My wife Kay and I love traveling back roads around Oklahoma. A few years ago I discovered the book “Ghost Towns of Oklahoma” put out by OU Press. It is a well documented look into late 19th and early 20’th century Oklahoma, with old photos, stories, and history of towns that have for the most […]
4x5x365 – Day 52
Dang, I almost missed this one! Not that I haven’t been trying. This week I have been working on a story about the Oklahoma wheat harvest and have traveled from one end of the state to the other so very busy and haven’t had a lot of time to develop film and post pics. I […]
Ride Oklahoma Dual Sport Video circa 2005
This was one of my early attempts at capturing video on a motorcycle. This was long before GoPro’s. I had to attach bullet cams to a dirt bike slamming through rocks, and feed said bullet cam to a digital camcorder in the rider’s backpack. Kind of rough. The biggest problem with the video is the […]
Classic Italian – 1967 Ducati 250cc Mach 1/S
I originally wrote this short story for Ride Oklahoma Magazine in January 2009 to go along with the cover photo. The name Ducati evokes emotions in most motorcyclists. Like Harley Davidson, Ducati has a devoted group of fans that admire and adore the brand. It is more than just a brand of bikes – it […]
Oklahoma Crude – Tommy Smith
I originally wrote and photographed this story for Ride Oklahoma in 2008. ——————- In 1966, the Beatles song “We Can Work it Out” topped the charts, the Green Bay Packers beat the Cleveland Browns in the NFL Championship game, B-52’s first bombed Vietnam, and Ronald Reagan was elected governor of California. And 19 year old […]