http://nppa9.org/ en-us Nucleus CMS v3.23 © Weblog http://backend.userland.com/rss http://nppa9.org//nucleus/nucleus2.gif http://nppa9.org/ http://nppa9.org/index.php?itemid=110 In May the eligible voters in Regions 1 and 9 will vote online to elect a Director (who serves on the NPPA’s board of directors) and an Associate Director (who acts as regional membership officer and as a stand-in for a board member who is unable to attend the annual June meeting).

Elections will be held online with balloting taking place through the member’s only area of the NPPA Web site. Voting may be done at any time starting the first of May through the end of the month. Results will be announced early in June.


Elections for Region nine posts will begin in May.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR.

I hope you all had a great holiday season. Today, I'm writing to you to ask if you would be interested in volunteering your precious time and efforts to the NPPA and run for a Region Nine office. This is your opportunity to make a great difference in the NPPA and Region Nine. Region Nine is looking for a few great men and women photographers to run for office. We are looking for folks to run for the position of Director and Associate Director. Bruce Thorson, Region Nine's associate Director, and I plan to run for our respected positions, again. But I would like to encourage you to run if you feel you would like to contribute to the NPPA and this great Region. If you are interested please feel free to contact me and I would be happy to give you more information. It is an amazing opportunity. Or you can visit:
http://www.nppa9.org/nucleus/index.php?action=createitem&blogid=1 for additional information.

For the past two years I have been proud to serve you as your Region Nine Director. We have many things I feel we can do in the NPPA and Region Nine and I would hope to serve you again. Bruce Thorson, has also played an instrumental role in Region Nine for the past two years. This past year he went to the NPPA Board meeting in Portland, Oregon, representing our region.

We look forward in hearing from you.
Thank you for your time and please send me any questions, comments or concerns.

Peter Soby
NPPA Region Nine Director


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KUSA's Anne Herbst leads region nine after the first two quarters with 31 points.


1 Anne Herbst KUSA/Denver, CO 31
2 Corky Scholl KUSA/Denver, CO 23
3 Everett McEwan KWGN News 2/Denver, CO 21
4 Eric Kehe KUSA/Denver, CO 18
5(tie) Anna Hewson KUSA/Denver, CO 15
Ken Mostek KUSA/Denver, CO 15
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Spot News

1st Robert Gajdecki KDVR-TV/Denver, CO “It Takes an Army”

General News
1st Anna Hewson KUSA/Denver, CO “Another Bundle of Joy”


48 Hour Feature
1st Anne Herbst KUSA-TV/Denver, CO “The Chicken Dance”


In Depth
1st Corky Scholl KUSA/Denver, CO “The King of Swing”
REGION NINE WINNERS

Spot News

1st Robert Gajdecki KDVR-TV/Denver, CO “It Takes an Army”
2nd Christopher Cheline KDVR-TV/Denver, CO “He's Lucky to be Alive”
3rd Thomas Cole KUSA-TV/Denver, CO “It Was Leveled”
HM Dan Weaver KUSA-TV/Denver, CO “Newcastle Fire”

General News
1st Anna Hewson KUSA/Denver, CO “Another Bundle of Joy”
2nd Ken Mostek KUSA/Denver, CO “Auto Auction”
3rd Eric Kehe KUSA/Denver, CO “New Neighbors”
HM David Delozier KUSA/Denver, CO “Home”

48 Hour Feature
1st Anne Herbst KUSA-TV/Denver, CO “The Chicken Dance”
2nd Everett McEwan KWGN-TV/Denver, CO “Didn't Know You Could do that with Jump Rope”
3rd Kolin Lawler KDVR-TV/Denver, CO “Velvet Elvis”
HM Manny Sotelo KUSA-TV/Denver, CO “Joseph's Journey”

In Depth
1st Corky Scholl KUSA/Denver, CO “The King of Swing”
2nd Dan Weaver KUSA/Denver, CO “The Wedding”
3rd Ken Mostek KUSA/Denver, CO “Prison Dogs”
HM Anne Herbst KUSA/Denver, CO “Driveless Denver Challenge”]]> TV Results http://nppa9.org/index.php?itemid=107 Sun, 9 Dec 2007 11:05:08 -0500 http://nppa9.org/index.php?itemid=106
The results from July 2007. Great job Everybody!!!

