Barack Obama is the coolest president ever. Period.

US President Barack Obama is on his way out after completing two terms of his presidency this year. With Donald Trump as a very controversial president-elect, there are thousands who have already begun reminiscing about the 'People's President', especially by sharing these candid photos. During the eight years of his regime, he has seen the country experience innumerable ups and downs, economic recession, Osama Bin Laden's killing, same-sex marriage law being passed and the list goes on. Through the tough and serious times, official White House photographer Pete Souza captured candid moments of the President with his family members, at events, with children, with his staff, with the woman whose marriage he gate-crashed and what not. Souza released 100 pictures with captions and context as a part of his annual project "Year in Photographs" a while ago, a project which, this year, is going to be his last with president Obama. "Editing photographs, especially for a project like this, is both subjective and personal," he writes in a Medium post. “I not only found key historic moments from the year, but also chose moments that give people a more personal look at the lives of the President and First Lady," he added. Take a look at some of the best candid pictures from the past eight years. Jan. 22, 2015 “While we were in Lawrence, Kan., we stopped at the Community Children’s Center–one of the nation’s oldest Head Start providers. The President sat next to Akira Cooper, right, and reacted to something she said to him.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Feb. 23, 2015 “The President’s daughter Malia stopped by the Oval Office one afternoon to see her dad and, while they were talking, she wiped something from his face.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Feb. 27, 2015 “It’s definitely true that former NBA player Shaquille O’Neal is a big guy. But I’ll admit that I used a wide angle lens and this angle to accentuate his size when he stopped by the Oval Office for a quick visit.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Feb. 27, 2015 “Chuck Kennedy captured this scene at dusk as the President entered the Outer Oval Office with Shaun Donovan.” (Official White House by Chuck Kennedy)

March 7, 2015 “I was moving around trying to capture different scenes away from the stage during the event to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches. When I glanced back towards the stage, I noticed the President and First Lady holding hands as they listened to the remarks of Rep. John Lewis. I managed to squeeze off a couple of frames before they began to applaud, and the moment was gone.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

March 7, 2015 “For Presidential trips, I usually have another White House photographer accompany me so he or she can preset with the press and obtain angles that I can’t, as I usually stay close to the President. Lawrence Jackson made this iconic image from the camera truck as the First Family joined others in beginning the walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.” (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

March 7, 2015 “I tried to line up the First Family as they boarded Air Force One at Maxwell Air Force Base following the events in Selma. If you look closely, you can see that the President is whistling as he follows the First Lady, Marian Robinson, and Malia on the stairs.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

March 10, 2015 “Although he doesn’t play competitive basketball anymore, basketball is still a big part of his life. He had just given a speech on education and college affordability at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, and when we passed through the gym on the way back to the motorcade, he took a few minutes to try and drain some three-point shots.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

March 13, 2015 “While we were visiting Phoenix, the President made a side trip to visit Sgt. 1st Class Cory Remsburg, a wounded warrior that he had first met in Normandy before he was injured and, then again at Walter Reed hospital after he had been injured in Afghanistan. Cory and his father, Craig Remsburg, greeted the President at Cory’s newly finished home in Gilbert. Earlier in the day, Cory had received the keys to the house, which was purchased by the Army Ranger Lead the Way Fund and renovated with the help of Jared Allen’s Homes for Wounded Warriors.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

March 24, 2015 “Chuck Kennedy triggered a remote camera as the President concluded a joint press conference with President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan in the East Room of the White House.” (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

March 27, 2015 “The First Lady snuggled against the President during a video taping for the 2015 World Expo in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House.” (Official White House Photo by Amanda Lucidon)

March 31, 2015 “Throughout the first half of the year, the President met often with our team during the P5+1 negotiations with Iran. Several times he conducted secure video conferences from the Situation Room while the negotiators were on the ground in Switzerland.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

April 9, 2015 “The President’s wave aligns with a rainbow as he boards Air Force One at Norman Manley International Airport prior to departure from Kingston, Jamaica.

April 10, 2015 “We had just visited the control tower at the Panama Canal Miraflores Locks in Ancon, and I stayed atop the tower to capture this view of the President as he walked back across a lock, but not before telling the Secret Service to not leave without me.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

April 11, 2015 “The culmination of years of talks resulted in this handshake between the President and Cuban President Raúl Castro during the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

April 16, 2015 “The President was about to sign H.R. 2 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 in the Rose Garden of the White House so we had Lawrence Jackson pre-position on the roof of the Colonnade and he captured this picturesque scene of the President walking to the signing table.” (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

April 17, 2015 “Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes needed some assistance with his wardrobe so the President joined Brian Mosteller, Director of Oval Office Operations, and Personal Aide Ferial Govashiri in helping to spruce him up.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

April 27, 2015 “I ran up the steps of the Lincoln Memorial ahead of the President and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan to capture this scene of the two looking towards the Washington Monument.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

April 29, 2015 “An amusing moment as the President made a last minute plea with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., following their meeting at the White House.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

April 29, 2015 “Visiting wounded warriors at Walter Reed, the President signed a patient’s military banner at his request.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

April 30, 2015 “Framed by a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. and a painting of Abraham Lincoln, the President has some last words with Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, following a signing ceremony for S.535, Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

May 14, 2015 “The President had hosted a summit meeting at Camp David with the Gulf Cooperation Council. At the conclusion of the summit, each of the leaders was introduced before a final group photo in front of Laurel Cabin. Rather than shoot a tight shot of each leader, I used a wide angle lens to show more of the atmosphere of Camp David. Here, the President greets Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers’ Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

