but then when lbj came in and he hired this gay guy named yoshioka moto, a civilian who really was thefirst one to document for history everything that johnson did area and he set the bar so high, okay moto did that i think everyone has been trying to reach his level ever sense. >> how do you get a gig like that? >> i think it's different for each photographer. for me, i got to meet then senator obama. actually his first day in the senate. i was working for the chicago tribune, his own newspaper based in dc and got this assignment that documented his first year in the senate. so i got to know him, he got to know me, he like my pictures, you like the way i work. i used a small footprint, try not to stir disturbed what was taking place. so when he was elected president, he asked me to become his white house photographer. >> how many pictures in the eight years you take up president obama? >> i kind of know. >>. >> i just don't know if i would've had a guess. i would've said 300,000, 400,000. so just under 2 million. but when you add up, there's sometimes seven days a week. and it's not a