Sometimes famous folks come to town, and we cover it.When the President comes to town, we really cover it.
Arrival, event, departure; we try to be there.
On the occasion of this photograph, journalists were shuttled out to a flatbed trailer in the middle of a blazing hot desert of asphalt at the Sarasota/Bradenton International Airport.
There we sat, stood, sat, dripped sweat, joked and sweat some more.
Ah, the glamorous life.
Finally, eyes burning from staring into the sky, Air Force One came into view in the distance.
Journalists scrambled.
The plane rolled to a stop, stairs rolled up, the door opened.
Everyone strained for a glimpse of the president.
His appearance was marked by the sound of shutters firing as fast as we could let them fly.
Down the stairs, salutes, smiles and a couple of handshakes and he was gone.
Time to get comfy on the flatbed until his departure.
--Tiffany Tompkins-Condie
Grant Jefferies, a native of Palmetto and chief photographer at the Bradenton Herald, has been capturing moments in the lives of Manatee County residents for over 25 years. Images from the streets of Cuba and Haiti to the clay fields of the Little League World Series and beyond have been captured through the lenses of Jefferies' cameras. Jefferies can be found on his sailboat when his feet are not on land.
Tiffany Tompkins-Condie is in her 13th year as a photojournalist at the Bradenton Herald. Through the years she has covered crimes and carnivals; feasts and floods. Her postings will vary from events in Manatee County's back yard to the work of photojournalists covering the stories of our times from around the world. 
Paul Videla has been a staff photographer with the Bradenton Herald since 2002, when he made the move from Detroit, Mich. When he's not working,
he enjoys hunting for unique LPs at the area's plethora of thrift stores and continually works to improve his baking chops(as the records spin and his dog waits for handouts).
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