President Obama made a stop at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor this week to discuss raising the minimum wage. Covering a presidential visit is a lot like covering a high-profile sporting event, tight timelines, credentialing and security. Oh, and snipers.

I just returned from the NCAA basketball tournament in Indianapolis and was thrown right into the mix. Michigan students lined up 1,000 deep, to secure a ticket to the event, many of them spending the night outside.

Freshman Janie Brown was the first in line and first to receive a ticket to see President Obama speak.

Can't let a little line get in your way of a complete breakfast!

These same 1,000 students had to get into a second line outside of the Intramural Building on campus the next day for general admission seating.

Here the president jogs to the stage.

I was fortunate enought to get "buffer zone" access. This space is allocated for the traveling media and is in between the president and the audience. Sort of like the pit space at a concert.

Michigan quarterback couldn't resist a selfie opp with University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman before the speech.

This is the time of year that photographers are sifting through their assignments from the previous 12 months and compiling their favorite images. While I intended to put together a few of those compilations, I thought I'd take a look back at the second half of Michigan football first. The dust of regular season football has settled and I've had a few Saturdays off from the field. I've been reflecting on what a whirlwind of a season this fall has been, seemingly faster than any previous. Lucky for me I'm a photographer and I can take a trip down memory lane when ever the urge strikes! :) Here's a link to a post on the first half of the season.

Here's a big fatty post of football photos from the second half of the season, starting in West Lafayette at Purdue and ending in Columbus at Ohio State.

I joked during the season that I was going to make a calendar of Denard running minus a shoe and up until he was injured I was on track to fill every month!