May 18, 2015 “The President talks with students and law enforcement officials about community relations and programs that build trust between youth and the police in Camden, N.J. Earlier that day, we had toured police headquarters with the Chief of Police J. Scott Thomson. Several months later I was giving some friends a tour of the West Wing when I ran into Chief Thomson, who was on the same tour with another White House employee, and I told him how much the visit to Camden had meant to the President.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

June 4, 2015 “At the President’s insistence, Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes brought his daughter Ella by for a visit. As she was crawling around the Oval Office, the President got down on his hands and knees to look her in the eye.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

June 6, 2015 “The President hugs Vice President Joe Biden after delivering a eulogy during the funeral mass for Beau Biden at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

June 8, 2015 “We were at the G7 Summit in Krün, Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel asked the leaders and outreach guests to make their way to a bench for a group photograph. The President happened to sit down first, followed closely by the Chancellor. I only had time to make a couple of frames before the background was cluttered with other people.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

June 9, 2015 “After a group photograph with Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and Space Shuttle Columbia alumni, the President helped some of the participants move a sofa back in place in the Oval Office.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

June 11, 2015 “We had just stopped by the annual Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park and we were already driving away underneath the stadium. The President asked the Secret Service to stop the motorcade when he spotted The Racing Presidents (they compete against each other in a running race during every game). My vehicle was 100 feet ahead so I jumped out and ran back in time to catch them in a group photo for posterity.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

June 17, 2015 “The President carries the twin boys of Katie Beirne Fallon, Director of Legislative Affairs, into the Oval Office just a few months after they were born.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

June 25, 2015 “The President was in the midst of his daily intelligence briefing. An aide popped his head in the door to inform him that the Supreme Court had affirmed the Affordable Care Act subsidies ruling, and with a telephoto lens, I made this sequence of his initial reaction.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

July 13, 2015 “The President and his national security staff are all smiles shortly after being notified of the nuclear agreement with Iran.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

July 17, 2015 “The President greets nine-month-old Josephine Gronniger, whose father, Tim Gronniger, brought his family by the Oval Office for a family photo.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

July 17, 2015 “While visiting the Whitney Museum in New York City, the President hugged his daughter Malia as they looked at the art work.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

July 20, 2015 “There’s almost always a cloak and dagger routine in trying to surprise senior staff aides on their birthday. Here the President surprises Anita Decker Breckenridge while she is in a meeting in Chief of Staff Denis McDonough’s office. Chase Cushman, Director of Scheduling and Advance, watches in the background.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

August 4, 2015 “On his birthday, the President listens to a prayer during a phone call with pastors.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

August 27, 2015 “Nice pajamas. The President greets residents in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans. The area experienced significant flooding during Hurricane Katrina ten years ago, and much of it has been rebuilt.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Sept. 1, 2015 “The President tours Kenai Fjords National Park by boat. The trip to Alaska may have been the best domestic trip of his Presidency. Being on a boat on a picturesque day certainly helped.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Sept. 2, 2015 “’He was just excited to see you,’ one of the salmon fisherwoman exclaimed after a salmon spawned on the President’s feet at Kanakanak Beach in Bristol Bay, Alaska.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Sept. 2, 2015 “The President joins locals during a cultural dance performance at Dillingham Middle School in Dillingham, Alaska.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Sept. 21, 2015 “The President exchanges a wave with Alya Dorelien Bitar, one-year-old daughter of Maher Bitar, the outgoing National Security Council Director for Israeli and Palestinian Affairs, and his wife, Astrid Dorelien, during a family photo in the Oval Office.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Oct. 11, 2015 “The President was playing golf at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, Calif. As he was finishing his round, he began to shake hands with guests waiting for a wedding ceremony about to begin. The bride and groom were waiting inside but when they looked out the window and saw the President, they decided to make their way outside. I made a grab shot as the bride, Stephanie Tobe, and her soon-to-be husband, Brian Tobe, came running to greet the President. I made sure to send a copy to the happy couple and both wrote back to me that they were extremely grateful to have the President ‘crash’ their wedding.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Oct. 16, 2015 “During the autumn months, as the sun dips lower in the sky, the light in the Oval Office changes throughout the day. Here, late one afternoon, the sun illuminated the President as he spoke on the telephone with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Oct. 30, 2015 “This is the first time the same child has made two appearances in the Year in Photos. But it was difficult to not again include Ella Rhodes, daughter of Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes, after the President lifted her in her elephant costume that she was wearing for a Halloween event at the White House.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Nov. 19, 2015 “The President watches the sun set over Manila Bay from his hotel balcony in Manila.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Dec. 4, 2015 “The President snuggles with his niece Savita Ng after his sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, and her family dropped by the Oval Office.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Dec. 5, 2015 “A rare moment of weekend laughter with the President’s key national security aides, from left, National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice, Deputy National Security Advisor Avril Haines and Homeland Security Advisor Lisa Monaco as they joke about a cartoon in the New Yorker that resembled the three women.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Dec. 7, 2015 “Comedian Jerry Seinfeld knocks on the Oval Office window to begin a segment for his series, ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.’” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Dec. 22, 2015 “When some of my friends heard that the President had hiked the grueling Koko Head Crater Trail, they sent me messages on whether I had made it to the top. The trail is 1,048 wooden steps, which climb more than 1,200 feet up the crater’s ridge. Some call it the ‘Stairmaster from Hell.’ I’ll admit that I was huffing and puffing up the trail, but to my friends, this photograph is proof that I indeed made it to the top with my boss.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Nov. 25, 2015 “The President and his daughters Sasha and Malia participate in the annual National Thanksgiving Turkey pardon ceremony in the Rose Garden with National Turkey Federation Chairman Jihad Douglas.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)