A Year with Little Rock Family

This month marks one year since I've been working as the photographer with Little Rock Family Magazine.

I was invited to photograph their April 2014 cover and I've been working with this incredible staff ever since.

Over the weekend, the staff at Little Rock Family was awarded 10 Parenting Media Association awards Saturday in Baltimore at their 2015 conference.

I am not a staff photographer for Little Rock Family and Arkansas Business Publishing Group. I am just a freelancer. But the family at LRF and APBG have welcomed me with open arms and I am overjoyed to be a part of their extended family.

So here's to a year of great covers and an even better 2015!

The year in LRF covers.

Spiritual Transformation

The March issue of Little Rock Family Magazine has hit this stands and this month's issue features the DeYmaz family.

Mark DeYmaz is the Mosaic Church Directional Leader. He’s made his life’s work about shining light in dark places, everything from human souls to broken down and blighted buildings in the heart of Little Rock.

This months feature describes The Mosaic Church of Central Arkansas’ as a multi-ethnic, economically diverse, community of faith where a significant percentage of Black, White, Hispanics and people from over 30 nations walk, work and worship God as one. There is an additional Arkansas location in Conway, and locations in Durham, North Carolina and LaCoruna, Spain.

“We encourage unity and diversity from a leadership and staff level. Our services flow intrinsically through who we are. We expanded our influence on 72204 and beyond,” affirms Mark. “We are now buying the old Kmart on South University and raising funds to completely build out and improve the space. We have a plan for our Wal-Mart space as well, leaving a wonderful footprint in place for the renter and community. Not only the church, but all of its programs will be carried over with us.”

I spent time a few weeks ago photographing the DeYmaz family in their Little Rock home and the love and closeness this family shares cannot be understated

Cantrell Field

Last Wednesday, I spent part of the day photographing at the Cantrell Field at the new Conway (AR) Municipal Airport for Arkansas Business.

This is a gorgeous little airport. The new site has about 430 acres inside the airport fence and a weight capacity of more than four times that of the old airport which was located just off of Interstate 40. That airport is now closed. Conway voters recently approved a capital improvement bond package that included two infrastructure projects aimed at turning the old municipal airport into a shopping destination.

The new airport’s all-LED airfield, outfitted in hues of white, blue and amber, is the first in the country to have all LED lights on the airfield.

The terminal is bright, spacious with lots of natural light and a vibrant color scheme. I photographed Conway airport Manager Josh Zylks both inside the terminal and out on the tarmac.