Pictures I Like-The last 11 days
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
In the rain
Tony Heavner holds an umbrella over the grill as he and his girlfriend April Mullins cook dinner outside their home in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman
We’ve received a tremendous amount of rainfall in Oklahoma City over the last month. We’ve been photographing people in the rain, cars caught up in flash floods, and tragically, a drowning during a flash flood at Lightning Creek on the city’s south side. These are a few of the pictures that, for one reason or another, didn’t make it into the newspaper.
An Oklahoma City firefighter uses a pole to search water in Lightning Creek near SW 28 and Broadway. Oklahoma City firefighters and nearby residents searched the receding waters of Lightning Creek in south Oklahoma City Tuesday morning, July 7, 2010, searching for the body of a 13-year old boy who was swept away by the creek's flooding waters yesterday afternoon. The boy's body was recovered in the Oklahoma River shortly before 10:30 a.m. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman
Abel Borrego mops muddy water from the floor of the living room in his house on the east bank of Lightning Creek near SW 28 and Santa Fe. Residents cleaned homes and yards in the area near Lightning Creek in south Oklahoma City, Friday, July 9, 2010. Heavy rains last night caused the creek to overflow its banks, flooding the areas on both sides of the creek. Staff Photo by Jim Beckel , The Oklahoman
Oklahoma City firefighters rescue a motorist after he ignored a roadblock and drove in to flood waters on SW 29th near Robinson in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma July 8 , 2010. Photo by Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman
-John Clanton
Flooding in Oklahoma City
Staff photographers headed to different parts of the Oklahoma City metro this morning, trying to photograph areas of the city that were hit hardest by heavy rains and flooding.
Click here to see a gallery of our photos from today’s record rainfall.
A motorist walks away from her stalled vehicle as Oklahoma City firefighters work to rescue other stalled vehicles on Hefner Road between Kelly Avenue and the Broadway Extension in Oklahoma City, Monday, June 14, 2010. By Paul Hellstern, The Oklahoman
Daniel Parker splashes water while sitting on his mailbox in front of his house in the Palo Verde Addition in Edmond, OK, after flood waters inundated a number of homes in the area, Monday, June 14, 2010. By Paul Hellstern, The Oklahoman
Oklahoma City firefighters rescued stranded motorist Randy Robinson from a bridge near Hefner Road and Sooner in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma June 14 , 2010. Photo by Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman
A local resident walks near flooding water as it spills over the dam south of Hefner between MacArthur and Rockwell in Oklahoma City on Monday, June 14, 2010. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman
As always, you can see galleries of our pictures here.
-John Clanton
Pictures I Like-Basketball Edition
Pawnee's head coach David Page reacts to game action during his win over Watonga in the Class 2A boys high school basketball state tournament at the State Fair Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma March 12 , 2010. Photo by Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman
Looking through our photo archive after the weekend, it was hard to find picture that wasn’t taken at a basketball game. Here’s a couple of pictures from the high school championship games that jumped out at me, but really, there isn’t room on the blog for all the pictures I thought were good. Check out the galleries to see more high school basketball.
Norman head coach Matlida Mossman hugs Chelsea Key (11) after Key fouled out of the Class 6A girls high school basketball state tournament final between Midwest City and Norman at the ORU Mabee Center in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, March 13, 2010. Midwest City won, 46-32. Photo by Nate Billings, The Oklahoman
Kelsey Barnwell kisses the championship trophy during the Class 3A girls high school basketball state tournament final between Kansas and Millwood Saturday, March 13, 2010, at the State Fair Arena, in Oklahoma City. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
NFL scouts check their stop watches during the 40 yard dash at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma March 10 , 2010. Photo by Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman
-John Clanton
Winter Storm 2010
Cattle with snow and ice covering their backs on SH 4 just south of Piedmont, Okla., Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. Photo by Paul B. Southerland, The Oklahoman
Oklahomans are digging out from the winter storm that hit the state beginning last Thursday. Below are some of the photos Oklahoman staff photographers have taken out in the snow and ice. To see galleries of even more photos from the ice and snow, follow the links below.
