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A Payer of Attentions
September 10, 2026
The “D’ark” in D’ark Media is a play on several things. As a photographer, I work with light and shadow. That part is obvious. But I also think about the wings in a theatre: waiting in the wings, in the dark, ready to keep the show going.
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Geared Up
Before Born & Raised, I’m taking inventory of what D’ark already owns and figuring out how to keep the gear from getting between us and the moments we came to capture.
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A Payer of Attentions
The “D’ark” in D’ark Media is a play on several things. As a photographer, I work with light and shadow. That part is obvious. But I also think about the wings in a theatre: waiting in the wings, in the dark, ready to keep the show going. I spent seven years working at Walton Arts…
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The Room I’d Choose
Road to Born & Raised I started thinking about the VIP tent at Born & Raised because Jamie Lin Wilson mentioned that she plays with her band Wednesday night and then plans to park herself there for acoustic sessions. That caught my attention because if I were a performer at this festival, that is exactly…
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Six Degrees of Mae Estes
Following one Mae Estes connection backward leads through Ashley McBryde, Barrett Baber, Legacy Blues Lounge and Fayetteville Springfest — straight into Amanda Rey’s own Northwest Arkansas music history.
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Road to Born & Raised: The Heat Is On
I wanted to see The Red Clay Strays for my birthday. Somewhere between that conversation and now, D’ark got involved. A month out from Born & Raised, here’s what I’m watching.