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I love to laugh and I love photography. I'm married to Melody and have three kids - Lainey, Jaimey and Brooklyn.

I love the pursuit of that 'perfect' image.

Thanks for checking out my pics! :-))

If you want to contact me, please email me anytime at rickorrell@hotmail.com

Featured Galleries

Rix Pix : New memories from my vantage point.

Rix Pix

New memories from my vantage point.

Updated: Aug 14, 2008 2:45pm PST

Galleries

Ted and Mary

Updated: Apr 15, 2008 4:56am BST

Fall 2007 :

Fall 2007

Updated: Oct 31, 2007 1:36pm BST

Ice Storm of 2007 (Springfield, Missouri) : These are pictures of the devastation/beauty of the ice storm of Jan. 2007.

Ice Storm of 2007 (Springfield, Missouri)

These are pictures of the devastation/beauty of the ice storm of Jan. ...

Updated: Jan 22, 2007 4:08am BST

My kids : These are shots of my young'uns in various stages of wonderfulness.  :-))

My kids

These are shots of my young'uns in various stages of wonderfulness. : ...

Updated: Feb 25, 2007 3:42am BST

People :

People

Updated: Feb 11, 2006 2:01am BST

Abstracts/Textures : This is another gallery for creative expression.  I'll be adding patterns, textures, and abstracts to be used for backgrounds, wallpaper, screensavers or creative work.  

If you're interested in finding out about buying cd's with some or all of these images, email me at rickorrell@hotmail.com for more information.

Abstracts/Textures

This is another gallery for creative expression. I'll be adding patte ...

Updated: Sep 16, 2007 3:22am BST

Religion/churches :

Religion/churches

Updated: Feb 28, 2007 4:04am BST

Shoes and accessories

Email me for the password. These are some of my stock shots. Thank ...

Updated: Jun 24, 2006 4:09am BST

Pets and Animals :

Pets and Animals

Updated: Feb 10, 2006 2:06pm BST

Marbles/Glass : This is a gallery to showcase the shots I do with marbles (which I've totally fallen in love with lately), but also the creative shots I plan to do with glass objects.  Today (Mar.02,'06) I went downtown to visit the Springfield Art Glass Studio where Terry Bloodworth performs his magic with blown glass, and I was mesmerized!  Check it out sometime if you get the chance.

Marbles/Glass

This is a gallery to showcase the shots I do with marbles (which I've ...

Updated: Sep 17, 2007 4:00am BST

Tornado - Mar.12,'06 : I spent most of the day on Mar.17,'06 traveling to some of the locations where the tornado hit on Sunday night Mar.12,'06.  I took pics around Marionville, Billings, Clever and just north of Nixa.  The devastation was incredible.  These pics were taken roughly 5 days after the tornado and consequently there had been, I'm sure, quite a bit of cleanup.  So what you're seeing, even though it's shocking and horrible, was worse the day after it happened.  

When I close my eyes, I can still see the insulation on the fence line and the bulldozers piling up a lifetime of memories.  I took these shots so hopefully we will respect the weather a little more when the sirens sound around us...............  

Right now I don't plan on doing any captions to the pictures.  I thought of trying to specifically chronicle where each one was located, but have since reconsidered.  I'm at somewhat of a loss to even put to words my own feelings about what I saw, let alone try to be clever or witty with my captions.  My heart and spirit still ache with the pain of what I saw.  It really makes you appreciate and be thankful for what you have and ignore trivial things that might've agitated you.  In light of this tragedy, we all have it pretty good, no matter what we're going through.

Tornado - Mar.12,'06

I spent most of the day on Mar.17,'06 traveling to some of the locatio ...

Updated: Apr 08, 2006 2:17pm BST

Mandy and Brent

Updated: Aug 11, 2006 1:33am BST

Cam's Creations : This is a gallery of creations that my sister, Camie, has put together of some of my photos.  She is a very gifted person of many talents.  Feel free to email her. 12free4@gmail.com 

Enjoy!

Cam's Creations

This is a gallery of creations that my sister, Camie, has put together ...

Updated: Jan 04, 2008 5:17am BST

Rix Pix : New memories from my vantage point.

Rix Pix

New memories from my vantage point.

Updated: Aug 14, 2008 10:45pm BST

Daily Creative Zone  (Feb.7 - Aug.15, '06) : Something new every day.  I try to come up with at least one new shot each day, but most days it'll be several.  Your feedback is always appreciated.  I take the negative comments and use them to fuel my creativity and I take the positive comments and use them as a mental pick-me-up.  :-))  So either way, I'd love to hear from you about the pics I post each day.  I hope you find something that you either like or inspires you or brings a smile to your face.

Daily Creative Zone (Feb.7 - Aug.15, '06)

Something new every day. I try to come up with at least one new shot ...

Updated: Aug 15, 2006 1:50pm BST

Sunita's edits

Updated: Dec 15, 2007 5:47pm BST