Haven't seen the pictures, but he has quite the Machine background. Grew up taking lessons from one of the best, and later moved on to Oklahoma State and learned under Mike Holder (who, if you recall, was in that same GSEM class at Homer's house with Lynn).
Has anyone seen the cover of Golf Magazine? It has a great shot of Charles Howell just after impact. Any T.G.M. comments?
Looking at the picture on page 65, it looks like his Right Elbow is above Plane at Impact. I also checked his swing sequence at the Golf Digest site, and it looks like the same thing...