Natural Light Interiors

In my first group exhibition of 2016, I chose two natural light interior photographs.  Both are hanging in the "OKLAHOMANMADE" Architectural Photography Exhibit at the IAO Gallery in OKC.  It is sponsored by the OKC Foundation for Architecture, and runs through April. 

Kansas City at Night

This photograph is a composite of several shots taken on a pleasant evening in 2014. Union Station was about to celebrate its 100th Anniversary Gala Event, and the entire city was excited about that.  In addition, the Kansas City Chiefs were set to celebrate their 23rd edition of Red Friday.  My nice night shot was elevated to epic proportions by all the celebration.  This makes my realize how long its been since I made a night shot of a city outside of Oklahoma.

Sunset, Christmas 2015

The last full moon of the year falls on Christmas day, an event that hasn't happened since 1977 and won't happen again until 2034.  I went to the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve hoping to capture this rare Full Cold Moon.  Clouds prevented the picture I had envisioned of a spectacular full moon rising over the vast emptiness of the prairie landscape.  But, waiting between the time when the sun slipped below the horizon and the moon peaked over the edge of the landscape, I made this simple picture of the unpretentious beauty that exists all around in the prairie.  A block of stone, an earth stirred by bison tracks, a sky slowly darkening, and the far away, excited howls of coyotes, a planet unadorned and unaware of celebration, changing with the constant rhythms of the universe.  A beautiful way to end this special day.    

Christmas Eve Peace

Some moments stand out more than others.  This image taken just before the storm is one that feels magical and significant to me.  May your Christmas Eve be filled with peace and joy.

Storm Clouds.  Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, 2015.  

 

Suspicion 45"X30" photography on metal

 

Surprise 18"X12" photography on metal

 

These are my two pieces hanging in the new exhibition "The Birds" at Lovetts Gallery.  Just in time for Halloween, the exhibition is themed after Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 horror film and showcases both national and international artists.  This was such fun to shoot, and there were so many directions in which to take it.  I chose to focus on the birds themselves, and their imagined "reaction" to the sudden massing and violent attacks of their avian counterparts on the unsuspecting village of Bodega Bay, California. 

 

The exhibition hangs through November.  www.lovettsgallery/exhibitions.com www.patrickimagery.com

 


Osage County

Summer in Oklahoma doesn't give up easily.  It hangs on even after snow has fallen in other parts of the country.  My last look back at summer is this shot taken somewhere in the tangled back roads of Osage County.  An unexpected turn, a stone bridge, a clear expanse of water, and the sky reflected back in Monet shades of summer.

The Last in the Total Lunar Eclipse Tetrad

My computer crashed the day after shooting the last of the total lunar eclipse tetrad on September 28 (more to do with Windows 10 than any End of the World Prophecy, although...), so I had to wait almost a week before uploading my images of the spectacular event.  It did not disappoint!  Moving very fast, the earth slid between the sun and the moon to create this celestial show of profound relativity.  The silence added to the solemnity of the alignment.  Here is a crop of the above shot:

And, just before totality :