Pink softball…
August 22, 2010 by mike

About the best softball game I’ve ever been to (well, true I haven’t attended all that many):  Norman High win over cross-town rival Norman North 2-1 on Friday night. It was Breast Cancer Awareness Night so both teams were decked out in slightly different shades of pink.

What I want to know is why girls softball — or any softball for that matter — is played on a dirt infield?  Makes for good pics, but I’ve seen cleaner rodeos.

For a complete gallery of Norman-Norman North softball pics go here.

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Ooooooops…
August 11, 2010 by mike

Put this photo up as your wall paper for Mondays.

This was supposed to be the “bronc riding” event, but this rider gets thrown from the horse before even leaving the shoot. Took this last Friday night at the Pawnee Bill Memorial Rodeo in Pawnee, OK.

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Chandler Rodeo
August 3, 2010 by mike

Had a great time photographing the Chandler (Okla.) Rodeo last weekend. I opted for the black and white presentation of photographs because, well, I’m a black and white guy mostly.

Click on the image above to go to the Flickr slide show that I put up.

This is one of the best rodeos I’ve attended in recent years. The public turnout was great — sort of a Friday night high school football atmosphere. Participants were good. People were friendly and everyone had a good time. Only knock: Dang hot. Temps over 95 at 8 p.m. Heat index of 111. I was dripping wet by the end of the bull riding events.

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Downtown skyline changing
August 2, 2010 by mike

Downtown Oklahoma City is a construction zone. The OKC skyline is on the verge of re-design, with the Devon Tower construction reaching a pivotal waypoint as it begins to jut above the nearest buildings.

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