New Year, New Restaurant. From the same two geniuses who brought you The Rail Pizza Company, meet The Parkside Public: A Burger Company. The new restaurant is opening in downtown Rogers early 2015. We were fortunate enough to get a tour of the space and a sampling of the food. Both are without a doubt, awesome. Here's a sneak peek at what to expect. 

3 weeks into the new year, we made a very BOLD STATEMENT. And while we knew we were going to become parents in 2014, it was only the day before we made that bold statement that we found out we were actually going to be the parents of twins. Things got even crazier around Father's Day when while we were out of town shooting weddings, we had to rush to the hospital after Kristen's water broke prematurely. After 10 days in the hospital, The Thomas Twins arrived and since then, our lives have been all kinds of crazy and awesome. For all of you wondering how we are handling life with two kiddos, here's a little update as well as some of our favorite images and videos of The Thomas Twins from the year.

Today, we are excited to share some of our favorite images from our 2014 Commercial Photography jobs. Along with Wedding Photography, Commercial Photography has become a main focus in our business. We love it because there is SO MUCH variety, it's almost impossible to be bored with it. And with every Commercial job, whether it be office head shots, product shots or commissioned work, we ALWAYS welcome the opportunity to learn as much as we can about businesses and markets other than our own. Here's to the end of a great year and the beginning of another. 

Cheers. 

We always have so much fun getting to know our wedding clients and it's such an honor to be present with them and to document the most important day of their lives together. Today, we are excited to share some of our favorite wedding images from 2014. Enjoy!

Thank you for making 2014 such a great year for us. Things got a little a crazy there at the end but all's well that ends well and this week, we'll be sharing some of our favorite images from the year. In honor of all the couples that got engaged over the holidays (CONGRATULATIONS!!!), we're sharing some of our favorite engagement photos today. If you're the adventurous type and love hanging out with dinosaurs, we'd love to chat with you. 

Cheers!

Last week, I had the unique opportunity to create behind-the-scenes images on a movie set. For 2 days, Director of Color for Clairol James Corbett was in town to create video content showcasing Clairol products and teaching viewers how to color their own hair using them. I had a lot of fun hanging out with the fabulous crew from Verge Videos, Touchstorm Marketing and of course, Clairol. Here's a few images from the shoot. Enjoy!

A couple weeks ago, I had the honor and privilege of spending the evening with the good people of Help One Now. Help One Now is an organization dedicated to caring for orphans and vulnerable children. They accomplish this by empowering and resourcing high-capacity local leaders in order to transform communities and break the cycle of extreme poverty. Although the organization is based elsewhere in the United States, Help One Now has a large number of supporters and board members here in Northwest Arkansas. It's always awe-inspiring to spend time with people who are so passionate about loving and caring for the lost and forgotten people of this world and this organization does that SO well. Here's a few images from the evening. For more information on the organization or to get involved, click here. 

For the last few years, I've had the privilege of attending and photographing the annual Mercy Charity Ball. This year, the event was especially unique in that I was able to personally identify with the cause having recently spent quite a bit of time in St. Edwards Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith. As usual, the evening was filled with food, fun and great projects to donate money towards. Here's a few of my favorite images from the evening. Enjoy. 

Say hello to Max & Lydia. They're a great couple who love each other immensely and love running almost as much. They've done marathons and triathlons galore and they both lead a very active lifestyle. I recently had to opportunity to help them celebrate their engagement with cameras and lenses. Their dog Bruce even joined in for some of the fun. Here's a few of my favorites. Enjoy.

Meet Cody & Briana. As you can see from the football in the picture above, they're getting married next year and yes, they BOTH like football. The interactions between these two kept me laughing the entire evening and the rain managed to hold off until approximately 25 seconds after we finished up. Here's a few of my favorite images from the evening. Enjoy. 

She's a singer/songwriter and she's pretty darn good at both of those. She's about to graduate from Belmont University and head out into the world of singing, writing and performing. And she's also wrapping up her debut album, which she describes as indy/country/folk. Her name is Palmer Lee and she's from right here in Rogers, Arkansas. You may have seen her on the blog before, performing live or posing with her duo counterpart. This time, the images are all her. Here's a few of my favorites. Enjoy. 

There's a lot I could say in a Thanksgiving Day blog post. But I know there's food to eat, football to watch and hopefully, good weather to enjoy wherever you are so I'll keep this short...

Say hello to the Reeves family. On the day that we met for their family photos, it was bitter cold and it snowed. Of course, they wanted to just meet anyway and I happily obliged. Here are a few of my favorites from the day. Enjoy!

We recently had the opportunity to work with the Brittany Phillips Design and the Boston Mountain Solid Waste District on their new website. And after a series of shoots that required me to dress up, it was a nice change to put on some "get dirty" clothes and document some dedicated, hard-working volunteers as they cleaned waste out of a creek. Mount Kessler continues to undergo development by the city of Fayetteville and last week, volunteers along with members of the Beaver Watershed Alliance and the Boston Mountain Solid Waste District gathered at one of the areas to clean waste out of a creek. 

For three hours, volunteers braved the plummeting temperatures wandering, wading and collaborating to haul out as much debris as they could. At the end of the night, there was pizza, hot chocolate and even a small raffle with some prizes. But most importantly, there was the camaraderie of like-minded individuals coming together around a common goal, to help keep Arkansas beautiful. Here's a few images from the event. Enjoy. 

Say hello to Emma Pitts. She's quiet, sophisticated and has an impeccable eye for fashion. Her goal in fact, is to study fashion and to work in the industry long-term. She requested a few "fall" pictures for her senior portraits but then, left it up to us on where to go after. Naturally, we headed out to a favorite abandonment and then, to a favorite derelict car. Here's a few of the resulting images. Enjoy!

I am super excited to be sharing these photos today. Congratulations to Nathan and Kristin on their engagement and also, for picking a beautiful weekend to hang out for engagement photos.  Not only were there beautiful colors, but there were dinosaurs, wood piles and abandoned gas stations to boot! Here's a few of my favorites. Enjoy!

Meet Dalin Hearn, a Bentonville Highschool Senior. He's a starting pitcher for the Bentonville Tigers Baseball team and he plans to join the armed forces and train to become a Ranger. A few weeks ago, we had the opportunity to hang out with Dalin and create some senior portraits. Here's a few of our favorites. Enjoy.

Tis the season for fall engagement photos and Jordan and Katey couldn't have timed it better. We met up a few weeks ago and hit the road looking for beautiful scenery and ozark oddities for their engagement photos. I always enjoy these times of conversation, exploration, trespassing and laughter while we're driving and shooting. You can learn a lot about people by taking a drive with them and you can always find off-the-beaten-path places to explore and shoot around. Thanks to Jordan and Katey and to everyone else who has entrusted me to take them out on the road to celebrate their engagement. 

We recently had the opportunity to hang out with Mackenzie, a Rogers Highschool Senior. We ventured out to her family's lake house for her senior pictures and it was a lot of fun to explore the area and hear some of Mackenzie's great stories and memories from the place. Here are a few of our favorite images from the evening. Enjoy.