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Pick your poison, so to speak.  I decided early on that I wanted the image depicted in the cover photograph, but that presents a problem.  A photographer's worst nightmare is being relegated to a fixed position.  I always say that when photographing in a club or concert hall.  By picking this location, I did not have the opportunity to photograph the rally in Grant Park, the parade stepping off at Wrigley Field, or the chaos at the AMTRAK station.  Only a media outlet like the Chicago Tribune has the number of photographers to cover all the bases, so to speak.