On my way to New Mexico, I took the backroads at El Reno and passed this fairly new John Deere swather waiting for the day’s work. I turned my Jeep Wrangler around and went back and spent a few minutes photographing this scene with my Toyo VX-125 large-format film camera. The cloudy skies made it […]
Oklahoma Living April 2020 Cover and Feature Story
I always love assignments from Oklahoma Living Magazine. Most are centered around people, and I love photographing people. In this case, I was assigned to photograph a story about Gene Rowe, a farmer in southwest Oklahoma. The story was written by Adam Calaway, one of my favorite writers, so I knew it was going to […]
Oklahoma Senator Mike Schulz
I met Senator Mike Schulz while on an assignment to photograph him for the cover of Oklahoma Living Magazine. We met before daylight on his farm in far southwest Oklahoma. He was excited to meet with me and very cooperative. I enjoy meeting people and getting to know them through my camera. As I was […]
Cover Portrait wins Second Place in National Competition
My portrait of Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture Jim Reese won second place at the Cooperative Communication Associate Institute awards ceremony in Omaha, Nebraska. I photographed Mr. Reese for my long time client Oklahoma Living Magazine, which is published by the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives. They entered the photo in CCAI’s national awards competition and […]
Oklahoma wheat harvest shot on Pentax 67
This past summer I spent some time photographing the wheat harvest across Oklahoma. Most of my images were shot with my Nikon digital equipment, but I did grab a few shots with my 1970’s era Pentax 67 film camera. This is my favorite medium format film camera I have used and I have several lenses […]