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Long Day at the Ball Park May 27, 2010 | Leave a comment Yesterday I had the assignment to cover the last two evening session games of the four game set in the Big 12 Baseball Championship at Bricktown Ballpark. It looked as though it was going to be a great day to cover some baseball, but Mother Nature had other thoughts. The first game that started at 4pm between... Read More

Graduation Night May 23, 2010 The impact of graduation night didn’t sink in until Sara Medrano looked in the mirror and adjusted her cap and gown. A Senior at Santa Fe South High School, she excitedly greets her friends, her brother, and a few of her teachers as she waits backstage for the ceremony to begin. During her freshman year of... Read More

‘A friend of ours.’ May 18, 2010 When I speak to journalism students, they always ask about the process of photographing  victims of violent storms or natural disasters. The perception, I guess, is that news photographers and storm victims have an adversarial relationship. I’ve worked at newspapers through 13 Oklahoma storm seasons and only... Read More

All hail breaks loose May 17, 2010 It seems every couple of years we will get a hail storm that makes some some surreal pictures and gives photographers an opportunity to photograph their own hands. Yesterday’s storm did not disappoint in either department. Check out our gallery from yesterday here. Click here for more photos of the storm. Read More

Oklahoma Tornadoes May 11, 2010 Last night members of the photo staff were out capturing images of aftermath caused by the tornadoes that hit central Oklahoma. View the images in the gallery here. Read More

Pictures I like-Spring Edition May 10, 2010 Staff Photographers at The Oklahoman have been busy with daily assignments since our last blog post. If you haven’t yet, check out the galleries page to see pictures from high school and college baseball games, graduations, tennis matches and a recent ceremony for fallen police officers. Read More

No Headline May 02, 2010 I watched the Thunder play on Friday and read the newspaper on Saturday after the Lakers ended their season. With three staff photographers covering the game and a finite amount of space in the newspaper, I looked forward to going through our archives to see the pictures that didn’t make the front page. Here’s... Read More

Thunder Quiz April 29, 2010 Who are these members of the Thunder captured at practice today? #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } L.A.’s Kobe Bryant (24) looks to... Read More

More than a coach April 28, 2010 Former football players stood in the press box, wiping away tears. Their voices echoed across a football field lined with family, friends, students and co-workers who gathered to remembered the impact that Head Coach Mike Cartmill had on their lives. Cartmill, who died on Sunday, was the head football coach at... Read More

Marathon Day April 25, 2010 I enjoy photographing the finish line at a marathon. There’s so much emotion, exhaustion, relief all at once. So many stories. Some runners celebrate when they get to the end, others cry or get a hug from a family member, some just turn off their stopwatch and keep moving.  I want to chase down every person... Read More