Photography Minute » Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City National Memorial – Gate, Pool & Chairs

Eric D. Brown — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:34:56 +0000

Here’s another shot from the weekend trip to Oklahoma City and the National memorial. This is a shot of the West Gate, the reflecting pool and some of the 168 empty chairs.

Taken with Canon 5D and Canon 17-40 L.

Oklahoma City National Memorial at Sunset

Eric D. Brown — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:34:25 +0000

Tracie and I were in Oklahoma over the Easter weekend and decided to take some time to visit the Oklahoma City National Memorial.

I can still remember the day this tragedy happened in April of 1995. While this terrible event was felt by everyone in the US (and world), it hit those of us from Oklahoma pretty hard…especially those of us that knew people in the building at the time of the bombing.

The event has made a huge impression on me…and has caused me to never set foot on the memorial grounds since the memorial was built.

I finally worked up the nerve to visit the memorial and I’m glad I did. It’s beautiful, calm and well built. It’s also very moving. To stand on those grounds and think about the loss of life and damage wrought on that day is something that’s hard to describe.

If you ever get the opportunity to visit Oklahoma City, please visit this beautiful memorial.

Here’s a photograph of the West gate (the 9:03 AM gate) at sunset. Enjoy…and take a second to think about those 168 people that were killed and the many more thousands of people that were injured physically (and emotionally) on that terrible day in April 1995.

Capture with Canon 5D and Canon 17-40 L.

Oklahoma City in Five Photos

Eric D. Brown — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:00:10 +0000

The “Five Photos” series attempts to tell the story of a city using only five photographs. This is Part 1 in our “Five Photos” series.

Sunrise in OKC by Paul L McCord Jr

Oklahoma State Capitol by Cali2Okie

Oklahoma City Federal Building Memorial by Susan E Adams

Hope by Jenner8675309

Will Rogers never met a portrait photographer he didn't like by UberJ