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VIDEO - My Barack Obama Handshake

UPDATE!! 10-04-2008: MY VIDEO WILL APPEAR ON CNN! This morning I received a phone call from CNN that my video, also submitted to their iReport website, would be picked up for on-air use. First, Philadelphia City Paper.. now CNN. This has been a big week for me!

Vincent J. Brown:

October 3rd, 2008 (Abington, PA) - Barack Obama, while campaigning in the Abington suburb of Philadelphia, shook MY hand. A wonderful experience. Here’s the video

In the video, you can hear the Secret Service agent talking to me. First telling me to move my camera behind me because it was hanging over the railing and Barack Obama, speaking directly to me calling me, “Sir.” Better photos from my Canon DSLR to come.

Recorded with a jailbroken, 16GB Apple iPhone 3G (white)

UPDATE: CNN.com features my iReport video under “Latest News”

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9 Responses to “VIDEO - My Barack Obama Handshake”

Posted by: Phillybits - 10/03/2008

Lucky you! You must’ve been psyched!
Posted by: Phillybits - 10/03/2008

Hey! You didn’t try to sneak in a terrorist fist bump, didja?
Posted by: Don - 10/03/2008

You just shook hands with the next President of the United States! Nice.
Posted by: Lorri - 10/04/2008

I saw your video on CNN, Vince…it’s fantastic!
Posted by: James - 10/05/2008

Nice work dude, that looks crazy! People screaming etc, it’s like meeting Michael Jackson!
Posted by: Scott - 10/05/2008

Sweet video brutha! Wish I was there with ya, cause I’d love to shake Obama’s hand.

What app did you use to capture this video? Cycorder or Qik?
Posted by: Vincent Brown - 10/05/2008

Scott, I had to use Cycorder, despite liking iPhone Video Recorder (which I paid for). IVR hasn’t worked since I upgraded to the iPhone 3G. It just crashes when loaded.. but Cycorder works well on 3G but doesn’t have the export to YouTube that IVR has. I have to SSH into my iPhone in order to grab the .MOV video file… then I have to rotate the orientation of the video in a video editing app, convert it to .MP4 and upload to Flickr or somewhere else. LOL. A lot to go through but it got on CNN.. worth it!

Thanks brutha, wish you were there too!
Posted by: Scott - 10/05/2008

Rock on, thanks for the tip Vince. I had thought about using Cycorder but just have not installed it yet. I did install qik but have yet to upload a video. Hell, I just jailb0rked my iPhone not but a couple hours ago.

Anyhow, congrats again on getting your video on CNN. That totally rocks!!!
Posted by: ZS - 10/11/2008

This is awesome news.