Snowfall in the Louisville area has been very light this winter. In fact including the .3 inch that fell overnight, we now have received only 2.1 inches for the 2011-2012 winter season, which is far below the yearly 14.7 inch average for the area. Nonetheless, the dusting provided some very beautiful images as captured here by Power Creative Senior Photographer Bill Miller. Read more

Please enjoy some of our favorite photographs by Senior Photographer Bill Miller that he shot during 2011.

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A very unusual "birdseye" view of Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium during the University of Louisville vs Marshall University football game. Image editing and retouching by Sr. Imaging Technician Brad Bird. Client - University of Louisville

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Kentucky Derby Week, Churchill Downs Twin Spires. Client - Churchill Downs

Baseball Closeup. Client - Power Stock

Power Staff Photographer, Ted Wirth's Fall images provide a nice illustration for one of my favorite poems, "Autumn" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

With what a glory comes and goes the year!

The buds of spring, those beautiful harbingers

Of sunny skies and cloudless times, enjoy

Life's newness, and earth's garniture spread out.

And when the silver habit of the clouds

Comes down upon the autumn sun, and with

A sober gladness the old year takes up

His bright inheritance of golden fruits,

The University of Louisville School of Music is steeped in more than 75 years of history. As just one example of that history, in November 1959, one of the greatest composers of the 20th century stopped by for lunch at the School of Music. His name was Dmitri Shostakovich. At the time, he was a huge musical figure in the Soviet Union. He happened to be in Louisville as part of a goodwill tour with five other Soviet musical artists at the height of the Cold War. The Maestro insisted that he see and hear what American college students were doing musically. Read more