Roger

UA 71, UT 93

Boy and His Dog

Benefit Show/Auction

Folders

Zonked

Waiting At Light

Car Wash

Snow Day!

Wildart

Bentonville City Council Meetings...

...Catch the Fever!!!

Jessmore

Apparently, Steve Jessmore is leaving The Flint Journal for a job as Photo Editor at The Sun News in Myrtle Beach, SC. Although everyone knows him in Michigan, Steve is one of the most underappreciated photojournalists out there, at least in terms of national recognition, probably because he worked in a smaller market. I interned at The Flint Journal for 5 months when I was still in college. I went to Flint because I had heard so much about Steve and Brian Masck, the Photo Editor. I spent more than a couple of nights browsing the archives, looking at every picture Jessmore had in there. I still look at his photo column, A Sense of Community, every week online. Although I think quantity has surpassed quality as a goal in photojournalism in the last few years, Steve's work is a fantastic example of outstanding work still being done in the medium.

Here are some links.

http://www.poyi.org/63/caa/ae01_01.php

or

http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/senseofcommunity/2007/12/lela_mcgees_dream_transform_a.html

Also, the above photos are either Steve's and/or The Flint Journal's.

Last Few Days

First Friday

Recent Stuff

Death Stare

Here are a few from two of the better assignments I've shot lately. The first few are from elementary school kids riding a train between Springdale and Rogers in the spirit of The Polar Express, and the last ones are from a project on local downtowns.

Fire Training

I shot fire training for local fire departments today at a donated house in Rogers. Atypical, in that the reporter and I got to go inside with them.

End of The Week

Springdale Har-Ber v. Russelleville, UA v. MSU, and the MSU mascot, whose real name is Tonka, and who don't need no stinkin' kleenex.

Clouser Minnow

One thing I like about moving down here, bass flies are much easier (and cheaper) to tie than trout flies. If you’ve ever spent an evening tying #22 midge emergers (as I’m REAL sure the few people who read this stuff have), you know what I mean. It’s tedious, and for those of us with poor fine motor skills it requires superhuman, microscopic dexterity. Bass flies, on the other hand are big, easier to see, and in many cases more simple. Also, trout flies, especially dry flies, are EXPENSIVE. To make good dry flies larger than a #12, you need high quality, genetic hackle. There is now way around it. A decent hackle cape is at least $60, and you need many colors. Bass flies, on the other hand, require only the cheapest materials.

Below is a Clouser Minnow, developed by Bob Clouser, a famous guy (in the circles I travel in) in Pennsylvania on the Susquehanna River. This one is on a #6 Daiichi 1750 hook, white and green fake hair, Krystal Flash, and eyes made out of a ceiling fan chain. The most notable thing is the eyes set on the top of the hook shank, which causes the fly to swim upside-down to cut down on snags.

Eugene Richards Rip-off

Be of good cheer: We'll yet live to piss on the graves of our enemies.

-EA

Mmm...Cat

Pippi