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S P O R T I N G C L A S S I C S 1 4 3 Chris Dorsey O n o c a t i o n L M ost hunters or anglers have a treasured photo or two from their outdoor experiences they would love to enlarge and memorialize in some fabulous way. I happen to have 57 of them. And, when I needed to fill the walls of the photo gallery in my new Ultimate Sportsmen's Lodge, I knew exactly whom I wanted to transform my snapshots into showpieces: Roland LaPierre of TrophyShot Prints. You see, Ultimate Sportsmen's Lodge is a show that my company, Orion Entertainment, airs on Great American Country TV. And this season, I am the lucky outdoorsman who is building a dream lodge on camera for all to see and experience. Among the many extraordinary amenities—including an in-home theater, fabulous great room, pizza oven, outdoor kitchen, dog-grooming room, and more—my wife, Amy, and I wanted a special place to hang our most treasured photos from our life in the outdoors. We didn't have much difficulty choosing the pictures to put on the walls: my most memorable moments afield with trophies I had taken; heroic portraits of my cherished hunting dogs, including the beloved Thor, perhaps the greatest bird dog ever (he once pointed a thunder chicken); our children growing up in the field; and stunning moments of natural glory, such as a breaching whale waving his tail in the stark The photos of your cherished sporting memories can be bigger, better, longer lasting. blue waters of the northern Pacific. But there are some harsh realities to deal with when you dig through shoeboxes full of photos. Color prints fade over time, negatives get lost or damaged, and worse, our photography frequently isn't as great as our mind's eye would like it to be. That's where Roland LaPierre comes into the picture—literally. Roland owns TrophyShot Prints (www.trophyshotprints.com), and T he image above is the original. The image below has been turned into a metal-print showpiece. Dušan Smetana trophyShotprintS.com