SPOT NEWS
1st Ahmad Terry, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado “Capitol Killing”

GENERAL NEWS
1st Matt McClain, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO “Hammer’s Flag”

SPORTS
1st Kyle Mills, Lewiston Tribune, Lewiston, ID “A Spectacular play….almost”

FEATURE/SINGLE PICTURE
1st Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post, Denver, CO “storm Sliding”

FEATURE/MULTIPLE PICTURES
1st Darin McGregor, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO “The Narrows”
NPPA Clip Contest July 2007

SPOT NEWS
1st Ahmad Terry, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado “Capitol Killing”
2nd Kyle Mills, Lewiston Tribune, Lewiston, ID “Fire Ridge”
3rd Bill Schaefer, Idaho State Journal, Pocatello, ID “Water Bucket”

GENERAL NEWS
1st Matt McClain, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO “Hammer’s Flag”
2nd Garret Davis, Sectrun & Daily News, Cedar City, UT “Balloons and Wheels”
3rd Eric Bellamy, Greeley Tribune, Greeley, CO “Soldier’s Memorial”

SPORTS
1st Kyle Mills, Lewiston Tribune, Lewiston, ID “A Spectacular play….almost”
2nd Gregory Hoenig, Wyoming Tribune Eagle, Cheyenne, WY “Smoke Bucks”
3rd Rich Abrahamson, Fort Collins Coloradoan, Fort Collins, CO “Jump for Joy”

FEATURE/SINGLE PICTURE
1st Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post, Denver, CO “storm Sliding”
2nd Darin McGregor, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO “Orange Slide”
3rd Javier Manzano, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO “Stapleton’s Park”

FEATURE/MULTIPLE PICTURES
1st Darin McGregor, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO “The Narrows”
2nd Kerry Maloney, Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID “Boise goes Ape”
3rd RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post, Denver, CO “Trashing the Truth”

COMMENTS:

SPOT NEWS:

Sorry for being so tardy with the clips judging, I hate when I have to wait this long, so once again, SORRY. This category rocked! Spot News usually is a pretty easy category to judge but not this time. Great stuff everyone! Took us a half an hour to get down to five and another to get down to the three winners.
First place, great spot news and nicely framed to boot. Great work!
Second place, of all the awesome fire pictures in this category we really liked this one the best. The long smoky line on the ridge has a nice feel to it.
Third place, wow, anytime you have someone with a bucket of water against a wall of flame, you have a picture!!!


GENERAL NEWS:

Another good category.
We liked first place because we felt that the photographer went out and bought us a picture with layers when it would have been easier to just shoot the woman with the flag. The photographer’s creativity was rewarded! Second, we liked the fact that the photographer did a good job scouting the location and brought back a lightly less cliché picture.
Third, the light is crappy, composition is sketchy, but, emotion is there!!!!

SPORTS:

After seeing the News categories and Feature pictures, we were a little disappointed in the sports category. Fist place, nice face, nice moment, great picture. Second place, good action, we would love to see the next frame. Third place, nice clean Jubo!

FEATURE/SINGLE PICTURES

Feature, this category rocked.
We loved the first place, demonstrates that features can be found everywhere. The photo had great expression and motion!
Second nice composition and color, good looking!
Third, a less obvious place to look for a weather feature but all the weather elements come together beautifully!

FEATURE/ MULTIPLE PICTURES:

First place took a lot of time and covered a large story very well with a lot of pictures and all of them strong!
Second place is a story we all have covered at sometime in our business, but the photographer did a great job in bringing some good human emotions to the story.
Third, good work with a topic when getting access to the prisoners and access to where their evidence is being stored. Tough assignment to shoot done very well!

