For the last several years, Mike Haines and I have offered for sale a DVD with all of the images from our Smugmug galleries. We only do this once a year around the time of the Derby City Classic so that we can hand-deliver the DVDs at the tournament. A few months ago we added a gallery of Dallas players, so the DVD now has more and better images than ever before - over 700 printable images in .jpg or .tif format. We are only making up 15 DVDs to take to the Derby City Classic in Louisville and will only be selling them to the first 15 AZ members who PM me with an order. Everyone purchasing a DVD will receive a DVD with a personalized label that includes the name of the buyer. For more information on the DVD, check this Website: Pool Photography by Mike Haines & Bill Porter.
A few sample photos can be see here: http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=78869
The DVD will also have the historic audio interviews we did back in 1980 at the Rocky Mountain 9-Ball Open. These interviews run to over 5 hours of MP3 files and include cue makers Bill Stroud, Paul Heubler, and Bob Meucci. Players interviewed include "Machine Gun" Lou Butera, Dee Hulse & Al "The Plumber" Winchenbaugh, Gloria Walker, "Cowboy" Jimmy Moore, Ronnie Allen, Warren "Monk" Costanzo, Mike Sigel, Paul Gerni, Richie Ambrose, Vickie Frechen, "The Rifleman" Buddy Hall, and Richie Florence. For more information on these interviews, check this Website: Haines/Porter Pool Interviews.
The DVD also contains 121 photos taken by Mike and me at the 2005 DCC and a screen saver of pool photographs. The DVD comes with instructions on how to access the images, interviews, and screen saver. Another Word file details how to use the filenames of the image files to determine the player(s) in the photo and the tournament at which the photo was taken.
These are the same images that, when we first put them together, were given to Dan Janes of Joss Cues. Dan, very graciously, made up cues for both Mike and me to say "thank you." The photos on the DVD have been used by Steve Booth on his one-pocket Website and by R. A. Dyer on his site. A couple have been published in Pool & Billiards Magazine. Fred "The Beard" Bentivegna used over 20 of our images in his second book. Five of our images were used in the production of the US Bar Pool Championship television program that aired on HD Net. Several of our shots of Steve Mizerak were used by Jorge Torres in his tribute to Steve on ProPoolVideo.com ("The Master"). Inside Pool devotes a gallery on their Website to our "Classic Pool and Billiard Photos" (Inside POOL Magazine Billiard Gallery). We think this collection is "the gold standard" of tournament pool photos from the 1980s and a terrific value at $50 (less than $.10 an image).
Here is theBIG NEWS! If you are one of the 15 buyers of the DVD, you will be entered in a raffle with the winner to receive a FREE DINNER at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in Louisville. Ruth's Chris is a highly rated restaurant with steaks to die for. You'll be sharing the evening at Ruth's Chris with famed pool photographer Mike Haines, renowned pool writer George Fels, and two of the most interesting posters ever on AZ Billiards - Jay Helfert and Fatboy! If you won't be in Louisville for the DCC, I will send you your personalized DVD via Priority Mail for $55. If you win the raffle but will not be able to make the dinner on Wednesday evening, I am sure you can sell your winning number right here on AZ.
The DVDs will go on sale November 15th at 12:01 AM. The first 15 AZ members who request a DVD after 12:01 AM on November 15 will be eligible for the free dinner raffle. If less than 15 DVDs are sold by December 1st, there will be no raffle.
A few sample photos can be see here: http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=78869
The DVD will also have the historic audio interviews we did back in 1980 at the Rocky Mountain 9-Ball Open. These interviews run to over 5 hours of MP3 files and include cue makers Bill Stroud, Paul Heubler, and Bob Meucci. Players interviewed include "Machine Gun" Lou Butera, Dee Hulse & Al "The Plumber" Winchenbaugh, Gloria Walker, "Cowboy" Jimmy Moore, Ronnie Allen, Warren "Monk" Costanzo, Mike Sigel, Paul Gerni, Richie Ambrose, Vickie Frechen, "The Rifleman" Buddy Hall, and Richie Florence. For more information on these interviews, check this Website: Haines/Porter Pool Interviews.
The DVD also contains 121 photos taken by Mike and me at the 2005 DCC and a screen saver of pool photographs. The DVD comes with instructions on how to access the images, interviews, and screen saver. Another Word file details how to use the filenames of the image files to determine the player(s) in the photo and the tournament at which the photo was taken.
These are the same images that, when we first put them together, were given to Dan Janes of Joss Cues. Dan, very graciously, made up cues for both Mike and me to say "thank you." The photos on the DVD have been used by Steve Booth on his one-pocket Website and by R. A. Dyer on his site. A couple have been published in Pool & Billiards Magazine. Fred "The Beard" Bentivegna used over 20 of our images in his second book. Five of our images were used in the production of the US Bar Pool Championship television program that aired on HD Net. Several of our shots of Steve Mizerak were used by Jorge Torres in his tribute to Steve on ProPoolVideo.com ("The Master"). Inside Pool devotes a gallery on their Website to our "Classic Pool and Billiard Photos" (Inside POOL Magazine Billiard Gallery). We think this collection is "the gold standard" of tournament pool photos from the 1980s and a terrific value at $50 (less than $.10 an image).
Here is theBIG NEWS! If you are one of the 15 buyers of the DVD, you will be entered in a raffle with the winner to receive a FREE DINNER at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in Louisville. Ruth's Chris is a highly rated restaurant with steaks to die for. You'll be sharing the evening at Ruth's Chris with famed pool photographer Mike Haines, renowned pool writer George Fels, and two of the most interesting posters ever on AZ Billiards - Jay Helfert and Fatboy! If you won't be in Louisville for the DCC, I will send you your personalized DVD via Priority Mail for $55. If you win the raffle but will not be able to make the dinner on Wednesday evening, I am sure you can sell your winning number right here on AZ.
The DVDs will go on sale November 15th at 12:01 AM. The first 15 AZ members who request a DVD after 12:01 AM on November 15 will be eligible for the free dinner raffle. If less than 15 DVDs are sold by December 1st, there will be no raffle.
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