Fort Gibson Sunset

I went out to take some pictures at the Fort Gibson dam and on my way home saw this beautiful sunset. So I had to pull over at the old Fort Gibson Stockade and take a few shots.
Date Taken: March 30, 2005
Lens Aperture: F13
Shutter Speed: 1/1250
Focal Length: 300mm
ISO Speed: 200
Flash: No
 

Fort Gibson Sunset 2

I went out to take some pictures at the Fort Gibson dam and on my way home saw this beautiful sunset. So I had to pull over at the old Fort Gibson Stockade and take a few shots. It's amazing how quickly the sun goes below the horizon. The two shots I posted are within 5 minutes of each other.
Date Taken: March 30, 2005
Lens Aperture: F7.1
Shutter Speed: 1/400
Focal Length: 300mm
ISO Speed: 200
Flash: No
 

Easter Bunny

I was trying to get a picture of my nephew that showed off the blue on his face, but he wanted to show me his Easter candy instead.
Date Taken: March 27, 2005
Lens Aperture: F3.2
Shutter Speed: 1/125
Focal Length: 50mm
ISO Speed: 1600
Flash: No
 

Mr. Tambourine Man

Mike McClure at Roxies Roost in Tahlequah, OK. This was taken at an acoustic show that Mike played with Travis Linville.
Date Taken: February 8, 2005
Lens Aperture: F4.5
Shutter Speed: 1/13
Focal Length: 80mm
ISO Speed: 1600
Flash: No
 

Coop

This is another shot from the Jason Boland and the Stragglers show at the Cain's Ballroom. Jason loves to call up all of his friends to play at some point during the show. This particular shot is of John Cooper (Red Dirt Rangers) singing "Used to Be".
Date Taken: March 23, 2005
Lens Aperture: F5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/30
Focal Length: 300mm
ISO Speed: 800
Flash: No
 

Z

This is another shot from the Jason Boland and the Stragglers show at the Cain's Ballroom. Jason loves to call up all of his friends to play at some point during the show. This particular shot is of Phil Zoellner (formerly of Marshallcity, now a solo artist) playing guitar on "the Weight".
Date Taken: March 23, 2005
Lens Aperture: F4.5
Shutter Speed: 1/20
Focal Length: 120mm
ISO Speed: 400
Flash: No
 

Reckless

4 days, 960 miles, 5 concerts, 8 bands and 1,133 pictures later. What a great week. Now I'm broke...This is a shot of Cody Braun (Reckless Kelly) at the Wormy Dog Saloon in OKC.
Date Taken: March 26, 2005
Lens Aperture: F4.5
Shutter Speed: 1/30
Focal Length: 105mm
ISO Speed: 1600
Flash: No
 

Preach On

Jack Ingram at the Wormy Dog in OKC's Bricktown. Talk about knowing how to work a crowd. Jack had everyone totally into his show.
Date Taken: March 25, 2005
Lens Aperture: F4.5
Shutter Speed: 1/100
Focal Length: 110mm
ISO Speed: 1600
Flash: No

 

Get Down

Bleu Edmondson at the Wormy Dog in OKC's Bricktown. The band was really rocking out on this last song.
Date Taken: March 25, 2005
Lens Aperture: F5
Shutter Speed: 1/80
Focal Length: 125mm
ISO Speed: 1600
Flash: No
 

Pain in the Neck

Jack Ingram at the Wormy Dog in OKC's Bricktown. No this picture isn't upside down, it seemed like he was trying to rotate his head all the way around the mic.
Date Taken: March 25, 2005
Lens Aperture: F5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/60
Focal Length: 300mm
ISO Speed: 1600
Flash: No
 

Jimmy

Jimmy LaFave at the Blue Door in OKC. I've been waiting for quite awhile to see Jimmy, and believe me he doesn't disappoint.
Date Taken: March 24, 2005
Lens Aperture: F5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/13
Focal Length: 300mm
ISO Speed: 1600
Flash: No
 

Wildman Revisited

Too many good concerts in a week. In two days I've taken almost 600 pictures. This one is of Randy Crouch (Red Dirt Rangers) at the Wormy Dog in OKC's Bricktown.
Date Taken: March 24, 2005
Lens Aperture: F4.5
Shutter Speed: 1/80
Focal Length: 100mm
ISO Speed: 1600
Flash: No
 

A couple of Hippies

Grant Tracy & Randy Crouch (Jason Boland & the Stragglers) at Cain's Ballroom.
Date Taken: March 23, 2005
Lens Aperture: F5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/40
Focal Length: 225mm
ISO Speed: 800
Flash: No
 

