Back to Work

Returned to work today after a week off. I had an assignment to shoot a rabies clinic. Wheeee!

Spring Football

I took time off from my vacation today to shoot the Razorbacks' first day of spring football practice. Does that sound as odd to you as it does to me? Who takes time off from their vacation? Me, I guess. If your vacation consists of doing home improvement for a week, painting in my case, then taking a couple of hours away from the brush to shoot football is definitely time off.


Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett passes the ball.


Arkansas wide receiver Joe Adams catches the ball.


Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino shouts at players.


Arkansas tailback Knile Davis throws a stiff arm during drills.

I'll be taking another day off from my vacation tomorrow to shoot the second day of practice as well. This is all about getting art for the next issue of Hawgs Illustrated. We're putting the magazine to bed this week and need to get art from spring practice in the issue. Unfortunately the start of spring football coincided with my week off. Oh well. Just the other day I was saying how I couldn't wait for football season to get here again. Guess I should be careful what I wish for huh?

A Green Hat Day

The Hogs donned green hats for St. Patricks Day on Tuesday and beat Nebraska 7-3 on a perfect evening for baseball. The game started at 6:35 p.m., so I only had about an hour of good light. I get a full game in daylight tomorrow. Yay!

Finally, Baseball

Yes I'm happy to have finally shot a baseball game. It was cold today, but that's expected for baseball in March. Nothing too exciting happened in the game. There were no plays at the plate or on the bases. But Arkansas did seal their series against Florida with an 8-4 win today — it was nice to see the Hogs beat the Gators for a change.








The Hittman and Will hard at work.

Looks like I'll be shooting a couple of games this week. It should be warmer by then. Can't wait.

Florida 73, Arkansas 58

Arkansas' basketball season is officially over. The Hogs lost to Florida in the opening round of the SEC Tournament in Tampa on Thursday.


See you next year coach Pel. It's on to baseball now.

More photos from the game at BTL.

Tampa

The view from my hotel room in Tampa, Fla. I'm in town to cover Arkansas in the SEC Tournament. I'll probably only get to enjoy this view for two more days if the Hogs lose their first game in the tournament. It was 40-something degrees in Northwest Arkansas when I left flew out this morning. It was 80-something degrees when we landed in Tampa. I hope the Hogs win at least one game.

Art Imitating Me

I was assigned to shoot a feature photo of the Anime Club at a junior high school in Bentonville today. One of the kids drew an Anime portrait of me. I thought she did a good job. Especially with the hair. :)

High School Tourney Time

I had to drive down to Fort Smith and shoot Rogers High's boys and girls basketball teams at the Class 7A State Tournament semi-finals at the Stubblefield Center. It was my first time to ever shoot at the place. A big thanks to Mr. Ivester for helping me out with directions. Here is a mix of photos from the two games. The boys won their game and will advance to the state tournament final. The girls lost and their season is over.










Also another big thank you to Mr. Ivester again for letting me plug into his extension cords. I had my own, but he saved me the time and hassle of having to use them. Plus it would have been more of a hazard having two sets of cords across stretched across a busy walkway.

Celebration of a Championship

A collage of photos from this weekend and the lovefest that was the "Celebration of a Championship." I wasn't even an Arkansas fan back in 1994 when the basketball team won the National Championship, but I did watch it on T.V., so I'm told. I really don't even remember watching it, but my best friend Aaron told me he and several of our friends at the time watched it at my house in Tulsa. Too many beers I guess. Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed the weekend of events which included the "Champs Camp" basketball clinic for kids, an invitation-only dinner, the Arkansas/Georgia basketball game and the halftime ceremony honoring the 1993-94 team. I want to give a huge shout out and thank you to my good friend Jeremy Rose, a manager on the 1993-94 team, who made it possible for me and my family to attend the invitation only dinner and get tickets to the game. Of course I worked that day, but it was the first Razorback basketball game for Alona and Sahar to attend. They had a great time too.


Corliss Williamson coaches some kids at the "Champs Camp."


Arkansas fans wait in line for autographs at Bud Walton Arena.


Former Arkansas basketball coach Nolan Richardson signs an autograph.


Darnell Robinson, Clint McDaniel, Corliss Williamson and Lee Wilson "Call the Hogs."


Oh yeah, Arkansas won the basketball game too. They beat Georgia 89-67 to tie for last place in the SEC. The team got a little pep talk from Corey Beck before the game. Apparently he chewed on them pretty good for their performance over the last two month. Whatever he said, it worked.

As always, more photos at BTL.