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Championship week March 02, 2013 | Leave a comment It is championship week for small school basketball. Friday we shot 8 games with the first game starting a 9 am and the last game starting at 9 pm.. Here is a quick glance. Check out our galleries. Class B girls Class B boys Class A girls Class A boys   Today is championship Saturday so check back... Read More

State Wrestling February 28, 2013 Over this past weekend, I had the opportunity to cover one of my favorite events, the Oklahoma high school state wrestling championships. For over three hours, 112 wrestlers competed for 56 individual championships.     Most of the high school championships I cover are team sports, so I generally... Read More

SeaWorld Visit February 21, 2013   Some days just don’t go as planned. And, this was one of them. Because of a winter storm dropping freezing rain over the city, half of our assignments were cancelled today.   Then there was a phone call from our features department. “I’m in the lobby with people from SeaWorld and they... Read More

A new addition February 15, 2013 Today I was assigned to shoot pictures of a newborn gorilla at the Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden. It was not an easy task to take pictures of the baby gorilla. The zoo enclosure was very dark and I had to shoot through a reflective glass. To make matters worse momma Kelele sat on a perch and kept her... Read More

Snow in the metro February 13, 2013   You may have heard that it snowed in Oklahoma yesterday. It was the kind of snow that’s great for playing in and doesn’t cause too much havoc. While I was off of work, photographing my dogs in the snow, everybody else on staff spread out across the metro and took pictures for The Oklahoman and... Read More

Stephen Clark hits 3,000 February 11, 2013   On Friday night, Douglass’ Stephen Clark joined an elite club by scoring his 3,000th point during a game against Northeast. Since Clark started playing for Douglass, I’ve been excited to get assigned to the Trojans’ games. It seems like he is a threat to pull up and hit a jumper no matter how far... Read More

2013 International Finals Rodeo January 23, 2013   With a high level of danger in many of the events, the rodeo usually makes exciting pictures. But sometimes there’s good stuff between the shots of a cowboy getting thrown by a bull or a textbook ride of a bareback bronc. Here are three pictures that I liked away from the action at the International... Read More

A Little Bit of History January 10, 2013   I’m usually not a fan of photos of people being sworn into offices, but there were some historical firsts recently that deserve a mention. Tom Colbert became the first African American chief justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Friday, Jan. 4. Retired Oklahoma County District Judge Charles Owens... Read More

Everyday People January 04, 2013   John Clanton, former Oklahoman staffer and the driving force behind this blog for many years, has just finished a really cool project called “Everday People” at his gig with the Tulsa World.   Everyday in 2012, John photographed a portrait of a different person in his community. This is... Read More

Heart of Dallas Bowl January 02, 2013   The Oklahoma State Cowboys finished their season and started 2013 with a win in the Heart of Dallas Bowl. Here are some of the pictures Sarah Phipps and Bryan Terry captured at the game. You can see more photos in our Heart Dallas Bowl gallery.            ... Read More