Each February Oklahoma Living highlights an influential member of Oklahoma politics. This year my assignment was to photograph incoming Oklahoma Senate Pro Tem Mike Schulz at his cotton farm south of Altus and at the Oklahoma State Capitol. I drove to Altus very early one morning, arriving at Senator Schulz farm well before daylight. He was very cooperative and friendly. We drove out to his cotton fields and I photographed him in the fields and around his tractor. We then returned to his home were I trapped a few pictures around his farm. A few weeks later I met him and his family on the first day of the Oklahoma legislative session at the Capitol and spent a few minutes photographing him in a more formal Capitol setting – a interesting contrast to his cotton farming attire.
Subjects
4x5
4x5 film
4x5x365
agriculture
bicycle
Bill Dragoo
BMW
Brass Ball Bobbers
combine
Darwin Motorcycles
dirt bike
drag racing
dual sport
Edmond
film
Hayabusa
Ilford HP5
John Deere
Kawasaki
Kodak TMAX-100
Lexington
Micha Young
motorcycle
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Living
Oklahoma Living Magazine
Oklahoma Today
Olympus
OMD EM5
Pentax 6x7
R1200GS
Ride Oklahoma
roller derby
running
South Canadian River
Strava
Thunder Valley Raceway
Tombo Racing
Tommy Bolton
Toyo 45A
Toyo VX-125
video production
wheat harvest
About James Pratt
I am an Oklahoma based writer, commercial photographer, editorial photographer and adventurer based in Oklahoma City. I love telling stories about people. A motorcycle is my preferred means of travel, and I have over 5,000 hours piloting small airplanes. My editorial photography has been published in hundreds of magazines and my commercial photography has been used by dozens of companies worldwide.