The money shot ($357,012 to be exact):

Louis Caldera, the who supposedly was in charge of the shoot has resigned:

“I have concluded that the controversy surrounding the Presidential Airlift Group’s aerial photo shoot over New York City has made it impossible for me to effectively lead the White House Military Office,” Caldera said in a letter to President Obama. “Moreover, it has become a distraction to the important work you are doing as President. After much reflection, I believe it is incumbent on me to tender my resignation and step down as Director of the White House Military Office.”

Evidently, this could have been avoided if the Obama administration had heeded the advice of the Bush administration:

But the fact is against advice from the outgoing Bush administration, Obama’s team changed Caldera’s White House job classification from a career military officer to a political appointee, Caldera.