A crowd of people make their way up a hill as people sled at Will Rogers Park in Oklahoma City, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman
A mail box is covered in ice on Pine road in Logan County, Okla., January 29, 2010. Photo by Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman
Purcell firefighter Jason Benefiel cuts limbs obstructing traffic on Friday, Jan. 29, 2010, in Purcell, Okla., after a winter storm. Photo by Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman
Icicles on the trunk of a car, Friday, Jan. 29 , 2010. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman
City workers clear the sidewalks in downtown Edmond, Okla., Friday , January 29, 2010. Photo by David McDaniel, The Oklahoman
Cars are scarce on I-35 in Edmond, Okla., Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. By Paul Hellstern, The Oklahoman
A woman, who only would gave her name as Florence, knocks snow from her shoes as she stands beneath a curtain of icicles after clearing snow from her car at her Del City apartment on Tyanne Blvd., Jan. 30, 2010. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman
Nancy Mergler, University of Oklahoma Provost, clears her rear windshield to head home at 1:15 pm. President David Boren called off classes for the remainder of Thursday and all of Friday as a winter storm moved into the area on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010, in Norman, Okla. Photo by Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman
Oklahoma City resident Timothy Hickey puts the finishing touches on a polar bear at his home in Oklahoma City, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010. By Paul Hellstern, The Oklahoman
Chris Roberts is pulled by a power kite on a snowboard at Lake Hefner during a winter storm in Oklahoma City, Friday, January 29, 2010. Photo by Nate Billings, The Oklahoman
-Nate Billings
Another Sneak Peek
Here’s another set of pictures that will be in The Oklahoman photo staff’s Best of 2009.
Antonio Aguirre fulfills a promise as he and his family visit the National Shrine Infant Jesus of Prague at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Prague, Oklahoma on Sunday, August 2, 2009. By John Clanton, The Oklahoman
A group of children look on as they watch firefighters battle a four-story apartment fire near the intersection of Covell Road and Kelly Avenue on Monday, Oct. 19, 2009, in Edmond, Okla. Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman
Tech. Sergeant Raul Estrada hugs his 4-year-old daughter Jade during a deployment ceremony for members of the 137th Air Refueling Wing in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma December 21, 2009.Just before departing the group's flight was canceled due to bad weather on the east coast. Photo by Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman
We’ve been working to compile or favorite videos, slideshows and photographs for the year. Look for the webpage soon on NewsOK.com.
-John Clanton
Pictures I like–Cold horse edition
Steve Gooch took these shots of a horse on a cold morning in Guthrie, Okla., recently.
Jennie Gayle, a 27-year-old mare, stands in a field near Pine and Highway 33 in Guthrie, Okla., December 4, 2009. Temperatures dropped into the teens in the area overnight. Photo by Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman
Jennie Gayle, a 27-year-old mare, stands in a field near Pine and Highway 33 in Guthrie, Okla., December 4, 2009. Temperatures dropped into the teens in the area overnight. Photo by Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman
-Nate Billings
Oklahoma Wildfires
High winds and dry conditions led to wildfires that swept across parts of Oklahoma on Thursday, April 9, 2009. Here are some of the photos of the wildfires from the staff of The Oklahoman.
To see a gallery of more photos, click here.
Paul Norwood watches helplessly as his neighbor's home is destroyed by wildfires in eastern Oklahoma County, Thursday, April 9, 2009. These homes are in Oakwood East Addition, near SE 15 and Westminster. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman
Rescue workers treat a firefighter who was injured during a grass fire in Wellston, Okla., April 09, 2009. Photo by Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman
Flames leap out of a broken gas line in Midwest City, Okla., Thursday, April 9, 2009. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman
Firefighters direct water to fires on both sides of Westbury Street in the Oakwood East addition in Midwest City, Okla., Thursday, April 9, 2009. Photo by Jim Beckel
Paul Norwood helps a firefighter with a fire at a neighbor’s home in the Oakwood East neighborhood in Midwest City, Okla., Thursday, April 9, 2009. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman
John Brewer holds a wet towel to his face after battling wildfires in his housing addition in Midwest City, Okla., Thursday, April 9, 2009. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman
This burned home was in the path of wildfires which destroyed 12 structures in Lindsay, Okla., on Thursday, April 9, 2009. Photo by Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman
A firefighter runs past a house as it burns in the Oakwood East neighborhood in Midwest City, Okla., Thursday, April 9, 2009. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman
Spencer firefighters rest after extinguishing flames at this house in the Oakwood East Addition in Midwest City, Okla., Thursday, April 9, 2009. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman
To see a gallery with more photos, click here.