Brad Rice

Brad Rice (Jason Boland & the Stragglers) at Cain's Ballroom. This was the first show I shot with my new telephoto lens. It was a great investment...
Date Taken: March 23, 2005
Lens Aperture: F5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/30
Focal Length: 300mm
ISO Speed: 1600
Flash: No
 

Chord Changes

Brent Deacon at the 2005 Green Country Jazz Festival at NSU. I caught him just as he was changing chords which is the reason for the blurred left hand and the ghosted image of the strings.
Date Taken: March 7, 2005
Lens Aperture: F5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/15
Focal Length: 200mm (plus a 2x teleconverter)
ISO Speed: 1600
Flash: No 

More pics

Just wanted to let you know there are more pictures on the site than what you can see from this page. Right now it is set up to only show 10 days worth of messages. So make sure to click on the archive link on the right hand side of the page to view all of the posts. I would also like to thank everyone for their feedback, it has been greatly appreciated.

Smokehouse

Lyle Deiter (South 40 Band) at the 2003 Red Dirt Music Awards at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa, OK. I shot this one with my Olympus C-4000, it's one of my favorite pictures I shot with that camera.
Date Taken: November 9, 2003
Lens Aperture: F2.8
Shutter Speed: 1/100
Focal Length: 19mm
ISO Speed: 400
Flash: Yes 

Pre-Show Jitters

Another shot of Jay's John Deere strat. It was from the same show at J. Michaels as the shot of KT below. Just another one of those pictures that happened...
Date Taken: February 11, 2005
Lens Aperture: F5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/15
Focal Length: 55mm
ISO Speed: 1600
Flash: No
 

What a Ham...

This is a shot of Jay Falkner (South 40 Band) hamming it up at J. Michaels in Ft. Smith at the same show as several of the other pics already posted. That had to be my most productive night.
Date Taken: February 11, 2005
Lens Aperture: F4.5
Shutter Speed: 1/60
Focal Length: 80mm
ISO Speed: 400
Flash: Yes
 

Industry Doesn't Sleep

This is a shot of the Industrial Park on the Arkansas River in Muskogee, OK. I shot this from the same location as the picture of OG&E. The lights reflecting on the water prompted me to take this shot.
Date Taken: March 17, 2005
Lens Aperture: F13
Shutter Speed: 1/15
Focal Length: 128mm
ISO Speed: 100
Flash: No
 

Another Sunset

Ok, so I'm a sucker for sunsets. This one was taken from my driveway. My nephew was pointing out the plane in the upper right corner of the picture, but I saw the clouds instead.
Date Taken: March 20, 2005
Lens Aperture: F5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/1250
Focal Length: 55mm
ISO Speed: 1600
Flash: No

 

Engaged

This is one I took for a couple of friends about 2 years ago. They ended up getting engaged about two weeks later & they used this set as there engagement pictures. This particular picture was one of my favorite from the set, since she didn't know I was taking the picture. This was taken with a Canon EOS ix Lite.

 

On the Fence

This is another one of the press shots that I did for the South 40 Band. It is at the Old Rock Jail near Panama,OK. Once again taken with an Olympus C-4000. Converted to sepia tone in Photoshop. I thought that it gave it a more rustic feel.
Date Taken: October 2, 2004
Lens Aperture: F3.5
Shutter Speed: 1/800
Focal Length: 9mm
ISO Speed: 100
Flash: No
 

Welling Sunset

This one was taken on the Barren Fork Creek right next to the Welling Bridge near Welling, OK. I just decided to drive over there after work one evening and see what I could get a picture of. 
Date Taken: February 22, 2005
Lens Aperture: F22
Shutter Speed: 1/10
Focal Length: 18mm
ISO Speed: 100
Flash: No

Swimming with Sharks

In the middle of our (South 40 Band) St. Patrick's Day show at Cowboy Sharkies, the club put on a bikini contest. The club owner asked me to take a few pictures of the winner. What was I gonna do, say no? 
Date Taken: March 17, 2005
Lens Aperture: F5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/60
Focal Length: 55mm
ISO Speed: 400
Flash: Yes

Rock Jail

This is one of the press shots that I did for the South 40 Band. It is at the Old Rock Jail near Panama,OK. Once again taken with an Olympus C-4000. 
Date Taken: October 2, 2004
Lens Aperture: F4
Shutter Speed: 1/800
Focal Length: 7mm
ISO Speed: 100
Flash: No