Football's here!

Tuesday started out with a rush to Winslow following a call on the scanner detailing a man's fall from a bluff at a waterfall. Fortunately, he was able to respond to the emergency workers' questions so hopefully he'll be OK.

Following another step in my multiple-day project, I shot the first day of spring football practice. More photos from the practice can be viewed at the Focus gallery on ArkansasOnline.

Parking Lot Wild Art

Not much to post from Monday. I started a multiple-day project but I'll post the results in whole after publication.

So the only photo to post is some wild art of a group re-sealing and striping an AutoZone parking lot.

Putting in a little OT for some stick ball

With a photog off for the weekend, William Moore and myself had to chip in to shoot a little baseball against Alabama for some overtime this weekend -- I shot on Saturday and he shot on Sunday.

Despite a few off-and-on rain showers, it was actually nice weather for the game. The Hogs erased a 3-0 lead by the Tide and finished with a walk-off RBI in the bottom of the ninth.

Jones Center...again

Last day of Spring Break Week at the Jones Center for Families. And I'm there again.

After that, I still needed to find some more wild art, so I headed over to the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks in hopes of finding something nice following our tremendous rainfall from the day before.

And I finished my late day with UA baseball as they hosted Alabama for their first home SEC game of the season. The Hogs came back from 5-0 and 8-5 deficits to win late. The fifth inning featured a three-run home run by Zack Cox followed shortly thereafter by a two-run shot by Andy Wilkins (both pictured in the last frame following Wilkins' blast). There were a few questionable calls by the umpires which prompted head coach Dave Van Horn to have a couple discussions with the officials.

Ventriloquist @ the Jones Center

And Spring Break Week continues at the Jones Center for Families in Springdale and I continue to shoot there.

Thursday's performance featured ventriloquist Lynn Trefzger. I've always enjoyed watching a quality comedic performance from ventriloquists and this was no different. Although somewhat geared to a younger audience, Trefzger delivered the funny that transcended the generation gap.

This photo was following her performance when some of the children came up to the stage to meet and greet with her and Camelot.

Jones Center Again

For the second straight day, I began my day at the Jones Center for Families in Springdale for their Spring Break Week. We ran the first photo posted which was of the Canadian children's musical group Splash'n Boots. I liked the second one a little better. I've also posted a juggling pic from the event as well.

Following that I went to Rogers to shoot a quick portrait of the new culinary instructor for NorthWest Arkansas Community College.

Posted last is a photo I shot back in January. We ran a feature story today on Jamie Pisani of the gymnastics team and this was the lead photo for the story.

Starting Spring with a foot of snow

Here's how the blog will run. As opposed to how I used to post to the blog, I will now post photos on the day of publication.

Now that that's out of the way, here's Tuesday's lineup.

I began the day hanging out at the Jones Center in Springdale for their first day of Spring Break activities.

Following that, I ran across some kids trying to form a small snowman with the remainder of our weekend snow that blanketed the region. Our paper published another photo from this but I preferred this one. So this is the photo I'm posting here. Because I want to.

Best of 2009

We're back.

After an eight-month hiatus, I'm bringing the blog back. Due to complications which caused me to take the blog down, this is back as invitation only. This way I can control who is reading the blog and seeing the images. So if you're reading this, consider yourself approved. And thanks for being a fan of the blog.

So, without further ado, let's kick off the "bring it back" post with a Best of 2009 slideshow. Thanks so much once again to Ben Bipes for hosting the link for me.