIOUS.
THAT'S A REAL GET. >> YES.
WHEN I SAW THAT, I SAID YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
THAT WAS A GOOD ONE, YES. >> RIGHT.
>> AND THANKS VERY MUCH. >> AND FOLKS DON'T REALIZE THAT
EVERYTHING YOU FIGHT IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT, THE CROWD,
IT'S HOT. IT'S PACKED IN, AND SECRET
SERVICE. THEY ARE NOT REALLY CRAZY ABOUT
HELPING YOU DO YOUR JOB, AND IT'S REALLY A JOB.
>> YES. >> GOOD ENOUGH, LET'S SEE YOUR
NEXT SHOT WHICH THIS ONE IS A CLASSIC.
NEW CITIZEN, CALLED CITIZEN, A NEW CITIZEN.
>> USUALLY THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, THEY GO THROUGH THE
PROCEDURE, EVERYBODY SAYS THAT THEY ARE ALL -- THEY GET THEIR
CERTIFICATE, AND LEAVE. WELL ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS GUY
COMES UP AND HE TELLS -- ASKS THE FEDERAL JUDGE, CAN I TAKE A
SELFIE WITH YOU. AND THIS IS THE FEDERAL JUDGE,
AND HE'S USUALLY A PRETTY GOOD EGG.
>> HE IS. >> AND HE HAMMED IT UP, AND
SO -- >> WE SOLD HIM THE CERTIFICATE.
>> I WAS ACROSS THE ROOM WITH A TELEPHOTO LENS, AND HE JUST --
HE HAMMED IT UP AND YOU KNOW, HE KIND OF LOOKED AT ME AFTERWARDS
AND SAID WELL SHOULD I REALLY HAVE DONE THAT BUT NO HE MADE
THE PHOTO. >> PEOPLE LOVED THAT.
>> YES. >> AND A FEDERAL JUDGE PUT LIFE
INTO THINGS, YOU KNOW. >> IT SHOWS YOU THE BEST PHOTOS
ARE MADE AFTER THE EVENT IS OVER.
>> THAT'S TRUE, THAT'S TRUE. >> NEXT ONE, AGAIN, I LOVE --
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE, NOW WHEN HAD YOU DRIVEN BY THE FLORIDA
AVENUE AND SAID I AM COMING BACK WHEN IT SNOWS?
>> NO. >> NO?
>> NOT REALLY. >> THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, USUALLY
MEDIA DOES THE END OF YEAR STUFF AND THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER,
THIS WAS TAKEN LAST WEEK, AND THIS IS IN NORTHAMPTON, HUNG
AROUND ON MAIN STREET FOR A WHILE, AND ON MY WAY BACK, ALL
OF A SUDDEN I SAW THE SIGN THAT THIS FLORIDA AVENUE, AND I
SAID -- >> YEAH.
>> I HAVE GOT TO GO AROUND THE BLOCK AGAIN AND TRY TO FIND A
PARKING SPACE WHICH I DID. WAIT FOR SOME FOLKS TO COME BY,
AND YEAH. >> THERE IT IS.
>> AND IT WAS SNOWING LIKE THE DICKENS UP THERE.
>> SAYS IT ALL. >> YOUR FINAL SHOT, I LITERALLY
WHEN I OPENED THE PAPER AND THIS WAS ON THE FRONT PAGE I JUMPED,
WOW, WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS GUY! WHAT'S HIS STORY?
>> THIS GUY IS -- HE SHOWS ANIMALS AT THE SPRINGFIELD
MUSEUM SO THEY HAD A KIDS' PROGRAM, AND THIS IS A -- A TREE
FROG. AND --
>> FROM THE MUSEUM. >> AND HE GOES, YOU KNOW,
USUALLY YOU HAVE TO HAVE WET HANDS AND WHATEVER AND HE
SPRAYED THE FROG DOWN AND PLASTERED IT ON HIS FACE, AND I
TOOK A LOOK BACK AND I SAID NO, THIS IS GOING TO MAKE A GOOD
PHOTO, AND IT'S THE SAME THING, ANOTHER TELEPHOTO FROM ACROSS
THE ROOM, AND TRY NOT TO SPOOK THE ANIMALS.
FROGS ARE NOT GOING TO GET SPOOKED BUT YEAH, EVIDENTLY HE'S
DONE THIS A FEW TIMES BEFORE. >> DON TREEGER, WE GOT YOUR
PHOTOS NOW. I AM A DOG MAN, AND I LOVE DOGS,
AND -- >> ME, TOO.
