If God Leads You To It........

You know the old saying "If God Leads You To It, God Will Get You Through It". Well I hope it is right. I've got a wife in the hospital recovering on her fourth right hip surgery, an older dog that is blind and must be guided around and a new puppy that has a spastic stomach that needs to go out every two hours all night long. Please get me thought it.

And not only that but I turn 70 on the 31st and have not taken a picture for days. Geez I need a change.

Oh well, warm weather will soon be here (I hope) and things will start getting better. Sorry I have not posted in a while, but it just didn't come up on my to-do list.

Check out my Zenfolio site at http://prill.zenfolio.com/. Thanks for stopping by.

It's Alive.........................

After much searching and designing my photography portfolio site is alive and well. I settled on Zenfolio for the hosting service as they are geared toward the photographer. They also let me have unlimited uploads and they backup everything (remember my recent disaster with no backup). Now I have a place to sell my stuff if anyone wants to buy. I even have a special section that is just for the families. It is password protected and once allowed in family members can order prints and a multitude of other products without my intervention. Prices for them are base prices and I don't make a penny from them.

Anyway stop on over to the site. It is located at prill.zenfolio.com . Enjoy and buy somethin'.

A Busy Couple of Weeks

Yes I know I have not posted anything lately. However I got an excuse (sort of). I had a external hard drive crash and one of the things on it that was not backed up (actually nothing on it was backed up) was our family pictures. Yep I heard a lot of screaming and hollering about that. You see when I was working I was a computer software support person and me of all people should know how important it is to backup your stuff.

Luckily I use Lightroom to catalog all my pictures and lightroom creates a preview file. There is a neat little freeware program called Light Room Viewer (LRviewer) and it can go through your preview file and save the previews as a JPG file. Not the best quality but it is better than no pictures at all. Next I ran these JPG files thought another freeware program called Faststone Image Resizer. This program allowed me to up size the JPG files to something that is a little bigger for printing if need be.

I now have these files backed up and on DVD.

Next I got me another external drive (2 TB) while waiting for my other drive replacement (under warranty) to come.
I have backed up all my photos now and continue on a weekly schedule. I also am in the process of getting an account on Zenfolio to display and/or sell my stuff. Zenfolio allows me to upload unlimited pictures and they back them up also.

So take it from an old geek dog, backup your bones.

I'll let you all know when my Zenfolio site is active. Thanks for stopping by and keep your stick on the ice.

A Model Snow Day

Last Sunday some friends and I were invited to come out to Hanscom Park here in Omaha and photograph some models playing in the snow. I got to tell you it was damn cold but the models were real troopers. They did not have on nearly as much as the photographers. The park turned out to be a great location shooting spot. Lots of trees, hills and equipment. Here is a couple of my shots.

 

You can find more pictures at http://occ.smugmug.com/Gary-Prill/Gary-Events/Gary-Snow-Model-Shoot/15486650_NF7PS

Back From The Groomers

It has been a little while since my last post. Time flyies when your having fun. Anyway Cindy is finally getting over whatever she had and the pup Roxie is starting to learn potty training and how to piss off the big dog Pookie. Every day there is a couple of stare down barking matches. Roxie is making it through the night without having to go outside and thanks to Cindy's early rising she is doing good. (Did I tell you that I would not have choose Winter to train a new pup)?

I have taken another step in my photography hobby by joining up with some Omaha photographers I don't even know. There is a group call Meetups that has an Omaha Photography group. It is just area photographers that like to socialize and take pictures together. I am kind of shy (I know you don't believe that) so this is kind of a big step for me. I actually enjoyed meeting the others at the first face to face meeting. The local Zoo club has apparently folded so this will give me another outlet for my hobby.

Today I am supposed to go out to Hanscome park and photograph some models having a snowball fight. I will go if there is no freezing rain.

Will here is a picture of Roxie after her first haircut. We can see her eyes now.

People and Computers

Do you ever wonder why some people are allowed to have computers? Gee did I just sound like Andy Rooney?

I just spent two days at my Daughter-in-laws trying to fix there lap top that had the administrator account locked up. I got it fixed and I am now the only administrator on the thing. So next time, and there will be a next time, I should be able to get in and fix it easier.

This brings me to wonder why people are not required to pass a test before they can have a computer. If they fail the test, they should have to take a basic training course before they can have one. I believe the majority of people with computers have no idea what they are doing. They don't practice "safe computing" and they don't watch over what there kids do on the computer. Some times even the parents show the kids how to get into things that they should not.

I am lucky. I spent most of my career fighting the computer demons (software programs). So I gained a lot of knowledge on the company's dime. Now that I am retired, it is getting more difficult for even me to keep up with the technology changes and keep away from the bad computer demons. But I'm tryin'.

Thanks for stopping by......... Do you ever wonder???????

Photo A Day Project

Yesterday I renewed my efforts to continue my photo a day (PAD) project. I found a spreadsheet that laid out a theme for each week that should help me keep focused a little better. The day was chilly but nice and this weeks theme is COLD. How convenient.

I took this downtown by the river. the location was Rick's Boatyard and the pedestrian bridge. I think it conveys COLD pretty well.

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