Lights of the Ozarks

Each year, the downtown Fayetteville Square is illuminated with more than 400,000 LED lights as the annual Lights of the Ozarks takes over for the holiday season. Lights will blanket the grounds, cover the trees and sparkle on arches entering the square.

It’s a perfect place for some creative night photography, from holiday portraits to special effects shoots using motion and long exposure. Bring your tripod, remote release and wide-angle lens and get ready for some magical images.

When: Nov. 20-Jan. 1, 5 p.m.-1 a.m. daily

Address: 1 W Center St, Fayetteville, AR 72701

Coordinates: 36.062313 N, -94.160370 W

Author: Melissa L. Jones

Melissa has been a photographer for more than two decades. She has a broad interest in photography and specializes in weather photography, fireworks and bridges. Melissa has traveled much of the South photographing the vanishing metal bridges of the past century. The current Chairperson for the Photographic Society of Northwest Arkansas, she has an energetic personality that translates in to fun yet informative classes.