After bracing for some snow and freezing rain in OKC, OK the schools closed, my daughter stayed with some friends and I had to pick her up after work. As soon as I drove up I found them sledding from the neighbors driveway down into the street. I always have my camera and instantly pulled it out to take some shots. As soon as I park, my daughter is staring at me and has a huge smile from ear to ear. I knew she'd been having the best time out in the snow. I roll down my window as soon as I seen her smile and grabbed this shot. I instantly knew this was my favorite picture of her.

 Bracing for Winter 

We recently held our company Christmas party at the Skirvin Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City and I had to shoot a photo for the invitation. The following pic is what I came back with. Everyone loved it and the party was on. The Skirvin Hotel first open in 1911 then closed in the 80's. After an extensive renovation project restoring the original exterior finish, installing historically accurate windows, reconfiguring guest rooms and adding new guest elevators, the hotel reopened on Feb 26, 2007. We had a great time and the history of the Skirvin is fascinating.

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A flatiron building in between 5th st and Harrison just east of downtown OKC. It was taken early in the morning as you can see the sun just hitting the tops of the buildings everywhere.  122408dsc9017rhbrdr . This is a shot of the OKC skyline as seen from 4th street looking WSW.  HDR Downtown OKC This view is from the top of the Plaza Court building at 1100 Classen Dr, built in the 1920's.  HDR Downtown OKC (sorry, I gave the last 2 pics the same name) It provided another perfect vantage point for downtown OKC. All of the shots were done with HDR (high dynamic range) then tonemapped. I know it sounds really difficult but it's pretty easy.

Happy Holidays!

This is was taken while waiting for my daughter to get out of gymnastics training one night.night curves
 

Some shots from the golf course.swinging into the suntee'd offsummit