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Spot News is a term we use to describe news events that aren’t planned. Fires, tornadoes, shootings, floods and robberies would all be considered spot news. Staff Photographer Steve Gooch chased down an interesting spot news event on Wednesday and got some unusual  pictures. Using one of...

There have been plenty of nice pictures taken recently by staff photographers at The Oklahoman. This one of a woman holding an umbrella as the sun sets behind her was unfortunately used on a black and white page in the newspaper. You can follow these links to see pictures from assignments like...

If there was one request that I could honestly say I have received every day since my internship started, it would have to be the heat feature request. The guys in my department are obsessed with heat features; an image that embodies the spirit of summer.  And who could blame them?...

The summer interns are probably already sick of hearing my speeches about looking for pictures that connect with readers. Pictures that tell a story or a convey a mood instead of simply proving an event happened. On Tuesday, I looked for kids’ reactions as they learned dance moves from Thunder...

On May 24, 2011 life was changed for many Oklahoman as multiple tornados tracked across the state leaving in its wake the devastation of destroyed homes and loss of life. The path of destruction hit Calumet, Okla. and  leveled the family home of Jesse, Miranda and Copper Lewis. Luckily no...

Tony Davis was a Rescue Diver in the US Navy. A crewman aboard the SeaHawk, the Navy’s version of the BlackHawk helicopter, he served overseas for 18 months only to be paralyzed in a car wreck on his way home to Washington state. We talked last week as we walked through the Devon Boathouse as...

Since Clara Luper’s death on Wednesday, June 8, the photographers at The Oklahoman have been remembering her through our archive photos and making new pictures to document the mourning of her death and celebration of her life by our community. Below are more pictures of the civil rights leader...