Recent Features

Here are some of my favorite features from the past two weeks. Everything from wild art hunts to assigned Christmas plays. Above is a shot from Townzen's Barbershop's annual fundraiser in downtown Rogers.


A weather balloon launch in Rogers.


A sidewalk guitarist working to attract business to a music store in Rogers.


A Polish violinist warming up before a concert in Bentonville.


Backstage at "A Bear-Y Merry Holiday" in Rogers.

Christmas Train

I shot the 7th annual Christmas Train back on Dec. 5 in Springdale. Simply put, this was a fun assignment that I enjoyed from beginning to end. I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I did taking them.






















Merry Christmas!

Back On The News Beat

So I've been back with the paper, now Northwest Arkansas Newspapers L.L.C., since the first of the month. Admittedly I wasn't exactly looking forward to transitioning back to news full time after three months of non-stop football. But, surprisingly, things have gone well and I've had some good assignments and feature hunts. The photos above are from a house fire in Rogers on my second day back. I haven't shot a good house fire in a long time. In this case it was good since the home was abandoned and nobody was hurt. I'll be posting more news photos in the coming days.

Arkansas Football Medley II (Troy, MSU and LSU)

As I've falled asleep at the wheel again in the past weeks, here is another medley of images from Arkansas' final three games of the regular season. No words this time, just pictures. Enjoy!

Arkansas 56, Troy 20 (Nov. 14)









Arkansas 42, Mississippi State 21 (Nov. 21)



















LSU 33, Arkansas 30 1OT (Nov. 28)





















The Hogs will finish their 2009 season on Jan. 2 in the Liberty Bowl against East Carolina. I'm praying for mild weather.

More updates to come....

Arkansas Basketball Portraits

Arkansas' basketball team didn't host an official media day this year, so I didn't have the opportunity to get portraits of the whole team. We did get to pick three players to have access to. Pictured above is freshman forward Glenn Bryant.


Sophomore guard Rotnei Clarke.


Senior center Michael Washington.

Clarke's Lucky 13...I Was There.

Arkansas sophomore Rotnei Clarke put his mark on Arkansas and SEC basketball history on Friday the 13th by sinking 13 of 17 from three-point range against Alcorn State in the Razorbacks' 130-68 season-opening win. Clarke's 51 points in the game also set a new school scoring record.

Personally I am proud to say I was there and able to record Clarke's historic night.


Clarke was dubbed "the best shooter in college baskeball" in a preseason article by Fox Sports’ Jeff Goodman.


Clarke had hit 275-of-300 and 281-of-300 shots while practicing his three-point stroke the previous two nights leading up to the game.




What made this game even more special was there were only 7,713 fans in attendance at the 19,200 capacity Bud Walton Arena due to lack of interest in the game. Five players, including star point guard Courtney Fortson and freshman big man Glen Bryant, were suspended for the start of the season for off season violations. Many fans simply didn't come because they didn't care to watch a thinned-out team struggle against a lesser opponent. Boy were they sorry the next day.


Clarke even had coach John Pelphrey cracking smiles during the game (an equally incredible feat). Once the team is back to its full compliment of players it will be very interesting to see how the season goes. Clarke is such a threat when he's on his game, it will create scoring opportunities for four other players whenever he's on the court. The Hogs were picked as a bottom tier SEC West team in the preseason. The jury is certainly out on that verdict.