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Storm Clouds Build May 13, 2009 | Leave a comment I have always found that I really enjoy the Spring and the storms that come with it. Here are a few storm cloud photos I took Wednesday evening as thunderstorms began to build over Yukon, Okla. Read More

VORTEX2 Day 4 Back to Oklahoma May 13, 2009 Bad, overpriced breakfast at my okay hotel in Childress, Texas was followed by watching the VORTEX2 team (they stayed at the Hampton Inn) enjoy relative luxury and a free breakfast.  Now it is back to Oklahoma. After four days trying to shoot researchers deploying a research pod in the path of a storm, my... Read More

VORTEX2 Gathers in Texas to Wait May 13, 2009 We left Clinton in half panic mode to get to the target area in the Texas panhandle.  I’m beginning to think this was just a trial run to see how fast you can muster over 100 people and 40 vehicles.  The drive was cold and damp till we got half way into the panhandle (the scientists don’t want the... Read More

Capturing the joy of others May 12, 2009 Read More

Club Rodeo May 11, 2009 Last Summer, one of the reporters from The Oklahoman and I went to a club to photograph bull riders. Club Rodeo in Oklahoma City has an intriguing juxtaposition. There’s dancing and drinking at one end of the large room, but a few times a night, everyone gathers around to see amateur bull riders trying to earn a... Read More

VORTEX2 Destination Clinton, OK. May 11, 2009 Read More

Tornado Intercept Delayed by Good Weather May 10, 2009 It’s ironic.  After packing my bags, charging my batteries and kissing my wife goodbye, I arrive to the VORTEX2 meeting to find no viable targets are available.  Trip cancelled because of good weather. I did get an idea of the size of the project.  The auditorium at the National Weather Service... Read More

Unpublished December 31, 2008 I sat down today with the idea that I would pick a handful of images I took in 2008 that were never published. In years past I would have dozens of images that were good, but there just hadn’t been enough room in the paper for them. These days, we have so many outlets where we can publish our pictures. We can put... Read More

Red Andrews Christmas Dinner December 27, 2008 BLOG NOTE: If you would like information about donating to the Red Andrews Christmas Dinner or volunteering at the 2009 event, click here for an article with all the info. The annual Red Andrews Christmas Dinner is a tradition in Oklahoma City. And covering the dinner is the traditional Christmas morning photo... Read More

Making Great Photos with Santa Claus December 23, 2008 Santa Claus talks with Sienna Smithson, 2, at Penn Square Mall Friday afternoon, Dec. 12, 2008. Smithson is from Yukon, Okla. BY JIM BECKEL, THE OKLAHOMAN Just in time for Christmas, staff photographer Jim Beckel shares with us the story of how he took an uncanny amount of good photos of children with Santa Claus... Read More