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It’s not often I ask people to donate things (or money!), but this is one of those times. One of my good friends, Be Gutierrez, is embarking on a project she heard about on a recent visit to L.A. After meeting with the founder of the project, she decided to bring it to Nort ... Continue Reading
A couple of weeks ago I shot a small performance for the Walton Arts Center. Their Digging Up Arkansas series travels around the state to perform for young students and try to teach them about Arkansas history. I took some photos for them to update their marketing materials with& ... Continue Reading
A couple of weekends ago I took some quick shots for Indran and Julianne for Bentonville High School’s homecoming dance up at the Bentonville Square and the trail around Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Lookin’ great, guys! &nbs ... Continue Reading
This past weekend, the Tibetan Cultural Institute of Arkansas hosted His Holiness Ngawang Tenzin Rinpoche, a high ranking Tibetan Buddhist Monk from Bhutan from the Kagyu lineage. A recognized reincarnation of an 18th century master, His Holiness gave teachings on Saturday at Mou ... Continue Reading
On Saturday night I photographed the NWA Center for Equality‘s 5th Annual Equality Ball at the Center for Nonprofits in Rogers, AR. People of all creeds, colors, backgrounds, and sexual orientations were there in hopes of spreading the message of equality for all, especially t ... Continue Reading
Two weekends ago, I went to the Washington County Fair to take photos for Ozarks Unbound, a local online news publication. I hadn’t been to the fair in as long as I could remember. It was much smaller than I imagined, but I still felt my cholesterol rising the minute I got ... Continue Reading
A couple of weeks ago, I shot an event for World Gym in Fayetteville on behalf of Stone Ridge Photographers. Here are a few images! Continue Reading
One of the last events I shot for the Walton Arts Center in May was Frank Vignola and the Virtuoso Band at Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs and at Crystal Bridges in Bentonville. A modernized string quartet — guitars, upright bass, violin — these guys put on a good ... Continue Reading
During Artosphere, I got to shoot the Artosphere Festival Orchestra (AFO) while they performed twice, and once in the largest group shot I’ve ever done. This was an amazing group of about 80 musicians from all over the country, and it really took me back to my days in band ... Continue Reading
One of the more intimate events of Artosphere was seeing The Old City String Quartet perform at Chapel on the Creeks in Rogers in an event called “Nature of Strings.” Coming here all the way from Philly, these guys put on a great chamber music performance. Even thoug ... Continue Reading
Sunday at Wakarusa is always the slowest day. Many people (at least the ones who had to work on Monday) left early that morning, at noon, or at night, depending on where they had to drive to. I would have gone home, except I wanted to stay until 8pm and see the legendary Toots an ... Continue Reading
Day 3 of Wakarusa brought some of my favorite acts, more hot sun, and some very cool night life. Rebelution was good, and Ozomatli, an LA-based latin-funky type, put on a great show. I’d seen them at Wakarusa in Lawrence a few years ago. Mumford and Sons drew a HUGE crowd. ... Continue Reading
Day two of Wakarusa brought more heat, more good music, an awesome parade, and more heat. Split Lip Rayfield and their gas tank upright bass put on a great show, Carrie Rodriguez played a mean fiddle at the Backwoods Stage, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings brought a little Motown t ... Continue Reading
Whew. What a weekend. I got home at about 10pm last night after being at Wakarusa since Wednesday afternoon. It was hot, hot, and more hot, but there was some great music to be heard. I even got woken up by a bear, but you’ll have to wait to hear that story. I took about 6, ... Continue Reading
I can only say one word about last week: Whew. OK, so I have a few more words. But this is the (very) condensed version. Last week was the culmination of years of work on the part of many people. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet visited our campus and our community, cha ... Continue Reading
I think this has been the busiest few weeks of my life. We’re moving today and tomorrow and am almost finished renovating the house we’re moving into. On top of that, eight people are coming to stay with us on Tuesday to see the Dalai Lama on Wednesday! Briefly: • ... Continue Reading
Whew! About a decade ago, I ran in something called the Cow Paddy Run that my scoutmaster Wade had started the year after I was born to raise money to build Gulley Park in Fayetteville. The race eventually went away, but it was revived this year by two of my buddies, Max Mahler a ... Continue Reading
I donated two prints as prizes for the NWA Center for Equality’s Drag Bingo night, which is TOMORROW, February 24, at 7:30p.m. (It was rescheduled due to the snow.) The proceeds benefit their free HIV testing program. Check it out! Continue Reading
A quick note: the documentary made during our Help-Portrait event this year is now finished, and here it is for your viewing pleasure. Click here to read my blog post about that wonderful day. Help Portrait – Northwest Arkansas from hayott on Vimeo. Continue Reading
Happy New Year, everyone! Here's to a great year and a great 2011. Continue Reading
I completely forgot to post this here (I mentioned it on Facebook and Twitter), but on the day of Help Portrait a week or so ago, I got a call from the Pack Rat Outdoor Center here in Fayetteville saying that I’d won first place in their annual outdoor photo contest! Here&# ... Continue Reading
I have an exhibit of twelve images from my trip to Yosemite National Park this summer on display at the Arsaga’s Espresso Café coffee shop on the corner of Gregg and Township streets in Fayetteville, Arkansas, now until January 5. I will be having a very informal reception on ... Continue Reading
Some days I don’t get much done. Some days I get a lot done. And some days I do something I don’t usually do, but for a good reason. This past Saturday was one of those days. I spent Saturday morning and afternoon at a Help-Portrait location in Fayetteville. Help-Por ... Continue Reading
This weekend I went to Washington, D.C., to attend the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear and visit some friends from my study abroad trip to India in 2008. Continue Reading
Well, it finally happened. I’ve finished processing my photos from the Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival, which only happened, what three months ago? Wakarusa moved from it’s hometown of Lawrence, Kansas, down to Mulberry Mountain near Ozark, Arkansas, last year. ... Continue Reading
This is just a quick note to invite everyone to come to the Fayetteville Square for this months First Thursday Fayetteville TODAY from 5-8p.m.! Click on the link above to get more info about the event. In short, I’ll be there, along with lots of other artists, musicians, an ... Continue Reading
Last weekend I went to my friend Ryan’s bachelor party–the first one I’d ever been to! We floated rafts on the Elk River in Missouri, which was conveniently located downstream from a Tyson chicken plant. After a weekend of galavanting, here are a few photos. Obv ... Continue Reading
Last week–May 17-19, to be exact–my fiancee and a friend (A.K.A. Darby and Stephen C.) drove up to the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls to see His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. I’ll stop there–if you want to know more about him, let me k ... Continue Reading
Lots of things have been happening, and you finally get to read about them! Time for some bullet points. I pre-ordered Galen Rowell’s Inner Game of Outdoor Photography a few months ago, and was surprised (and happy!) when it came in last week. I’ve read the preface a ... Continue Reading
Last night I attended a rally in support of comprehensive immigration reform. I’ve written an article for the UA newspaper The Arkansas Traveler, which you can find here. The event happened in Springdale (though it’s original plan was snowed out of the Union Ballroom) ... Continue Reading
