Pro photographer meeting
I hosted a local pro photographer meeting in my studio last night. Only had a few people show up but we had some fun talking shop and shooting with lights. We just played around with the lighting, trying different settings and poses with one of the photographers girlfriend.
Emily Murray aka "Suzi Uzi"
I took this picture last summer of Emily Murray, one of the founders and coach of Oklahoma’s only banked track roller derby team. We shot with a simple Nikon SB-900 and an umbrella. Very simple lighting but when you have great natural lighting, you don’t need much to go with it.
Children's Miracle Network Benefit Auction
I was invited to attend and photograph the benefit auction for the Children’s Miracle Network at the Colcord Building in downtown Oklahoma City. I set up a white backdrop for photographs and encouraged people to stop by, have their portrait taken, and then have a bit of fun in front of the camera. Lots of [...]
Audra Laughlin
I invited Audra Laughlin to my studio yesterday for a fun photoshoot. I had photographed her a few weeks before for the first time for a roller derby poster, and it was her very first time to formally model in front of a photographer. I thought she had a very unique look and was very [...]
Ryan Phillips
Tonight I photographed 19 year old Ryan Phillips for a new model test shoot. He did a fantastic job. Male models seem much harder to find than female models. Ryan had never modeled before but I was amazed at how comfortable he was in front of the camera. Most guys are nervous and don’t know [...]
Baillie Phillips
Today I photographed Baillie Phillips in my studio. I first brought her in for some pictures of a young girl carrying moving boxes for some stock photos. After we were done with those rather mundane shots, I had her dress up a bit for some fashion shots. We changed the lighting around just a bit [...]
Audra Laughlin aka "Farra Fubar"
Saturday I met with my daughter Emily – aka “Suzi Uzi” of the Red Dirt Rebellion banked track roller derby team – to photograph one of their skaters for their upcoming event flyer. We normally like to do a new photo for each event. We met at Java Dave’s coffee shop in downtown Oklahoma City [...]
Dustin Dominguez
Eighteen year old Dustin Dominguez of Newalla is an up and coming force in CMRA and national level road racing. His father was a fast racer in his own right, and has passed this love of speed to his son. I had an assignment to photograph Dustin at Hallett Raceway during track day. House of [...]
Emily Cochran motocross
I shot this portrait of the beautiful Emily Cochran after another project. We searched around my studio to find some props and found my wife’s motocross gear, so Emily donned the gear for a quick shoot. I wanted dramatic lighting to highlight her cheek bones, so I put a beauty dish up high over her [...]
Rodney Harris
I shot these pictures of Rod Harris in my studio last summer. Rod has such awesome body tone I wanted to capture that with my lighting. I used a large full sized softbox on camera left, and a strip softbox on camera right. The larger full sized softbox on camera left allowed the light to [...]
Emily Cochran at Express Ranch
This past summer I did a photo shoot at Express Ranches in Oklahoma City for Emily Cochran, an aspiring model from Shawnee, Oklahoma. I had done some work with her before and this time we were just working on her portfolio. She met me at our studio (then located in Bethany) well before daylight. We [...]
Sharis Fajardo
I have photographed the beautiful Puerto Rican model Sharis Fajardo several times and she is always a joy to work with. I am always impressed with her sunny disposition and strong work ethic. She is a college student during the day, a waitress at night, and a professional belly dancer on the weekend. Not to [...]
Jeff Beck
I shot this photo for a story about people with tattoos. Jeff Beck is the owner of Beck’s Garage in Oklahoma City. He has a very cool old garage in an interesting part of town. His car is what he calls a “rat rod” – a bare bones, stripped down, powerful hot rod. There are [...]
Unknown Biker
One day I was driving back from a job in eastern Oklahoma and wanted to just stop and take some photographs. I tried a few landscape photos but those didn’t get me fired up. I passed a biker rally and about a mile away I thought “go back and get some photos”. I was not [...]
Emma Hanks
Like most photographers I get asked ALL the time to do wedding, senior, and family portraits. I am really not geared up for that type of work and don’t have any interest in getting into that portion of the business. There are a lot of great wedding and family photographers (and even more not so [...]
Suzi Uzi Roller Derby
My daughter Emily Murray is a kick-butt roller derby star known as “Suzi Uzi”. She plays for the Red Dirt Rebellion roller girls in Oklahoma City, one of the few banked track leagues in the country. We have done quite a few skating photo shoots. This past summer she wanted to capture her softer side, [...]
Emily Murray B&W
This series of photos was taken on a moment’s notice in my studio one day. I was wanting to do some light tests and Emily was at the office working so I asked her to model briefly for me. She wasn’t prepared with hair or makeup but was a trooper and stood in for my [...]