PHILADELPHIA – CHELSEA CLINTON, Rob Reiner, Gov Rendell and Mark Segal GAY PUB BAR CRAWL (GLBT)

I ran into a few friends while waiting, here’s Wayne Bowman, who I’ve known for about a decade or so, but don’t see too oftenMike joined me and we ran into an old friend Rob. I think the last time we saw him was at a John Kerry event 4 years agoThen there’s singer Steve Cohen and MikeA fan of Chelsea’s who is hoping she will sign this ‘photo with’ of him and her. Tip: Next time bring it on a clip board, for two reasons 1) She needs a hard surface to write on, 2) the crush of the crowd will crinkle your photo and bonus tip, always look up when getting your photo taken, it’s a better shotThe stickers were flowing, I hear Hillary was picking up the tab at BumpRob Reiner shows up and gets in a political discussion with a bystander Anne Dicker is there, right below the Larry Farnesse signs high up on the pole
Robert Gant tries to slip by but I caught up with him and snapped a few. He didn’t roll with the group, but instead was about 15 minutes ahead of the Chelsea & Gov group. I guess he was the warm up act.Chelsea Arrives, we were expecting her to drive up, but she had walked down Locust towards us, with just a handler, and maybe an unseen bodyguard.

She was greeted by Mark Segal of PGN, Gov Rendell and Rob Reiner. To get this shot I had to shoot right above a women’s head, and sometimes my camera would bump her a tad. SORRY, but look at this shot, how lucky could I have gotten.

Chelsea immediately jumped into hand shaking and greeting the massesAfter a few words inside, it was off to the crawl. Somewhere along the way we lost Rob Reiner. So I was glad to have shot him at Bump! Chelsea was amazingly gracious posing with fans whenever they asked
Shaking hands with people parked in cars, in alleys This guy asked me to take his photo, a request I usually turn down, but I needed a Chelsea headshot with eye contact and I got it in one of the series I shot of Justin and her, but not this one (Justin look up!) When posing with a celebrity, you have to be prepared from the moment you stand next to them, don’t talk to them, don’t fix your hair, don’t look down. She is smiling but her handlers around her are very unhappy, do you see their faces there on the right. The peps at Uncles see Chelsea coming Gov Rendell and Chelsea approach Uncles and Camac StreetShe shook all their hands; when someone yelled out “Chelsea when are you going to run for Office,?” Chelsea answered that she would someday. (Can you say SCOOP!!, I wish I had my youbtube camera, but the MSNBC guy must have it on tape, see him in the background) More kind words for Hillary and ChelseaHmm body language, stranger guy feels need to hug Chelsea; Chelsea not respondingBut feels more comfortable with shaking hands with the masses. I felt like I had dogged Chelsea enough for the night and didn’t wait for her to exit Tavern on Camac All in all it was a great night for me, Happy Hour with friends – At the G Lounge, thanks Matt for your hospitality; Dinner with Mike, Jeff and Bob and then Chelsea and friends to close out the night. To see one of my photos picked up, then stolen by other sites, and then another site create something hysterical, check out the story at http://www.confessionsofapaparazzi.com/