Kay and I recently attended the 40th annual Guthrie car show held at the beautiful Mineral Wells Park just north of downtown. This show is a fixture in the Oklahoma car scene, as people can bring their cars and park under the shade of huge old cottonwood trees and enjoy the morning in one of […]
Welcome
I am an Oklahoma-based editorial and commercial photographer and widely published writer, and a long-time IT networking professional. I like to tell stories about real people doing unusual things. I like working on complex networking projects. I like to exercise. A lot. You can read and view my stories about farmers, ranchers, electrical linemen, motorcycle riders, fishermen, hunters, IT professionals and technologies, and a multitude of others right here on my web site and in dozens of local, regional and national magazines.
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Working Oklahoma cow ranches
A few years ago I was got an assignment to photograph working ranches in Oklahoma. I traveled to far western Oklahoma and these are some of the photos from this assignment.

Skate the Plaza in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City’s Plaza district hosts an annual “Skate the Plaza” event where they block off the streets and set up cool skateboard and roller skating obstacles. Multiple bands share music, street vendors offer their wares, and a wide variety of people from all walks of life show up to skateboard and rollerskate right on the […]
Stories

Oklahoma Senator Mike Schulz
In 2016 I had an assignment to photograph Oklahoma State Senator Mike Schulz at his cotton farm in southwest Oklahoma.

Riding the Sugar Creek Adventure route in western Oklahoma
In early January 2023, me and my friend road the Sugar Creek adventure loop out of Hinton, Oklahoma on our duals port motorcycles.

Camping in our twin-engine Cessna at EAA Airventure in Oshkosh
In 2001 my son Adam and I flew our twin-engine Cessna T310R to EAA Airventure and camped under the wing while attending “the world’s largest fly-in”.
Writing

Find the Good in People and Tell It
Several years ago I began writing for a company in Tennessee that was founded by world-renowned … [Read More...]

Throw Back Thursday – Electric Light Bulbs
Two years ago I wrote and photo illustrated a story about compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFL) … [Read More...]

Hillbilly Dual Sport story for Thunder Roads Magazine
My wife and I took in north central Arkansas in May and I wrote a feature story about our trip for … [Read More...]
4x5x365 Project

4x5x365 – Image 266
I was out one cold winter Sunday exploring some overloading routes in western Oklahoma in our Jeep Wrangler and came across this … [Read More...]

4x5x365 – Image 265
I was driving my Jeep Wrangler in western Oklahoma on a lonely blacktop county road and saw a sign "Jesse Chisolm Grave --->". I … [Read More...]

4x5x365 – Image 264
I made it a point to spend some time in Wilburton, Oklahoma - the home to the Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad. This is a locally owned … [Read More...]
From my photo archives

In the studio with Micha Young
I have done several sessions with Micha Young, a mom and wife from Enid, Oklahoma. She is always great to work with and this time in 2015 I invited her into my studio for a photo session both in color and black and white. Most of the images I shot with my Nikon D800, but […]