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Hi. I am Wilson Phillips. I had the name first but I just sing in the shower. Sorry, but I don't have any gold or platinum records. I grew up in a small town called Kentwood, LA, and now live in a small town called Natchez, MS. I work as a Systems Analyst for a large casino corporation here in Natchez. I am an amateur photographer and a professional computer nerd.

I prefer to shoot for the sake of shooting and I really enjoy that aspect of photography, but I also do a good bit of it just to document happenings at work. I have a lot of fun with that as well.

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If you wish to use any of these photos for your website, please do not download them and use them. Make sure that they are linked to the original photo on this web page, so that I still get the page hits. Use the sharing button to grab a link to the size photo you need. I don't take pictures for money, so I don't think I am asking too much.

Galleries

2012 Breakfast with Santa : We had a great morning. Eggs, grits, bacon, sausage, pancakes, french toast, pizza, cupcakes, candy, and Santa.

2012 Breakfast with Santa

We had a great morning. Eggs, grits, bacon, sausage, pancakes, french ...

Updated: Dec 09, 2012 4:46pm CEST

2012 Great Mississippi River Balloon Race : I did not get to fly this year. I was there and ready, but it was quite windy as you can see by the deformation of some of the balloons that did attempt to launch. Some started to inflate and stopped. We never dragged the balloon out of the van. Lynn McVay apologized, but I told him that it was fine with me, as I was not ready to have people talking about how we died in such a tragic accident.

2012 Great Mississippi River Balloon Race

I did not get to fly this year. I was there and ready, but it was quit ...

Updated: Oct 24, 2012 1:28am CEST

I Can't Drive 55 : We all love our cars. Newest first.

I Can't Drive 55

We all love our cars. Newest first.

Updated: Sep 28, 2012 11:23pm CEST

Wildlife :

Wildlife

Updated: Sep 22, 2012 8:10pm CEST

Dell Phillips 1938-2012 : My dearest mother. She was a lovely woman. Always a lady. This follows her life from childhood to helping raise great grand children. She was quite the artist. Any medium was fine with her, but she preferred to work with oils on canvas.

Dell Phillips 1938-2012

My dearest mother. She was a lovely woman. Always a lady. This follows ...

Updated: Mar 10, 2012 3:00am CEST

Kenneth Rendell 1966-2012 : Kenneth was a unique man. I have never met anyone like him. Just when you thought you had him figured out, he would surprise you again. He was a true friend to all of us and we will miss him forever.

Kenneth Rendell 1966-2012

Kenneth was a unique man. I have never met anyone like him. Just when ...

Updated: Feb 28, 2012 12:41am CEST

2011 Breakfast With Santa : Navigate through the photos and select your photo. Once it is in the right hand pane, hold your mouse over the photo and a menu will pop up. Click on Original. This will open the full size photo. Once it has completed loading on your screen, Right-Click the photo and Click Save Picture As.

2011 Breakfast With Santa

Navigate through the photos and select your photo. Once it is in the r ...

Updated: Dec 10, 2011 9:28pm CEST

2011 Renaissance Festival - LARF : http://www.la-renfest.com/ Go check it out. If you have never been to one of these, you are missing out. They have them all around the country. Go and have a great time! The Louisiana Renaissance Festival has my permission to use any of the photos in this gallery.

2011 Renaissance Festival - LARF

http://www.la-renfest.com/ Go check it out. If you have never been to ...

Updated: Nov 09, 2011 2:10pm CEST

Focus Stacked Shots : Stacked with Zerene Stacker

Focus Stacked Shots

Stacked with Zerene Stacker

Updated: Jan 22, 2012 8:48pm CEST

Hummingbirds 2011 : Newest First

Hummingbirds 2011

Newest First

Updated: Sep 12, 2011 7:26pm CEST

Videos : Newest First

Videos

Newest First

Updated: Sep 10, 2011 5:45pm CEST

Fractals: The Mathematics Of Similarity : Free Wallpapers. These were created in Apophysis. Get the free program at http://apophysis.org All files are 1920x1200 or larger. View at Original Size and save that version. They will look much better on your PC this way. If you like one, please give it a Thumbs Up vote.

Fractals: The Mathematics Of Similarity

Free Wallpapers. These were created in Apophysis. Get the free program ...

Updated: Aug 31, 2010 2:08pm CEST

2011 Mississippi River Flood : The Mississippi river crested today at a record setting 61.9 feet. The previous record was 58 feet in 1937.

2011 Mississippi River Flood

The Mississippi river crested today at a record setting 61.9 feet. The ...

Updated: Jun 11, 2011 7:26pm CEST

Macro : Blowin' stuff up.

Macro

Blowin' stuff up.

