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Usher Linda Hood, of Richardson, Texas, and Dixie stand for a portrait at the Eisemann Center in Richardson. Hood has been an usher at the Eisemann Center since 2002. Since 2011, she has brought 23 service dogs to work to help with their socialization skills. She has had Dixie for two months. She helps train service dogs for those inflicted with mobility disorders and post traumatic stress disorder.
A chicken named "Iris" stands for a portrait, with the help of mealworms, on a white background in a chicken coop in the backyard of Mariana Greene along Bryan Parkway in Dallas.
Keeper Roman Kantorek stands for a portrait while on his nightly duties at the Dallas Zoo.
Cory Session, who is the brother of Timothy Cole, stands for a portrait in his Fort Worth, Texas home. Cole was posthumously exonerated in 2009 after dying in a Texas prison while serving a 25-year sentence for a rape.
Executive chef Andrew Powers stands for a portrait inside Dee Lincoln Steak Bar in Plano, Texas.
Corey Sorensen and her son, Cole Sorensen, sit for a portrait inside the Cow Tipping Creamery store located off Peavy Road in Dallas. Cow Tipping Creamery started as food truck in Austin in 2012.
Beekeepers Lisa Dittfurth (left) and her husband, Russell Dittfurth, stand for a portrait after giving a tour of Crooked Creek Honey Farm to The Dallas Morning News at their Anna, Texas property. The small-scale beekeepers and honey producers have around 45 hives on their property after four years of beekeeping.
Lynann Moses with Stella (left), a mix breed, and Kirby, a great pyrenees, sit for a portrait in her Richardson, Texas home. Moses is constantly sweeping and picking debris from their fur. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)
Shannon Sedwick, owner and actor at Esther's Follies, sits for a portrait near the theatre along Sixth Street at the corner of Red River Street in Austin, Texas. Sedwick, best known for portraying Patsy Cline, has owned Esther's Follies with her husband, Michael Shelton, since 1977.
Author Reavis Z. Wortham, of the 'Red River Series' of books, is photographed in his home in Frisco, Texas.
Staci Shelby, 18, stands for a portrait in her Frisco, Texas home. Shelby, a recent graduate of the Hockaday School, is preparing to attended Louisiana State University this fall. She is a recipient of "The Princeton Prize in Race Relations" for her work as founder of the club Umoja, which promotes and celebrates black culture, and as co-president of the Dallas Area Diversity Youth Organization.
Quinn Mason and Rogene Russell sit for a portrait inside the Sammons Center for the Arts in Dallas. Russell, an oboist, met Mason through a program provided by the Fine Arts Chamber Players, which offers music tutoring to local students. Mason, a composer, pianist and percussionist, recently graduated from North Dallas High School. The American Composers Forum recently awarded Mason for a brass quartet piece he wrote titled "Masonian Rondo" in their NextNotes high school composers competition.
Bishop T.D. Jakes stands for a portrait in the sanctuary of The Potter's House in Dallas.
Former student Kendell Long, 18, of DeSoto, Texas, who was the valedictorian of the 2015 class, sits for a portrait inside The Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy at B.F. Darrell in Dallas. Long will attended Georgetown University.
Ruby Jaffrey, a practicing Muslim, stands for a portrait in her Frisco, Texas home. Jaffrey has developed a business painting and selling calligraphy of Quranic verses.
Katy Culver stands for a portrait while holding embroidery hoops in her Richardson, Texas home workshop. In August, Culver opened the online store "Dove House Handmade" to sell her embroidery designs.
Shannon McDonough, owner of the baked goods company Pins and Folds, stands for a portrait inside Transit Bicycle Company in Dallas Wednesday January 6, 2016. McDonough won a blue ribbon at the State Fair of Texas in 2015 for her strawberry rhubarb pie. McDonough is holding a pop-up pie shop at Transit Bicycle Company to raise funds and goods for the victims of the recent tornadoes in North Texas. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)
Member Susan Garrett, of Houston, stands for a portrait wearing a hat during the Annual Queen's Tea sponsored by the Dallas/Fort Worth Branch of the English-Speaking Union at the Adolphus Hotel in downtown Dallas. Garrett won first place in the hat judging contest. The tea was held in honor of the 90th birthday at Queen Elizabeth II.
Richardson Real Heroes committee member Barbara Bethold stands for a portrait after a meeting in fellow committee member Bill Zeigler's Richardson home to discuss the Real Heroes recognition that they award annually on Wednesday December 10, 2014. The Real Hero award is given out to a Richardson resident or an individual associated with Richardson ISD to be recognized for their volunteer service to the Richardson community. Berthold was awarded the recognition last year and is now on the nominating board. The committee was founded in 2009 and they gave their first award in 2010. Absent from this meeting were committee members Stan Bradshaw and Dale Clark. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)
Anthony Mazur, 16, a sophomore at Flower Mound High School, sits for a portrait while holding one of his photographs in front of one of his photographs projected at his Flower Mound, Texas home. Mazur, a photographer in the school's yearbook class, was sent an administrative directive by Lewisville ISD that stated he was in violation of a school policy by posting photographs produced with special access and school equipment with the intent to profit. Mazur is appealing the directive.
Marianne Fazen, executive director of Dallas-Fort Worth Business Group on Health, stands for a portrait in Dallas Friday January 23, 2015. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)
Jasper High School freshmen David Yue (left) and Natasha Chugh, both 14 years old, stand for a portrait at their school in Plano, Texas. Chugh and Yue are two of 30 national finalists in the Broadcom MASTERS, a national science, technology, engineering, and math competition for U.S. 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. Both students competed in their 8th grade year at Rice Middle School. Yue placed first in Texas in the math sciences portion of the science fair, and Chugh placed first in the electrical mechanical engineering portion.
Dayana Garcia and Joe Zamora, both of Grand Prairie, Texas, stand for portrait atop the observation deck of Reunion Tower in Dallas Thursday February 12, 2015. On Sunday, February 8, 2015, Zamora proposed marriage to Garcia atop the downtown tower. Their wedding is planned for May 2016. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)
David Toomey, president of Compass Professional Health Services, stands for a portrait in his company's office in Dallas.
Texas Rangers first baseman Prince Fielder laughs at a comment from a teammate while standing for a portrait during the Rangers media day in Surprise, Arizona.