Golfing with Wet Shoes
The state 5A Girls Golf Campionships were played in what one golfer optimistically called “heavy humidity.” When I got there at around 9:30, the golfers had been going for an hour and it had just barely cleared up enough to see the edge of the greens.
Lilian Seay, Carl Albert freshman, lines up a putt during the Girls 5A State Golf Championship at Earlywine Golf Course in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Thursday, May 7, 2009. Photo by Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman
Mary Kirk, Bishop Kelley; Lilian Seay, Carl Albert; and Ryann Uselton, McAlester, walk over a wet fairway during the Girls 5A State Golf Championship at Earlywine Golf Course in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Thursday, May 7, 2009. Photo by Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman
-Steve Sisney
‘Weather’
I got a text from our Director of Photography this morning that said ‘Weather.’ That means the same thing to newspaper photographers all over the country. If there’s inclimate weather of any kind we get pictures of people either being in it or staying out of it. We keep an eye out for weather art when it’s too hot, too cold, too wet, too windy and even if it’s just right.
Bobbi Carter, a visitor to the state Capitol in Oklahoma City, tries to keep dry on Wednesday, April 29, 2009. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman
An unidentified woman holds a duck umbrella as she waits for a bus on NW 10th near Rockwell on Wednesday, May, 7, 2008. By John Clanton, The Oklahoman
Generally speaking, features are more light-hearted than spot news. If the rain turns into flooding, then we get a different type of pictures. If time permits, I try to keep an eye out for unusual things. People taking cover from rain in odd places, people using something other than umbrella to stay dry, that kind of thing. Here’s a couple of examples of weather features over the last few years that were never published.
Hunter White caries his sled up a hill at Mitch Park in Edmond, Okla., Tuesday, January 27, 2009. Photo by Bryan Terry, the OKlahoman
An unidentified man takes cover from the cold weather under a blanket as he sits on a bench at NW 25th and Classen in Oklahoma City on Monday, Nov. 10, 2008. By John Clanton, The Oklahoman
-John Clanton
A few baseball pics
Sarah Phipps photographed the baseball game between OU and KU in Norman, Okla., on Sunday. The game made a couple of cool shots with water and one with dirt.
Kansas' David Narodowski steals home on a wild pitch during the college baseball game between the University of Kansas and the University of Oklahoma at L. Dale Mitchell Park, Sunday, May 3, 2009, in Norman, Okla. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
OU right fielder Kaleb Herren (18) makes a diving catch during the college baseball game between the University of Kansas and the University of Oklahoma at L. Dale Mitchell Park, Sunday, May 3, 2009, in Norman, Okla. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
OU right fielder Kaleb Herren (18) throws to the cut-off man after making a diving catch during the college baseball game between the University of Kansas and the University of Oklahoma at L. Dale Mitchell Park, Sunday, May 3, 2009, in Norman, Okla. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
-Nate Billings