-Nate Billings
Congrats to Jim Beckel and Steve Gooch
Every month the Associated Press has a photo contest. All photos from Oklahoma members that are moved on the AP wire service are eligible to be the “Photo of the Month” for Oklahoma. For those of you not familiar with the news business, the AP is how we are able to get pictures and stories for the paper and NewsOK.com from national and international stories that we cannot cover ourselves. The Oklahoman is one of the members.
I am happy to report that in the contest for December, Jim Beckel finished first and Steve Gooch won third. Beckel won for one of the photos he shot of children with Santa Claus. He wrote about the experience of taking those pictures in a previous entry.
Here’s the winning photos:
Danny Nichols breaks into tears at the thought of sitting on Santa’s lap during a visit to Penn Square Mall in Oklahoma City, Dec. 12, 2008. BY JIM BECKEL, THE OKLAHOMAN
Trey Bowman, 7, of Houston, plays in an obstacle course in the Mobile Science Museum in Oklahoma City, December 30, 2008. Science Matters, a mobile museum with hands-on exhibits and activities for children, will debut Tuesday at Science Museum Oklahoma. The museum will travel to schools in rural Oklahoma, providing discovery learning opportunities in areas of the state where museums don’t exist. BY STEVE GOOCH, THE OKLAHOMAN
I will try to put up the pictures from our winning entries in future contests. If an Oklahoman photographer does not win, we will quietly pretend the contest doesn’t exist.
-Nate Billings
When the ice forms…
One of the few things I can say for sure about working as a newspaper photojournalist is that when the folks on TV tell everybody to stay inside, that’s our cue to go outside. Jim Beckel, David McDaniel, Paul Hellstern, John Clanton and Steve Gooch grabbed their Class II reflective safety vests and headed out to cover the ice that had metro roads in terrible shape on Monday. I think they all made it through the day without falling or being involved in auto accidents. I hope most of you out there were as lucky. Check out some of the photos from the icy day below.
To see the full photo gallery of the winter weather, click here.
Teacher Ann Hawkins helps soften a student’s fall as he slips on the ice outside Chisholm Elementary School during winter weather in Edmond, Okla., on Monday, Jan. 26, 2009. BY JOHN CLANTON, THE OKLAHOMAN
Two motorists try to escape their car which overturned on the icy Turner Turnpike near the Wellston exit outside of Wellston, Okla., Monday, Jan. 26, 2009. BY PAUL HELLSTERN, THE OKLAHOMAN
Nikole Edwards scrapes ice from her car windows after she and other employees at Farmer’s Insurance at NW 23 and Villa were released early because of deteriorating weather conditions Monday, Jan. 26, 2009. BY JIM BECKEL, THE OKLAHOMAN
Walking cautiously on an ice-covered Broadway Extension, an unidentified women tries to keep her balance after the car she was in was involved in a minor accident near Hefner Road in Oklahoma City, January 26, 2009. BY STEVE GOOCH, THE OKLAHOMAN
A view of an accident in the 2700 block of west Britton Road due to the icy weather, Monday, January 26, 2009. BY DAVID MCDANIEL, THE OKLAHOMAN
A truck from the City of Edmond drops sand on 33rd street east of Boulevard during winter weather in Edmond, Okla., on Monday, Jan. 26, 2009. BY JOHN CLANTON, THE OKLAHOMAN
Check out the rest of the pictures here.
And be safe out there.
-Nate Billings
