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A tribute to ‘The Freakshow’ July 31, 2011 | Leave a comment This was going to be Dallas Bulmer’s night. They’d planned it for months. Bulmer’s character Crisstopher “The Freakshow” Crow was supposed to take the spotlight during a cage match at the end of a show by Sooner World Class Wresting. Instead, his friends gathered around the ring for a ten-bell salute as... Read More

A camp without limits July 29, 2011 I take my daughter to gymnastics class every week. As soon as she walks in and sees the equipment and the coaches, she can’t wait to get her shoes off and get into the gym. At first, it was a very different experience for a group of children who visited Mat Trotters Gymnastics in Oklahoma City on Wednesday. The... Read More

Unpublished Fashion Show July 27, 2011 I had fun photographing a fashion show a few weeks ago. I’ve had fashion show assignments before, but never one that was this organized. As usual, I left my strobes in the trunk of the car and tried to take advantage of the interesting, and sometimes difficult, available light in the room. There’s not going to... Read More

World Cup of Softball 2011 July 26, 2011 Staff Photographers at The Oklahoman have been covering the World Cup of Softball out at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City for the past several days. The tournament ended with a 6-4 victory for the USA over Japan in the championship game Monday night. Below are a few images from the competition that you... Read More

OKC Royals Living Life to the Fullest July 25, 2011 Watch the slideshow For the last few weeks, I have spent some quality time with an extraordinary group of gentlemen. The Oklahoma City Royals are a group of 75+ senior softball players that get together every Tuesday night to fellowship and play the sport they love. Sports intern Tariq Lee and I worked on... Read More

In the last 24 hours July 17, 2011 Comparatively speaking, the last 24 hours have been pretty slow. Even so, there were almost 1,800 pictures input into our Merlin archive system since Saturday at around two o’clock. There are pictures from religious festivals, weddings, war, protests, golf tournaments, soccer games and fights to name just a few.... Read More

A completely random sampling of pictures July 13, 2011 I looked through Merlin today and collected a few pictures that probably deserve a second look. They represent what we’ve been up to over the last couple of weeks. You’ve seen blog posts on Alternate Crop about the triple digit heat here in central Oklahoma and about the International Finals Youth Rodeo.... Read More

… and they call that thing ‘rodeo.’ July 11, 2011 [caption id="attachment_2483" align="alignnone" width="532" caption="Kittakone Sirisombath, 4th grade, poses for a pictured at Millwood Arts Academy, 6700 Martin Luther King Ave., Monday, Jan. 11, 2009, in Oklahoma City. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman"]<img class="size-large wp-image-2483" title="MLK... Read More

International Finals Youth Rodeo July 11, 2011 Oklahoman photography Garett Fisbeck and I photographed opening day of the IFYR  in Shawnee. Read More

A day in the life of a snow cone July 09, 2011 When photography intern, Garett Fisbeck, and I arrived at the downtown ballpark for a 7 pm Redhawks game it was 108 degrees.  It was just a tad cooler than Saturday’s high of 110 degrees. It was not surprising to find snow cones were a popular concession item. Garett and I decided to document them before... Read More