Judges:
Steve russell, Staff Photographer, Toronto Star
Bernard Weil, Chief Photographer Multimedia, Toronto Star
Aaron Lynett, Year-long Intern, Toronto Star
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Region Nine
Spot News
1st Robert Gajdecki KDVR-TV/Denver, CO “It Takes an Army”

48 Hour Feature
1st Anne Herbst KUSA-TV/Denver, CO “The Chicken Dance”
Region Nine Second Quarter

Spot News
1st Robert Gajdecki KDVR-TV/Denver, CO “It Takes an Army”
2nd Christopher Cheline KDVR-TV/Denver, CO “He's Lucky to be Alive”
3rd Thomas Cole KUSA-TV/Denver, CO “It Was Leveled”
HM Dan Weaver KUSA-TV/Denver, CO “Newcastle Fire”

48 Hour Feature
1st Anne Herbst KUSA-TV/Denver, CO “The Chicken Dance”
2nd Everett McEwan KWGN-TV/Denver, CO “Didn't Know You Could do that with Jump Rope”
3rd Kolin Lawler KDVR-TV/Denver, CO “Velvet Elvis”
HM Manny Sotelo KUSA-TV/Denver, CO “Joseph's Journey”
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Spot News
1. Steve Hawks, Lewiston Morning Tribune, Lewiston, ID “Residents fend for themselves”
General News
1. Barry Gutierrez, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO “Baum Funeral”
Sports
1. Tom Smart, Deseret Morning News, Salt Lake City, UT “Bull by the Horns”
Feature/Single Pictures
1. Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post, Denver, CO “Seeking Fitness”
Feature/Multiple Pictures
1. Barry Gutierrez, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO “Sgt. Baum Funeral”
Illustration
1. Bret Hartman, Greeley Tribune, Greeley, CO “Swimmer”
NPPA Monthly Clip Contest June 2007

Spot News
1. Steve Hawks, Lewiston Morning Tribune, Lewiston, ID “Residents fend for themselves”
2. Lewis Geyer, Longmount Times-Call, Longmount, CO “High Winds”
3. Chris Schneider, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO “The New Castle Fire”

General News
1. Barry Gutierrez, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO “Baum Funeral”
2. Beth Schlanker, Standard Examiner, Ogden, UT “Flag Folding Ceremony”
3. Barry Gutierrez, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO “Palsy”

Sports
1. Tom Smart, Deseret Morning News, Salt Lake City, UT “Bull by the Horns”
2. Bruce Thorson, US Presswire, Lincoln, NE “Oregon Celebration”
3. Cliff Grassmink, The Camera, Boulder, CO “5430"

Feature/Single Pictures
1. Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post, Denver, CO “Seeking Fitness”
2. Chris Schneider, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO “Dancers”
3. Bret Harman, Greeley Tribune, Greeley, CO “Relay for Life”

Feature/Multiple Pictures
1. Barry Gutierrez, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO “Sgt. Baum Funeral”
2. Judy DeHaas, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO “Where Colorado Began”
3. Judy DeHaas, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO “Immigration Transformation”

Illustration
1. Bret Hartman, Greeley Tribune, Greeley, CO “Swimmer”
2. Jill Mott, The Longmount Daily Times-Call, Longmount, CO “Statue of Christ”
3. Garrett Davis, The Spectrum & Daily News, Cedar City, UT “Track”

Spot News Comments
The first place photo of a man trying to fight back a wild fire with a wet towel was a very nice image that showed us something we don’t always see. It’s a nice break from the excepted wildfire photos usually seen. The second place photo was also a really nice image of a woman with a tree that fell on her home. The photographer really composed this imagine and made a nice image from an otherwise boring event. Third was a photo of firefighters silhouetted on a hillside fighting a wildfire. A moody shot that could have ben a bit stronger with a crop on the left side of the frame.

