Pint Size Footballers

I don't have the opportunity to photography sports like my friend Steve Branscombe but I did manage to shoot some photos at a couple of my grandson's football games this year. His name is Jake (sounds footballish doesn't it). He plays on a team called the Chiefs (somewhat better than the Kansas City kind) and are 8 and 9 year old's. He plays both offense and defense. I was lucky enough to be permitted to actually go on the field and take my photos (I can still move enough to get out of the way of 8 and 9 year old's). I hope you like the pictures. Some of these mighty mights really gave it everything.

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Winding Down......

Now that it is November golf season will be winding down. I managed to work five days last week but this week is looking pretty slim. That said, I now have a little more time to work on my photography business. I took the shot below from the second hole on the Shoreline Golf course where I work. Our Omaha Camera Club had an assignment of "panorama" this year so I decided to give it a try with this image.

I may get some future business from my golf course. When I showed them my work they were impressed and they may be putting one of my images on their web site. They also talked about me doing Christmas cards for them to send out this year. Let's hope.

Anyway hope you like this and please stop by my web site at papagphotos.com .

Some people are like Slinky’s. Pretty much useless but make you smile when you push them down the stairs :)

How insensitive!

Just found out a good friend of my wife's just got some more disturbing news. She works for the University of Nebraska Medical Center here in Omaha in the Internal Medicine department as a secretary. She has been battling cancer for some time and was planning on an operation in Iowa City, Iowa that would have left her cancer free. Well the good old UNMC told her that if she left to get the operation that they could not hold her job and she would be fired. Now she can't get the operation because she needs the job to provide a roof over her head.

I have to ask, "How could a medical center be so insensitive to do such a thing"? If anyone out there has any clout or email connections, please bombard this organization.

Do we have Obama to thank for this?

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Hello, it's me again. Just got back from a trip to Ohio to visit relatives. It cost me $700 to tune the van up before I went, and when I got there, $650 for new tires (I new they were iffy before I went but tried to sneak by). Guess I will hope that the weather stays descent so some of those golfers will still play and need my golf cart expertise and I can replenish my funds. anyway, I digress.

I was overwhelmed during the trip by the beautiful fall colors. Of course I didn't get to take many picture of them due to me driving and because of family requirements to do other things. However, I did manage to capture a few images one day while visiting some pumpkin patches. Since I did not have time to enter a panorama image in my camera club competition, I decided to whip one up an put it in here.

I worked it over a little with Nik filters to help punch up the colors a little.

Now that golf season is slowing down I might be able to do a little more photography and blogging. I also have my own domain name now, papagphotos.com , and I will be working on improving my photo selling site. By the way, I choose the domain name because some of my grand kids call me PAPA.This site is pretty cool because you can order prints, matts and fames and view what they look like before purchasing and they handle all the purchasing and shipping parts of the business.

Thanks for stopping by again and don't forget to shop at papagphotos.com .

Cox Classic Media Day

Yesterday I started my annual mission to photograph various events for the 2012 Cox Classic at Champions golf course in Omaha. The first event was the Media Day outing for local media personnel. It was a fun event and it was evident when talking to the various folks as they past by my area. They all said that there were other people photographing them on the course and they were all cuter than me. Hmmmm. Oh well, I have included here four of the on-air personalities from two of the local stations. Guess the other two stations don't have any avid golfers. More blogs will be coming as the tournament unfolds, which is August 2nd thru the 5th. Thanks for stopping by.

It's All About Competition.....................

The last few days my buddy over at Iowa farm Boy posted some more pictures from our NHRA drag race trip to Topeka KS. They were of burn outs and wheelies from the door slammers (street cars). So I decided to throw a couple up here to compete a little. He also put up a really attractive picture of me (not). Hope you enjoy these and thanks for stopping by.

Boy would I like to be these photographers just once.

And Now, The Rest of The Story..............

As promised in my last blog I am showing you what else happened to the dragster as he progressed down the track. He blew an oil line and caught fire. Now this is something that the NHRA track officials frown on because it oils down the track and they have to pause in the action to clean it up and prepare the surface again. You may ask what preparation are done to the track. They have to scrape the rubber laid down by the race cars and then apply a sticky substance to the surface to allow the racers tires get a better grip on the track. Besides frowning on this "oiling down" the racer is fined $1000. So you can see this was a bad run all the way around.

I have finished off this photo two different ways. Let me know which you like better (or not).

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This Can't Be Good............

Went to the NHRA drags in Topeka, KS last Sunday. turned out to be great weather and good racing. Top speed this day was 329 mph and this was done in 1000ft. This is the new distance NHRA has set to for safety reasons. I managed to get a few good shots (I think) of the action. Below is a lucky bonus shot of a dragster that is not having a good day. come back again to see what the results of the run looked like.

A Flashback Challenge

I happened to have last Wednesday off work so I drove over to Flashbacks for the weekly car show. I was hoping to meet up with my buddy Rich (Iowa * Farm * Boy) and do a little photo shootin' of the cars. Alas he did not show up while I was there but I got some good shots (I think). So here is one of them after running it through some post processing and painterly programs. Hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by and please visit my site if you would like to purchase a photo at gary-prill.fineartamerica.com .

Where's the Beef????

Last Saturday I attended the Omaha Beef indoor football game. Two of my grandsons were performing at half time with the Rump Roasters (some rather large and silly guys). The Rump Roasters perform during the game for the fans and at half time. Also at half time there are other groups performing. The above group was some champion baton twirlers. Everyone got a chance two show their stuff. I saw this little girl and I guess she decided that if you don't know the routine, make up your own.

You can check out the boys photos at Grandsons dance with rump roasters . And thanks for stopping by. You can check out my photos for sale at Gary's Photos .

Survived the First Weekend

Well it's Monday morning and I'm still moving (although a little slow). It is surprising how hard it is to get back into the work force after sitting on you butt for 10 years. Luckily most of the folks I work with at the golf course are retired too so I don't have to deal much with taking orders from youngin's. I also have learned there are a lot of little things that go into running an attractive golf course. Cleaning carts, pricking up golf balls on the driving range, washing the golf balls, emptying trash, pulling up your pants because you no longer have a butt, etc.

Your not going to see any pictures on here right now because I have not become one of the good old boys yet. I have seen an eagles nest (don't know if it is inhabited or not) and was told that there are some foxes running around. Maybe I will get some photo ops later.

At least now I have something to blog about so check back once in a while. Thanks for stopping by.

I'm Back In...................

Who says there are no jobs? I got one. I am going to be the club pro at the Shoreline Gold course (don't know why they call it cart attendant). Hopefully this job will give me some fuel for this blog as well as some jingle in my pocket (got my eye on a new computer). Had to cross that out in case momma saw it.

It is not hard work. Sometimes I have to be there at 4 AM ( I usually get up to pee then anyway) or I might have to help close up at 10 PM. It should get me some much needed fresh air and sun.

Keep your eyes peeled. I might even get some interesting pics from the course. And don't forget to check out my portfolio at http://prill.zenfolio.com/ .