Updated: Oct 09, 2011 1:31am CEST

Natchez, MS Around Town : Houses, Bridges, Fountains, Churches, etc...

Natchez, MS Around Town

Houses, Bridges, Fountains, Churches, etc...

Updated: Dec 25, 2012 4:39pm CEST

2010 Great Mississippi River Balloon Race. Natchez, MS : I got to fly in a balloon this year. It was one of the best experiences of my life. My friend Cathy Chapman was there too, so be sure to check out her photos as well. http://photosbycathyc.smugmug.com/Competitions/2010-Great-Mississippi-River/14218391_ufJ3N#1051448338_vp7q7

2010 Great Mississippi River Balloon Race. Natchez, MS

I got to fly in a balloon this year. It was one of the best experience ...

Updated: Oct 19, 2010 12:42am CEST

Hummingbirds 2010 : Newest First

Hummingbirds 2010

Newest First

Updated: Aug 28, 2011 11:04pm CEST

Birds 2010 : Newest First.

Birds 2010

Newest First.

Updated: Sep 05, 2010 5:32pm CEST

2010 Renaissance Festival - LARF : http://www.la-renfest.com/ Go check it out. If you have never been to one of these, you are missing out. They have them all around the country. Go and have a great time! The Louisiana Renaissance Festival has my permission to use any of the photos in this gallery.

2010 Renaissance Festival - LARF

http://www.la-renfest.com/ Go check it out. If you have never been to ...

Updated: Nov 17, 2010 1:29pm CEST

Flowers : Newest first.

Flowers

Newest first.

Updated: May 21, 2013 3:04pm CEST

People Shots : Newest first.

People Shots

Newest first.

Updated: Nov 25, 2012 11:33pm CEST

Pets : I work too many hours to have a pet of my own, but I will take a picture of anyone's pets. Newest first.

Pets

I work too many hours to have a pet of my own, but I will take a pictu ...

Updated: Aug 28, 2011 11:08pm CEST

Coke Truck Wreck : This guy was going up the hill when the trailer brakes locked up. He forgot to lock the brakes manually and was under the trailer working on the brakes when the brakes unlocked and it started rolling back down the hill. It hit the tree and jackknifed. Luckily he got out from under the truck and was not hurt. He probably needs some fresh underware.

Coke Truck Wreck

This guy was going up the hill when the trailer brakes locked up. He f ...

Updated: Aug 16, 2011 3:21pm CEST

2010 Breakfast With Santa : This year, the theme was literacy, so all the gifts that Santa gave out had something to do with reading and writing. I don't know who came up with this idea, but my hat is off to you. What a great idea!

2010 Breakfast With Santa

This year, the theme was literacy, so all the gifts that Santa gave ou ...

Updated: Dec 12, 2010 2:48am CEST

2010-Sep-02 See, Say, Smile Luncheon : We won the Smile Cup again. If we keep this up, they are going to have to buy a smaller second place cup so that all the other properties don't feel left out. This was my first time out using my new D700 with the 24-70 f2.8 and I am so impressed with this combo. It's hard to tell from the photos just how dark the ballroom is. I have never gotten good results in there before.

2010-Sep-02 See, Say, Smile Luncheon

We won the Smile Cup again. If we keep this up, they are going to have ...

Updated: Sep 02, 2010 10:49pm CEST

Isle Talent Search : We have lots of motivational posters on the walls at work. This time, they want to use employees instead of paid models. So we are having a contest. All 15 properties are submitting photos of employees that volunteer for this. I expected a lot more folks to show up here in Natchez. I have not seen any of the photos submitted by any of the other properties. Those who get chosen, get a paid trip to Biloxi, MS for a professional photo shoot. These are just preliminary shots and have not been retouched. All I have done is crop them and make minor adjustments to exposure and such.

Isle Talent Search

We have lots of motivational posters on the walls at work. This time, ...

Updated: Jul 10, 2010 11:38pm CEST

2010-July-11 See Say Smile Carnival : We won the Smile Cup again and we threw another party for the employees and their families. It was HOT! The kids loved the water slides. Billy and Buddy did a great job on the food. These photos are straight out of the camera. I didn't even crop them. I know that is not my normal way, but I was so dehydrated, that I couldn't bring myself to do any post processing on them. Did I say it was HOT?

2010-July-11 See Say Smile Carnival

We won the Smile Cup again and we threw another party for the employee ...

Updated: Jan 14, 2012 4:14am CEST

Birds 2009 : Newest First.

Birds 2009

Newest First.