General News
The first place photo caught all of our attention. The photo of a dead soldier in a casket with a photo of his daughter on his chest was a tough photo to make but a poignant photo. The photographer showed us something we hadn’t seen before an told us a powerful story in the process. Well done. Second place was also a very nice clean image. Nicely composed, the photo captured a nice quiet moment. Third we still aren’t sure what to think of this photo but it made us stop and look several times and in the end we thought there must be something to it so we felt it deserve to be recognized. Making people stop and look is what our business is all about.

Sports
Overall this category wasn’t the strongest of the group. The first place photo was a nice image from the rodeo. Not the typical rodeo photo. The second place photo was a nice photo of a victory. The third place photo was another nice image from a triathlon. The photographer composed it well and caught a great expression on the swimmer’s face in the foreground of the photo.

Feature/Single Picture
The first place photo was an interesting photo of people silhouetted with arms raised. A nice image that has many layers and forces the view to look through the image. The second photo was an interesting photo of a sculpture being painted. A good feature photo. The third place image from a relay for life was a really clean image and not the usual relay for life photo.

Feature/Multiple Picture
The first place story was powerful story of a soldier’s funeral. There were many compelling images from this story. The photographer did a good job at getting access quickly to a story and developing a trust with the family to allow him to photograph such a personal story. Both the second place and third place stories had some good images. The second place story was edited much tighter. The third place story needed a much tighter edit. For a lot of the entries in this category people seemed to be entering all the photos published on the web without editing.

Illustration
First place was a nice illustration portrait of a swimmer. The second place photo was an interesting image with nice lighting and the third place photo was a nice image of a track star. We thought it might have been a bit stronger if he was actually running instead of being in the blocks.]]> Still Results http://nppa9.org/index.php?itemid=104 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:48:54 -0400 http://nppa9.org/index.php?itemid=103 NPPA Monthly Clip Contest March 2007

Spot News
1. Larry Mayer, Billings Gazette, Billings, MT “Victim Rescue”
General News
1. Linda McConnell, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO “Officer Remembered”
Sports
1. Douglas C. Pizac, The Associated Press, Salt Lake City, Utah “Weber State Reaction”
Feature /Single Picture
1. Linda McConnell, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO “Irish Dance”
Feature/Multiple Pictures
1. RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post, Denver, CO “Fortress America”
Illustration
1. Joshua Lawton, Daily Camera, Boulder, CO “Cloning Controversy”
.NPPA Monthly Clip Contest March 2007

Spot News
1. Larry Mayer, Billings Gazette, Billings, MT “Victim Rescue”
2. David Britton, The Colorado Springs Gazette, Colorado Springs, CO “Deadly Tornado”
3. Lane Hickenbottom, Grand Island Independent, Grand Island, NE “Grand Island Fire”


General News
1. Linda McConnell, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO “Officer Remembered”
2. Evan Semon, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO “Close Friends Funeral”
3. Jeff Beiermann, Omaha World Herald, Omaha, NE “Killer gets Life times Two”

Sports
1. Douglas C. Pizac, The Associated Press, Salt Lake City, Utah “Weber State Reaction”
2. Bret Hartman, The Greeley Tribune, Greeley, CO “Smashed”
3. Kevin Kreck, Colorado Springs Gazette, Colorado Springs, CO “Out at the Plate”

Feature /Single Picture
1. Linda McConnell, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO “Irish Dance”
2. Cliff Grassmick, Boulder Daily Camera, Boulder, CO “Looking for Love”
3. Mitch Mascaro, The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah “First Friday Night of Football”

Feature/Multiple Pictures
1. RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post, Denver, CO “Fortress America”
2. Scott Kingsley, The Grand Island Independent, Grand Island, NE “The Will of a Fighter”
3. Kerry Huller, Casper Star Tribune, Casper, WY “Lord of the Snow”

Illustration
1. Joshua Lawton, Daily Camera, Boulder, CO “Cloning Controversy”
2. Risa Falk, La Tribuna, Greeley, CO “Don’t Drown in Debt”
3. Jim Rydbom, The Greeley Tribune, Greeley, CO “Power of Zeus”

Spot News Comments
The First place photograph exhibited a nice angle on a crash rescue.
Second place demonstrated nice emotion amongst devastation from the deadly tornado.
Third Place did a nice job of composing the firemen in the lower right to show the scale of the fire.
Overall we felt the category was thin with entries and a lot of pictures we felt were not spot news, but general news.

General News
First-Nice composition and angle for the officer remembered photo. We struggled over the first and second place pictures, but ultimately the woman blocking the casket was too distracting. Never-the-less the moment with all the women pallbearers was interesting and emotional evocative. The third place photo had good emotion, and was nice discipline on the part of the photographer to follow woman out of courtroom.

Sports
Category filled with nice basketball photos. First place-The composition and moment tell the complete story of the Northen Arizona teams’ relation to their loss to Weber State. There is no need for a caption in this photo, the image tells it all. Second place, great moment, good facial expressions. Third place, peak action and good moment.

Feature/Single Picture
First-Endearing moment, a nice light feature that is an interesting moment that occurs often. Second-Great juxtaposition with a bull on a leash passing a sign that say ‘pets must be on a leash.’ The photographer should have put the designer on a leash, because the headline was distracting from the irony of 1,000 pound bull on a leash walking next to that sign. Third-Nice lighting, interesting graphic to an ordinary moment.

Feature/Multiple Pictures
First-We wish we could get that type of play in out newspaper. Thorough story that documented many different angle. Compelling moments that showcase the amount of time and effort the photographer spent to get access to their subjects. Second-Nice story that covered all corners. Good moments, and clean crisp photos. Third-Nice group of photos telling a nice little story.

Illustration
First-Demonstrated the concept clearly, funny and technically well done. Was instant winner with the judges. Second-We don’t speak Spanish and still got the concept. Good idea for common problem for most photographers. Third-good way to illustrate player of the year photos.]]> Still Results http://nppa9.org/index.php?itemid=103 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:06:59 -0400 http://nppa9.org/index.php?itemid=102
Spot News
1st Tom McDonald KDVR/Denver, CO “Stampede of One”
General News
1st Eric Kehe KUSA-TV/Denver, CO “Shedding light”
Feature News
1st Everett McEwan KWGN-TV/Denver, CO “Love in Loveland”
In-depth
1st Anne Herbst KUSA-TV/Denver, CO “Hunting for hunters”
Spot News
1st Tom McDonald KDVR/Denver, CO “Stampede of One”
2nd Marc Neitro KCNC/Denver, CO “It’s a Mess Out There“
3rd Noah Skinner KDVR/Denver, CO “One After Another”
General News
1st Eric Kehe KUSA-TV/Denver, CO “Shedding light”
2nd Byron Reed KUSA-TV/Denver, CO “Sunset Way”
3rd Brett Alles KUSA-TV/Denver, CO “Mr. Hardy’s Tardy Party”
HM Corky Scholl KUSA-TV/Denver, CO “Grand Opening”
Feature News
1st Everett McEwan KWGN-TV/Denver, CO “Love in Loveland”
2nd David Althouse KWGN-TV/Denver, CO “Run the Register”
3rd Robert Breuer KDVR-TV “Our Gang Ice Racing”
HM Anna Hewson KUSA-TV/Denver, CO “Wild Goose Chase”
In-depth
1st Anne Herbst KUSA-TV/Denver, CO “Hunting for hunters”
2nd Corky Scholl KUSA-TV/Denver, CO “The Holy Herd”
3rd Ann Herbst KUSA-TV/Denver, CO “The law According to Mike”
HM David Delozier KUSA-TV/Denver, CO “On the Wall”
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NPPA Monthly News Clip Contest MAY 2007

