10 Behind-the-Scenes Obama Photos

Easily among the sweetest photography gigs in the world is Official White House Photographer: You get to hang out with the Leader of the Free World day in and day out, making images of history through multiple presidencies

The gig is currently filled by Pete Souza, who travels with President Barack Obama and uploads images to Flickr and YouTube. Souza's even made some history of his own: He was the first to shoot an official presidential portrait with a camera, rather than painting on canvas.

Mashable collected some of Souza's best frames along with other White House photographers' work in the gallery above. Want to know a little more about the man behind the DLSR? Check out this 2010 web interview with Souza, wherein he talks about life as the official White House photographer: