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Tonight is a sad night for me. Larry Miller, the owner of the Utah Jazz passed away yesterday and tonight they had a brief memorial for him at the beginning of the Utah Jazz Game.

Larry Miller was a good man. I actually had the chance to take a class from him while getting my MBA. He taught a course on Entrepreneurship. For 2 months, Larry Miller came and taught the class principles of being an entrepreneur.

He told his story from his humble beginnings of working as a stock boy in an auto parts store. He was ambitious, and soon moved up to managing the parts dept, and on from there.

Today, the Larry H. Miller organization has a ton of different businesses. From the ownership of the Utah Jazz, to the Salt Lake Bees, Jordan Commons (theater & restaurant complex), Larry H. Miller Motorsports Park, over 40 Auto Dealerships throughout the Intermountain West, and more.

The thing that I liked the most about Larry was his generosity. He was very philanthropic. He supported the community in many ways, including millions of dollars donated to building a training center for law enforcement and corrections officers, as well as a significant investment towards a campus for the Salt Lake Community College and much more.

His quote that represented his viewpoint on giving was “Go about doing good until there is too much good in the world”

What an inspiration! What a loss to the community! We will miss him!

My thoughts and prayers go out to Gail Miller, his wife, and the entire Miller family!

Oh – and as a final tribute to Larry, the Jazz won their game.  After the game, Kyle Korver came over from the bench and gave Gail Miller a hug and wished her well.  I thought it was a class act all the way!

The first game was tough.  There were a couple of really athletic girls on the other team and a really tall girl – almost 6′.  Very tall for a 14 year old!  It was a hard fought game.  Lots of traveling, double dribble and fouling going on.  The ref’s did a pretty good job, but it is hard when the parents are calling every foul, three second lane violation, and traveling call from the stands.

Whew – it was a tiring morning that started way too early (for her and me ).

After the second game, it was Picture day.  All the girls were looking great (sweaty, red faced, and tired), but looked cute for the picture.

As it is customary, the picture format featured an individual shot of each girl and a team picture.  The end result will be a printed 8×10 with the picture of my daughter in one of the upper corners with the league logo, year, team name, etc. in the opposite upper corner and a team picture below.

The studio that took these pictures does all the youth sports pictures for the city.  They shoot basketball, football, soccer, baseball, softball, etc. and have for years.  The photographer that owns the studio has young teenagers doing the actual photography. I haven’t seen him at Picture day for a couple of years. The process is well tested, all the equipment is digital, and I know he makes a bundle every season.

They pass out forms a couple of weeks before the picture with a schedule of when the team and individual pictures will be shot. At the prescribed time, the team assembles and the teenager presses the button for a team shot (they take two shots just in case) and then they shoot the individual player shots.

The order form is an envelope that contains an order form printed on the front for the players and parents to choose what package (~$7-$25 depending on the number of images, sizes, and # playing cards). The envelope is for the payment which is due when the pictures are taken. The whole process is barcoded and automated. It is a pretty slick process.

I peeked at the laptop that all the images are automatically downloaded to after every image.  They are using a combination of Nikon Capture and some custom software that the photographer’s son wrote.

I have seen catalogs that contain the equipment needed to do this type of photography. It comes complete with cameras, computers, bar coding equipment, printers, and the software needed to make it all happen. If I remember right the equipment packages start at about $6000 on up.

I will try to find links and contact info. Anyone have details?