Spot News
1st Tom Smart, Deseret Morning News, Salt Lake City, Utah "Utah Couple Deported"
General News
1st George Kochaniec, Jr., Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO "Relatives Console One Another"
Sports
1st Eli Lucero, The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah "Get Back to Third"
Feature/Single
1st Matt McClain, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO "Butterfly Wings"
Feature/Multiple
1st Matt McClain, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO "Corn is King"

NPPA Monthly News Clip Contest MAY 2007

Spot News

1st Tom Smart, Deseret Morning News, Salt Lake City, Utah "Utah Couple Deported"
2nd Judy DeHass, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO "All that Matter: He's Home"
3rd Matt McClain, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO "Cadet Graduation"

General News

1st George Kochaniec, Jr., Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO "Relatives Console One Another"
2nd Barry Gutierrez, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO "Railroad Tragedy"
3rd Darin McGregor, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO "Swept Away"

Sports

1st Eli Lucero, The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah "Get Back to Third"
2nd Barry Gutierrez, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO "The Winning Goal"
3rd Mitch Mascaro, The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah "Soccer Collision"

Feature/Single

1st Matt McClain, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO "Butterfly Wings"
2nd Barry Gutierrez, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO "Red Scarfs"
3rd , Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO "A Jewel, Forever Wild"

Feature/Multiple

1st Matt McClain, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO "Corn is King"
2nd RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post, Denver, CO "Keeping Track of it All"
3rd Laura Seitz, Deseret Morning News, Salt Lake City, Utah "The Cowboy Way"

Comments:

Spot News
1) Real nice composition and moment helped us feel this for first. It was a back and forth battle with second place but the extra body language made this first.
2) Again, great composition like 1st place. Real clean and to the point.
3) Just a unique and different photo from this situation. The slow shutter speed lent itself to the urgency of the situation and the lone person looks so helpless. Nice light! THIS WAS THE WEAKEST OF ALL THE CATEGORIES.

General News
1) This photo has it all and probably was our "Cream of the Crop" phot of the whole judging. It has emotion, nice lensing and a heartbreaking element that stopped us in out tracks immediately for the first place. You definitely have a portfolio shot here! 2) Again another sweet photo from edge-to-edge. Perfect moment and the look for relief in the peoples faces made this second place (another portfolio shot here!)
3) Can I say portfolio shot again?!!!! Awesome composition, the element of excitement and composition of the cadet was just great! 1,2,3 were just the best and easiest to pick!

Sports
1) First place was unanimous...2 of us are regular sports shooters and we have never made this shot let alone seen one like it! Pure peak moment, timing and use of body language shot this to #1 very easily!!! 2) Second was a nice jubilation reacting to a winning goal. Nice choice of wide angle lens and working with available darkness! Moment, moment, moment!!! 3) Third was a nice tight, clean soccer shot we have all seen but it was easily third best of the bunch. Again, peak moment and timing made this rise into the top three.

Feature/Single
1) First grabbed us all from the start. Just a cure, quiet slice-of-life moment from what might have been a boring event. We applaud looking beyond the obvious with the different angle and composition! 2) Quite a different photo. The photographer took a chance and made a picture that grabs the imagination and I am sure the reader's attention! 3) This photo has it all-quiet moment composition, light and what it is like to be a kid from Texas visiting the beauty of the Rocky Mountain National Park-makes me want to go sometime!

Feature/Multiple Pictures

1) Decent story here. This was the weakest category next to spot news. First place took us away from the farm occasionally and took us into the lives of these farmers. Great opening portrait and the attention to detail. It is lacking a possible tight personality face shot that might give us a look inside the eyes of the oldest farmer, maybe. Not enough of these stories held a tight personality shot. They lend so much to a photo story. 2) Quite a unique page of track portraits. they all were done very well, lit with thought and followed a theme-nice job!! 3) Third was also a very well-done story. Beautiful light and attention to detail but we wanted to climb into maybe of a home shot of a cowboy getting ready to start his day or end it for that matter! Nice job and a super lead shot!]]> Still Results http://nppa9.org/index.php?itemid=101 Tue, 7 Aug 2007 21:35:59 -0400