>> THERE YOU GO. TELL ME ABOUT THIS.
>> DAVE'S PET FOOD AND SODA CITY.
HAD AN EVENT WITH A COMPANY THAT TRAVELS AROUND WITH THE BIG POOL
CALLED "DIVING DOGS" I BELIEVE IS THE NAME OF IT.
THAT WAS MY ASSIGNMENT FOR THE DAY WAS A SATURDAY, I THINK,
EARLIER IN THE YEAR, AND I HAD PLENTY OF CHANCES OF DOGS
JUMPING OFF, AND THEY GO CHASE A TOY, THEY THROW IT IN THE POOL
AND JUMP OFF THE DECK, AND THEY GO FOR IT.
AND HAD PLENTY OF CHANCES, AND I GOT A GOOD ONE.
>> WHAT IS THE INTENSITY? >> THE WATER SPRAYING BEHIND
THEM, IT CAME TOGETHER IN A GREAT PHOTO.
>> GREAT, GREAT. ANOTHER DOG, IN OUR NEXT SHOT, I
AM LOOKING LIKE HE'S BEING HANDLED AND SHOWN.
>> HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO THE RING.
THIS WAS A DOG SHOW OVER AT THE BIG E, AND THIS GUY WAS JUST ON
HIS WAY INTO THE RING. I FOLLOWED HIM ACROSS, YOU KNOW,
I GOT DOWN VERY LOW, AND HE WAS JUST TINY, THE SMALLEST DOG, AND
I LOVED HIS LOOK, AND FORTUNATELY, THAT TONGUE JUST
MADE IT. HE STARTED LICKING AND MADE THE
PICTURE. >> SPEAKING OF A YEAR OF
ANIMALS, THIS SHOT -- >> WE TALKED ABOUT THIS MOMENTS
BEFORE. >> WE DID.
>> AND IT'S WORTH DOING AGAIN. AND I LOVE THIS.
FOLKS HERE FROM THE FOREST PARK ZOO I THINK.
>> THE FOREST PARK ZOO, YEP. >> RESCUE.
TELL US THE STORY. >> WE HUNG OUT FOR A WHILE, AND
MYSELF AND A REPORTER. AND THEY FINALLY DECIDED TO
REMOVE THIS -- I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS GOING TO BE AND IT
CAME OUT THE BACKYARD AND I WAS JUST STUNNED AND I HAD NEVER
SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE, AND THE POLICE ON THE SCENE WERE
KIND ENOUGH TO LET ME GET CLOSE, AND MAKE THIS PICTURE, THEY PUT
IT INTO THE BACK OF THE VAN TO BRING IT TO THE ZOO FOR
SAFEKEEPING. >> WHAT A GREAT WORKING SHOT YOU
GOT HERE. THIS IS THE REMODELING OF THE
UNION STATION, RIGHT? >> THIS WAS THE EARLY STAGES OF
UNION STATION, WHICH IS ALMOST DONE NOW.
ANOTHER WEEK OR SO AND THAT PROJECT IS DONE.
SO I WAS TRYING TO PHOTOGRAPH SOME WORKERS TO ILLUSTRATE THE
WORK GOING ON. OBVIOUSLY.
AND SO I PUT THE CAMERA DOWN NEXT TO THIS GUY, AND SLOW SHOT
TO ACCENTUATE THE SPARKS. AND IT WORKED.
IT ACTUALLY CAME OUT EXACTLY HOW I ENVISIONED THE PICTURE.
>> I HAVE GOT TO ASK YOU FOR THE REAL CAMERA FOLKS AT HOME, I
WON'T UNDERSTAND THIS MYSELF, BUT TO GET THAT EFFECT OF THE
WELDING AND THE PARKS, AND THE STUFF FLYING OFF HERE, DO YOU DO
SOMETHING SPECIAL? DO YOU SET THE LENS?
>> I DID. I DID.
IT'S A WIDE ANGLE LENS ANDIT SHOW THE SPEED DOWN A BIT, WHICH
MAKES OBJECTS STREAK A BIT. AND ESPECIALLY BRIGHT LIGHTS.
SO I KIND OF KNEW THE EFFECT THAT I WANTED.
AND THIS IS ONE OF MAYBE 30 TO 40 FRAMES, OR IMAGES OF THE SAME
THING. AND THIS WAS THE ONE THAT THE
SPARKS CAME OUT THE BEST. >> DAVE ROBACK, DON TREEGER,
LOOKING THROUGH THE LENS, ALWAYS A PLEASURE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> REMEMBER, BUY A NEWSPAPER,
JIM.