Alternate Crop

Tournament in blue March 22, 2013 | Leave a comment   I’ve been lucky enough to have covered Oklahoma teams in the NCAA Tournament for more than a decade. And, when I think about the Tournament the first thing that comes to mind is not the crazy upsets I’ve covered, such as Kansas losing to both Bucknell and Northern Iowa, or the cities I’ve been able... Read More

Pan-STARRS March 13, 2013 The Oklahoma City Astronomy Club invited the public to gather at Lake Hefner for a viewing of the Pan-STARRS comet on Tuesday evening. The comet appeared shortly after sunset and was not easily seen with the naked eye. I used a 400mm lens with a 1.4x teleconverter to search the sky just to the left of the... Read More

A day of basketball March 11, 2013 $(document).ready(function() {brightcove.createExperiences();}); Dorshell Clark stood in the a sea of orange fans cheering on her son, Stephen Clark, for his last championship basketball game at the Big House. “This is probably the biggest place where you can play the state championship. The atmosphere is... Read More

Champs March 05, 2013 Here is a selection from Class A Girls/Boys and Class B boys/girls state basketball championship games at the State Fair Arena. To see all the photos click the following links. Read More

Championship week March 02, 2013 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