Category Archives: Photography

Price Tower: “The tree that escaped the crowded forest”

Posted on January 21, 2015 by J. Wade Harrell

  Bartlesville, One of Oklahoma’s Architectural Treasures What is architecture anyway? Is it the vast collection of the various buildings which have been built to please the varying tastes of the various lords of mankind? I think not. No, I … Continue reading →

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Photography of the Day: Lake Jed Johnson

Posted on February 12, 2014 by J. Wade Harrell

The granite hills of southwest Oklahoma known as the Wichita Mountains are pictures waiting to be captured. – by J.Wade Harrell, author of Shadows of Siernod and Flames of Palamarr

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Photography of the Day: New Year’s Day in the Wichita Mountains

Posted on January 1, 2014 by J. Wade Harrell

A beautiful New Years Day in the Wichitas A sunny winter day, upon an open prairie, a beast from the past finds a nice bed of grass to rest upon and bathe in the afternoon sun. A reminder of how … Continue reading →

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Photography of the Day: Sunset on the Lake

Posted on December 27, 2013 by J. Wade Harrell

Sunset on Lake Lawtonka at the close of a mild Oklahoma Day At the end of a nice Oklahoma December day, the shadow of Mt. Scott looms over a calm Lake Lawtonka. Like a blazing fire, the dying sun explodes … Continue reading →

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Photography of the Day: The Breath of Winter

Posted on December 26, 2013 by J. Wade Harrell

The Breath of Winter Winter can be a destructive season but it is strange how we can find beauty in destructive forces. The season’s frigid breath bears down upon us with frosty wrath then leaves us with stunning images. Such … Continue reading →

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Photography of the Day: Arachnidous

Posted on August 7, 2012 by J. Wade Harrell

I made a new friend today This poor wolf spider made a great specimen after getting into my bathroom trash can and then couldn’t climb out. He was there when I went to work and still there when I got … Continue reading →

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Photography of the Day: Out and About Southwest Oklahoma

Posted on July 28, 2012 by J. Wade Harrell

When You Go Out and About, You Never Know What you Might Run Into Kathy and I decided to go for a little drive on Saturday and this is what we saw. Click images to enlarge         … Continue reading →

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Photography of the Day: Indiahoma Fires

Posted on July 25, 2012 by J. Wade Harrell

Incredible Force of Nature Consumes 10,000 Plus Acres of Grassland A wildfire broke out north of Indiahoma in Southwest Oklahoma today, near the Wichita Mountains. It traveled north and consumed 10,000 acres by the time of this post and is … Continue reading →

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Photography of the Day

Posted on July 14, 2012 by J. Wade Harrell

A Heavenly Pathway On a warm fourth of July evening, we sat and we saw the gates of heaven open before us. A simple road, a paved path through a pair of cottonwoods who stretched out their mighty limbs to … Continue reading →

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Photography of the day

Posted on July 9, 2012 by J. Wade Harrell

Out and About in the Wichitas We spent the afternoon kicking around the Wichita Mountains. Mt. Scott was about the only place to go to get below 100 degrees. It was 94 at the summit. Click Pictures to enlarge   … Continue reading →

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