Today on the blog: Some recent (and not so recent) landscape, cityscape and cycling photography. These photos are part of an art project designed to showcase the natural beauty and robust amenities in our little corner of the state. The photos will be used in…(click to read more)

Today on the blog: Recent work for IT Arkansas, a new publication brought you by the fine folks at Arkansas Times. For this article, we paid a visit to the super cool offices of Movista. Housed in a historic building known as The Icehouse, Movista runs an…(click to read more)

Today on the blog: More recent work for the University of Arkansas Center for Arkansas Farms and Food featuring the university’s own experimental farm, newly built greenhouse and the individuals that (for the most part,) make it all happen.

Raising a family in Arkansas has its outdoorsy perks. And the upcoming issue of Arkansas Wild Magazine highlights some of the ways families can embrace the great outdoors in our beautiful state. I recently met up with the publisher for Arkansas Wild, Brooke Wallace and her husband Thomas at their family cabin outside of Jasper to hang out and create some images for the feature. Thomas and Brooke love the outdoors and they make it a way of life to share that love with their two kids. With the fall weather approaching, this is the perfect time to get inspired to have more outdoor time with the ones you love. Happy Monday.

We recently worked with our good friends at Black Apple Hard Cider and Archetype to introduce an educational initiative called Vote Safe Arkansas. The initiative is aimed at educating the Arkansas public about the sanitary features and procedures that will be in place at local voting locations in order to ensure a safe and smooth voting process. For more information on this initiative, please visit their website at www.votesafearkansas.org.

If you’ve ever longed to listen to a podcast about the mattress industry, look no further than the Dos Marcos Mattress Podcast. The reason you shouldn’t look any further is in fact, because they have the monopoly on mattress podcasts. In these strange and uncertain times, show hosts Mark Kinsley and Mark Quinn (hence the name dos Marcos) decided to write a book about marketing in their industry as well as some of their widely used and most successful marketing practices.

To balance their information and their professional side, “Kinsley” and “Quinn” (we resorted to calling them by their last names on the shoot for obvious reasons) let fly their personalities on the podcast, making it a fun and entertaining listen even if you don’t know or care about mattresses or marketing. We’ve worked with Kinsley on a number of projects ranging from his brand Kippo to his involvement with Englander Mattress Company. The ideas for this photoshoot were simple….just have fun and come up with some scenes and things to do where the guys could just be silly, goof off and visually capture their personalities.

Here’s a few of the resulting images.

** PLEASE NOTE WITH REGARDS TO THE CYCLING PHOTOS **

This portion of the shoot was conducted in a slow, safe and controlled manner in order to compensate for the lack of bicycle helmets. Under all other normal cycling circumstances, we do practice and preach the use of helmets as a mandatory safety measure

Enjoy.

Say hello to the Honeycomb Kitchen Shop (again). Awhile back, we featured them on our blog as our dear friends and business neighbors. But we recently had the opportunity to create some content for an out-of-state client who wanted to feature them on a broader stage. We spent a few hours creating video and photo content of their shop and also interviewed shop owners, Melissa Turpin and Dana Smith with the video cameras rolling. These two are passionate about what they do and they continue to find new and innovative ways to make good products and cooking knowledge readily available to everyone. This goes without saying that when you have a choice in purchasing things for your home, your kitchen and your culinary adventures, please remember to shop small and especially, to shop here.

Today on the blog, new work for the University of Arkansas’s Center for Farms and Food. For this photoshoot, we visited a small family-run, certified organic farm atop a beautiful hill outside of Westfork Arkansas. The farm is simply known as the dH farm and they offer everything from fresh vegetables and flowers, to meats and eggs. Frank, the resident intern at the farm (as well as the rest of the family), took us on a tour of the grounds and introduced us to all the animals including their two dogs, Naomi (pictured above) and Rex, a little floppy-eared brute. For more information on dH farm’s products, visit their Fayetteville Farmer’s Market Website vendor page here.

Today on the blog, new work for the University of Arkansas’s Center for Farms and Food. For this photoshoot, we payed a visit to the farm at Red Barn in Bentonville, the first official residential community with an operational farm on the property. This model of living is known as an agrihood and Red Barn is the first of its kind in the state of Arkansas. Among its fresh food amenities, Red Barn also boasts beautiful living spaces, indoor/outdoor community gathering spaces and direct access to Bentonville’s nearby mountain biking trails. And of course, residents (and non-residents alike) have the wonderful, year-round, farm-to-table experience of knowing EXACTLY where their produce comes from. For more information, visit their website here.

Today on the blog: Recent work for DOXA / Central EMS.

On a related note, thank you again to all our hardworking, dedicated and determined medical and healthcare personnel. The world is indeed in a terrible state right now but it would be much worse without you all.

Happy Taco Tuesday everyone. Today on the blog, we’re sharing some semi-recent work from Yeyo’s new location in our very own Downtown Rogers. Earlier this year, we were hired to create some images for High Street Development’s work on the renovated 1907 building and the new Yeyo’s was among the spaces we spent some time in. The physical space achieves the sense of being small and neighborly while the abundance of natural light, tall ceilings and the realization that there is a mezzanine with additional seating above your head gives you the feeling that you have plenty of room to breathe and enjoy your meal.

And I promise….you will enjoy your meal.

Cheers.

Say hello to Dandyroll. Conveniently located across the street from the studio, this quaint little shop has something for everyone. And I literally mean that. Think hip, cool, unique and carefully curated products and framed prints to give as gifts or simply to, as they say, “treat yo self.” Many people have discovered that…(click to read more)

The craziness of the times we’re living in has definitely taken its toll on us all. But in the interest of finding silver linings, I would like to point out that this craziness has sure driven people to spend more time outdoors. And (from 6 feet apart), that’s a very good thing. I imagine people are discovering or rediscovering how beautiful our state actually is. And while a lot of the normal outdoor amenities are closed for obvious reasons, there’s still plenty of opportunities to get out and enjoy yourself. For years now, Arkansas Wild Magazine has…

Happy #throwbackthursday. Today on the blog, a visit back in time to 2010 where an entire day as spent exploring and photographing the ghost town of Picher, Oklahoma. Enjoy.

It was an inevitable reality that we’d focus at least a few of these posts on our work in the cycling industry. Today, we’re reliving last summer’s Arkansas Enduro Series and hoping that this year’s series will still be able to happen, at least partially. In the meantime, keep up the 6 feet apart social distancing pedaling and shredding.

- Philip & Jared

Say hello to our next door neighbors, the hardworking architects and construction workers that are currently renovating “The Opera House”. Built in the late 1800’s, this gem-of-a-building occupies the corner block of…

Today on the blog: Recent work for Arkansas Wild Magazine and to date, a favorite photoshoot of all-time. When you get the opportunity to photograph someone going through Gaston’s Fly Fishing School while also going through the same fly fishing school yourself, it’s a win-win.

Coming soon to local newsstands and establishments in NWA: A new issue of Bike Arkansas Magazine featuring tips for winter training with Crystal Anthony Coaching, Tim Ray’s cycling kit and the gigantic calf muscles of Jonny Purvis. Here’s a few feature photos. Enjoy.