Updated: May 26, 2011 5:27pm CEST

2009-Dec-12 Breakfast With Santa : Thank you all for letting me do the photography for this year's event. I am truly honored. As a side note, you can see by some of the expressions on the elves' and the mothers' faces that we all work together every day and we are all friends. We can't help it if we use any excuse to have some fun. We act like this and have fun all day, every day at work, so why would today be any different? We just hope that all of these kids grow up to enjoy life as much as we do. If you want copies of these photos, Select the photo on the left. Once it is in the right pane, Mouse Over the photo, view them in ORIGINAL size. Let the picture load completely. Right-Click and "Save Picture As". This will give you a full size copy that you can use to crop and print from.

2009-Dec-12 Breakfast With Santa

Thank you all for letting me do the photography for this year's event. ...

Updated: Dec 13, 2009 4:00am CEST

2009-Nov-15 See Say Smile Carnival : We won the Smile Cup again! The weather just could not have been better for this event. The turnout was great. The kids had a wonderful time. If you want to save a picture, view it as Original size and save that version. Shown in the order the photos were taken. Oldest first.

2009-Nov-15 See Say Smile Carnival

We won the Smile Cup again! The weather just could not have been bette ...

Updated: Jan 14, 2012 3:23am CEST

2009-Aug-19 See Say Smile Steak Luncheon : Group 1 got a $25 Gift Card for Best Score, and another $25 Gift Card for Most Improved.

2009-Aug-19 See Say Smile Steak Luncheon

Group 1 got a $25 Gift Card for Best Score, and another $25 Gift Card ...

Updated: Aug 19, 2009 10:29pm CEST

2009-Jul-10 We won the Smile Cup! : We are the champions!

2009-Jul-10 We won the Smile Cup!

We are the champions!

Updated: Jan 14, 2012 3:30am CEST

2009-Mar-26 Employee Crawfish Boil : Crawfish boil / Bar-B-Que / Slot Tournament for the Isle Of Capri Team Members. Oldest first.

2009-Mar-26 Employee Crawfish Boil

Crawfish boil / Bar-B-Que / Slot Tournament for the Isle Of Capri Team ...

Updated: Jan 14, 2012 3:35am CEST

2009 Mississippi River Flood : Photos of work involved in holding back Old Man River when he is on a rampage. Oldest First We fought a valiant fight to keep the water out of Silver Street. If the water had gotten into the street, the city would have shut down the sewer lift station, and every business "Under The Hill" would have had to close. By the end, we had used 8 truck loads of sand. All the bags were filled, and the walls built by employees of the Isle. We Love This Little Boat!

2009 Mississippi River Flood

Photos of work involved in holding back Old Man River when he is on a ...

Updated: Jun 18, 2009 12:26am CEST

Easter Dinner at Jessica's : Great food and friends always go together. Oldest first.

Easter Dinner at Jessica's

Great food and friends always go together. Oldest first.

Updated: Apr 13, 2009 12:06am CEST

Logo Wallpapers : Free Wallpapers. These were created in Apophysis, which is a free program. http://apophysis.org All files are 1920x1200 WideScreen. They should look O.K. on any wide screen monitor at that resolution or lower. View at Original Size and save that version.

Logo Wallpapers

Free Wallpapers. These were created in Apophysis, which is a free prog ...

Updated: Feb 04, 2010 1:49am CEST

SmugShots : iPhone photos automatically upload to this gallery.

SmugShots

iPhone photos automatically upload to this gallery.

Updated: Mar 16, 2012 1:23am CEST

Wilson @ Work : Yep. This is me. Taken by my boss with my iPhone.

Wilson @ Work

Yep. This is me. Taken by my boss with my iPhone.

Updated: Sep 15, 2011 2:42am CEST

SYNC Reboot : 2011 Lincoln MKZ. The SYNC module is located in the back of the center console. The panel can be removed by hand without the use of tools. There is a second USB port on the side of the SYNC module. You can plug a "USB B Male to USB B Male" cable into this to connect a 2.5" external hard drive enclosure. This is the male mini connector that is typical on hard drives, cameras and phones. It doesn't look like it, but it is inside the grey box labeled USB 2 in the 5th photo. If you connect your USB Thumb Drive or Hard Drive this way, it will free up the USB connector inside the console so that you can still use it with your phone to sync Apps on the NAV display. The big connector below the USB connectors can be unplugged for 5 minutes to reboot the SYNC computer. This is easier for me than crawling under the dash to unplug Fuse 13.

SYNC Reboot

2011 Lincoln MKZ. The SYNC module is located in the back of the center ...

Updated: Oct 15, 2011 12:19am CEST

Guns : My friends and I enjoy going to the shooting range. I plan to add a lot of photos to the gallery, but they will probably all be iPhone shots. I have enough stuff to lug around without taking my big Nikon.

Guns

My friends and I enjoy going to the shooting range. I plan to add a lo ...

Updated: Apr 14, 2013 1:02am CEST

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