I want to first say that it really pisses me off when my favorite photo from an event is shot on the iPhone with the Instagram App. Oh well!

This was from the Supreme Court today were activists on both sides of the controversial Arizona immigration law, known as Arizona Senate Bill 1070, gathered to have their voices heard as the Court heard oral arguments on the case.

Covered the President speaking to White House Forum on Women and the Economy for the European Pressphoto Agency today and TIME Magazine picked up one of my images from the event.

For the story go to swampland.time.com.

Bloomberg BusinessWeek has a photo I made of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke for a story about the improving economy. Full story on their website at www.businessweek.com.

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Edwin Moses was on Capitol Hill Tuesday to meet with Members of Congress about the outcome of the first-ever U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) study on the State of Youth Sports.

It is nice to see your photos used with stories that also make you smile…

Mother Jones picked up a photo I shot of Rick Santorum at CPAC2012 in Washington, D.C. for a story about how he once said that the government should be more involved in healthcare.

Full story here: Santorum in ’93: More Government Needed in Health Care.

My 6:45 a.m. arrival is always too early for the Senate subway…beginning another week covering Capitol Hill.

Mother Jones used a photo from the Conservative Political Action Conference for their story on Newt.

Read it here: motherjones.com: Your Daily Newt.

This Thursday and Friday I covered the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Wardman Park Marriott in Washington, D.C. CPAC began in 1973 and attracts more than 10,000 people. The American Conservative Union, which runs CPAC, announced it expected 1,200 members of the media.

A full gallery of images from CPAC 2012 can be found on my archive at: www.petemarovichimages.photoshelter.com.

I was using Google to find recent images of mine that have been published recently and I came across an image I shot for the Boston Globe back in November. I had forgotten all about it.

Here is the link to the story on www.Bostonglobe.com.

Covering the President’s State of the Union Address (SOTU) at the U.S. Capitol is pretty cool. The event is full of pomp and pageantry but it is also the worst case example of hurry up and wait.

Because of the heightened security surrounding the 9:00 p.m. event, it is best to arrive early and before the perimeter lockdown that occurs at 6:00 pm. It is still possible to enter with the proper credentials. But it is a mandatory 100% ID check and if you are lacking a credential, you are out of luck. Most photographers covering the SOTU start arriving at around 4 p.m. with some coming in even earlier to set up their workspace. Most of the wire services need to set up their editing stations and make sure that their hard-wired positions or their wireless systems are all working properly.

I was also covering a 9:30 hearing that morning along with another assignment at 11:30. So my day began as it typically does at 5:00 am and I was in the Capitol by 7. Of course I was done with shooting and filing by 2, so I was in for a long down spell.

This year there were about 50 or so photographers that were credentialed for the event. That is a lot of shooters for an event were there really isn’t many convenient places to put them.

The Senate Press Photographer’s Gallery, which credentials still photographers for coverage at the U.S. Capitol, has 18 seated positions and 15 roving positions. The rovers have access to three different entrances in the galleries on the second floor where they can shoot from the steps. There is also 1 photographer who is allowed on the floor of the House for the event. This is a pool position that is rotated between the wire services from event to event.

In addition to those shooting positions, it is possible, with special permission from the gallery director, to shoot from the House Press Gallery which is the section on the second floor that is behind the Speaker’s podium. This area is best for getting the cut shots of the President during his speech as well as photos of the members of the House and Senate on the floor before and during the address. But this is also a bit more difficult to shoot from there because photographers have to shoot from behind or between the reporters who have seated positions there.

Photographers are allowed to enter the House chamber about 30 minutes prior to the entrance of the President. This is a great time to get photos of Members arriving and interacting. Sometimes you can get some really interesting images. Then, before the entrance of the President, you have the parade of Senators, Supreme Court Justices and the President’s Cabinet Members. Of course the event officially begins when the President is announced and makes his entrance.

About an hour later it is time to edit 600 frames and transmit. Of course now it is 10:00 and everyone is waiting on deadline. It was a long 16 hour day with my head not hitting the pillow until 1 a.m.

I took Wednesday off.

A full gallery of images from the 2012 State of the Union Address can be found in my archives.

UPDATE: TIME Magazine picked up the picture of President Obama hugging Gabrielle Giffords for their Pictures of the Week.