Kay and I were tired of walking on our home treadmill or riding my indoor bicycle, and it was a chilly 32 degrees outside, so we decided to do our morning walk at the OKC Fairgrounds. Like most winter days, they were having a livestock event that made our morning walk much more interesting. We wandered the show, got in about two miles of walking, and saw some interesting sites.
Early morning bicycle ride in OKC
I have been caring for my mom at home under hospice care for the past few weeks and finally had a chance to get out for a bicycle ride early on a Sunday morning in downtown Oklahoma City. I have ridden all over the bike trails and per my usual curiosity, I now like to […]
Congressman Frank Lucas – a real Oklahoman helping us in a time of crisis
In 2014 I had the opportunity of spending a day with Congressman Frank Lucas and his wife Linda on their modest ranch in far western Oklahoma. My assignment was to simply document a typical Saturday at their ranch in western Oklahoma. Nothing was staged, I simply followed them around on their normal day. I was […]
Goodnight Farms in Chattanooga Oklahoma
In 2017 I photographed a story about Cody Goodnight, co-owner of Goodnight Farms southwest Oklahoma. The assignment was for Top Producer Magazine, a regular client I work for in the agriculture industry. I photographed Cody and his father, fiancé and employees on their farm in early spring as they were getting ready for the wheat […]
Branding Cattle at the Howard Ranch
This is the second part of my story about an assignment for Oklahoma Today Magazine… Once the cattle roundup was complete, it was time to start branding cattle. Well, branding and ear tagging and vaccinating, and, shall we say, turning baby bulls into steers. Since it was the middle of a hot summer, Justin’s cowboy […]