Olympus Archives - James Pratt

Andy Leisner

October 31, 2012 by James Pratt

I grabbed this quick snapshot of Cycle World Publisher Andy Leisner while at lunch. This is why I love my Olympus OMD EM5. While everyone else is snapping pictures with an iPhone, I can get these awesome shots with a very fast prime lens in dimly lit conditions. And the OMD EM5 is not much […]

State Fair of Oklahoma

October 30, 2012 by James Pratt

I went to the State Fair of Oklahoma with my wife in mid September and practiced with my then new Olympus OMD EM5 camera. It is going to make a great carry around street camera.

Kay

October 25, 2012 by James Pratt

My wife Kay has been riding dirt bikes with me since we were married in 1980. Love this gal.

Dirt Biking in the Rain

October 24, 2012 by James Pratt

It rained off and on during our dirt bike ride in SE Oklahoma with my family and friends. I love how my Olympus OMD EM5 makes it easy to capture quick photos like this while having full manual control over the depth of field using a fast prime lens.

Scenic Dirt Bike Riding in SE Oklahoma

October 23, 2012 by James Pratt

My family went on our annual dual sport dirt bike ride in the mountains of SE Oklahoma. This photo was captured on my Olympus OMD EM5. I love this small, portable camera with high quality prime interchangeable lenses and full manual controls. It is small enough to carry even on my dirt bike yet with […]

Volunteer Firefighters for Oklahoma Living

I always love photographing real people doing real things. What could be more fun than photographing volunteer firemen? I got that opportunity recently for Oklahoma Living Magazine. My assignment was to photograph firemen from the Coyle and Woodcrest fire departments in Oklahoma. I had the idea to do a split-shot photo that showed both the […]

Rising from the Ashes – for Kansas Agriculture Magazine

During the summer 2017 I took a trip to western Kansas for a long-time client and photographed a couple of stories in the area. For one story I stopped in Clark County and photographed the Ashland Veterinarian Clinic for a story about how the clinic helped local farmers during and after a huge spring prairie […]

Oklahoma Living January 2018 Cover

I traveled to Tulsa to photograph KOTV’s Leanne Taylor for Oklahoma Living’s “Best of Oklahoma” story for the January 2018 edition of the magazine. It was early December and I had to be there at 7 am to scout for a location. We ended up photographing Leanne after her 9 am television show inside the […]

Shawnee Mills for Oklahoma Living Magazine

Had a fun time photographing this story about Shawnee Mills in where else? Shawnee, Oklahoma. I love shooting photos of industrial-type settings and people at work. I worked with one of my favorite writers Hayley Leatherwood on this project. Because of the dust from the flour mill, I had to mount two cameras with lenses […]

Cause for Conservation story for Kansas Agriculture Magazine

I traveled to Garden City, Kansas over the summer to photograph a story about water conservation efforts in the Ogallala Aquifer that covers western Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma. This huge aquifer is slowly being used up by the massive irrigation efforts by farmers in these western states, trying to feed the growing populations of the […]

Virginia McClain for Oklahoma Living Magazine

I love doing portrait photography and had the opportunity to photograph Virginia McClain for Oklahoma Living Magazine cover story. Virginia lives in Luther, not far from my home in Edmond, and was a long-time employee – 41 years – at Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives – parent to Oklahoma Living Magazine. Her father Carl Booher […]

Texas Horned Lizard in Oklahoma Today Magazine

“Would you like to photograph a story about the Horny Toad at Tinker Air Force Base?” I got that question after answering the phone call from Megan Rossman, photo editor at Oklahoma Today Magazine. “Heck yea!” Didn’t take me long to answer that question. I had originally told Nathan Gunter, editor at Oklahoma Today, about […]

Horn Canna Farm for Oklahoma Agriculture Magazine

I just love photographing Oklahoma farmers and ranchers. I was hired to photograph the Horn Canna Farm in southwest Oklahoma last year, for publication in the 2017 Oklahoma Agriculture Magazine produced by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture. I met them at daybreak in late September 2016 and set up for photos before sunrise. They had […]

Oklahoma Living Magazine Cover August 2017 – College Mascots

I photographed five college mascots in late June for a story about student mascots for Oklahoma Living Magazine. It was HOT that day – nearly 100 degrees by the time we got everyone onto the UCO football field in Edmond. I got everything set up and tested before the mascots arrived so that I could […]

Oklahoma Living Magazine May 2017 Cover – Guardians of the Grid

I love photographing electrical lineman. They are hardy outdoors types who work hard and a tough, demanding and potentially dangerous job. These guys and gals are calm as cucumbers when dealing with tens of thousands of volts, driving rainstorms, sleet, ice and snow. But put them in a room with photographic strobes, a white background, […]