Oklahoma's Tom Wort (21) reacts after hitting Florida's Clint Trickett (9) during a college football game between the University of Oklahoma (OU) and Florida State (FSU) at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman

I learned more than I thought possible about  blimps and zeppelins during an assignment earlier this week with Staff Writer Matt Dinger. We got a close look at the Farmers Airship as it visited Oklahoma City as part of history’s longest zeppelin tour. You can read Matt’s story by clicking here.

Meanwhile, if you haven’t seen some of the other photo galleries we’ve publish in the last week, follow some of these links. Bryan Terry turned in some nice pictures from the OU Sooners’ game against Florida State. We’ve been out to the Oklahoma State Fair a few times and if you still haven’t seen pictures from Oklahoma State’s game against Tulsa then click here.

A crew member walks toward The Farmers Airship after it landed at Wiley Post Airport in Oklahoma City on Monday, September 19, 2011. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman

OSU's Justin Blackmon (81) is stopped after a catch by Alan Dock (11) and Marco Nelson (20) of TU in the first quarter during a college football game between the Oklahoma State University Cowboys (OSU) and the University of Tulsa Golden Hurricane (TU) at H.A. Chapman Stadium in Tulsa, Okla., Sunday morning, Sept. 18, 2011. Photo by Nate Billings, The Oklahoman

Nita Haynie, a client at the Oklahoma Foundation for the Disabled, laughs as she is wheeled under a limbo stick by Joy Woods during a Luau for clients and their parents or care-givers at the Oklahoma Oklahoma Foundation for the Disabled in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, September 21, 2011. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman

The Coalgate band marches during band day at the 2011 Oklahoma State Fair at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City, OK, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. By Paul Hellstern, The Oklahoman

-John Clanton

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Jimmie Cooper, of Monument, New Mexico, gets a horn to his face as he competes in the steer wrestling event during Timed Event Championship at Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Okla., on Sunday, March. 6, 2011. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman

It’s customary for news photographers to stay busy with sports assignments in March. The Big 12 college basketball tournaments are underway in Kansas City, while back in Oklahoma City, high school teams from around the state compete for a state championship at the State Fair Arena.

Some of the smaller schools have already played for championships, while the larger schools’ playoffs continue. Finding the best pictures from these games is a challenge, because so many nice images have been turned in from our staff photographers. Here’s a few pictures from last week along with one of my favorite steer wrestling pictures from the Timed Event Championships at Lazy E Arena in Guthrie. Today is a good day to check our photo gallery page if you’ve never seen it. We have galleries up from National Guard training at Camp Gruber, high school basketball playoffs, Oklahoma City Thunder against the Phoenix Suns,  and OSU Spring Football practice.

Carson Perry, 17, at left, Ashlyn Yancey, 15, and Katie Hart, 14, react as Fort Cobb-Broxton wins the boys Class A boys basketball state tournament championship game between over Cheyenne-Reydon at State Fair Arena in Oklahoma City, Saturday, March 5, 2011. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman

Graham's Dylan Harmon (32) puts his head on the shoulder of Kyle Hart (24) as Hart holds the state runner-up trophy after the Class B boys basketball state tournament championship game between Graham and Forgan at State Fair Arena in Oklahoma City, Saturday, March 5, 2011. Forgan won, 81-47. Photo by Nate Billings, The Oklahoman

The Calumet team, including Morgan Renbarger, center, celebrate after winning the Class A girls basketball state tournament championship game between Calumet and Cyril at State Fair Arena in Oklahoma City, Saturday, March 5, 2011. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman

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Visitors to the fair walk the midway at the Oklahoma State Fair in Oklahoma City, Sept. 26, 2010. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman

It’s fun to walk the midway at the fair. Chaotic lights, interesting people, wonderful, bright scenes that pass you by in an instant leaving you to wonder about their stories. ‘Why is that kid wearing a mask?,’ ‘What’s she telling the police?’ Sunday at the fair, instead of worrying about composing pictures and trying to get people’s names, I just took pictures. From the hip, sitting at a table or on a curb or moving through the crowd on the midway. I clicked hundreds of pictures without looking through the viewfinder, hoping that when I looked at the images, I’d have a few frames that captured the feeling of the fair. The colors, the rides, the crowds, and hopefully, in the layers of pictures, people’s interactions with each other.

Visitors to the fair walk the midway at the Oklahoma State Fair in Oklahoma City, Sept. 26, 2010. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman

Visitors to the fair walk the midway at the Oklahoma State Fair in Oklahoma City, Sept. 26, 2010. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman

Visitors to the fair walk the midway at the Oklahoma State Fair in Oklahoma City, Sept. 26, 2010. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman

Visitors to the fair walk the midway at the Oklahoma State Fair in Oklahoma City, Sept. 26, 2010. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman

-John Clanton…

Dillon Slater, 12, of Oklahoma City, (front) and Nate Elix, 16, help carry a dove during the Pinwheels for Peace Festival at Plunkett Park on the campus of the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman

Well, the last 11 days not counting college football. Here are some images from a peace rally at UCO, the State Fair, a high school game and more. There’s a page on Newsok.com that we call a story wall featuring images and stories from the Oklahoma State Fair. Go here and then click on the images to see the full version. Also, as both of you know, you can click here to see photo galleries by staff photographers at The Oklahoman.

Elaf Alshak, left and Fatemah Alaslman ride the Enterprise at the Oklahoma State Fair in Oklahoma City, September 20 , 2010. Photo by Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman

Yvonne Underhill kisses her grandson Jeremy Underhill, 7, after school in their Choctaw, Okla., home on Thursday, September 9, 2010. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman

Painted pink for Win-Win Week, Moore senior Garrett Scaggs, 18, left, and junior Nick Harschfeld, 16, cheer during the football game between Moore and Southmoore on Thursday, September 17, 2010. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman

-John Clanton…

Fair-goers enjoy the 2009 Oklahoma State Fair. Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman

For this year’s State Fair I wanted to do a photo project that captured the sights and sounds of all the activities that take place during the ten day event. The thing that I wanted to do was display the package in a little different way than other projects are done.

The next thing was ‘how can I do this’. I thought about how digital cameras have made picture taking an instantaneous process these days. So this started me thinking about how in the ‘old days’ that instant photography was only available if you shot on a polaroid camera. The two of these processes quickly brought my idea together.

I would combine today’s digital photography with the ‘retro’ polaroid. Next, find a way to accomplish this. Since my digital SLR cameras can only do 35 mm format, I had to set them aside for this project and find me a digital polaroid camera? My search only had to go as far as my IPhone to get this done. I found an app that turned the built in digital camera into a digital polaroid. So now I was on my way. I grabbed my IPhone and my audio recorder , and was on my way to the 2009 State Fair.

As I walked through the fair I shot some of the little things I saw along the way, and recorded natural sound along with a few personal accounts of the thousands of people I saw enjoying themselves. In the end, I cam up with a slideshow that gives you a one minute and 30 second look at some of the things I saw at this year’s fair. Hope you enjoy. – Chris Landsberger

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